Yeah the “fishing industry” has ruined fishing. IMHO. But has also made it better. The fishing is better but there is a bass boat on every stump. I live near a world renowned big bass lake. The boat ramp in Spring. I swear there is a license plate from every state in the union except Hawaii and Alaska. And I’m looking for those soon.
@@Chunchyyy i guess thats a fair statement. I won’t argue that to much. Certainly more challenging if you own a Evenrude. Which I do not. Just saying…… And your probably under 40 and go balls to the wall. You’ll understand 1 day.
@@user-sh2mk8ew4c Thats out of state fishing licenses dollars going to your local fish and wildlife departments, you should be thankful your state has tourism dollars coming in to benefit residents.
@@user-sh2mk8ew4c why you have to bring age into it like it really matters? Some of the top bass anglers alive right now are 25-37 (under 40) pretty sure you're not gonna go up to them and say "you'll understand someday". sounds like my old boss
Jimmy made the best spinnerbait shows. Bill made the best topwater frog shows. Roland made the best pitching shows. Kevin made the best twitch bait shows. Shaw showed us exactly that we were as crazy for fishing as he was.......almost. Orlando made the best Rat'L Trap shows. Doug Hannon was the Largemouth Professor . Mark Sosin brought us Saltwater. Larry Nixon was the Ed Sullivan of Bassin. Paul Elias got us all using steelhead 7-8' long handled sticks. In-Fisherman Team were our All-Species All-Stars. They all taught us rubber worm fishing. And Homer started it all.
Let all the yahoos buy those fancy new rigs for big $$$. I love buying old reel / rod combos at yard sales for $5 - $10. The old stuff usually needs a good cleaning and lube but then works like new. And reminds me of my childhood back in the 80s and early 90s.
I can't believe no one thought to make rods with longer handles at that time. You can see the physical struggles of bracing those short little pistol grips.
Yeah, it is kinda funny. I'm turning 60 yrs old, and I used those things back then, we all did. The pistol grip handles with shorter rods on baitcasters were primarily used for target casting holes in heavy cover of all types. The fish, especially the trophy fish, put up a much better fight too, with those pistol grip handles, lol. I much prefer the long rod butts we fish today. I don't know who in the hell started that crazy trend of pistol grips back in the day, but we all lost too many big fish over them, that's for sure. Whoever it was, if he weren't such an old man today, I would stand in line to kick his ass myself, lol.
Back in the day a long rod was a pistol grip 6 ft. I had many and a lot of memories. You can’t beat a pistol grip for accuracy around low hanging trees and docks.
You can’t beat those rods for working topwater baits tho. I still have one in my boat specifically for top water. Makes it effortless to get a good action with a walking bait or popper
There were still longer rods with straight, longer grips. They just weren't in vogue for most techniques. You'd usually use such a rod for flippin' & pitchin. There's a good book, published in the late 1980's/early 1990's by Jerry Gibbs, who was the editor for Outdoor Life and a prolific author in the day called Advanced Tactics for Bass and Trout and he actually has a good section on rods and talks about this very thing - talking about how longer rods fell out of favor for short rods with pistol grips, then the resurgance of longer rods with straight handles. He also talked about how triggers on casting rods ebb & flow in favor, and how to make a trigger for your rod if it doesn't come with one. Its a good book and holds gems that apply today, just as well as they did when it was published.
I’m 25 and love watching these old videos and just seeing how simple it was back then. I’ve always noticed in older pictures and videos the bass almost always seemed to be 4+ even on the lake I fish but now it seems like it’s hard to catch a 3lber but I guess that’s just due to all the pressure and fish getting accustomed to all the baits
Before the 1980s everything was catch and keep. Less bass in the water meant more food for those left meant bigger bass. Due to high levels of catch and release we have now there is many small and mid sized bass. A lake has only certain carrying capacity. It can be 500lbs consisting of 100 5 lb bass or 250 2lb bass.
