Opinions On Best Fisherman

[dtrs5kprs]

i am glad you mentioned glen andrews. he forgot more about fishing that most of us will ever know. it would be scary what he might catch with the new electronics we have today. he was truly a natural born basser. i learned a lot from glen.

bo

There is a very interesting but sort of tough to find (as in good luck on Amazon) book about Glen Andrews...

http://bassfishingarchives.com/an-impossible-cast-glen-andrews-and-the-birth-of-professional-bass-fishing

[fishinwrench]

It always ticked me off that Missouri (a no-fault divorce state that awards the female with EVERYTHING, regardless) has a year-round fishing season.

We were screwed from the start

Then again, at least it gives us something to do while we are homeless and paying off all the marital debt.

[fshndoug]

Guys,Just remember "All men are equal in the eyes of a fish"

[merc1997 Bo]

There is a very interesting but sort of tough to find (as in good luck on Amazon) book about Glen Andrews...

http://bassfishingarchives.com/an-impossible-cast-glen-andrews-and-the-birth-of-professional-bass-fishing

thank you for sharing that. i had the fortune to sit and talk with glen on several occasions. he was so many light years ahead of anyone else fishing. there are many that lay claim to seasonal patterns, but glen andrews is truly the first to fully know and understand them. i have stored away someplace a book that glen wrote about seasonal patterns, and basic depths for different times of the year. the book was basically about table rock and bull shoals. but, those principals, i have applied to any body of water i have ever fished. when anyone asks me who i think is the best basser ever, glen andrews is my immediate answer.

bo

[dtrs5kprs]

thank you for sharing that. i had the fortune to sit and talk with glen on several occasions. he was so many light years ahead of anyone else fishing. there are many that lay claim to seasonal patterns, but glen andrews is truly the first to fully know and understand them. i have stored away someplace a book that glen wrote about seasonal patterns, and basic depths for different times of the year. the book was basically about table rock and bull shoals. but, those principals, i have applied to any body of water i have ever fished. when anyone asks me who i think is the best basser ever, glen andrews is my immediate answer.

bo

You are most welcome. Lot of good info there at the Bass Fishing Archives. Hear his name along with others like Chuck Wood, Drew Reese, Dwight Keefer. Back in the Virgil Ward days, who also deserves mention. Have to think he would have been "that old guy" who fishes every day if not for fate and hard work.

[Old plug]

Since most of you are strong believers in finesse fishing. There is one other name should be in there and thats Guido Hibdon. Have not seem him around town in a long time. I know he has had some health issues.

He is sometimes referred to as the father of finesse fishing. He did introduced finesse fishing to the world but truth be known it had been a common practice at least here on LOZ from way before that. One of the favorite ways in pre spawn besides a jig was to put a 6 " plastic worm on your line and a small split shot about a foot in front of it. Kind of a vary early Carolina rig. You would go along channel banks and cast to the bank and let it slide and work it down the bank. I have not done that in years. Maybe I should next spring.