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[edit] If Merged, the article title should be Crankbaits not Wobblers

This page is redundant! Wobbler (fishing) already discusses this form of fishing lure. 152.91.9.131 02:59, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Although Wobbler may have been an early term for this type of lure, it certainly isn't the contemporary one. Both Cabelas and Bass Pro shop which are the leading retailers of fishing lures in the U.S. sell Crankbaits, they don't sell wobblers.--Mike Cline 21:01, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

The desire to merge Wobbler (fishing) and Crankbait into the Wobbler article forced me to do a bit of research. In my limited library the first reference to Crankbait is found in Advanced Bass Fishing (Weiss 1976). This corresponds with the ten year aniversary of the advent of professional bass fishing. Prior literature refers to lures known today as crankbaits as Plugs of various types. Modern Book of Black Bass (Dalrymple - 1972), Fishing For Bass (Livingston - 1974), The Complete Book of Bass Fishing (Gresham - 1966), Bass Fishing (Kesting - 1962), Fresh-Water Bass (Bergman - 1962), Black Bassing Fishing - Theory and Practice (Lincoln - 1952), Bass Tackle and Tactics (Hollis - 1945), Bass Fishing (Gasque - 1945), My Friend the Black Bass (Hawes - 1930) and earlier. Throughout this Bass Fishing specific set of references, the term Wobbler [fishing] is not used. Instead, whenever a hard bait such as today's crankbaits is talked about, it is called a plug. In broader references - Lure Fishing (Becker - 1970) a whole chapter is devoted to "Fishing The Plugs". No reference to Wobblers is made. In How to Find Fish and Make Them Strike (Bates - 1974) reference made only to plugs, not wobblers or crankbaits. Finally in A History of Angling (Waterman - 1981) makes the connection betweeen plugs and crankbaits without any reference to Wobblers as a specific type of lure. There are references to specific lures with "Wobbler" in their name (K. O. Wobbler, Wobbling Spoon, etc.).

Based on the above, the term "Wobbler" is an ill-concieved term for the lures described in this these articles. The term crankbait is contemporary and accurately describes the type of lure that has derived from the historical plugs used by fisherman. It would be interesting to learn who actually coined the term--bass fisherman or the tackle companies that sold them.--Mike Cline 00:47, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

I am going to merge both articles into Plug (fishing) as it is the most generic term. We can then sort the whole lot as one article and fork if necessary. Bfp _(talk) 20:56, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

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