1978 Bass Masters Classic Press Guide
We introduce the 1978 Classic contenders as well as loads of tournament data taken from the organization since the first tournament on Beaver Lake in 1967
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Month: February 2022
Mike Whitaker Operation Bass
Operation Bass started in 1980 with just three divisions, two in KY and one in IL. Each Kentucky division fished three events and sent their top six anglers to the fall classic
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Claudette Tircuit Classic Champ
Recently I was digging through some archives in search of some information on a particular bait...
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Tom Mann and Humminbird
What a lot of people under 40 don’t realize is that Tom Mann was one of the three individuals who started Humminbird.
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Zorro Bait Company 1977
Stan Sloan will forever hold the distinction of being the first angler to win a Ray Scott event – winning the first All-American held on Beaver Lake in 1967.
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Ranger Boats 1988
Although Forrest didn’t invent the bass boat, his company was one of the first to design boats specifically for the bass angler at the genesis of tournament bass fishing
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Larry Nixon’s Rookie Year
The year was 1977 and after some convincing from fellow Toledo Bend guide Tommy Martin, Nixon decided to give it a try.
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Jimmy Houston Can Cast
Houston’s philosophy was to make as many casts as possible during the day. He fished extremely close to his targets, decreasing his cast distance, which reduced the amount of dead water between him and the fish
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Ken Cook – Bass Pro
Cook fishes Sport Bass Association events and other local tournaments on weekends and uses vacation time to keep active in the Western Division of the Bass Angler’s Sportsman Society, the Classic sponsor and Big League of competitive fishing.
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The Garcia Mitchell Series
to give credit where credit’s due, I there’s no way I can overlook the importance of the Mitchel series of reels offered by Garcia.
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