Harold Sharp

Author: Harold Sharp

More on the 1970 Bassmaster Angler of the Year

Posted by Harold Sharp | Oct 8, 2024 | B.A.S.S. |

I’m not sure how it happened, Bob and Ray are not sure, but the one thing that I remember was that Bob Cobb invented the B.A.S.S. AOY by naming Bill Dance at the end of the 1970 BASS Tour.

The Best Times

Posted by Harold Sharp | Dec 5, 2023 | B.A.S.S. |

In The Best Times, Harold Sharp discusses with us how he used Solunar tables to predict the best times to conduct tournaments

A Look Back at Classic V – Booze, Nets and a Hit and Run

Posted by Harold Sharp | Mar 24, 2023 | B.A.S.S. |

“Let me get this straight. You have a load of boats that you own and you don’t know where you’re taking them and someone is going to call and tell you but you don’t know who that is?”

The First Drive-Through Bass Master Classic Weigh-In

Posted by Harold Sharp | Mar 23, 2023 | B.A.S.S. |

Before any of this happened, though, I had to make sure the Ranger livewells would operate well enough to keep the fish alive for the weigh-in. I called Mickey Wood at Ranger Boats and told him that I needed to know how good the livewells worked and this is what I needed him to do.

Bass Master Classic III – This Ain’t Mutual of Omaha

Posted by Harold Sharp | Mar 22, 2023 | B.A.S.S., Eastern |

In Bass Master Classic III – This Ain’t Mutual of Omaha, Harold Sharp tells the story of how he and the BASS crew pulled off the secret event

Bass Master Classic II – Rail Cars and Stringbusters

Posted by Harold Sharp | Mar 21, 2023 | B.A.S.S. |

That’s when I told him we were trailering the boats to Percy Priest Marina and the anglers were on their way. “Everyone said, ‘You said the boats were going to be hauled on the railroad somewhere else'” I replied, “No, I just asked how many would fit on a flatcar – I never mentioned they were going anywhere.”

Bass Master Classic I – A Little Snow and a Broken Rebel

Posted by Harold Sharp | Mar 20, 2023 | B.A.S.S. |

What we did was have the truck driver back the trailer down under the crane, then the crane would sling the boats off the flatbed and lower it in the water as the truck pulled forward. This was working fine until one of the boats slipped out of the sling and broke in half when it hit the tracks.