Museum Archive: Weedless Johnson Silver Minnow, 1/2oz Gold fishing spoon #5046

Gold plating on this 1/2 oz (14 g) spoon reflects light with the same intensity as the day it was manufactured in Mankato, Minnesota. Labeled with product code 5046, this 2 1/4" (6 cm) Weedless Silver Minnow is presented in its original retail packaging and is unused, maintaining a condition rating of 6. The forged body, based on Louis Johnson's classic 1920 design, is shaped to cast like a bullet and slide through thick vegetation. Technical details on the back of the card note that the lure performs with a 35-degree wobble during the retrieve to draw strikes. This American-made specimen features a single guarded hook and is designed for use either plain or with a supplemental trailer to adjust the presentation.