Greatest tournament angler ever?

[scaleface]

Roland has 9 Bass Angler of the year titles . KVD 7 and Clunn 1 . I rate the angler of the year higher than classic wins .

[12poundbass]

7 hours ago, J Francho said:

The "big motor" is an 8 hp Tohatsu.  These aren't big money deals, but turnout can be high.  Usually $100/team.  Pretty sure he's a trout and salmon guide and in summer, that work is non existent.  He's a genuinely nice guy, but it's fun to use him as an example in these threads.

 

Here he is taking our money:

Looks like the guy in the red hat is tired of donating his money! ?

3 minutes ago, scaleface said:

Roland has 9 Bass Angler of the year titles . KVD 7 and Clunn 1 . I rate the angler of the year higher than classic wins .

As do most pro Anglers

[WRB]

Rick Clunn won the 2019 BASS Elite 4 day tournament St Johns River at age 72 with near records weights. It’s been over 10 years since Larry Nixon won a tournament and KVD is fishing ML. Rick Clunn is amazing!

Tom

[Team9nine]

Fun stuff pertaining to the discussion...

 

AOY vs Classic

 

Clunn's Classic Streak

 

Roland Martin

[Choporoz]

35 minutes ago, scaleface said:

I rate the angler of the year higher than classic wins .

I do too...or I did....maybe still do....I was watching 2019 BASS show yesterday....the 2019 AOY (Canterbury?) had no wins and only four top 5's in dozens of tournaments.   Seemed almost like at least one win should be an AOY qualifying requirement 

[Tennessee Boy]

There are many ways to measure greatness and even more ways to argue about who was/is the greatest.  I'll just say this,  if I could have one angler's skill and knowledge, I would choose Rick Clunn.

[Fred Allen]

We will never know if the old anglers are better than the new ones unless the new guys do a tourny with no electrics. Its kind of ridiculous today I was watching a tourny and the guys had some electric thing that attracted the fish to his boat. I am not one to stand in way of progress and myself will use the same but I can respect someone who can fish and catch with no fancy electrics.  Thing is I dont think they would ever do one without the electrics because most of the guys peddle the stuff and probably have contracts with the makers of them.