Hi Bill, Great question and thanks for remembering I saidd they were a copy. The great people at henderson Australia bought the company and the Marlin Magnet was part of the product line. They were troubled because it was almost exacly like a witchdocter, a trully orriginal idea from Peter Pakula, who by the way is a class act.
When they talked to Peter he told them not to worrie about it. By the way the henderson Australia people make large donations to the Pakula Friends Tournament and they are good friends with all involed.
The only diference beside color is that the Marlin Magnet has a ball contraption inside that makes noise when bouncing through the water.
I stock those MM's and will make any custom wire harness you would like free with purchase.
As you know the MM is a dead teaser meaning it has no hooks and it is very common for the lures next to it to be hit most often. It's trolled just pass the prop wash and I have put them about 20ft from the transom.
They are 15 3/8 in and wieght of 750 grams. They come in red, pink, yellow and woodie. Woddie has the cool factor but pink or yellow are the most productive.
Real conversation starter on the docks.