@@turkey2003 with the amount of people fishing, if every weekend angler kept every catch, lakes would get fished out in a couple seasons. There's still big fish around but I'm sure back in the day people didn't waste film on a dink. They didn't have cellphones in their pocket that could easily snap a bunch of photos of every catch.
@@andrescruz9448 there are less fisherman today than in the 80s when every weekend angler kept their catch. In those days there were 25 million people fishing and today there are 20 million. That is not to mention the 150 yrs before that when bass were commercially fished and caught with nets and sold in markets. Bass are sunfish same as bluegill and they produce a incredible amount of young. The difference is they require much more food than bluegill to stay healthy. Bass today in most public lakes are long, skinny and starving. A healthy bass should have a football shape and shouldn't be skinny at all.
Fish absolutely get conditioned, no doubt. Gotta think outside of the box and fish as close to good solunar phases as possible; that's when numbers as well as those big fish are more susceptible ~
My dad always said you spent more time picking out backlashes than you did fishing with those old reels. When I got him back into fishing newer baitcasters blew his mind lol.
Wow…What a video!!! A lot simpler back then. Great instruction and they get right to the point and don’t rattle on about unnecessary things. Brings back great memories as a kid fishing with my Dad
Man!!!! There is only 1 of Homer Circles books on EBay. Gonna have to start hunting now. Homer knows how to find “Good hooker”s. So I need his book!!!!
They didn't say where Al was fishing but it sure looked a lot like northern MN. I miss the days where big pike were common here. Thanks for yet another fantastic video!
Do you think he put that pike back? The whole time I was wondering if he was going to release it or not and then it cut before he did…makes me think he might have kept it.
@@ibanez2010 it looks like they may have kept that giant bass in this video, too. They put it right into the live well…and there was really no reason to unless he was going to keep it. Catch and release didn’t really start to become popular until the 1990’s…especially for trophy size fish.
Wow that was really cool! I was 25 years old when that was made and it took me back to much better times. I just discovered this channel and really enjoyed watching. Thanks so much.
When I was a teen i loved fishing. Night fishing with a jig I caught a 5 pound bass at age 14. Using live water dogs as bait for bass works great.. I remember fishing on indian land and having a blast..croppy fishing is fun.. Nice video thanks for sharing.
Wow, reliving my early childhood here. I watched them about every Saturday morning in the 80’s. Then I’d head out to my little league ball games. We’d talk about fishing after the games. Great times back then as a kid.
Al , you are so informative, no wonder infisherman magazine was so good. I still have my subscription and I miss you and Ron. Your inside the line put a paycheck in my pocket. All of you guys I appreciate, I’ve learned a lot by watching . Thank you
Man could you imagine going back in time 40-50 years and fishing some of these lakes with the equipment and lures we have today? What a day that would be! I'm surprised are fish can even pick up any vibrations or movement in the water nowadays with all these 200+ HP boats screaming over there heads 24/7.
Greetings from the BIG SKY. I spent most of my life chasing trout until I discovered that bass were in the Musselshell River. Small mouth bass are very similar to the trout in creeks and rivers here.
@ It was a Zebco 33. The only Zebco spincaster ever worth having, with the chrome plated metal cover. It was the only one that could use heavier line. Still nowhere near as good as a good baitcaster.
Old school! Good lake. I learned on plastic worms. My mom said "try a whopper plopper". I said "What?". She said Ned rig. I was confused. Then I threw a swim bait and didn't catch anything. Keep casting Boys!
