Bass Fishing: A Historical Perspective

Bass fishing has a charming history to fall back on.monofilament fishing line was developed out of this.
Starting in the late 18th century, it has continued in its* One of the landmark events in the history of bass
progress till date.fishing was witnessed in 1992 when the prodigal
The origin of bass fishing lies in the practice offisherman, Larry Nixon won $ 1 m in total earnings for
searching for food among the inhabitants of southernthis bass fishing sport.
United States. From that time onwards, it has startedBass Fish
attracting hordes of fans belonging to all age groupsThe following are the various fish species that are
and from different nations. This kind of event todaybeing caught in the bass fishing events:
attracts participants from countries such as United* Micropterus punctatus - Kentucky Bass
States, South Africa, Cuba, Australia as well as most* Micropterus dolomieui - Smallmouth Bass
of Europe.* Micropterus salmoides (Lacepede) - Largemouth
Trajectorybass
* bass fishing sports were born in the year 1768 orLargemouth bass is the most popular species for
1770. Fishing gurus and lovers were introduced to thefishing purpose, but other varieties of Micropterus are
first multiplying reels by Onesimus Ustonson. Baitalso caught. It is to be noted, however, that the
caster was born out of this device a little later.above-mentioned North American Bass variants are
* the materialization of the production of a level winddifferent from their Australian counterparts though they
device was achieved by William Shakespeare Jr. andhave many features in common.
its patent was secured in 1897.Bass fishing became splendidly successful in the
* the William J. Jamison Co was responsible for1950s.da popularity of the sport at this time
introducing the heavily decorated Shannon Twinspearheaded the development of modern angling
Spinner in 1915. It was the father of spinner baits ofequipments from lures, lines, rods, bass boats and
modern times.other types of fishing gears.
* in 1932, the Tennessee Valley Authority was createdAlong with these electronic gears and reels of various
at the behest of President Franklin D. Roosevelt whotypes, which are required during hauling and hoisting
encouraged the building of several dams. Later onwere also used by bass fishermen at that time.
different species of bass fishes were cultured in theseBass fishing industry contributes $ 50 to $70 billion to
dams.the US economy and the figures continue to increase.
* Dupont Co wanted to secure the patent for nylonStatistics reveal a spurt in the fan base of this sport.
fishing net five years later. After some time Nylon