The world's best bass anglers gather on Clarks Hill Reservoir in McCormick, South Carolina for the 1973 Bassmaster Classic. Bass fishing fans will recognize Bill Dance, Roland Martin and Tom Mann.
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@johnmango60564 жыл бұрын
pretty incredible how good those boats were almost 50 years ago. id take one of those right now no question lol
@jamesmurray63483 жыл бұрын
I know right I always thought those boats were awesome.
@jgringo55163 жыл бұрын
I posted this on the ‘71 Classic thread. I just saw that BassCat is building their 1971 vintage model this year for their 50th anniversary. It’s rated for a 115 hp. 16’ boat that will fit in any garage. I bet it flies with a 115! Really neat boat.
@frankie-35983 жыл бұрын
Had a guy in my club with one. It was like a 90 hp tub but so fun. RIP Jim Watson
@korbansdad2 жыл бұрын
I have a 73 kingfisher with a Johnson 55.. still catching fish 51 years later
@jeremygray38637 жыл бұрын
We could all learn a lot from there graciousness and sportsmanship.
@joeybreckenridge34356 жыл бұрын
Check out my Dad's FB page......Rayo Breckenridge.
@shawnbeck23034 жыл бұрын
This is how I remember bass fishing. I was 13 years old. We had a 16 ft V bottom Aluminum boat 40 Johnson and a trolling motor. We could go any where the other bass boats went. It was a great time in fishing. Shawn
@Harpplayer5043 жыл бұрын
Great memories, I can relate to the fact that you had a boat that could take you anywhere!
@blakeraider53122 жыл бұрын
These videos are simply amazing. RIP Mr Scott
@Bradleehage8 ай бұрын
Billy Dance is a better fisher
@willhurney57147 жыл бұрын
These old videos are so awesome
@ArtVallejo7 жыл бұрын
What a great throwback video!
@scienterprises91947 жыл бұрын
It's crazy how far the sport has come. Amazing.
@toscodav5 жыл бұрын
I know. People actually used boats, fishing poles hooks and bait to catch fish back then??
@steezyboiiii808 Жыл бұрын
@@toscodav eh honestly bass fishing now is way better 0 doubt
@peteryeung1116 жыл бұрын
The good ole days...all of them gentlemen and good sportsmen. Listen to the way the speak, no egos, just enjoying the sport and sharing their knowledge.
@dustinisaiah45125 жыл бұрын
Love watching these old classics and seeing all the great pioneers of bass fishing and remembering the simpler times of tournament fishing....love these videos and hope you post more of them...THANKS RM!!
@telefunkenyou477 жыл бұрын
Roland Martin showed me what I know............
@Playsinvain3 жыл бұрын
Until Babe Winkleman came along
@Fishing4life19977 ай бұрын
same
@kylemattix55613 жыл бұрын
So freaking amazing man. When I found these I clicked and just stood there staring in amazement
@lancelawhorn10207 жыл бұрын
Pls upload '74, '75, '76, et al!!! These are awesome classics!!!! So many untold stories!!! I see Scott so much in younger Roland!!! What a cool story this whole thing is!!!! I love me some finshin!!!! Whoo hoo!!!!
@BassmasterOfficial7 жыл бұрын
Hi Lance, those are up :) 74: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gspmoMZ3rLSbnas.html 75: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hM-prNF2qNaudIU.html 76: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mb5gn9qHspqZj6s.html
@lancelawhorn10207 жыл бұрын
Bassmaster I know I found them right after I posted that comment. Thanks for the reply & love watching the old vids when I was a kid! Keep up the good work. ATB!
@rickydicky58895 жыл бұрын
@@BassmasterOfficial We are loving the vintage stuff!! Please keep it coming!
@TheZamboon7 жыл бұрын
Entertaining stuff! I'd love to see more of these throwback classics please.
@andywilliamson78464 жыл бұрын
All 49 Bassmaster Classics can be viewed on bassmaster.com... and free to watch.
