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| Photo provided by Brent Rossman |
Until recently, this galvanized wire mesh minnow trap has remained unnamed .It is part of Brent Rossman's minnow trap collection.
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| Photo provided by Brent Rossman |
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1939 Edward K. Tryon Catalog Cut showing a wire mesh minnow trap similar to the Brent's Mystery Trap . Although this trap is similar to the one in question it didn't give us a definitive answer on the maker. Tryon sold a lot of tackle, but they were not manufacturers. This Kingfisher Trap looks enough like Brents to confidently suspect there is a connection. This cut states it was available with one or two funnels. Perhaps the two funnel model had two legs like Brent's trap.
Finally the answer comes from an unlikely source the Old Pal Fishing
Goods MFR's Wilkes Barre , Pa. a division of Penn Metal Ware Company. Who would have known that the Company Famous for making minnow bait cans also made minnow traps.( Well Brent did, he knew of two different traps made by Old Pal , a common style wire mesh trap and a later plastic model) Once I discovered the trap was an Old Pal product it made perfect sense. If an angler catches bait he'll need to have a way to store and transport the bait. If he has an Old Pal Minnow Bucket to store & transport bait, he'll need to have the bait to fill it. |
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| This is a page out of an undated Old Pal catalog. I believe the catalog is from around the start of World War Two. My reason for approximating that time period is the fact that the Old Pal promotional material found with the catalog mentions the possibility of upcoming material shortages |
I'd like to thank Brent for sharing his photos of the now identified Old Pal No.210 series Minnow Trap and his interest in old minnow traps.
