Colmer Bait Company
Peterborough, Ontario

There really isn't a great deal known about this company beyond some speculation and educated guesses. It has been suggested that the individual or individuals that made these baits were either Lucky Strike employees, or had some connection to the company. There are 3 different styles of body that have surfaced to this point including the one in this picture. Another style of body that recently appeared is exactly like the one shown, but the eyes are on the back side towards the lip and line tie hardware. The last body type has the same features of the standard Pikie, but the lip hardware is also like the wiggling hardware on this crab-style lure. As far as I can tell, the lip and line tie hardware shown was used on all 3 styles of body. This is a difficult lure to find (6 known at the present time), and a treasure to add to any Canadian collection.

Antique Wooden Colmer Lure One Style of Colmer Bait with a very unique paint job.