@keithrichmond50454 жыл бұрын
Bassmaster should do a throwback series and make anglers use these old boats. That would be amazing.
@davecfishing79074 жыл бұрын
"roland martin fishes right through his lunch break" I busted out laughing seeing that white bread sandwhich hanging out his mouth
@kingfishing50587 жыл бұрын
best part was when the guy burned his line with his cigarette to retie lol
@tombob40026 жыл бұрын
KingFishing i do the same thing lol
@Gloveberg16 жыл бұрын
That's a man right there :)
@joeybreckenridge34356 жыл бұрын
Rayo Breckenridge
@andywilliamson78464 жыл бұрын
@@joeybreckenridge3435 I do miss your dad, Rayo. The man who burned his line in this film at 14:38 was Wendell Mann.
@DFox-ud3gx3 жыл бұрын
Son what did I stumble across now this video had brought back ole memories for sure thanks BASS MASTERS I've enjoyed this ole vlog
@luster54974 жыл бұрын
Now that is the REAL classic.
@dreichert14385 жыл бұрын
The year I was born, had to watch it. I remember those type boats from my childhood. Raised so old-school I still won't try a baitcaster, hahaha.
@quinnmuller82335 жыл бұрын
Baitcasters are much older then spinning reels. So if you're really that oldschool you would use an Ambassador or something.
@darryladams5196 жыл бұрын
Grew up fishing Clarks Hill Lake, watching Bill Dance, Roland Martin and ole Jimmie Houston. My dad and I bream, crappie and bass fished all over Clarks Hill. Now my son and I do and he has dreams of making the BASS classic. He does the BASS high school tournaments and loves it. These old videos bring back a lot of good memories.
@joeybreckenridge34356 жыл бұрын
My Dad....Rayo Breckenridge....won the third BMC on Clark Hill, in 1973. Google "Rayo Breckenridge"......great videos....
@drinkthekoolaidkids5 жыл бұрын
I did to , I've fished Clark's hill my entire life , it might be my imagination or I've become a better fisherman but I think they're more big bass in the lake than there was back in the 70s , probably has to do to the introduction of the blue backs .
@fjin15 жыл бұрын
Young Roland and Scott are like twins , even the hair style is same
@theplowboipodcast64695 жыл бұрын
These men are what make The Bass Masters... " Classic "
@sawdust69685 жыл бұрын
aahhh the good ole days
@swflfishing29025 жыл бұрын
I just saw proof, Bill Dance has been Kissing Bass longer than i have been alive. I’m 44
@leeguidry98505 ай бұрын
Yes he has….. the only person I wanted and have an autograph from on a $1 bill….. my dad met him around the time of this video but I wasn’t born til two years later when my dad met and shook his hand at Puglia’s in Gretna, LA and dawgged him for years “How’s you meet the greatest bass fisherman ever and don’t get him to aign anything”…. So when I finally met him at the convention center in New Orleans, LA I only had that bill that I could get signed. I shook his hand got the autograph all well tell him that story….. true story
@jonnygranville2813 жыл бұрын
That shirt Roland Martin has on is freaking sweet
@tomr30742 жыл бұрын
This is purely awesome to watch these guys in their Prime
@donniedarko13455 жыл бұрын
Roland Martin was only 33 in this video!
@amer13374 жыл бұрын
and looks just like Scott haha.
@gscompton19657 жыл бұрын
Awsome to go back and relive the old days......Keep'em comin
@MrEricdgreat5 жыл бұрын
Very nice 👍🏽 video enjoyed it thanks.
@toddsgreatoutdoors4226Ай бұрын
Amazing!❤❤❤❤
@joshstewart22967 жыл бұрын
hell yeah. classic
@fishfinder35837 жыл бұрын
Love these old shows....
@joeybreckenridge34356 жыл бұрын
Google "Rayo Breckenridge"....great shows from a pioneer of the 70's.
@FishHeadBiologist6 жыл бұрын
Such a wholesome events back in the day. Ray really knew how to put on a first class event.