Man that last bass was huge … it seems crazy to see them put it n cooler n mark it for death no release but they say 80% mortality rate on bass master circuit released or not
That was a Zebco 33 with the chrome plated metal cover, the strongest & best Zebco spincaster they ever made. It's the only Zebco spincast that'll take heavy line. He wasn't using no whimpy "202" that can handle only 8 lb line, for such giant fish. I never liked any spincast reel. I was using old baitcasters as a kid, back when the damn handles spun during the cast, lol. I've still got 3 of these old original Lew's BB1's. They still work as good as new. Of course I've got 8 new Lew's baitcasters: 4 Pro-G's, 2 BB1 Pro's, and 2 Super Duty's. Bought all 8 of em in 2016, and they're still flawless. I fish for giants down here on the Stick Marsh/Farm 13, the new Fellsmere Headwaters lake right next to it, and the Thomas Lawton/3 Forks areas. All 3 places are the giant trophy bass capital of the world. But so is the Kissimmee chain of lakes and the lower St Johns lakes & rivers of north Fl.
I just oiled my Lew Childer Speed Spool reel from 1984, still works with the pistol handle rod, it was called the Speed Stick. I bought a 7ft custom shiner rod, once down there from a guy named Homer at his bait shop. Can,t remember his last name.
@@joeyseabaugh6742 You're full of shit. That is DEFINITELY A ZEBCO 33. Dude, go look up the history of Zebco reels. Their model 33 was first introduced in 1953 and was THEIR FLAGSHIP MODEL. It had REAL double stainless steel chrome plated covers & ball bearings, and remained mostly unchanged ( only little tweaks & changes of course ) for at least 50 years. The Zebco 33 was THEIR HALLMARK MODEL, and was the most famous spincast reel ever made. I'm 60 yrs old. As a kid, I was a real stickler about reels & quality. I was a hardcore baitcaster guy, learning to cast the old Pflueger baitcasters at only 8 yrs old. It was real silver with fancy engraving. Then the famous Lews BB1 came out & quickly became my #1 favorite. I never liked or owned ANY spincast reel. But I always knew tons of people who had the famous Zebco 33. Now, you go look up "history of the Zebco One".......you won't get any search results. Now, look up "history of the Zebco 33", and you'll get all kinds of search results, showing the complete history of this famous reel. The "model One" isn't even mentioned or discusses anywhere.
@@crossroadsheavener7599 Yeah, I've got 3 of the original Lew's BB1 reels now. One is the very 1st model made by Shimano for Lew Childre. My other 2 are from the early Ryobi years, and they are actually better than the earlier Shimano versions. I actually still use one of them once in a while, and it still casts great & functions flawlessly. Of course I've got the new Lew's reels.......I've got 8 of those. I also use Lew's Speed Stick rods.
@@christopherwood2290 Numb nuts? I’m from Texas. Any one north of the mason Dixie line is a yankee. I don’t care who you are he sounds funny. And i probably most definitely sound funny to him. Christopher Dick wood!!!!!
They played the fish out and enjoyed seeing it jump out of the water. To me, seeing a bass jump makes me nervous and I do everything I can to keep it down.
@@steve4321able Since this is being filmed to be sold, the cameraman, and really everybody, WANTS the fish to jump, to make it more exciting for the viewer.
Notice how they did not show a release on that big pike or the big bass? They probably kept both those fish as trophies. I get why they keeps them back then but it’s just so sad to look back at when the practice off keeping fish was much more prevalent and know that I will likely never catch a 12lb bass or a 25lb northern pike. 😢
Lmao. Are you seriously complaining about fish kept in 1983? Lmao. I'm all for catch and release, especially with all the jackass Facebook bucket heads out there now. But come on.
Catch and release has led to smaller fish. There is a reason bigger fish were found pre 1980s. Or say bigger fish are found in Cuba, Mexico or Japan where everything is catch and keep. Less bass = more food for the ones left which = bigger bass. Nowadays most lakes are full of thin 1 to 2 lb fish. The bigger fish are found in reservoirs in CA where poor spawing habitat and rainbow trout produce few bass with lots of food.
