Products that changed fishing

[kickingfrog]

The American Sportfishing Association (ASA) polled their Legacy program members to name the products that had the most impact on the sport in the past 75 years.

 

Here's the results:

 

Gear-Driven Electric trolling motor (Minn Kota, 1934)

Original floating Rapala (1936)

Spring-loaded Bobber (Nibble Nabber, 1947)

Mitchell 300 spinning reel (1949)

Creme Plastic worm (1949)

Closed face spincast reel (Zero hour bomb company. 1949)

Fish Lo-K-Tor (Lowrance Electronics, 1957)

Nylon Monofilament line (DuPont/Stren, 1958)

High Modulus Graphite rod (Fenwick, 1972)

Ugly Stik (Shakespeare, 1976)

[Dondorfish]

Hmmm . . . . .. - was sure that OFC would have been in the top 3!

 

Don

 

[chickenhawk]

Here's the results:

 

Gear-Driven Electric trolling motor (Minn Kota, 1934)

Original floating Rapala (1936)

Spring-loaded Bobber (Nibble Nabber, 1947)

Mitchell 300 spinning reel (1949)

Creme Plastic worm (1949)

Closed face spincast reel (Zero hour bomb company. 1949)

Fish Lo-K-Tor (Lowrance Electronics, 1957)

Nylon Monofilament line (DuPont/Stren, 1958)

High Modulus Graphite rod (Fenwick, 1972)

Ugly Stik (Shakespeare, 1976)

Cody Colfax ( March 26, 1989)

 

lol

 

 

Hawk

[Fang]

The internet!!!

[GbayGiant]

Wow, thats old school, a more recent list would be something like this.

 

The trolling motor, yes for sure.

Fish finder, for sure

GPS

Senko

Braided line

lindy rigs

Gulp

 

Theres a few anyway.

[johnnyb]

what about scent/salt impregnated soft baits?

[Wild]

Someone forgot he bass boat

[pike slayer]

i gotta say rapala xrap 2005

and also fish finders and gps'

[Dutch]

Twister tail grubs should be there.

 

I guess that may be covered by the plastic worm as all soft plastic may have come after the initial worm.

 

I would think flashers/sonar/structure finders should be there as well.

[Rizzo]

how about downriggers (this coming from a guy who has never used one) and underwater cameras

[Dondorfish]

how about downriggers (this coming from a guy who has never used one) and underwater cameras

 

Might as well add planer boards and inline boards to the list as well

 

Don

 

[GBW]

is it STRIPER or STRIPER?

[Dozer]

The fishing pole and the Polish

[timmeh]

A few others that come to mind:

 

polarized sunglasses

downriggers, for sure

neoprene waders

[jwl]

well if someone added riggers,boards,..certainly all the little gizmos that go along with that such as dipsies,jets and so on have certainly helped revolutionize open water trolling

[sirfish]

Line counters, lead core, vexilar, The pocket fisherman.

[Rich]

White bucket is #1 IMO

Edited October 29, 2008 by Rich

[Greencoachdog]

Well if you'll go back a little further, it's when they conjoined the net (trawler) with the motorized boat... it was the beginning of the end for many species. Throw in todays advanced sonar and the fish don't have a chance.

 

I remember back in grade school in the early 60's they taught us that the oceans resources were so vast that they would never be depleted... little did they know...

[BITEME]

1 word RAPALA

[LeXXington]

I would have too add,

Meeps spinners.

Portable outboard

[fishing n autograph]

how about dynamite????

 

Inline spinners, spoons.....

 

plastic baits in general...

[fishnpro]

Vexilar

[Beans]

I would have put the Mitchel 300 Spinning reel at the top of the list...

 

It sure opened up a whole new world of fishing for me...

Edited October 29, 2008 by Beans

[fishindevil]

I think:

 

-digital sonar

 

-downriggers

 

-rapal lures [they have all the world records for world records,for i think 181 fish species world wide !!!]

[kemper]

I think:

 

-digital sonar

 

-downriggers

 

-rapal lures [they have all the world records for world records,for i think 181 fish species world wide !!!]

 

 

this is true...but I wonder if they are all true.

 

example, if I ever catch a world record I would consider saying that I "caught her on a rapala" . It equals publicity, and in all likelyhood a cheque or two