The First Bass Boat

[Larry Harp]

Had to go to Tulsa yesterday on business and while there I thought I'd run over to the just opened Oklahoma Aquarium and Tackle Museum. The aquarium part is pretty good but the Karl White Tackle Museum is like a shrine to any fisherperson (Hi Teri& Sue). Besides having every reel and lure imaginable including an original 1897 Heddon Frog worth $30,000 they also have original Skeeter built by Holmes Thermond back in 1948. It's amazing how far we've come and how much technology goes into what we do just so we can say hi to a fish and let him go, most of the time.

Harpo
http://espn.go.com/outdoors/bassmaster/s/b_fea_bm_0306_value_lures.html

 

[Larry Harp]

 

[Greg Meyer]

Oh yeah, well even then tin was better...LOL



That is cool. Thanks for posting it. Most of us won't get to see it in person.

 

[Bruce Freeman]

Dern plywood boats, now they want into the game..Sounds cool if I ever get near Tulsa I will have to stop in.

BF

 

[Staci Matheis]

For years, I've seen Skeeter's advertising saying that they were the first to make a bass boat and I wondered what an original might have looked like.....



THANKS, Harpo!!



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