@billhufford72097 жыл бұрын
awesome boats
@karlkolshak99895 жыл бұрын
YOU like these simpler boats? They didn't have the neon boats yet of even the 1980s I saw Roland in one rented video in the 1980s where he was using one if them silver aluminum boats you could jab a hole in with a pencil I liked the RANGER boats on the 1980s tv shows
@kylemattix55613 жыл бұрын
Those old power poles with the rope on then are cool lookin
@af4od023 жыл бұрын
They are more quiet and reliable
@EDCandLace3 жыл бұрын
Yeah and hold you in deeper then 8 foot.
@jonnygranville2813 жыл бұрын
I love bass fishing. This is awesome
@user-pt8hz9qw7o6 ай бұрын
Between Bill Dance, Roland Martin, and Jimmy Huston , I don't know which one I would consider my favorite. My favorite is my uncle James. We fished a lot together. He showed me a lot. RIP uncle James
@garylukas34767 жыл бұрын
so amazing thanks bassmaster
@charleshankins30744 жыл бұрын
Dang them drone shots were good lol
@hiphopdan6684 жыл бұрын
That's a big ass drone lol
@waynemiller66997 жыл бұрын
Awesome....great to watch these films...
@matthewplute30024 жыл бұрын
I actually enjoyed this more than this years masters. The fisherman now are frantic and rude.
@geraldraulerson52417 ай бұрын
Still learning from Roland Martin, Jimmy Houston, Hank Parker and Bill Dance on KZfaq.
@ChrisGnarley4 жыл бұрын
The beginning segment shots and narration give the video a life or death feel,no color commentary here,this is serious ass shi* lol
@kybassfishing8563 жыл бұрын
Showed this to my grandpa he said he watched this one already
@williamwinn9483 жыл бұрын
8 years before I was born
@tammyt31007 жыл бұрын
This is so cool
@BVDsGoneFishing3 жыл бұрын
2021 Bassmaster Classic should make the guys use those boats and electronics.
@ajsfishingadventure58906 жыл бұрын
Imagine how interesting the bassmaster would be if they all had to use this stuff and not the special electronics that they use today
@capnrob973 жыл бұрын
I agree, no phones, no mega super duper resolution 3D graphs, just a gassed-up boat, a net, 8-9 rods and fishing tackle.
@FlyWhistle Жыл бұрын
Now they bring the whole garage of baits and military grade submarine sonars
@Bull_Moose_Lodge7 жыл бұрын
How far we've come with boats electronics lol
@Ashroyer865 жыл бұрын
Not as far as I thought. Roland had a device in this vid I would have never thought.
@kybassfishing8563 жыл бұрын
Im 13 and prefer not to use them it seems like cheating because you get a machine to find them and not put effort
@charliep40123 жыл бұрын
Such a simpler time and place, if we could only go back.
@djblackruss5 жыл бұрын
15k back then was a LOT
@drinkthekoolaidkids5 жыл бұрын
I'd still would turn it down , especially for three days work
@davidstinson50954 жыл бұрын
Average pay a week was 110 dollar's lol
@babywueso4 жыл бұрын
Equal to about 80k 😭
@Harpplayer5043 жыл бұрын
@@drinkthekoolaidkids You are special?
@drinkthekoolaidkids3 жыл бұрын
@@Harpplayer504 what do you mean Nolan .
@TheGnthreman7 жыл бұрын
look at those boats
@harrellfamilyfun3 жыл бұрын
Background music says it all
@mmclaurin80355 жыл бұрын
I'd kill for one of those boats in mint condition , with all of the stuff inside.
@harveysmith90464 жыл бұрын
Apparently those boats sold for around 3'500 bucks. I wish I could find that boat today going for that price.
@EDCandLace3 жыл бұрын
Just one of my graphs cost more then that whole rig... One of my HDSlive16 cost more then that entire rig... That's flipping insane
@danielsmith5351 Жыл бұрын
I dont care anything about todays bass tournaments. A bunch of rich boys in 150k rigs. But I could really get back into watching tournaments like this.
