1973 Bassmaster Classic

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1973 Bassmaster Classic

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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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@johnmango6056 4 жыл бұрын

pretty incredible how good those boats were almost 50 years ago. id take one of those right now no question lol

@jamesmurray6348 3 жыл бұрын

I know right I always thought those boats were awesome.

@jgringo5516 3 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-3598 3 жыл бұрын

Had a guy in my club with one. It was like a 90 hp tub but so fun. RIP Jim Watson

@korbansdad 2 жыл бұрын

I have a 73 kingfisher with a Johnson 55.. still catching fish 51 years later

@jeremygray3863 7 жыл бұрын

We could all learn a lot from there graciousness and sportsmanship.

@joeybreckenridge3435 6 жыл бұрын

Check out my Dad's FB page......Rayo Breckenridge.

@shawnbeck2303 4 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

@Harpplayer504 3 жыл бұрын

Great memories, I can relate to the fact that you had a boat that could take you anywhere!

@blakeraider5312 2 жыл бұрын

These videos are simply amazing. RIP Mr Scott

@Bradleehage 8 ай бұрын

Billy Dance is a better fisher

@willhurney5714 7 жыл бұрын

These old videos are so awesome

@ArtVallejo 7 жыл бұрын

What a great throwback video!

@scienterprises9194 7 жыл бұрын

It's crazy how far the sport has come. Amazing.

@toscodav 5 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

@peteryeung111 6 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.

@dustinisaiah4512 5 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!!

@telefunkenyou47 7 жыл бұрын

Roland Martin showed me what I know............

@Playsinvain 3 жыл бұрын

Until Babe Winkleman came along

@Fishing4life1997 7 ай бұрын

same

@kylemattix5561 3 жыл бұрын

So freaking amazing man. When I found these I clicked and just stood there staring in amazement

@lancelawhorn1020 7 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!!!!

@BassmasterOfficial 7 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

@lancelawhorn1020 7 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!

@rickydicky5889 5 жыл бұрын

@@BassmasterOfficial We are loving the vintage stuff!! Please keep it coming!

@TheZamboon 7 жыл бұрын

Entertaining stuff! I'd love to see more of these throwback classics please.

@andywilliamson7846 4 жыл бұрын

All 49 Bassmaster Classics can be viewed on bassmaster.com... and free to watch.

@keithrichmond5045 4 жыл бұрын

Bassmaster should do a throwback series and make anglers use these old boats. That would be amazing.

@davecfishing7907 4 жыл бұрын

"roland martin fishes right through his lunch break" I busted out laughing seeing that white bread sandwhich hanging out his mouth

@kingfishing5058 7 жыл бұрын

best part was when the guy burned his line with his cigarette to retie lol

@tombob4002 6 жыл бұрын

KingFishing i do the same thing lol

@Gloveberg1 6 жыл бұрын

That's a man right there :)

@joeybreckenridge3435 6 жыл бұрын

Rayo Breckenridge

@andywilliamson7846 4 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-ud3gx 3 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

@luster5497 4 жыл бұрын

Now that is the REAL classic.

@dreichert1438 5 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.

@quinnmuller8233 5 жыл бұрын

Baitcasters are much older then spinning reels. So if you're really that oldschool you would use an Ambassador or something.

@darryladams519 6 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.

@joeybreckenridge3435 6 жыл бұрын

My Dad....Rayo Breckenridge....won the third BMC on Clark Hill, in 1973. Google "Rayo Breckenridge"......great videos....

@drinkthekoolaidkids 5 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 .

@fjin1 5 жыл бұрын

Young Roland and Scott are like twins , even the hair style is same

@theplowboipodcast6469 5 жыл бұрын

These men are what make The Bass Masters... " Classic "

@sawdust6968 5 жыл бұрын

aahhh the good ole days

@swflfishing2902 5 жыл бұрын

I just saw proof, Bill Dance has been Kissing Bass longer than i have been alive. I’m 44

@leeguidry9850 5 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

@jonnygranville281 3 жыл бұрын

That shirt Roland Martin has on is freaking sweet

@tomr3074 2 жыл бұрын

This is purely awesome to watch these guys in their Prime

@donniedarko1345 5 жыл бұрын

Roland Martin was only 33 in this video!

@amer1337 4 жыл бұрын

and looks just like Scott haha.

@gscompton1965 7 жыл бұрын

Awsome to go back and relive the old days......Keep'em comin

@MrEricdgreat 5 жыл бұрын

Very nice 👍🏽 video enjoyed it thanks.

@toddsgreatoutdoors4226 Ай бұрын

Amazing!❤❤❤❤

@joshstewart2296 7 жыл бұрын

hell yeah. classic

@fishfinder3583 7 жыл бұрын

Love these old shows....

@joeybreckenridge3435 6 жыл бұрын

Google "Rayo Breckenridge"....great shows from a pioneer of the 70's.

@FishHeadBiologist 6 жыл бұрын

Such a wholesome events back in the day. Ray really knew how to put on a first class event.

@billhufford7209 7 жыл бұрын

awesome boats

@karlkolshak9989 5 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

@kylemattix5561 3 жыл бұрын

Those old power poles with the rope on then are cool lookin

@af4od02 3 жыл бұрын

They are more quiet and reliable

@EDCandLace 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah and hold you in deeper then 8 foot.

@jonnygranville281 3 жыл бұрын

I love bass fishing. This is awesome

@user-pt8hz9qw7o 6 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

@garylukas3476 7 жыл бұрын

so amazing thanks bassmaster

@charleshankins3074 4 жыл бұрын

Dang them drone shots were good lol

@hiphopdan668 4 жыл бұрын

That's a big ass drone lol

@waynemiller6699 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome....great to watch these films...

