T h J o e m ff a e s rson
nev S e tor r y b c y K au EN gh D t U a KE bass:
W
hen you think about the people who have had the biggest impact on the sport
of bass fishing, the mind naturally goes to the sport’s greatest innovators —
the anglers who developed the tackle, techniques and organizations that we
connect with every day to participate in the sport we love. Or maybe you think of the tournament pros and
television fishermen who grab
headlines and have their pho-
tos on tackle packaging.
Truth is, not everyone who
has impacted our sport has
actually caught a bass … or
even seen one. Nevertheless,
their power, foresight or
entrepreneurial spirit put them in
a position to influence bass and
bass fishing — often far more
significantly than the big names
we think of when we consider
the movers and shakers of the
sport.
If there’s a thread running
through the lives and decisions
of these bass-less men who
left their mark on bass fishing,
it’s that they had little or no
idea that what they were doing
would one day help to create the
Thomas Jefferson 3rd President of
modern sportfishing industry.
the United States (1801 – 1809)
This series will shine a light
on what they did for bass fishing.
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