2024 Hall of Fame Inductees
Fred Arbogast
2024
Anyone who has ever caught a bass on a spinnerbait, buzzbait or skirted jig owes a special thanks to Fred Arbogast, one of the most creative innovators of fishing lures in the history of sportfishing....
Mike McKinnis
2024
It might be tempting to identify Mike McKinnis primarily as the son of the late Jerry McKinnis of The Fishing Hole fame. That would be a huge mistake. While Jerry’s impact on the sport of...
Skeet Reese
2024
Raised in Northern California, Skeet Reese is arguably the most influential West Coast angler in the sport. Though his impact is much broader than his California roots. He achieved legend status for three reasons: 1)...
Alfred Williams
2024
Racial desegregation may have been mandated by federal laws and court rulings in the 1950s and ’60s, but in reality, almost insurmountable barriers between the races continued to exist across the South, especially in the...
Mark Zona
2024
Mark Zona grew up in a southern suburb of Chicago. He caught his first bass at the age of 4 when his parents traveled to Sturgis, Michigan on a family vacation. That first bass sparked...
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- 1958 – A Time of ChangeIn today's Sunday Sonnett, 1958 – A Time of Change, Bill talks about two of his favorite reels and how they changed the world of fishing The post 1958 – A Time of Change appeared first on Bass Fishing Archives.
- Early Doug HannonHannon, an early proponent of fish conservation, even wrote an early opinion piece or two in local newspapers in support of the B.A.S.S. catch and release start-up efforts around that same timeframe. The post Early Doug Hannon appeared first on Bass Fishing Archives.
- Bass Boat Predictions 1987
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