DitchPanda

Good point. Easier in warm weather to say screw this I'm not messing with this crap..I'm going fishing.

Yeah maybe but I realized that I started an opinion based thread and spent my time trying to convince people there opinion was wrong...stupid of me. My thought process is KVD is the winningest angler in B.A.S.S history which in my mind is the premier tournament league so that's why I feel he is the best. Larry Nixon and Rick Clunn are also exceptional anglers both have been extremely successful so I get the argument for both.

I started throwing copper last year on recommendation from here. They work.

This here...this I support!

I concede. The greatest of all time is Rick Clunn..or Larry Nixon...or Basil Bacon....or the salmon guide guy with the tiller. But not KVD because he had role models and better electronics. He's really not very good.

No worries in fact I was just stating that while I appreciate your support your wasting your time! Not verbatim of course but you get what I'm saying

I tried to make that point earlier.

Do I ever feel like a bad angler? Nope...I'm the best fisherman I know and I always catch em. In all seriousness everybody gets skunked...anybody who claims it never happens to them is either fishing in a hatchery pond or lying. Ive been out fished by my girlfriend before and I'm the one who taught her how to fish. Sounds to me like you gained experience and got to be outside on a beautiful day with a good friend. Fish or not I'd call that a victory. I was at work for 12hrs and would gladly trade that in for a day of fishing and not catching.

Kind of a cool different looking bait. Anybody using these? They've been around a long time but don't think I've ever seen them anywhere.

Lee and Wheeler are both now disqualified...apparently if you have people to learn from and electronics that automatically means your not as good as the guys that come before you. Honestly I think we should take Clunn out of the equation to because I heard him admit in interviews that he learned his pop r technique from a client he guided and he learned squarebill fishing from the guy that made the original Big o believe his name is Fred Young. We can also end the LeBron vs Jordan debate...since guys played basketball before them.

I've spent more on tackle this winter already then I care to mention. My girlfriend tells me I'm finished...but the bait monkey just whispered in my ear we've only just begun.

Swim jigs have become a staple for me the past few years. I've tried all sorts of trailers...Christie craw, swimbaits, speed craws ...the one trailer I throw all the time now is a menace grub rigged vertically.

He never won the classic and that disqualifies him for me. Especially since that was THE tournament back in his day.

Ted Williams!

Well I do consider myself a student of the sport. I've gone back and watched most if not all of the bassmaster classics...many of them I've seen numerous times. Not to mention countless old tournaments on Lynn Dollars YouTube channel FLW, BASS,Megabucks etc.I also have read many articles or watched interviews with legends...Clunn,Nixon,Parker,Cochrane,Martin(Roland and Tommy),Fritts,Brauer. I grew up watching not only bassmasters but guys like Hank Parker and Bill Dance in there own shows. But just as you assume age plays a factor into my opinion ill assume it plays into the opinions of guys older than me. There is alot to nostalgia and that I believe factors into alot of people saying Clunn is better. That's not a bad thing but it is a factor. Simple statistics show KVD has won more high profile tournaments in a shorter period of time then Clunn. There is something to be said of longevity yes but you can't hold it against Kevin that he is younger...there is no way to say he won't still be winning in 20 years. Besides if he is already more successful who cares that it took someone longer to win less tournaments then him. Sorry for the long winded rant I meant no disrespect if it sounded snappy. I get a little defensive when people bring up age as a factor in something like this. It happens at work to me from time to time as if age is the only factor in how much someone knows...not how hard they work at obtaining knowledge. Its always funny to me when I get the your to young to understand...I'm not an 18 year old fresh out of high school I'm rolling up on 38..I've seen a few things.

Guess I was using B.A.S.S as the benchmark only because most people think that is the pinnacle of the sport. Also I don't consider him having wins in 5 decades that impressive...5 decades to get to 16...or 3 decades to get to 25. Also consider Clunn fished 32 classics and won 4 KVD fished 28 and won 4. I guess consistency is another factor for me...the fact that KVD won 7 AOY titles means he was the best angler that entire year. But like we both said its all opinion based! Both guys are fantastic anglers no doubt about it.

I guess it just depends on what criteria you judge it on that's why everybody has a different opinion. KVD has the most impressive resume period. While I agree Clunn and Nixon are great and yes they were different because of pre electronics but numbers don't lie. KVD has been more dominant to this point than anybody and all his peers have the same electronics. I do agree that Wheeler, Paliunuk or Lee could surpass him if they keep it up. John Cox also. My favorite two pros the past five + years or so have been Cox and Paliunuk. KVD and Clunn have both won all over the country. Clunn has a more expansive resume as far as time goes but I'm not sure that's a positive. KVD has 25 Bassmaster wins in 27 years Clunn has 16 in 43 years. Clunn won AOY once Kevin did 7 times. Both have 4 classics. In my opinion Clunn had a greater impact in the sense of influencing how anglers fish now days. But for sheer dominance at a tourney level I think KVD beats everybody. Just my opinions of course. Everybody has there own criteria.

I just watched bass talk live and they had a convo about whose the best ever...Rick Clunn or KVD? They made cases for both. To me its KVD no question and that is no knock on Clunn. But lets face it he has more wins, more career earnings, more AOY titles and the same amount of classic victories all in a shorter amount of time. On top of that he had several runs in his career when he seemed unstoppable. What say you?

Its windy where I live all year...its just amplified in winter here when you factor in snow and brutal temps. Last week we had a day with 3-5 inches of snow and 60mph wind gusts.

So I see this name that I've not really noticed before and I'm intrigued. Problem is I can't really tell what color it is exactly cuz online pics rarely do colors justice and I haven't seen it locally. Is this a productive color? What color is it actually?

I try to be versatile and well rounded so I'm always up for trying new techniques. But like alot of guys I have my favorites...my old standbys that I lean on heavily when times are tough. Namely a spinner bait and some kind of jig.

A 7ft medhvy fast can do almost anything...its a jack of all trades rod.

I've never really acquired the taste for coffee and ive tried alot. My girlfriend got a nespresso for Christmas and I had a cup the other day. It was ok with the creamer mixed in. Just ok. The only reason I would drink coffee is the caffeine boost but I have alot of energy naturally...I don't drink tea..maybe a couple sodas a week...almost never an energy drink.

I don't watch news because its way to skewed one way or the other. I generally read what happened without getting to far into the political weeds then I listen to guys at my work argue one side against the other...from there I take there personal agenda left or right crap outta the equation and formulate my opinion based on fact and the very few good points being made. I generally fall in the middle somewhere...you know the area where fact still exists.

Yeah I'm not sure what your definition if the word soon is but I've got bare minimum 7 to maybe 11 weeks until ice out..even then we have alot of days in the high 40s or low 50s often times cloudy to.