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WACKY WORM, INC.
by Alex Zidock Jr.
photos by the author
During a family trip, Louis Herfurth announced he wanted
to launch a new venture aside from the retail meat market he
and his brother owned in Gilbert, Monroe County. " My wife
and I were talking about what we wanted to do as a secondary
business. I was an angler since I was little, and I said I would like
to open a tackle shop and call it Lou's Tackle Shop. " His wife,
Carol, quickly responded from the passenger seat, " No, it is not
going to be called Lou's Tackle Shop. "
Herfurth told his wife and kids that he wanted it to be the
largest indoor soft plastic display in northeast Pennsylvania.
Then, he said they heard a voice from the back seat. One of the
kids quipped, " Dad, you're wacky. "
" Before we reached our destination, the tackle shop became
Wacky Worm, and that is how we got our name, " said Herfurth.
The tackle shop opened some 36 years ago. " Wacky Worm,
Inc., was registered and in business long before the terminology
of 'rigging a worm wacky style' was popular, " said Herfurth.
" In the beginning, we manufactured our soft plastic worms
by hand. My kids will tell you stories about whenever they
wanted to go anywhere, like an amusement park, that they had
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Louis Herfurth, the owner, fills the display rack. Located in
Gilbert, Monroe County, Wacky Worm, Inc., also offers rubber
and synthetic tied jig heads.
to pack plastic worms in our Wacky Worm, Inc., bags before
they could go, " said Herfurth.
It was not long before Herfurth's unique bait designs and
worm compositions were in such demand that he had to
www.fishandboat.com
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