@@MrCoffeekelly Bass have only been sport fish for the last 35 years. Before that they were food fish only and were even commercially fished with nets and sold in markets since the founding of the US and before that as well. However did the species survive and thrive? lol. Bass are sunfish. They lay so many eggs and produce so many young that they easily become overpopulated if not controlled. Every fishery manager will tell you that to grow big bass you need to harvest them and provide them with a healthy food chain. A lake were there are hundreds of 2lb bass eating up all the forage as soon as it hatches is not healthy and is what is available in most public waters these days.
@@turkey2003 again. If there were no catch and release public water would be trash and bass fishing wouldn't even exist anymore. You can always tell whe a bucket head is commenting.
Back in the good old days when there was almost no pressure on the water unlike today. Cool seeing those fishing icons in their younger years!
Yeah the “fishing industry” has ruined fishing. IMHO.
But has also made it better.
The fishing is better but there is a bass boat on every stump.
I live near a world renowned big bass lake. The boat ramp in Spring. I swear there is a license plate from every state in the union except Hawaii and Alaska. And I’m looking for those soon.
@@user-sh2mk8ew4c I wouldn’t say ruined, if anything it makes it more challenging and as fisherman we have to learn to adapt.
@@Chunchyyy i guess thats a fair statement. I won’t argue that to much.
Certainly more challenging if you own a Evenrude. Which I do not. Just saying……
And your probably under 40 and go balls to the wall. You’ll understand 1 day.
@@user-sh2mk8ew4c Thats out of state fishing licenses dollars going to your local fish and wildlife departments, you should be thankful your state has tourism dollars coming in to benefit residents.
@@user-sh2mk8ew4c why you have to bring age into it like it really matters? Some of the top bass anglers alive right now are 25-37 (under 40) pretty sure you're not gonna go up to them and say "you'll understand someday". sounds like my old boss
WOW. 20# northern on a 5-1/2’ Rod lol. Al will always be the man.
Jimmy made the best spinnerbait shows.
Bill made the best topwater frog shows.
Roland made the best pitching shows.
Kevin made the best twitch bait shows.
Shaw showed us exactly that we were as crazy for fishing as he was.......almost.
Orlando made the best Rat'L Trap shows.
Doug Hannon was the Largemouth Professor .
Mark Sosin brought us Saltwater.
Larry Nixon was the Ed Sullivan of Bassin.
Paul Elias got us all using steelhead 7-8' long handled sticks.
In-Fisherman Team were our All-Species All-Stars.
They all taught us rubber worm fishing.
And Homer started it all.
that's good stuff. Watching this made me feel like a kid again watching with my Dad.
Man I miss the good ole days.. simple and effective! Nowadays it's 10 different types of rod's per lure and 17,000 knots lol
Let all the yahoos buy those fancy new rigs for big $$$. I love buying old reel / rod combos at yard sales for $5 - $10. The old stuff usually needs a good cleaning and lube but then works like new. And reminds me of my childhood back in the 80s and early 90s.
SOOOO much gold in this film! Don't see any of the pretty boy Googan Squad bushwacking through the cover ;))
I love this 80's vintage footage! Reminds me of when I was a little kid
More like 60's or 70s
I can't believe no one thought to make rods with longer handles at that time. You can see the physical struggles of bracing those short little pistol grips.
Yeah, it is kinda funny. I'm turning 60 yrs old, and I used those things back then, we all did. The pistol grip handles with shorter rods on baitcasters were primarily used for target casting holes in heavy cover of all types. The fish, especially the trophy fish, put up a much better fight too, with those pistol grip handles, lol. I much prefer the long rod butts we fish today. I don't know who in the hell started that crazy trend of pistol grips back in the day, but we all lost too many big fish over them, that's for sure. Whoever it was, if he weren't such an old man today, I would stand in line to kick his ass myself, lol.
Back in the day a long rod was a pistol grip 6 ft. I had many and a lot of memories. You can’t beat a pistol grip for accuracy around low hanging trees and docks.
