I was going through my tackle today and happened upon a utility box of three inch grubs.Those littlee lures got me thinking back to the early seventies.Now,I cut my angling teeth fishing with my Dad and his fishing buddies.I remember Dad's old car hood boat.Back in the mid -fifties,these litle boats were all the rage for bass anglers in the South.Guys would literally take the hoods off old cars and weld them together,( wide end to wide end ), with the hood ornament area being the bow or stern,depending only on
which way the angler is facing.
Well, I guess about as big as the inovation of the hood boat,was in 1973,when The Mr.Twister original
three inch grub and 1/8 to 1/4 oz. jighead hit the tackle market.I well remember fishing the backwaters of Pickwick Lake in northwest Alabama with my Dad and Uncle.We were in a Cherrokee v-bottom 14ft( complete with seats ),trolling motor and five and one half horsepower Johnson outboard.
The little Mr.Twister grubs came in chartreuse,white,smoke,orange,and blue,also black I think.Well,we would cast to boat rails from boathouses,piers,and laydown trees along the bank.It was a blast ,because you never really knew,( except sometimes by the way they fought ),what species of fish you had on.It often times would be a big 'ol black crappie,channel catfish,white bass,striped bass,blue catfish,a largemouth,spotted,or a smallmouth bass.
With these memories jared fresh in mind,I think I will try and repeat the old way we used to fill the livewell,with the Mr.Twister.