@matthewplute3002 4 жыл бұрын

I actually enjoyed this more than this years masters. The fisherman now are frantic and rude.

@geraldraulerson5241 7 ай бұрын

Still learning from Roland Martin, Jimmy Houston, Hank Parker and Bill Dance on KZfaq.

@ChrisGnarley 4 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

@kybassfishing856 3 жыл бұрын

Showed this to my grandpa he said he watched this one already

@williamwinn948 3 жыл бұрын

8 years before I was born

@tammyt3100 7 жыл бұрын

This is so cool

@BVDsGoneFishing 3 жыл бұрын

2021 Bassmaster Classic should make the guys use those boats and electronics.

@ajsfishingadventure5890 6 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

@capnrob97 3 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_Lodge 7 жыл бұрын

How far we've come with boats electronics lol

@Ashroyer86 5 жыл бұрын

Not as far as I thought. Roland had a device in this vid I would have never thought.

@kybassfishing856 3 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

@charliep4012 3 жыл бұрын

Such a simpler time and place, if we could only go back.

@djblackruss 5 жыл бұрын

15k back then was a LOT

@drinkthekoolaidkids 5 жыл бұрын

I'd still would turn it down , especially for three days work

@davidstinson5095 4 жыл бұрын

Average pay a week was 110 dollar's lol

@babywueso 4 жыл бұрын

Equal to about 80k 😭

@Harpplayer504 3 жыл бұрын

@@drinkthekoolaidkids You are special?

@drinkthekoolaidkids 3 жыл бұрын

@@Harpplayer504 what do you mean Nolan .

@TheGnthreman 7 жыл бұрын

look at those boats

@harrellfamilyfun 3 жыл бұрын

Background music says it all

@mmclaurin8035 5 жыл бұрын

I'd kill for one of those boats in mint condition , with all of the stuff inside.

@harveysmith9046 4 жыл бұрын

Apparently those boats sold for around 3'500 bucks. I wish I could find that boat today going for that price.

@EDCandLace 3 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.

@fresnobassn744 5 жыл бұрын

This is so kool👍

@davidking8457 6 жыл бұрын

Your the best rowland.

@tomp3146 25 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.

@beginningtosee7457 4 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.

@AlergicToSnow 4 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

@toscodav 5 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.

@davidstinson5095 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah the bass lurking below waiting for one to swoop down to close to the water and get his lunch

@timmasterson2077 4 жыл бұрын

WOW!! You listen to Roland back then. And he is saying the samething today. Still likes those structures. And them Plastics worms

@youcanthandlethetruth6976 5 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.

@danielbeavers8701 4 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

@hiphopdan668 4 жыл бұрын

Yupp, true story

@norcalbassnwithrioblanco4799 5 жыл бұрын

Sssooo... Only 284 likes for the 1973 BASS MASTER CLASSIC??? WTF?

@thatchewy 7 жыл бұрын

EPIC !!!!@@

@LuisOrtiz-ju7ot 7 жыл бұрын

Nice video

@terryporche8745 4 жыл бұрын

That Classic Ranger rig sold for $3595.00. We come aways guys.

@harveysmith9046 4 жыл бұрын

I wish I could find those boats today going for 3 or 4 thousand.

@EDCandLace 3 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

@capnrob97 3 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.

@anthonyb6431 5 жыл бұрын

Did the Anglers get to keep the boat? Because I want one!!!

@timmcmanus2951 3 жыл бұрын

No sir, they did not.

@drinkthekoolaidkids 5 жыл бұрын

ClarkHill is a tough lake

@StFidjnr 7 жыл бұрын

can you please upload the next bassmaster classic

@richrossiter8484 5 жыл бұрын

Classic

@kginlap 5 жыл бұрын

That sure sounds like Phil Robertson.

@bobbymarvin4469 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Great call. Holy crap. It's got to be him. Lol.

@bbsbbsairsoft4841 6 жыл бұрын

a limit of 10 and hopes of 15 pounds. man now we hope for 20+ on 5 fish

@LowBudgetBassin 5 жыл бұрын

Piece of cake with today's equipment

@679iceman 7 жыл бұрын

I bet there were so many more hogs back in those days then there are now.

@SSHitMan 5 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.

@harleyguy932 4 жыл бұрын

Why are both people in the boat fishing?

@andywilliamson7846 4 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.

@djs0793 2 жыл бұрын

Anyone notice the hookset ninja sound effects? 😂😂😂

@cameronline3780 7 жыл бұрын

Jeez ten fish limit?

@andywilliamson7846 4 жыл бұрын

Used to be 15.

@AlergicToSnow 4 жыл бұрын

No braid, no carbon fibre, no tungsten and apparently you can still catch fish!

@jerrythomas608 3 жыл бұрын

Less pressure

@trinkladd 5 жыл бұрын

How come all the boats are exactly the same

@SSHitMan 5 жыл бұрын

So every angler has the same boat with the same equipment (fishing tackle excluded) so none had an unfair advantage.

@Ashroyer86 5 жыл бұрын

No wonder Roland was an officer, he knows how to use his head.

@Dss-bm3rz 5 жыл бұрын

Why do they all have the same exact boat LOL?

@bradfordsmith5942 5 жыл бұрын

Ranger furnished the boats for all the earlier tournaments, they were all rigged exactly alike.

@hiphopdan668 4 жыл бұрын

Even playing field, that's why.

@barryelkins2041 4 жыл бұрын

Roland I hope Ray knew Jesus

@marvinhesler321 4 жыл бұрын

All those noodle rods...could not set the hook...it has come a long way

@stephenguy7749 4 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.