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speckled.trout · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 30 Aug 2012 Posts: 1190

I noticed on a past thread a few of you collect older lures manufactured
in Texas, I do also, but I've found a HUMP lure manufactured in El Campo
I am unable to find on any of the Hump color charts and thought I ask and see if anyone on the board might know or have any info.
It is stamped M-1 but doesn't match up with any M-1 on the charts.
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Thanks

ST

Rebecca of Sunnybrookfarm · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 01 May 2008 Posts: 3974

try Bruce at Premier Yamaha....I'll ask Dr. McKee....
becky
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speckled.trout · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 30 Aug 2012 Posts: 1190

RodBreaker · Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 1:47 pm Post subject:

I found a Hump lure chart on post 29 of this thread:

http://2coolfishing.com/ttmbforum/showthread.php?p=3243847
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Rebecca of Sunnybrookfarm · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 01 May 2008 Posts: 3974

from McKee....

Yes,I have the original factory color sheets for the Humps. Hump started as the CC Lure co. in 1956 but was bought by Mr. Earl Humphries in 1958 and moved to El Campo/Palacios. I have two complete Hump sets (114 lures/set) and LOTS of traders. Have Mike get in touch with me.
David

PM me speckled trout if you want his contact info...
becky
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speckled.trout · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 30 Aug 2012 Posts: 1190

Thanks Rodbreaker but that's one of the charts I've looked at and haven't been able to find it on that chart.

Check your PM Becky and thanks a lot, now I have a source of information on future questions.

Mike

AcousTennis · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 13 Sep 2010 Posts: 1319

Huh so thats what they are...

my gals grandparents have a lake house that we visit and fish from...the closet is full of tackle boxes stuffed with these suckers many still in the package....

always have to take a look at em when i visit haha fishermans habit i guess
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ironmanstan · Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 6:09 pm Post subject:

That's a nice one Speck.
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shallowsport · Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 6:53 pm Post subject:

PM, Gulftrout, this is right up his alley. Very likely that he will see this, and reply , anyway.

gulftrout · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 20 Aug 2007 Posts: 1629

There is a simple enough explanation why this color does not match the Hump Lure Color Chart. Earl Humpheries was a farmer and avid fisherman. He decided to get into the lure making business. I believe he bought out a lure company called, "Coastal Lure Co." that was also in El Campo, Tx and changed the name to Hump Lures. The Coastal Lure Co. made very similar lures with one exception. Most of theirs had what was called a "Magic Eye". These lures had a plastic eye glued to the round lead eyes underneath. The magic eye was found on the SM Series and A-Chubby Series. The earliest M Series Hump Lures , like yours pictures were a little thinner and almost all of the earliest painted eye ones the lead expanded and cracked the lure and painted eye. Also the early ones were made with the hook hanger hardware permanatly inside the lure. If you remove the hook hanger hardware screw the hook hanger will not come out. On all of the later(Most are like this) when you remove the hook hanger screw the hook hanger will fall out just like all Bingo Lures. Most Hump Lures are slightly thicker which prevented the lead inside from cracking the lure. I am guessing this was the original Hump M-1 color or special color. There were several 12 packs of this color lure that were "NIB" (New in the box) that showed up on ebay and at lure shows several years back and this is where most of this color Hump Lure has been found. Here is a picture of a paper insert in the lure box that says, "Coastal Lure Co." All of these that I have found mention the "Magic Eye." I'm pretty sure your lures paper insert will say "Hump Lure Co." From what I can gather there were originally colors coded 0 through 20. He then added the color codes 21X through 25X and then even later added a 28X. There was also a set of Hump Tigers(striped lures) that were also added. All along there were four different sizes and styles, SM(small), A Series(Chubby Lures) M (Mighty Minnow) and F Series, the same size and shape of the M series only difference there was a "Flash" inside. You have to continue catching the fishermen with new colors, even back then! Smile

speckled.trout · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 30 Aug 2012 Posts: 1190

Thank you gulftrout that is pretty much what Mr. McKee said, here is a
summation of the information he gave me.

"Mike-I have color charts for both CC Lure Co. and Hump and you are welcome to copy them. The one here with the red eye is one of the early Humps. Yes, sometimes the colors and numbers don't match. I have quite a few like that including quite a few that Mrs. Humphries gave me from his personal collection. I wrote an article for Tide Magazine (CCA) that sums up the history of the company. Hump also made freshwater baits including jigs but I don't think that lasted very long. The mainstay were the saltwater line which was comprised of 4 models: the "M", "FM","A" and "SM". Each model was made in 27 colors/patterns (beginning with 0 and ending with 2 Cool

. In other words M0,M1,M2,M3...M28. I would love to show you a complete set and will be glad to add to your collection. I have some other stuff you might be interested in as well". David

It helps knowing that sometimes they didn't match the color charts, even though I fished with these in the '60s I didn't know there were so many colors.
I'm not much into collecting the Houston manufactured lures.

ST

shorty · Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 5:38 am Post subject:

love it,McKee is your best bet,he has help numerous times with stuff i find.
sometimes i wish there was a " show your collection " thread.right now im missing one chunk of drift wood for a display shelf ive been building.theres a site or 2 that is dedicated to lure collectors in texas who collect nothing but texas suff,pretty cool ! Cool

gulftrout · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 20 Aug 2007 Posts: 1629

Dirtylove · Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 1:44 pm Post subject:

My dad had a bunch of these we would troll in the Trinity channel near the top of Livingston for white bass. These and Little Georges.

Are they still effective for bay fishing when compared to more modern lures? They don't look difficult to copy.

SnatchinLips · Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 1:28 pm Post subject:

Sorry to dig up an old thread, but I found this hump lure in an old tackle box in an estate sale along with an identical one. Has anyone seen these with the screw in hook hanger hardware? If so any info on them or perhaps copy-cats? There is no indication of the normal hardware to be in place. Thanks.