@fresnobassn7445 жыл бұрын
This is so kool👍
@davidking84576 жыл бұрын
Your the best rowland.
@tomp314625 күн бұрын
Tournament fishing is ridiculous today. I was 7 years old in 73. So, I'm not biased. I've tried watching modern tournament fishing. It's so over the top / can't relate. $100,000 21 foot boats with 300hp motors and from 6 to 8 giant monitors. Bass fishing contests are no longer the every man sport. Lastly, the guys from years gone by were genuine and easy to like. There's just very little depth/soul to relate too. Greed did it in.
@beginningtosee74574 жыл бұрын
What ever floats your boat- but I don't like to get in a big rush when I go fishing- they have taken a leisure activity and turned it into work- way to go fellows.
@AlergicToSnow4 жыл бұрын
Oxygen monitor? New one on me and I’ve been around a long while.
@steezyboiiii808 Жыл бұрын
Crazy how good the boats are today compared to back then
@FlyWhistle Жыл бұрын
I like em both. The new boats are less accessible for the average redneck unfortunately
@toscodav5 жыл бұрын
I want one of those boats!! You can almost here Roland now. "I don't need no stinking kill switch" I learned something. Fish near a Bee hive because you know nobody else has fished there before.
@davidstinson50954 жыл бұрын
Yeah the bass lurking below waiting for one to swoop down to close to the water and get his lunch
@timmasterson20774 жыл бұрын
WOW!! You listen to Roland back then. And he is saying the samething today. Still likes those structures. And them Plastics worms
@youcanthandlethetruth69765 жыл бұрын
I'm just waiting for the 70s woman to come strolling out and then Roland Martin and the fisherman start getting to work on her. "Look what we caught boys!". "Hi boys, did someone put their worm in my mouth?". Ha ha ha, 70s were hilarious.
@danielbeavers87014 жыл бұрын
FUN FACT !!!!!!! SCOTT MARTIN IS NAMED AFTER RAY SCOTT. ROLAND CALLED RAY AFTER THEY GAVE BIRTH TO HIS SON AND TOLD HIM THEY HAD A BOY BUT HADN'T PICKED A NAME. RAY TOLD ROLAND IF HE NAMED HIM AFTER HIM HE WOULD GIVE ROLAND MARTIN SON A FREE LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP TO THE BASS CLASSIC ELITE. ROLAND WIFE DIDN'T THINK RAY FIT SO THEY NAMED HIM SCOTT! LOL! SERIOUSLY
@hiphopdan6684 жыл бұрын
Yupp, true story
@norcalbassnwithrioblanco47995 жыл бұрын
Sssooo... Only 284 likes for the 1973 BASS MASTER CLASSIC??? WTF?
@thatchewy7 жыл бұрын
EPIC !!!!@@
@LuisOrtiz-ju7ot7 жыл бұрын
Nice video
@terryporche87454 жыл бұрын
That Classic Ranger rig sold for $3595.00. We come aways guys.
@harveysmith90464 жыл бұрын
I wish I could find those boats today going for 3 or 4 thousand.
@EDCandLace3 жыл бұрын
The depth sounder is the part that shows how far we have come... At the helm of my Gambler Elite/merc 300 ProXS v8 I'm running a HDSLIVE12 AND A HDSLIVE16 and two HDSLIVE9s on the front deck.... They got depth flashers back then and I can literally watch fish on my HDS live systems.. I have literally watched fish move to the jig and see them become one as I feel the strike on my HDS units... I mean there's a big diff in the hulls and out boards, rods and reels and so on but at the end of the day that boat floats, has a trolling motor and a outboard just as my 21 foot tourney boat does today... The electronics are what really blows my mind, I can pull up on brush piles and easily tell the difference between crappie and bass on my units but hey they had a water temp sensor as well!! Lol... We sure have came along ways... My bass boat was 91k the electronics and two power poles was another 12k once all was said and done I wrote a check for.. Yeah we have came a long ways... In the day of 100k tourney rigs
@capnrob973 жыл бұрын
Amazing they all have identical boats, I wonder if they got to keep them after the tournament?
