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Re: Who's the best bass fisherman you know.. [Re: Feljum Shwarper] #6377609 07/08/11 04:35 PM
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I have not fished with any touring pros but the best fisherman I have ever fished with is Tom Mayne from the Tyler area. I fished with him on Palestine and it was unbelievable and very educational.

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Re: Who's the best bass fisherman you know.. [Re: RKT] #6379517 07/09/11 01:24 AM
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Mark Pack is as good as I've fished with in deep water. Especially for suspended bass--few bass fisherman can consistently catch them--but Pack casts off the back of the boat a lot of times and swims and hops jigs through them and whacks em. Catching fish after fish out of the middle of the lake where none of the rest of us even bother to cast. I've fished with Scott Martin some and he is in a whole other league. He grew up learning from his dad and spent some summers hanging with Hank Parker's kid. Gee, wonder why he is so good?! wink The most instinctive guy I have been around. Mention your secret lure to him and he'll tell you all the positives and negatives about it before you can even finish talking about it. Here in TX, Russell Cecil is always smashing fish and in the hunt, no matter the lake or the bite. If he didn't have such a successful business, he'd be a force at the highest levels of the sport. Ditto for the Burns brothers--they don't get to practice much but still always seem to smoke them when they do.

Re: Who's the best bass fisherman you know.. [Re: Tom Redington] #6379596 07/09/11 02:09 AM
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Rich Dalbey is one of the most consistant anglers I know. No matter the lake or time of year he will boat his share. Fish's as a non-boater in the EverStarts and the Tour. Consistant money winner and has a great local partner David Gillham who can always carry his share of the load.

Best pro I have fished with was Chris McCall on Toledo Bend, he put on a clinic for me that day. I learned a lot about the way he attacked his water. Would really enjoy spending a week in the boat with a guy like Chris.

Best up and comer would be Little E-Eric Wright, still young and has a lot to learn but loaded with raw talent. I think Eric is about 3 years from being a top contender in the EverStarts.

My kudos to IceMan Chuck Turner as well, if the fishing is tough he will get it done 90% of the time. Most patient fisherman I know.

Honorable Mention: My son Chris could have been a real threat if he wasn't so darn good looking and would have kept his head in the game. He was putting it on most of my friends and often myself when he was 14. Had a good future but got sidelined by tall skinny blondes from age 15 and up. Now he makes me proud as a hard working dedicated husband and father of 2 beautiful children.

No doubt there are more but this is enough for now.

Re: Who's the best bass fisherman you know.. [Re: J C Outdoors] #6379800 07/09/11 03:20 AM
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The best I have fished with is Charlie Harleson.


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Re: Who's the best bass fisherman you know.. [Re: TBassYates] #6379951 07/09/11 04:31 AM
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I am a better fisherman than REDRANGER

Re: Who's the best bass fisherman you know.. [Re: bugsbunny] #6380103 07/09/11 05:57 AM
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The two best fishermen I know are two brothers up here in Amarillo. Greg and Justin Daniel. I swear they have tortured me for years with their fishing success and their crazy antics. They are not pros but they are dang good at catchin bass.


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Re: Who's the best bass fisherman you know.. [Re: Boog] #6380171 07/09/11 10:06 AM
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All joking aside, I have fished with some great fishermen through the years. Richard McCarty, Brian Duplechain, Gene Snider, to name a few.

Back in March I had the privilege to fish with Alton Jones back and he was not only an incredible stick but also a great guy. Standing shoulder to shoulder with him I was reminded how wide the gap is between weekend fishermen like myself and an Elite Pro that makes his living fishing at the highest level.

I was in awe of his fish catching abilities all day long. It was a great day for sure!


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Re: Who's the best bass fisherman you know.. [Re: Kay Dyson] #6380355 07/09/11 01:37 PM
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Re: Who's the best bass fisherman you know.. [Re: TBassYates] #6380391 07/09/11 02:13 PM
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First My Grandfather who taught me plain and simple with cane pole. Second the one I have been married to for 42 years taught me what I know about fishing tournaments against some of the best people in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Re: Who's the best bass fisherman you know.. [Re: Kay Dyson] #6380498 07/09/11 03:04 PM
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My father and his good friend John Wilmore. Both of these men have caught their share of big Bass and have taught me a lot. They have both gone on and are fishing the Great Lake above. fish

Re: Who's the best bass fisherman you know.. [Re: Gitter Done] #6380695 07/09/11 04:34 PM
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There's a pretty good stick in this area by the name of Elroy Kruger. cheers

Re: Who's the best bass fisherman you know.. [Re: Bass Raptor] #6381062 07/09/11 07:24 PM
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He passed on in the early 80's
But he was the only man that I knew could constantly catch double digits almost every cast

He taught me a lot about fishing that lake
I grew up on clearlake and I know I can out fish any pro that fishes that lake !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: Who's the best bass fisherman you know.. [Re: chilli31] #6381145 07/09/11 08:00 PM
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my grandson, he is 11 years old now, his biggest 13lbs 6 when he was 7 years old, cought at fork. he will be in the middle of the boat between my son and i and out fish both of us. and that is no bull. and i love him every much along with the rest of my grandkids.fred c.

Re: Who's the best bass fisherman you know.. [Re: mercury2] #6381545 07/09/11 10:27 PM
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Pictures from this May 2011, on my semi annual trip to Lake Fork. Unfortunately, we only get to fish together 2X per year as he lives in Quitman and I live in AZ.

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Re: Who's the best bass fisherman you know.. [Re: azbass] #6381792 07/10/11 12:40 AM
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i have to say steviejoe smith. i bet he could build a house with the wood, from all the plaques, he and trudy have racked up. seriously!

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