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Rick Clunn admits ”I almost ended my career that day.”
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- Опубліковано 9 сер 2023
- After being incredibly lucky not sustain injuries on the water,  Rick Clunn tells the story of his boating accident on the St. Lawrence River.
Fantastic video thanks 👍
RC taught me some lessons in 1986 at the Mega Bucks in Leesburg. This man is the man😎 🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻worked for me! 25 years stone free, knock on wood😎🇺🇸
I was your non-boater many years ago on Champlain out of Plattsburgh. Although the water was pretty rough that day, your boat driving was like a clinic on how to not beat yourself or your equipment up, and just how to be smart. Thanks for that!
53 year old Angler here . . . You Sir are one fo the very few anglers who have really 'spoken' to Me over the years.
I REALLY appreciate all of the tangible information and experiences that you have shared with the fishing community.
You have helped me become a person who better appreciates and understands the sport of fishing as a whole, rather than just the 'fishing' aspect of it.
Thank You Sir so very much.
put real linen sheets on your bed and a linen top sheet( it'll help repair your body) also get some duct tape( metal kind) and lay out a 4x3 size sticky side inside and run a copper wire from it out your window to a copper rod stuck in the ground 3ft..sleep on the metal duck tape and you'll notice how much better your body will fill the next day..its the earths energy flowing thru to you..there was a report done over 60yrs ago that military hospitals used real linen sheets and wounded soldiers healed over nite. hospitals replaced real linen with a more plastic based linen which is why healing takes longer( except babies, they use real linen to wrap them up in because the babies leggs moving causes a static charge making them irritable and cry)..walking barefooted helps get that earth healing charge too😁
I'm glad you're still slinging baits!
You are and have been one of the biggest influences to all Bass fisherman. I’m in my 50’s and I can remember watching as a kid dreaming to be half as good and efficient as you are. Thanks for being you all these years.
Greatest Angler of all time!!
Being in a 17' bass boat with a 750' tanker going by gets the pucker factor going for sure. I was up there by the Eisenhower Lock and I always try and hide behind something when they go by
The GOAT!
Thanks for sharing.
Hopefully I can meet Rick Clunn one day mayby Lunch as I live in Gainesville Missouri right down the road
We all LOVE ❤️ you Rick Clunn & there's no other Bass Fisherman in my mind better than you
You are THE BEST OF THE BEST & I'd Love to have lunch with you in Ava MY TREAT
Fished that area for years. The waves have a way of sneaking up.
Watching you weigh in at all these Elite events is incredible, meanwhile KVD is retired. Living legend status truly.
Yes Rick IS a LEGEND!
Kevin is retiring from tournaments not fishing and the media business
Much Respect Rick.. I've been an avid Angler all of my life and began following you in the late 70's. I grew up fishing Toledo Bend, lived and fished on Sam Rayburn 21 years and now I live in Montgomery Texas on Lake Conroe, and to this day almost every time I launch my boat on Conroe, I think of you and where you began 👍
Thank you Rick for sharing and wow,what a tough and life changing day, I will pray your pain will heal,Rick your my hero since I was a teenager 1983 and still till this day.God Bless 🙏❤️
Good story with great advice woven in...best stories in my mind! Please keep them coming Rick!
Talk about a person I'd love to just listen to. Lots of solid wisdom right there. Thanks for sharing that story.
Rick...been following you since tbe 70's. One of my freinds who you probably don't remember fished with you in some of the pro-ams on Guntereville and Lake Okeechobee. His name was Ken Anthony. Anyway, I have learned a great deal from you over the years and appreciate your knowledge and time. I remember running in to you at Goosepond when you were practicing for a B.A.S.S. event. You were on a good jig bite on tbe rip rap near the golf course. Never forget how nice and respectfully you were to me. I backed off the rip rap and moved on because you were practicing. Out of all the professionals I have ever met out on tbe water I will say I respect you the most and that's all I am going to say. I know my freind Ken always respected you when you guys fished together. He always said that in his opinion you were the best at finding fish and how you were spiritually connected to the environment around you. Wishing you the best Rick to you and your family. By the way....I still have a lot of your signature rods Bass Pro shop use to carry. Very good rods and I still use them today after 25 years.
