thank you hank for all the years i used watch all you guys on tnn used to stay home instead of going out fishing to watch your shows still think you should run for president you`d have my vote
We used to practice on KY Lake by trolling along drops with a heavy Carolina rig in one hand and a 10" worm or jig in the other hand hoping them along. Can cover a lot of water and find a lot of fish this way. Even fish you don't see on the fish finder.
Add DVR all of Hanks shows. Sometimes my DVR records shows that I've already seen and I get aggravated about having to delete them. But when it comes to Hank's shows with these kids organizations I don't mind at all. I watch everyone every time they come on.
Just like any fish, it's about finding where they're hanging out and which ones are feeding. Lures matter, but not near as much as finding them. And the advice like this on reading thermocline and etc is so useful to the people looking to go from casual fishing to really catching even on the tough days. Cheers and tight lines Hank 🤙🎣
The Good Lord works in mysterious ways and by now we should all be trusting Him fully and wholeheartedly just out of habit because hHe has been so faithful. Much respect to you seasoned veterans of life. Great stories gentlemen!
thank you for this and i really enjoy hearing two men expressing actual love for eachother as men we all need to tell our friends we love them every chance we get because throughout bill’s stories one thing is clear your friends are not going to be around forever one time is going to be the last communicate LOVE
This was for sure an important chapter in the history record of game fishing for the green fish and bronze one, in the lakes and the rivers of north America (I grew up reading the literature about early game fishing pursuits in Britain and Ireland, for silver colored fish like trout or salmon, which reached back further in time). That history contained stories of individuals like Jock Scott, who was an orphan you grew up belonging to a hunting and fishing estate in Scotland, and became adopted kind of by that institution where he earned a living as a servant for the rest of his lifetime. Lee Wulff in north America would have been part of the lineage of folks in fishing, who learned from Jock Scott. Remembering that angler upon his death (at a time at which the nineteenth century turned into the early twentieth one), that Jock Scott was one of the Mount Rushmore figures in that lineage. Bobby Jones of Georgia was around people who trout fished in the American south whom Lee Wulff would have known (Bobby himself as well as being a golfer and sports person who competed in America and Europe, also enjoyed his bass angling). And Ray Scott of Alabama and graduate of a famous university of that region, had intersected with all of this tradition at the time too (Lee Wulff and the Catskill school of upper State of New York had a key relationship to the south through saltwater tournament fishing in Carolina and Florida environments). That's where Joan Wulff met Lee at a stage too. Roland Martin later owned the property on the water front in Florida where those trout and salmon anglers fished from. It's a very strange and interwoven history, which Bill Dance has referred to, which goes all of the way back to the earliest times in Britain and Ireland. A lot of that history is lost.
The focus of Lee Wulff as an angler early on was on the Brook trout, a native American salmonoid species that was fished to almost extinction in States such as Pennslyvania. Into which the Alpine European brown trout from the upper Rhine river habitat was introduced into Pennsylvania in north America. During the Depression era projects for re-construction and habitat restoration, or alteration (Pickwick lake etc resulted from electrification and the early power grid in the south), the brown trout of German Bavaria made it's way into Georgia. In the same way as it did into the Ozarks and White river system at a point also, more recently as far as States like Oklahoma too. David Whitlock who passed away very lately in Oklahoma operated his bass fishing school in that part of the world, and lots of Dave's early inspiration on the trout fishing lure side came from New Zealand. Another habitat into which the European brown trout had been introduced. David was one of the modern day equivalents of folks that Bobby Jones growing up in the south way back would have known (in the British history and tradition, golfing and fishing went together hand in hand). And that is why this habitat restoration thing became important to these golfers in early times in America. And you find that is a later component in the outlook and attitude of one Ray Scott individual too, who borrows many of his ideas from that other European tradition. Which manages to extend over to north America. That's what the Bassmaster Classic concept is, it's an idea taken from other sporting contexts that was re-tooled and re-used for the purposes of the north American game fish angler and conservationist.
Incredible show. Living Legends is a term that is often over used, but this episode nailed it. Mr. Dance and Mr. Parker are truly giants. Love the stories and the obvious genuine respect these two have for one another.
Oh and I dont know about the new ranger boats but older ones was built to last there like tanks alot of 30 and 40 year old rangers still on The water ....forrest wood didn't put junk out there
I'm not worried about how it impacts tournaments, I worry more about people using this tech. who keep fish. The health of our fisheries is what's important.
I gotta Minn kota Turbo on my lil jon boat weve owned it for about 13 years . I got curious the other day an looked up the year and model. My Minn kota is from 1998 lol so seein this commercial made me laugh
Andy and Hank thank you so much it was a great show with a lot of good information Andy good luck on the trail and Hank as always thank you for all your knowledge and wisdom God bless you both
I miss FLW . When Andy Morgan speaks I stop and listen ! And by the way Hank and Andy the people making decisions now are nowhere near as smart as you . Thanks Hank and Andy ! Tight lines !
Thanks Andy for your FFS input. The unknown was always the thing that kept me coming back. I'm no longer following the sport I loved like I had for over 50 yrs. Hope I see some change. Great show from 2 great guys .
It happened twice to me in my own sporting career, dogs got in way on track or on field. I'm missed a bronze medal at nine or ten years of age in egg and spoon race at local community games (a big deal to a guy of that age). Later we had an important high school football game, and I stumbled while in position of ball in attack. To look up from my position on ground and see a dog run away (it was before cameras like now, but spectators told me after they had enjoyed a good laugh at my expense). So it wasn't so bad. The egg and spoon race did hurt for a while, grandpa I recall produced a bronze medal out of somewhere, and 'made up a story', which I dutifully believed. Rest in peace gramps.
Netflix documentary about English club in Devonshire I think struggling to avoid cut from league soccer (spectators had burned the stadium down they were so unhappy the previous season, and there was no money to rebuild). The police had guard dogs on field for crowd control, except one dog bit one of the soccer players. Who was so commited to his club, they patched him back up and he finished the game. Yeah, it's a thing.