@@winstonrocco1981 I think the rod length is more important than the handle being short. I will agree a shorter rod is easier to use in some cases.
You can’t beat those rods for working topwater baits tho. I still have one in my boat specifically for top water. Makes it effortless to get a good action with a walking bait or popper
There were still longer rods with straight, longer grips. They just weren't in vogue for most techniques. You'd usually use such a rod for flippin' & pitchin. There's a good book, published in the late 1980's/early 1990's by Jerry Gibbs, who was the editor for Outdoor Life and a prolific author in the day called Advanced Tactics for Bass and Trout and he actually has a good section on rods and talks about this very thing - talking about how longer rods fell out of favor for short rods with pistol grips, then the resurgance of longer rods with straight handles. He also talked about how triggers on casting rods ebb & flow in favor, and how to make a trigger for your rod if it doesn't come with one.
Its a good book and holds gems that apply today, just as well as they did when it was published.
These old flicks still have a ton of knowledge.
I’m 25 and love watching these old videos and just seeing how simple it was back then. I’ve always noticed in older pictures and videos the bass almost always seemed to be 4+ even on the lake I fish but now it seems like it’s hard to catch a 3lber but I guess that’s just due to all the pressure and fish getting accustomed to all the baits
Before the 1980s everything was catch and keep. Less bass in the water meant more food for those left meant bigger bass. Due to high levels of catch and release we have now there is many small and mid sized bass. A lake has only certain carrying capacity. It can be 500lbs consisting of 100 5 lb bass or 250 2lb bass.
@@turkey2003 with the amount of people fishing, if every weekend angler kept every catch, lakes would get fished out in a couple seasons. There's still big fish around but I'm sure back in the day people didn't waste film on a dink. They didn't have cellphones in their pocket that could easily snap a bunch of photos of every catch.
@@andrescruz9448 there are less fisherman today than in the 80s when every weekend angler kept their catch. In those days there were 25 million people fishing and today there are 20 million. That is not to mention the 150 yrs before that when bass were commercially fished and caught with nets and sold in markets. Bass are sunfish same as bluegill and they produce a incredible amount of young. The difference is they require much more food than bluegill to stay healthy. Bass today in most public lakes are long, skinny and starving. A healthy bass should have a football shape and shouldn't be skinny at all.
Fish absolutely get conditioned, no doubt. Gotta think outside of the box and fish as close to good solunar phases as possible; that's when numbers as well as those big fish are more susceptible ~
We are a drop in the bucket.
I haven’t watched the whole video, but I can’t believe there’s no attempt to sell a lure so far. Straight up information and fun to watch.
Legends of the sport, I tip my hat to these men. #Roland #linderbrothers #Houston #Dance #Parker and many more that I missed.
O wow now that I look at Roland at this age, makes me think just how much Scott Martin looks like his old man.
The fishing gear is so vintage compared to now lol. So cool
My dad always said you spent more time picking out backlashes than you did fishing with those old reels. When I got him back into fishing newer baitcasters blew his mind lol.
Wow…What a video!!! A lot simpler back then. Great instruction and they get right to the point and don’t rattle on about unnecessary things. Brings back great memories as a kid fishing with my Dad
Man!!!! There is only 1 of Homer Circles books on EBay.
Gonna have to start hunting now.
Homer knows how to find “Good hooker”s. So I need his book!!!!
They didn't say where Al was fishing but it sure looked a lot like northern MN. I miss the days where big pike were common here. Thanks for yet another fantastic video!
Yes! When big bass were here in NC too. Good ol' days 🙂
Do you think he put that pike back? The whole time I was wondering if he was going to release it or not and then it cut before he did…makes me think he might have kept it.
@@johnschauder I was wondering the same thing and I also came to the conclusion that he probably kept it. Would be happy to know otherwise, though!
@@ibanez2010 it looks like they may have kept that giant bass in this video, too. They put it right into the live well…and there was really no reason to unless he was going to keep it.
