Bass Masters Classics 1 to 10
In the spirit of Classic week, we’re going to look back at the first 50 years of Classic history.
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Month: February 2022
1978 Bass Masters Classic Press Guide Gallery
The gallery below is a page-by-page presentation of this rare 1978 Bass Masters Classic Press Guide.
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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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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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Bass Masters Classic Patches
What’s presented here is a collection of Bass Masters Classic patches and Classic Press Writer patches that Stan had accumulated over the 30-plus years he covered the event
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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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