Favorite all time professional fishing moments?

[BassDaggett]

Lots of good ones previously mentioned, the ones I remember most are the 'old' school Bob Cobb 1/2 hour Bassmaster shows on TNN and watching them in my 20s. In no particular order...

* Basil Bacon cracking them first day in a Megabucks Final. Had like 25# but don't recall the lake and he didn't win the event.
* David Wharton slow rolling a spinnerbait in grass for a victory on Santee Cooper in 1993 if memory serves correct.
* Mike Terry throwing a 1/4oz blue chrome trap for the win in 1993 in Alabama.

[c rig]

Bitter got his well-deserved comeuppance.

I remember him losing that fish, but “comeuppance”?

[basscat tyler]

Ike, winning in front of home crowd in Philadelphia, Pa. Most people don't know how hard the tidal Delaware river is to fish, especially since the entire Elite Tournament was scheduled on the
wrong side of the tidal flow. I don't care that it was his home water, that river changes with every tide, making it a great victory.

This was a good one

[JohnnyA]

I remember him losing that fish, but “comeuppance”?

Word on the street, he was not a very nice man.

[FrancoCialone]

Jim Bitter slippery little fish and Hank winning the classic. “Just put ‘em on the scale Dewey”

I feel like Bitter every time I order a burger without cheese and of course it arrives with cheese. Just totally takes the wind out of a guy.

I feel like Bitter when I order cheese and pay for it and it is missing the cheese !

[Toni]

Rick Clunn 2019 win. Never assume your best days are behind you.

[bassnpro1]

Kevin Short winning Pickwick on a WEC E-1 in coffee slough. He had a big one eat his crankbait off a cypress stump that he was snagged on.

[Spot-a-saurus]

Watching some of these moments makes me realize that tournament bass fishing may have run its course.

Man sadly enough I had this exact thought. Especially seeing the crowd at the ‘04 Classic with Tak winning. Maybe it was just the filming but it seemed so much bigger and more exciting than any recent ones. Kind of depressing to think of lol

[TK5]

I have two and one has already been mentioned. The Classic that Tak won on Wiley is my favorite ''flurry" of fish catches but the Greg Hackney Godzilla catch is my favorite "single" fish catch...

This!!!

Plus the tournament on the Alabama River that was flooded. That blue skeeter bouncing across rocks always come to my mind when I'm running skinny water!

[Mcjenson]

Man sadly enough I had this exact thought. Especially seeing the crowd at the ‘04 Classic with Tak winning. Maybe it was just the filming but it seemed so much bigger and more exciting than any recent ones. Kind of depressing to think of lol

It's tough with everyone knowing exactly how the day broke down with basstrack and live. In those edited 45 minute shows they could really stretch the truth and make a blowout derby seem like it was a nailbiter and paint a narrative.

[Gusman2424]

Bryan Kerchal's epic win in the 1994 Bassmaster's Classic... and the unbelievable tribute to him at the 1995 Classic.

RIP Mr. Kerchal....

[Skeeter nick]

Aron Martens at havasu fishing his "black bird" pattern of pitching a black jig way back in the tules.

[jbassman87]

This one always come to mind for me.

[bassfisher444]

Rick Clunn on the St John's River.

[22RangerZ520R]

TAKAHIRO OMORI WINS 04 Bassmaster Classic - BEST COME BACK CLASSIC EVER

+1

[gaston13]

Peter T. keeping his bait wet. And the Lake Gaston grass story. I think I was just getting serious about bass fishing then and had an aluminum boat with a 25hp Merc. tiller back in NJ.

[termarsam]

Yes Ray Scott moment "Champions catch Champion Bass"

[illinifish]

I won a Bass Pro Shop contest and I was a co angler for classic champ Tommy Martin in a tournament on Table rock lake. Bass Pro really made it a nice event. Ray Scott was the master of ceremonies and there were a lot of pros competing. I was even on TV for a small amount of time when the event was televised.

[Imavol]

The Larry Nixon at Megabucks is hard to beat

[LateralLine]

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