The 90s were the best decade!

From Little Rock served 28 years military and just retired looking forward to more time bass fishing. I wish I could be in that era with those dudes. Been in many clubs serving all over the nation and love the organization.

The Classics that were held on the James River were the pinnacle of bass fishing.

The greatest era of BASS in my opinion!

Been loving bass masters since TNN

Love the show. Just wish we could hear more from every classic champ during yrs but i know it would be a hr episode. Dont think anyone would complain though lol

Just loving this series! Well done BASS.

I love this series, I always remember Bill Dance and Jimmy Houston , Hank Parker TV shows but never actually realized the success they had tournament fishing. It's great to learn how BASS actually all started out. 1 man and a dream.

I remember waking up early on weekends to watch Hank Parker, Jimmy Houston, Bill Dance and Roland Martin on TV. I followed the tournaments as much as I could in the early days of the internet but as I became an adult and different responsibilities take over my time I faded from the sport. Over the last 5 years or so I’ve gotten back into the sport and KZfaq has replaced those great old shows but I still enjoy watching old classics to see those legends again.

RIP Bryan Kerchal!! What an amazing but tragic story.

You guys are doing some amazing things, these memories and footage of all those legends and the deep roots of B.A.S.S. are second to none!

Great show as always one of my favorites this is when i grew up watching ..those guys will truly never know how many people they inspired with what they knew an a rod an reel.

The general was my favorite growing up really enjoyed his fishing show to he tried to teach ya how to become better wonderful to watch ..ol hanks show was good to and how can you not like ol hank just 2 down to earth country boys and both class act human beings

70's thru 90's was the greatest era of bass fishing!! New tech has seriously reduced the skill gap level, especially FFS. Some have 7 monitors on their boat:(.

Thank you for the video We all gave our dreams!!!!! God bless

I got a chance too go too the bass masters last year it was awesome seeing all the pros you grew up seeing on TV

Awesome video thank y’all for putting this together and sharing. True Legends!

Awesome show thanks for sharing 👍

Absolutely love B.A.S.S.

Thank you so much, B.A.S.S. for airing this series, and I mean no disrespect for a few of these minor corrections: 19:51 the date should be Aug. 10. 26:57 Tommy, the Classic was never held in Roanoke. 32:37 Tommy is incorrect saying at the time Hank retired, he was the only angler to ever have won both the Angler-of-the-Year title and the Classic. Both Larry Nixon and Rick Clunn had also done it, although Hank was the FIRST to do it (May 27, 1983). Towards the end, Hank is meaning the first Classic he fished AND won. (1979)

Thank you for these video's!!! LOVE them!!!

Like from Indonesia 🇮🇩 my friend. 🤝

Miss the 90’s and the tequila sunrise worm

14:18 those first days were soo much easier, it didnt take much money to fish competitively, nowadays you need FFS, and 40,000+ boat, all the tackle. ITs Sooo much more difficult nowadays

Please do Denny Brauer, KVD, Rick Clunn, Gary Klein, Pam Martin-Wells. I could go on and on.

I'm glad it wouldn't be left up to me to decide exactly who would be the 4 men on the Bassmaster Mt. Rushmore...... How would you possibly decide? Clunn, Martin, Nixon, Dance, Houston, Klein, Hibdon, VanDam, Brauer, Parker, Cook.....

Nixon was the kvd of megabucks amazing fisherman

It would be extremely hard to go threw the Federation nowadays money wise!! Different time different world!! Tournament fee’s travel expenses Ect are more expensive than ever and with the electronics platform you need I don’t think it can be done!!

I'd love to see an elite team event for like a Million dollars or something big..Just thinking about it gets me excited! I also would like to see more major tournaments or a playoff system that leads to something big. I want a deal where the guys are going to try and win more than what they're already getting from their sponsors that week.. I know the elite events are big and the trophy is nice and blue but we just don't see the real heartbreak over the cash anymore which is a big missing piece to all this in my opinion. I want to see guys in tears on the ground because they just lost a generational wealth type of Bass and we just don't see that. The $ isn't event mentioned anymore by the guys and not because it's a big # like other sports. I will continue to push for more $ for these Pros because that equals better entertainment and experience for me so it's a win win! ♥️🐟🤟

You know the company Berkeley just knocks off everyone else's baits even the Japanese market baits. Hank Parker pretty much built that company, then they got rid of him here recently. Sleazy ass company, a few reasons why I don't support them anymore.