40 Years of the Shad Rap
In 40 Years of the Shad Rap, Pete Robbins looks back at the meek intro of the lure in late 1982 and how it vaulted to one of the best baits.
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The Red Man Trail – The First Season
The Red Man Trail – The First Season takes a look back at Operation Bass and their winning venture with Red Man chewing tobacco.
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Casting With or Without Castro
Casting With or Without Castro is a look into bass fishing in Cuba along with U.S. anglers trying to get to the island for its bass fishing
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Catching Up with John Hale
Catching Up with John Hale looks into Hale’s long-standing relationship with Lonnie Stanley and his career fishing the Bassmaster Trail.
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How Stanley Jigs Was Born
How Stanley Jigs Was Born is a look back at Lonnie Stanley and the birth of Stanley Jigs. This article was originally published in 2015.
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Smallmouth Magazine
By the 1980s, some smallmouth aficionados decided that their needs weren’t being fully met and out of that need came Smallmouth, Inc.
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Texas Trophies, Then and Now
In early 2021, Lake OH Ivie near San Angelo went on a trophy tear reminiscent of that experienced at some of the SoCal lakes in the late 80s and early 90s.
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B.A.S.S.’s First Woman Angler
Her first day partner, Homer Humphreys, told the Orlando Sentinel that ”[s]he was a fantastic partner. She was the most aggressive lady I’ve ever fished with – more aggressive than most men are – when it came to keeping her lure in the water
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From Marilyn Monroe to Ott Defoe
Lauri Rapala, inventor of the Original Floater, began making his lures in the 1930s, and as they evolved the Finnish lures became popular throughout Europe, particularly after the Summer Olympics were held in Helsinki in 1952.
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Failed Electronics, Again
In Failed Electronics, Again, Pete looks at one of the craziest ideas to ever come from the electronics industry, the Depth Talker
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