Catch and release didn’t really start to become popular until the 1990’s…especially for trophy size fish.
That’s an awesome video! I got to fish with Roland Martin last April and it’s something I will never forget! I had a great time!!
Thanks ,al Linder is one of my all time favorites!!!
Wow that was really cool! I was 25 years old when that was made and it took me back to much better times. I just discovered this channel and really enjoyed watching. Thanks so much.
SOOO sick seeing these OG's still making videos today!
@@atomicwedgie8176 of coarse these guys still make good videos whats wrong with you?
Al Linder a super bass fisherman… Roland Martin king of bass fishing … great video
Awesome content thank you. I miss this old school tv everyday..god bless and tight lines
Roland Martin looks like Arnold Schwarzenegger in the beginning of the video
Wade to the choppah!
@@mikemcelveen2973 😂 "What's with the f*****g tie business? CIA got you pushing too many pencils."
When I was a teen i loved fishing.
Night fishing with a jig I caught a 5 pound bass at age 14.
Using live water dogs as bait for bass works great..
I remember fishing on indian land and having a blast..croppy fishing is fun..
Nice video thanks for sharing.
Ahhhh, the good ole days when u wouldn’t see a googin on the water or another boat for that matter, all day long.
Wow, reliving my early childhood here. I watched them about every Saturday morning in the 80’s. Then I’d head out to my little league ball games. We’d talk about fishing after the games. Great times back then as a kid.
I remember watching this when I was younger. My dad bought the VHS and I watched it all the time.
Great vid! Love seeing vintage tackle & baits in action again.
Al , you are so informative, no wonder infisherman magazine was so good. I still have my subscription and I miss you and Ron. Your inside the line put a paycheck in my pocket. All of you guys I appreciate, I’ve learned a lot by watching . Thank you
I remember this series. What memories it’s brings back
Wao I remember these video when I was 16 I had a vhs omg 😱 I’m 45 now. great video I love it .
Great seeing Al in his younger days
I believe it was Roland who said Linder was the best bass fisherman he ever saw.
Man could you imagine going back in time 40-50 years and fishing some of these lakes with the equipment and lures we have today? What a day that would be! I'm surprised are fish can even pick up any vibrations or movement in the water nowadays with all these 200+ HP boats screaming over there heads 24/7.
This is a great video.
I own this series.
I wish I knew how to upload to UA-cam.
Thank you so much.
Look up how to
Yeah!!
Just look it up on UA-cam!!
Fantastic video , saluto dall'italia 🇮🇹🙌🏻
The Old Pistol grip... I still have one of these from the 80's...
That's awesome. My dad still uses his old ones.
Greetings from the BIG SKY. I spent most of my life chasing trout until I discovered that bass were in the Musselshell River. Small mouth bass are very similar to the trout in creeks and rivers here.
These videos are literally GOLD! Thanks for sharing! JUICY BASS HOLES!
That was a huge fish Al caught!
That "wooohooo" while holding the northern. 😂
Great video. kinda reminded me of fishing when I was younger
The ol shakey head with gpg zoom worm on it
Works every time
Al Linder with the Bush Hog spinnerbait Made by Vets for the fishermen. No longer produced but I still have many.
Nice reel for that big bass on live shiner!!!!!......
@ It was a Zebco 33. The only Zebco spincaster ever worth having, with the chrome plated metal cover. It was the only one that could use heavier line. Still nowhere near as good as a good baitcaster.
Excellent video, pre Basshole days.
Thanks. Brought back some good memories.
Old school! Good lake. I learned on plastic worms. My mom said "try a whopper plopper". I said "What?". She said Ned rig. I was confused. Then I threw a swim bait and didn't catch anything. Keep casting Boys!
Cool video! Thanks for the upload!
Send this to Roland Martin!!!!
