The Harkins Lunker Lure
Clunn added an air of mystery about a ‘secret’ topwater lure he used to excite his first-round catch that included the daily lunker leader, a five-pound largemouth.
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Month: January 2022
Season at a Glance: 1976 Bassmaster Trail – Classic Six
Clunn was fishing a Fleck Weed-Wader spinnerbait rigged with bronze size 7 and 8 blades. Although it wasn’t stated, from the looks of the Fleck ads adjoining the Classic report, it appears that the blades were Indiana blades
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BPS Museum and Original Site
A few years later, after starting this site, I determined the original Brown Derby Bass Pro Shops was a few blocks away from the new BPS. If I ever got back to Springfield, I’d have to find the original.
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Bo Dowden in BASS Classic
“Natchitoches’ Villis (Bo) Dowden, front, and Roland Martin of Broken Arrow, Okla. will both be striving for the $15,000 winner-take-all purse in the fifth annual BASS Masters Classic set for Oct. 29-31 on a lake which will not be revealed until the contestants have enplaned from New Orleans Monday.”
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Hines wins U.S. BASS World Title
“Greg Hines displays Stanley Vibra-Shaft spinnerbait he used to win the U.S. BASS World Championship.” Staff photo by Steve Lightfoot
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Bomber Lure Company
In that piece we talked about Floyd’s life and how he got into fishing full time. We also talked about his association with the Bomber Lure Company. Today we have a bit of an extension of that article with some more Bomber ads featuring Mabry and a couple others.
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Season at a Glance – 1976 Bassmaster Trail – Classic Contenders
As amazing it was for so many past-Classic anglers to qualify, it was just as amazing who didn’t qualify. For example, Roland Martin, who’d made every (5) Classic since its inception, missed qualification by 6 points and finished in the 26th spot. The other 5-time qualifier who didn’t make it was Tom Mann who finished in 38th place.
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Remembering Floyd Mabry
The start of Mabry’s fishing career actually goes back to 1954, when he entered a $10,000 fishing contest sponsored by The Daily Oklahoman newspaper
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Season at a Glance – 1976 Bassmaster Federation Chapter Championship
The 1976 Bassmaster Federation Chapter Championship would mark the fourth year that Federation anglers from all over the U.S. would get an opportunity to fish the World Series of Bass Fishing, the Bassmaster Classic.
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Vintage Adventurer Tackle Box
Going through a bunch of moving boxes that have been packed up from several moves over the years,...
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