Category: Short Strikes

The Horsepower Race – 1971

Posted by Terry Battisti | Jul 28, 2026 | Old Bass Boats, Short Strikes |

In The Horsepower Race – 1971 we look at the horsepower race that started as soon as competitive bass fishing began and its concerns.

Jason Lucas Test Answers

Posted by Terry Battisti | Jun 29, 2026 | Short Strikes, The Writers |

here are the answers to the test that Jason Lucas presented in his article titled, “You Can Always Find Bass,” from the April 1958 issue of Sports Afield

The Alexandria Drafting Company

Posted by Terry Battisti | Jun 17, 2026 | Short Strikes, Technique History |

Yesterday we featured the book Lunkers Love Nightcrawlers – the first major treatise on structure fishing. This week we delve into a smaller publication on the subject, published by the Alexandria Drafting Company, called Bass Structure Fishing.

Finding Bass – a la Lucas

Posted by Terry Battisti | Jun 15, 2026 | Short Strikes, The Writers |

Lucas was made angling editor of Sports Afield magazine in the late 40s and penned the first real book on bass fishing in 1947, which was reprinted two more times, first in 1949 and again in 1962. Finding Bass a la Lucas is a look back into one his his best articles on catching the little green fish.

Old-School Comms

Posted by Terry Battisti | Jun 2, 2026 | Short Strikes |

Eventually CB radios were outlawed in tournaments for the same reasons cell phones have restrictions today. It was too easy for an angler not fishing an event to call, “breaker-breaker Bubba Hawg, I found you a mess-a fish,” over the radio to his tournament-fishing buddy.

Bass Champ Computer Game

Posted by Terry Battisti | May 20, 2026 | Retro Ads, Short Strikes |

“We’ve made BASS CHAMP as realistic as possible,” Schorr said. “We wanted players to feel that they were actually out on the water.

Just Buy a Flippin’ Reel Would’Ya

Posted by Terry Battisti | May 11, 2026 | Short Strikes, Tackle History |

In Just Buy a Flippin’ Reel Would’Ya, we look back to the day when every company out there was making flipping accessories.

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