Mr. Paul, and pingleys professional.

Not sure if Hawbakers formulations were the best but I suspect that they’ve sold more ounces of a few formulas like 500 and 800 than many others have even dreamed about

Herb Lenon

Oscar Cronk

Bill Nelson , Fuller Laugerman , my buddy Dale Billingsly deserves a honorable mention just because !

I don't know how you'd ever pick one. There are so many greats, past and present.

I would agree with many on this topic, hard to say who was/is the best, but during the 70s-80s fur boom, there was Hawbaker's and everybody else. I've ate many PBJ sandwiches that tasted like Hawbaker's raccoon lure, and I know if you asked my dad..."if you could only take one lure on the fox/coyote line, what would it be?"...his answer would be Hawbaker's Wiley Red 500.

Impossible to know, can say about every lure maker i ever bought from had at least one red hot lure of some sort.

Couldn't tell you, but I've done well with Carmans and Leggetts Canine lures. I don't use lure for anything else.

Carman, TS lures, and PGC

I seriously doubt that anyone has sold more lures than Hawbaker's. No one is even close.

Lot of great lure makers over time... the greatest still might not of even been born yet,... but if i had to pick a lure out of all the lures I ever used and was confident with over time... it would probably be a bottle of O.L. Butchers or L.A. Smiths that found its way to my pocket.... jim

Are Hawbaker's lures still the same old formula? I've ordered a couple within the last couple of years and they seem to work pretty well so far but I haven't used them extensively yet.

Lennon

Leo hoeft had some great lures used them for alot of years.

Fuller Laugeman gets my vote.

Russ Carman!! Everyone else were wannabees!!

Greatest lure maker of all time is the BEAVER with its castor glands

There's alot of good lure and bait makers past/presently.

I'm just gonna say excellent job to them all.

Lennons. The Leggett's went from dairy farmers to having a very successful lure... Lots of variables