He starts out “my name Rick Clunn” everybody that knows anything about bass fishing knows who you are buddy! I have the upmost respect for you and everything you’ve done in the industry. Thank you for all your knowledge and tips
Rick…you are truly a legend. You’re heart, experience, and wealth of knowledge is second to none. You are an inspiration and I’ve been a fan for a long time!! Hope eventually the pain goes away and you continue with what love. Thank you…
This is sound advice for life not just in fishing. Been a carpenter all my life and I wish I could go back and tell 18 year old me to protect my ears, knees and back because 45 year old me is in pain every day and I can't hear squat. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Thank you Rick
Love you Rick and Melissa! Miss you!!
You my friend are a legend and we love you !!!!!
Mr. Clun i think i speak for the whole bass nation. We miss watching you. Please keep in touch more often if you can. God bless
I did the same thing in the Arkansas River years ago. Running wide open and hit a monster wave from a Tug with no barge attached. That lone tug pushed a wake three times bigger than if it were attached to a barge and I was not expecting a wake that large. It felt like we were airborne for 50 feet or so. Threw me up against the front deck and my partner was against the trolling motor once we came to a stop. One thing I remember is when that motor cleared the water it sounded like a top fuel dragster coming off the line lol. Thankfully neither of us were injured, however I have been very leery of a lone Tug ever since.
Rick I truly enjoy listening to your fish stores!!!
You are the GOAT. Thank you for the memories.
Glad you’re still here with us!
Love your stories
Thanks, Rick. I remember you sharing this story with me at Lake Oahe, 2022, among other subjects. Good luck at Champlain and the St. Lawrence as you put the finishing touches on this, your 50th season with B.A.S.S.
I just turned 35 in July and have a home on toledo bend, I grew up fishing both Rayburn and Toledo if u been there u know how the waves can get I bought a 202 champion (for the ride comfort) had the transom and stringers replaced with composite material. Point of the story is I just had back major back surgery 2 wks ago had 3 blown disc replaced with artificial and im 5'9 160lb pretty fit person. I believe the years of bangin off waves did this to my back there's not much else I can think of that has done it.
Turn your volume up please 72 years old
THE BEST EVER PERIOD !
Back in injuries never heal a 100%, once saw guy take off in his 200 hp. bass rig going balls to the wall into a 30-40 mph wind, got about a 1/4 mile accrpss the lake hit a wave and went like an
I completely understand what you’re dealing with Rick. I had back surgery in 2017 for a herniated disk, and empathize with the problem of mind/body not working in conjunction correctly. I will be going in for my second back surgery for the same disk soon. It’s funny you mention not using a hot foot throttle. Randy Blaukat has recommended the same thing. I will be taking mine out of my boat. Thanks for sharing your insights with us. 🙏
Dude you are a stud!!!
Wow. Wow. Wow.
My favorite angler of all time!
Golly, that is really an awful acccident to endure. Im sorry to hear that has been with you since, best wishes to you, your health and family
You and Randy Blaukat promote throttle control, and I too have always used and prefer throttle over Hotfoot! I pulled you in the Classic in 1993 at High Rock lake. And despite being worn out from a hard day of fishing, you for an hour on the drive back amazed me with your explanations of whys and hows you were approaching HR lake. It was a true pleasure! We as drivers of the Classic tow rigs never knew who we'd get until you pulled up on the trailer. I also pulled Bryan Kershel, who you know tragically was killed.....Thanks again for your persistence and such wisdom you continue to share with us....Please never stop!!
A thrill to pull/tow the pros in the Classic, and then good conversation! The High Rock Classics were 94, 95, and 98.
Excuse me.. 1994, when Kerschel won Classic.
I’m so sorry you’re still dealing with this injury! While not as bad, a similar thing happened to me at Lake of the Ozarks during a BassnGal tourney, I hit a huge wake out of nowhere and landed so hard it gave me whiplash! So many things can happen on the water!
Wow Rick what a student and thinker. I could listen forever to all the fish details he has compiled over the decades. I hope you get thru the back injury and you being the smart student, look up the anti inflamatory and cellular/ tissue nerve regeneration to provide via 1000s of studies. It gave my life back post heart transplant. All the best in fishing and life!
Been watching and following Rick C. as long as I can remember as a kid in the 70’s and still have some RC buzz baits from way back past the way way back and I still in the pack and a couple blades that have been on 100 or more baits over the years and have not wore out like new ones after 1,000 cast the wire’s have worn them out and brake off
👏 staying focused is tough on everyone
I know your aches and pains. I'm four years in recovery from my accident. Physical therapy has replaced running seventy miles a week. I still make it out on the water but I'm about done after six or seven hours on the lake. Long butted rods I jumped on them early. Never regretting the change!!! Most all of them are gone now as I'd fix kids up with spin cast reels and give them away. And I agree that mental focus gets you past most pain. In retirement I thought I'd be fishing most everyday, now I'm lucky to get out two maybe three days a week.