Very nice simple & easy 🥰😍👍🏻
Fighting a huge pike with a pistol grip rod, my god those guys had some wrists
Man that brought back some memories
The world was a better place
Look how fast they are having to reel.....old school 3:1 ratio on a 5 1/2” fiberglass rod.
A lot of this still applies today.
That last bass… all of 12lbs… freaking monster.
They was fishing the spinner bait and the plastic worm two baits that’s stood the test of time
Did he say the spoon can also have a pork rind attached to it? Also; the 80s.
I just realized how far bass fishing has come
Right down the toilet.
“Far”?
Now I’m sure I don’t need an 11 bearing reel to catch monsters
That wasn't that far from the direct drive reels without free spool days
Al’s accent just makes it
Man that last bass was huge … it seems crazy to see them put it n cooler n mark it for death no release but they say 80% mortality rate on bass master circuit released or not
can't be that high. with as many tournaments as there are, we'd see fish floating everywhere.
I totally agree with you though. People used to keep/kill every bass they caught. No matter the size. Crazy times.
Al Linder hasn't aged much in forty years.
Great video!
9:05 Minnesota registration. Lol 😆 need to find this lake now.
Sonnnn i had one of those lews v-spools..never could use the pistol grip rod.....is that a zebco 202 🤣
That was a Zebco 33 with the chrome plated metal cover, the strongest & best Zebco spincaster they ever made. It's the only Zebco spincast that'll take heavy line. He wasn't using no whimpy "202" that can handle only 8 lb line, for such giant fish. I never liked any spincast reel. I was using old baitcasters as a kid, back when the damn handles spun during the cast, lol. I've still got 3 of these old original Lew's BB1's. They still work as good as new. Of course I've got 8 new Lew's baitcasters: 4 Pro-G's, 2 BB1 Pro's, and 2 Super Duty's. Bought all 8 of em in 2016, and they're still flawless. I fish for giants down here on the Stick Marsh/Farm 13, the new Fellsmere Headwaters lake right next to it, and the Thomas Lawton/3 Forks areas. All 3 places are the giant trophy bass capital of the world. But so is the Kissimmee chain of lakes and the lower St Johns lakes & rivers of north Fl.
I just oiled my Lew Childer Speed Spool reel from 1984, still works with the pistol handle rod, it was called the Speed Stick. I bought a 7ft custom shiner rod, once down there from a guy named Homer at his bait shop. Can,t remember his last name.
Not a 33. Definitely a zebco model one.
@@joeyseabaugh6742 You're full of shit. That is DEFINITELY A ZEBCO 33. Dude, go look up the history of Zebco reels. Their model 33 was first introduced in 1953 and was THEIR FLAGSHIP MODEL. It had REAL double stainless steel chrome plated covers & ball bearings, and remained mostly unchanged ( only little tweaks & changes of course ) for at least 50 years. The Zebco 33 was THEIR HALLMARK MODEL, and was the most famous spincast reel ever made. I'm 60 yrs old. As a kid, I was a real stickler about reels & quality. I was a hardcore baitcaster guy, learning to cast the old Pflueger baitcasters at only 8 yrs old. It was real silver with fancy engraving. Then the famous Lews BB1 came out & quickly became my #1 favorite. I never liked or owned ANY spincast reel. But I always knew tons of people who had the famous Zebco 33. Now, you go look up "history of the Zebco One".......you won't get any search results. Now, look up "history of the Zebco 33", and you'll get all kinds of search results, showing the complete history of this famous reel. The "model One" isn't even mentioned or discusses anywhere.
@@crossroadsheavener7599 Yeah, I've got 3 of the original Lew's BB1 reels now. One is the very 1st model made by Shimano for Lew Childre. My other 2 are from the early Ryobi years, and they are actually better than the earlier Shimano versions. I actually still use one of them once in a while, and it still casts great & functions flawlessly. Of course I've got the new Lew's reels.......I've got 8 of those. I also use Lew's Speed Stick rods.
