Ricky Green

When this Ricky Green caught his first bass, in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, he was only six years old and has been hooked on the sport ever since.

His first taste of national bass fishing competition occurred when he fished in the “BassMaster All-American” in 1968, where he finished eleventh. Only the sixth tournament that B.A.S.S. founder, Ray Scott had held. Ricky went on to compete in 184 tournaments, around the country and earned a check ninety times. He won two B.A.S.S. events and posted five runner-up finishes. He won eight “Big Bass” awards at a time when that honor earned a fully rigged bass boat. And , he captured the award two times in a row, twice. A feat that hasn’t been done since, along the B.A.S.S.. tournament trail. Ricky’s reputation for catching “big bass” on “big baits” is the type of thing that legends are made of, as the early BassMaster magazines proved, by regularly publishing articles on this man’s uncanny ability to catch “big ‘uns”!

Ricky Green holds the all-time record for the biggest bass ever caught in a BASS Classic. In addition to fishing the B.A.S.S. tournament trail, he qualified for four “American Angler” Classics; three “Project Sports” Classics; and three “FLW Tour” Championships. Ricky was the 1979 “Angler of the Year” on the “American Angler Association” circuit and won five national tournaments during his very distinguished professional life. With these accomplishments, it’s easy to see why ESPN selected him as one of the thirty-five greatest bass fishermen ever.

Ricky holds three U. S. patents on fishing and hunting products, and today, even though he is retired from competitive angling, he donates his time and talents to many organizations around the country, and currently owns his own booking agency for fishing and hunting trips to Mexico and Brazil, where he will join his clients on several trips a year.