The spine is the body's transmission. Know all too well about getting vertebrae damaged as I had a truck come through my office wall at work two years ago. Six herniated discs later and a lot of pain, I'm nowhere near 100 percent. Chiropractors can help take pressure off the spine and nerves, but check into stem cell therapy if you already haven't. Way better than surgery and it heals you from the inside out. Always been a big fan and glad to see you still pressing on.
Check into red light therapy, it changed my life and gave me the shot at getting in a boat again.
Years of fishing on co-angler side has made me very wary of other peoples boat driving skills! If it can happen to a man of your skills, it can happen to anyone. It got to the point where I was afraid of who I would draw as boaters just because of not knowing if they know how to drive! Well that, plus as I have gotten older and perhaps a bit wiser all those wake jumps have taken their toll on my back! Keep on keeping on Sir! You are a true inspirations to us that grew up with you!
Legend.
I was a coangler on lanier 6 years ago and the boater hit a wake and we went airborne and when we hit the 2nd wake the boat kicked side ways I came down on the back of the seat. Broke 2 ribs and did disc damage in my back. I still deal with it.
Look at those knuckles
Rick, you have been a hero of mine since I was in diapers. I owe you so much for all you have done and giving me a hero. I know you don't like that but, it is true. You showed and taught my dad how to Bass fish and now that passion has been passed down from my dad, to me, to my kids. Thank you for your passion and knowledge.
Wow didn't know the whole story. The fact you're still competing is unreal. Big boat traffic is no joke and not predicable. I had a buddy co-angler who was practicing on the Hudson years ago and the boater miss-judged some barge wake and they went air born. They were both thrown up and back down. My buddy landed on his tail bone. He was in agony and could not compete.
I know your pain, has another boat run into me and my partner three months ago and I got thrown from the boat but on the way out I hit my backside flush on the deck and broke two vertebrae, knew I broke something when I finally swam out from under the boat. I’ll never wear an inflatable life vest again, went down about eight foot or so before it inflated and then it pinned me under the hull of the boat.
I had 3 stones in my bladder. Worse pain ever..
Fishing hard for 3 to 4 days for Bass is Rough! Definitely the Real Deal without the New Video Game Tournaments.
96% of rods today are made with too short of a rear grip. And don’t get me started with split grips. Rick is dead on. They will fatigue and injure you. Leverage is key to working and casting lures with much more ease.
Tuff Ol Boy! 🤙
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Man can only hope to be half as active as him at that age.
Rick Klunn
I favored the 150hp rule and still run that size boat. Bass boats are far more dangerous than most people realize and need to be operated with caution. I saw a bass boat flip from hitting a barge wake once and rescued a injured angler. Always use your kill switch and wear a life vest.
An 18 footer with a 150 is much rougher than a 20-21 footer with a 250 on it. The whole reason they changed to the 250 rule is the bigger boats are safer, handle rough water better, are more stable and cause you less fatigue.
@@Lray4x4 55 is a lot safer than 75. You can run a 19-20 ft boat with a 150 a practice that wasn't uncommon with anglers that frequented the Great Lakes and in seas greater than 5-6 ft a 21ft bass boat makes almost zero difference. I'm from the north east and have fished probably 100 tournaments on the Great Lakes. Nobody would even believe me if I told them how big they were at the mouth of the St Lawrence when I came off the Lake in my 374V Ranger with the wind gusting to 60 out of the west.
@@edwardcowan7012 A 20 foot bass boat with a 150 is underpowered which also is not safe. A 21 footer with a 250 running 70-75 is much safer and handles better than an 18 footer with a 150 going 60-65 mph.
@@Lray4x4 haven’t been on the Great Lakes much have you? If your 150 boat is set up to run 65 your going to be in trouble out there. Staying on plane at 15mph is key when you can’t see over the next wave. And 55 is safer than 75. Clunn’s wave wouldn’t have hurt me because I’d have been going 48.
@@edwardcowan7012 Yes, I live in Ohio, but most of the bass fishing isn't done on the Great lakes, if that is where you mainly fish a bass boat isn't the best choice, a deep V is much better. BASS doesn't even have any tournaments on the Great Lakes, so that isn't what we are talking about. Either way a 21 foot boat with a 250 is safer and handles rough water better than an 18 footer with a 150, you are ignorant if you don't believe that, and yes a poor operator can make any boat unsafe. Also who said Clunn was running 75 when he did that?