@fland49 Жыл бұрын
I fished out of one of those boats - Don Butler had won the classic and had one. I was guiding on Sam Rayburn then and Don brought his classic boat down from Tulsa and wanted to use it one day. I had a 16’ Skeeter Hawk with 80 Mercury, rear trolling motor. A year or two later another guide customer, Tom Black from Lawrence Kansas, bought one of the classic boats - Ray Scott had started selling them off - and he towed it down to Rayburn and we used it one day. I didn’t like the middle console; preferred having all my controls in one place. Still do.
@anthonyb64315 жыл бұрын
Did the Anglers get to keep the boat? Because I want one!!!
@timmcmanus29513 жыл бұрын
No sir, they did not.
@drinkthekoolaidkids5 жыл бұрын
ClarkHill is a tough lake
@StFidjnr7 жыл бұрын
can you please upload the next bassmaster classic
@richrossiter84845 жыл бұрын
Classic
@kginlap5 жыл бұрын
That sure sounds like Phil Robertson.
@bobbymarvin44694 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. Great call. Holy crap. It's got to be him. Lol.
@bbsbbsairsoft48416 жыл бұрын
a limit of 10 and hopes of 15 pounds. man now we hope for 20+ on 5 fish
@LowBudgetBassin5 жыл бұрын
Piece of cake with today's equipment
@679iceman7 жыл бұрын
I bet there were so many more hogs back in those days then there are now.
@SSHitMan5 жыл бұрын
I doubt it. Back then catch-and-release fishermen were rare, you caught bass and ate them. The BASS, and this tournament, really started catch-and-release bass fishing. So I'd guess that there's larger and more bass today than back then.
@harleyguy9324 жыл бұрын
Why are both people in the boat fishing?
@andywilliamson78464 жыл бұрын
B.A.S.S. invited the outdoor writers to compete among themselves for the daily big bass on one practice day and the 3 competition days. Winners were Robert Melvin (won 2 days), Mike Haynes and Reeves Field.
@djs07932 жыл бұрын
Anyone notice the hookset ninja sound effects? 😂😂😂
@cameronline37807 жыл бұрын
Jeez ten fish limit?
@andywilliamson78464 жыл бұрын
Used to be 15.
@AlergicToSnow4 жыл бұрын
No braid, no carbon fibre, no tungsten and apparently you can still catch fish!
@jerrythomas6083 жыл бұрын
Less pressure
@trinkladd5 жыл бұрын
How come all the boats are exactly the same
@SSHitMan5 жыл бұрын
So every angler has the same boat with the same equipment (fishing tackle excluded) so none had an unfair advantage.
@Ashroyer865 жыл бұрын
No wonder Roland was an officer, he knows how to use his head.
@Dss-bm3rz5 жыл бұрын
Why do they all have the same exact boat LOL?
@bradfordsmith59425 жыл бұрын
Ranger furnished the boats for all the earlier tournaments, they were all rigged exactly alike.
@hiphopdan6684 жыл бұрын
Even playing field, that's why.
@barryelkins20414 жыл бұрын
Roland I hope Ray knew Jesus
@marvinhesler3214 жыл бұрын
All those noodle rods...could not set the hook...it has come a long way
@stephenguy77494 жыл бұрын
What Roland Martin said about structure fishing and hiw he does it is a lie he stole in info from buck perry and changed it to were he dosent trI'll cause rule say no trolling allowed. And tryed useing the style diffrent BUT he states he caught 5 small fish well he clearly was wrong on how to do it.
@jamesborders98415 күн бұрын
I ENJOY WATCHING THESE VIDEOS MUCH BETTER THAN MODERN WITH LIVESCOPE LIVESCOPE SUCKS