Striper Fishing History quiz!!!!!! - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Bedford Blues · 08-31-2007, 11:25 AM

4 Cohasset Narrows was Bourne.

6 Gibbs Cast a Lure Proppa Popper. Was it Frank Machado
who caught the Bass in the late 1950s and won the Governors cup for largest bass of the yr.

Slingah · 08-31-2007, 12:16 PM

I thought the Cohasset Narrows Club was in either Cohasset or Hull...I read about an exclusive fishing club in Cohasset maybe in the 20's???....I'll try and find it...

Mike P · 08-31-2007, 12:44 PM

Cohasset Narrows is the entrance to Buttermilk Bay--where Macos is located. One side's in Wareham, the other in Bourne.

Squibby17 · 08-31-2007, 01:09 PM

Sergie De Somov was called the Mad Russian but also "The Count"

EricM · 08-31-2007, 04:18 PM

1. What was Farnk Woolner's middle name?

2. Stan Gibbs stopped fishing each season on October 1st, why?

3. What famous Fisherman/Plug maker/bait shop owner put a note in his lures boxes apologizing for the lack of finish detail on his plugs during WWII?

4. The Cohasset Narrows Striped Bass fishing club was located in what town.

5. What lure company was the first to use thru wiring and metal lips on it's lures?

6. The largest bass on record taken from the Cape Cod Canal, 65+ pounds, was taken on a plug. What plug was that ?

7. Otto Scheer, striper guide and designer/builder of the first true bassboat named the Punkinseed in the 1930's, worked out of what famous area?

8. Sergei De Somov was better known to Jersey and Martha's Vineyard surfcasters as the what?

9. What was the first commercial plug builder to offer the Needlefish plug? Boone

10. What famous commercial striped bass fisherman kept and fed a family of mice in his buggy because he was so kindhearted he could not bring himslef to displace them?

Ouch...brutal...my worst score on a pop quiz in 25 years...what a shellacking...

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RickBomba · 08-31-2007, 04:25 PM

I knew the mad russian answer, but that's only because I won the OTW Striper Tales book for supproting the bassmaster fund raising auction.
Oh well, freaking history major in college, too...guess I was really only good at practicing drinking at the Zoo.
Rick

Mike P · 08-31-2007, 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Squibby17

Sergie De Somov was called the Mad Russian but also "The Count"

He also claimed to be descended from royalty, hence the nickname of "The Count".

NEXT2NUN · 08-31-2007, 06:24 PM

#7 Montauk

BigFish · 08-31-2007, 06:33 PM

1. ?
2. Stan Gibbs trapped in the Fall!
3. Charlie Murat
4. ?
5. Heddon
6. Stan Gibbs GTS
7. ?
8. ?
9. Arnold Spofford
10. Arnold Laine