Old School Fishing
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2019 7:56 pm
I was watching an old school BASS event on YouTube before power poles and one when Rick Morris was the only one with a chatterbait out on the water.
My how far we’ve come in such a short time. I see the black and white single units unlike today’s enormous double flat screens on both the bow and driver console. Sadly I realized that I have several units on my rod rack as I suppose we are spending the equivalent of a good depth finder on a rod or reel or both.
Even the way they held the rod was different than what I see today. I like looking at these shows. One thing I have picked up recently that I thought was new that wasn’t was NOT pegging your sinker on your Flippin stick. I guy I ran into got me started and I don’t get hung up as much. Seems like they already knew that long time ago. Even when punching I see one guy who intentionally did not peg his weight.
It’s funny the little tips you can get from the old tapes. Like I need to throw the spinner bait a heck of a lot more than I have been. Rick Clunn’s 10.10 bass was crazy but when he came here in Florida, he and Mark Menendez done a lot of damage with the old s/b.
My how far we’ve come in such a short time. I see the black and white single units unlike today’s enormous double flat screens on both the bow and driver console. Sadly I realized that I have several units on my rod rack as I suppose we are spending the equivalent of a good depth finder on a rod or reel or both.
Even the way they held the rod was different than what I see today. I like looking at these shows. One thing I have picked up recently that I thought was new that wasn’t was NOT pegging your sinker on your Flippin stick. I guy I ran into got me started and I don’t get hung up as much. Seems like they already knew that long time ago. Even when punching I see one guy who intentionally did not peg his weight.
It’s funny the little tips you can get from the old tapes. Like I need to throw the spinner bait a heck of a lot more than I have been. Rick Clunn’s 10.10 bass was crazy but when he came here in Florida, he and Mark Menendez done a lot of damage with the old s/b.