Last Fish...OMG o_O
Good video~
I learned how to talk like a yankee as a kid from Al Linder. Hahaha 😝
He wasn't a Yankee numb nuts. He was from the Midwest. A Yankee would be from the Northeast.
@@christopherwood2290 Numb nuts? I’m from Texas. Any one north of the mason Dixie line is a yankee. I don’t care who you are he sounds funny. And i probably most definitely sound funny to him.
Christopher Dick wood!!!!!
@@user-sh2mk8ew4c settle down guys...its only a vintage fishing video. Lol. Linder is from Minnesota and he definitely sounds it.
Most of the Yankees speak Spanish
@@threedoutdoors7930 i just don’t take to kindly being called “Numb nuts”.
Disagree with me that’s fine but don’t act like a child.
Don't any better than this
It’s crazy to see them using pistol grip rods
5:00 to 5:35 he was killing it
Homer lived to the ripe ole age of 97.
По картинке к видео подумал Арнольд Шварцнейгер охотиться на Басса😀👍
It’s amazing they were able to pull these fish out of cover with no heavy rods, low gear reels, braid, etc.
makes ya wonder what's a gimmick and what isn't, nowadays...
When he caught that northern:
"wooOOOOooAAAahhhhh
That little rod had a handle like my son’s little zebco
I wish everyone would stop fishing except for me.
Old school video I fish around grass and rocks harder to catch them in it
What a stud
🎣🐟👍
Roland
Looks like He he pulled in that 12lber on a zebco 33.
Back in these days was punching even a thing?
The method was used with long cane poles way back when
Man that looks like a dt6
No electronics!
8:38 lol. This was a awesome video. Doesn't look like much has changed in techniques. Only equipment
29:41 Shoulders!
They want to watch the bass jump, today that's the last thing I want to see.
What do you mean?
They played the fish out and enjoyed seeing it jump out of the water. To me, seeing a bass jump makes me nervous and I do everything I can to keep it down.
@@steve4321able Since this is being filmed to be sold, the cameraman, and really everybody, WANTS the fish to jump, to make it more exciting for the viewer.
Understood.
Cotton Cordell Big-O
These are the googans parents
Bring back Vergil Ward……
Lol push button 😆
Notice how they did not show a release on that big pike or the big bass? They probably kept both those fish as trophies. I get why they keeps them back then but it’s just so sad to look back at when the practice off keeping fish was much more prevalent and know that I will likely never catch a 12lb bass or a 25lb northern pike. 😢
Lmao. Are you seriously complaining about fish kept in 1983? Lmao. I'm all for catch and release, especially with all the jackass Facebook bucket heads out there now. But come on.
Catch and release has led to smaller fish. There is a reason bigger fish were found pre 1980s. Or say bigger fish are found in Cuba, Mexico or Japan where everything is catch and keep. Less bass = more food for the ones left which = bigger bass. Nowadays most lakes are full of thin 1 to 2 lb fish. The bigger fish are found in reservoirs in CA where poor spawing habitat and rainbow trout produce few bass with lots of food.
@@turkey2003 lol. Catch and release is the only reason there's any game fish in public waters. Period.
@@MrCoffeekelly Bass have only been sport fish for the last 35 years. Before that they were food fish only and were even commercially fished with nets and sold in markets since the founding of the US and before that as well. However did the species survive and thrive? lol. Bass are sunfish. They lay so many eggs and produce so many young that they easily become overpopulated if not controlled. Every fishery manager will tell you that to grow big bass you need to harvest them and provide them with a healthy food chain. A lake were there are hundreds of 2lb bass eating up all the forage as soon as it hatches is not healthy and is what is available in most public waters these days.
@@turkey2003 again. If there were no catch and release public water would be trash and bass fishing wouldn't even exist anymore. You can always tell whe a bucket head is commenting.
Lmao zebco 33
Zebco model one. Not a 33
Yea that bass didn't make it
Fake news