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A: The โlittle green box” was the nickname for the Lowrance Fish-Lo-K-Tor, the first transistorized, portable sportfishing sonar for the recreational market. It retailed for $150 when introduced in 1957.
A: โBronzebackโ is a nickname for smallmouth bass, but until the 1970s the term โbronzebackโ was commonly used for largemouth, smallmouth or any of the bass species.
A: Californiaโs Dee Thomas invented Flippinโ in the early 1970s. It was developed as an alternative to โtule dippingโ when that method was outlawed on several California tournament circuits. Tule dipping did not involve a reel, and the rod or pole used was often 14 feet long or longer.
A: Pickwick Lake and Saginaw Bay have each hosted three NPFL events.
A: A field of 116 anglers weighed in 1,681 bass at the 2022 NPFL tournament on Lake Hartwell.
A: On November 8, 2003, the only known Giant Haskell Minnow was sold for $101,200 by Langโs Sporting Auctions at the Boxborough Woods Holiday Inn in Boxborough, Massachusetts.
A: Creme Lure Company introduced the Wiggle Worm in 1949.
A: Denny Brauer in 1998.
A: South Carolina tournament pro Todd Auten is generally credited as being the first angler to replace the skirt on a buzzbait with a soft plastic lure.
A: Floridaโs โuncertifiedโ record largemouth dates back to 1923. Georgiaโs state record also has a share of the all-tackle world record and was caught by George Perry in 1932.
A: Jesse Shannon designed the Shannon Twin Spinner in 1915 and patented the lure in 1919.
A: Keith Carson won the first AOY title in 2021.
A: Ed Frederich founded the Western Bass Club in 1938 in Seattle, Washington.
A: Edward (โNedโ) Kehde is a fishing writer and University of Kansas archivist who fished with many of the pioneers of finesse fishing, including Chuck Woods, Drew Reese, and Guido Hibdon.
A: Jesse Wise caught a 10-pound, 9-ounce largemouth on Day 3 of the 2024 NPFL Championship on Lake Amistad in Texas.
A: Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas all recognize a member of the Micropterus genus as their official state fish.
A: Tennessee. From 1988 until 2005, the largemouth was Tennesseeโs state fish. In 2005, the largemouth was replaced by the smallmouth.
A: James A. Henshall. M.D., published Book of the Black Bass in 1881. He also wrote the second book about bass fishing โ More About the Black Bass (1889).
A: Brandon Perkins totaled 71 pounds, 8 ounces on his way to winning the first NPFL Championship on Lake Amistad in 2023.
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