“We’ve made BASS CHAMP as realistic as possible,” Schorr said. “We wanted players to feel that they were actually out on the water.
Category: Short Strikes
1984 Bassmaster Classic History
A look at the picture taken of center stage during Rick Clunn’s victory speech captures the moment for us all. The personalities on stage are compelling, historic and even ironic.
Just Buy a Flippin’ Reel Would’Ya
Basil Bacon had just invented the Flippin Switch and gave the rights to ABU Garcia, which, in turn, came out with the first ever reel designed for flipping.
Failed Electronics, Again
This unit could be connected to any brand of depthfinder and would then “announce the depth at regular intervals.”
The Youngest of the Young Guns
However, Wheeler, who is now 31 and hosts a gaggle of wins at the sport’s highest of levels, isn’t the youngest world champion. There was one angler younger.
The Beginning of the Toad Invasion?
In fact, you have to go back about 25 years before the Zoom release, to none other than soft plastic manufacturer Mister Twister of Minden, Louisiana in order to find what might likely be considered the grandfather of today’s buzzin’ frogs, the Hawg Frawg.
Mister Twister – More of the Same
Fast forward to around 2007 and what do we see on the market again? I don’t know if the folks at Yamamoto remembered the “success” of the Sassy Worm and felt they could make a better mouse trap or if they’d forgotten the concept altogether.
Braid in the 70s?
No way, Braid came out with the advent of Spider Wire – didn’t it? Well, actually braided lines are probably the oldest lines in fishing. It’s just that they weren’t made of Spectra back in the day. Early lines were spun out of everything from cat gut to Dacron
Board Game or Bored Game
One early attempt to capitalize on this possibility was a board game called “Lunker,” introduced in 1977 and endorsed by Rick Clunn, who’d won the Bassmaster Classic in both 1976 and 1977.
Tow Tow Tow Your Boat
Today’s angler wouldn’t be caught dead towing their bass rig with anything less than a 3/4-ton pickup – diesel preferred. But back in the day, anglers towed their rigs with whatever they had to tow with.