Leonard Nelson Fish Spearing Decoy, 8.5" Brown Trout

Cadillac, MI, 1 rainbow trout dated 8-07, 1 brown trout dated 6-06 & 1 brook trout dated 8-05, all have glass eyes, carved tails & metal fins, all have makers signature on bottom, sizes range 7.5"L -

12" Trout Fish Spearing Decoy by Leonard "Sven" Nelson of Manton, MI, Carved Tail, Metal Fins, Glass Eyes, Psalms 1:18 on Bottom, Signed

1 walleye by Jim Anderson 8"L & 2 perch, 1 trout by Leonard Nelson, Manton, 7"L - 8"L, all have carved tails & metal fins, excellent condition, the Pete Konwinski Collection, est. 150 - 300

Montrose, MN, carved tail & metal fins, excellent condition, 12"L, est. 200 - 300

Antique "Red Dot" Trout Fish Spearing Decoy. Red dots indicate it is a breeding cycle Brown Trout. Nicely carved details to head and gills. Original paint, original looping wire line tie, unusual sing

Cadillac, MI, 9"L sucker American flag, 9"L rainbow trout, 8.75"L black & silver trout & 7"L brook trout, glass eyes, carved tails & metal fins, excellent condition, makers signature on bottom, the Pe

Benzonia, MI, 1 brook trout, 1 brown trout, 1 arctic char & 1 rainbow trout, all have painted eyes, carved tails & metal fins, 8"L, est. 300 - 500

Albion, NY, 1 brown trout 10"L, 2 rainbow trouts 8"L, 2 bluegills 6"L & 1 brown trout 8"L, glass eyes, carved tails & metal fins, excellent condition, 1 bluegill is missing right fin, Ralph Kandt Coll

Newberry, MI, 11.75"L trout with metal tail & fins, 4.75"L brown trout & 4.75"L lake trout, all have glass eyes, 2 have carved tails & metal fins, excellent condition, makers initials on bottom, the P

Pauldine, OH, 9.25"L brown trout & 8.75"L perch, both have tack eyes, carved tails & metal fins, both are in excellent condition, makers signature in lead weight on bottom, the Pete Konwinski Collecti

Royal Oak, MI, 12.5"L brown trout & 6"L perch, glass eyes, carved tails & metal fins, excellent condition, initials DW on bottom, the Pete Konwinski Collection, est. 150 - 250

Newberry, MI, rainbow trout, brown trout, arctic char & sunapee, all have glass eyes, carved tail & metal fins, excellent condition, makers initials or signature on bottom, includes original cardboard

Cadillac, MI, 12.25"L burbot, 12"L trout & 9"L grayling, tack eyes, carved tails & metal fins, excellent condition, makers signature on bottom, the Pete Konwinski Collection, est. 200 - 400

Newberry, MI, 6"L sucker, 5"L perch & 5.25"L brown trout, glass eyes, carved tails & metal fins, excellent condition, makers initials on bottom, the Pete Konwinski Collection, est. 200 - 400

Cheboygan MI, 2 brown trout, 1 perch, 1 rainbow trout, 1 brook trout & 1 bass, all have glass eyes, carved tails & metal fins, the Pete Konwinski Collection, sizes range 7.5"L - 8.5"L, est. 200 - 400

1 jointed trout by unknown 13.5"L, 1 sturgeon coaxer by unknown 18"L, 1 perch & 1 brown trout by unknown, both 11"L, all in good condition, the Pete Konwinski Collection, est. 100 - 200

1 sucker 9"L, Mike Maxson, Newberry, MI, 1 Cadillac School sucker 6.5"L, 1 Cadillac School brown trout 8"L & 1 sturgeon 10"L, Duane Turnock, all in excellent condition, Ralph Kandt Collection, est. 25

1 northern pike initialled WEE GEE on bottom, 1 brown trout, 1 rainbow trout & 1 brook trout by unknown carvers, in excellent condition, the Pete Konwinski Collection, sizes range 7"L - 8"L, est. 100

Featured in this lot are these two hand carved wood fishing decoys circa 1930s-50s mimicking a brown trout and a rainbow trout. Fish spearing decoys were primarily used when ice fishing with spears, b

Newberry, MI, 9"L crayfish, 9"L red & white sucker, 8.5"L northern pike, 10.5"L northern pike, 9"L blue & brown northern pike & 6"L black & white trout, glass eyes, carved tails & metal fins, excellen

6.5"L trout by Mike Maxson, Newberry, MI, 7" red & white sucker by Jim Nelson, Cadillac, MI, & 9"L yellow & black by Karl Johnson, Newberry, MI, all have glass eyes, carved tails & metal fins, excelle

Cadillac, MI, Exact Fish featured on pg 55 "Michigan's Master Carver Oscar W. Peterson by Ron Fritz" large tack eyes, excellent original paint with very little wear, a few minor paint flakes, overall

Cadillac, MI, painted eyes, carved tail & metal fins, dual lead chambers, strong original paint with very little wear, nice detail throughout with additional blood trail coming from the gills, Pete Si

Cadillac, MI, tack eyes, carved tail & metal fins, dual lead chambers, original paint with coat of varnish, some flaking & wear, nice working example, 7"L x 1.125"T x .625"W, est. 600 - 900