Bill Dance Outdoors - The ABC's Of Plastic Worm Fishing (1988)

[@dannywalker8391]

When I was a kid. I used to watch Bill Dance every Saturday morning.

[@travisbruno1988]

Awesome videos he made back in the good days. Im glad bill, jimmy and Roland are all still around and doing great. God Bless them and all the legends we lost like doug hannon and everyone else.

[@marklogsdon4735]

That old equipment sure brings back memories. I wonder if the bass miss those metal flake boats. Thanks Bill, 45+ years of teaching me how to catch bass. And I still learn something every time I watch.

[@kentuckyboy541]

Makes me feel like a kid again.

[@countryboycansurvive7663]

Yes sir I used to watch him every Saturday morning

[@bcroft68bc]

@@countryboycansurvive7663 I used to watch Bill on Saturday mornings until my daddy came in the room. My daddy couldn’t stand the show because he hated to see Bill put the fish back in the water. My daddy was raised during the Great Depression and he wouldn’t throw a minnow back in the water if that minnow ate his cricket. 😂

[@countryboycansurvive7663]

@@bcroft68bc sounds like my grandfather father he'd never buy a box of worms he used some so small you had to stretch em on the hook

[@texascreekcowboy1587]

ditto

[@QMore-fp7wn]

I learned to fish worms by watching this video on VHS over and over. I had that exact combo. Thanks, Mr. Bill for all you have done for us and the advancement of bass fishing.

[@bassassassinsaw8785]

These older videos are still the best,, thanks 🎣🙏👍

[@denniskeys8559]

I learn something different every time I’ve caught more bass listening to your videos Bill thanks very much

[@toddhansen8831]

I grew up watching bill i hung on every word he said and still use what he taught me to catch bass

[@devinhoyt8396]

These fellas are like me they enjoy the fight of the fish light line let them jump, we dont have bass masters like that any more

[@thelighthousefjcproduction5597]

Great teaching from a great teacher I grew up watching Bill Dance learned a lot. Thank you sir God Bless.

[@dissaver]

Bill and Roland were my fishing fathers growing up in the 80s and early 90s. I find it interesting here that Bill is using such a short rod, 5'5". I guess it goes to show how rod manufacturing technology has progressed since the 80s. This video is gold, Jerry! Gold!

[@wilmawife]

How much information and real world tips we used to get in the old fishing shows.

[@hondaman991]

I was 5 years old when I began watching Mr Dance. I didn't watch Saturday morning cartoons at all really my Saturday's were reserved for Mr Bill Dance.

[@jeremyjohnson8243]

You are the Man Bill Dance! Love the bloopers too!

[@johnnydogg746]

Only Bill could say" that's a hard pulling jessie" ......ol Bill is sure a legend...

[@samuelakilakalua3134]

Bill Dance single handily taught me so much about bass fishing. Thanks for all the valuable knowledge.

[@-TerryBogard]

There he is with his trusty Daiwa PT33P Baitcaster. Before he went Quantum. I couldnt affor that reel as a kid. Now i have 2 of them and have used them for years. My goto because of watching Bill Dance back then.

[@christopherwood2290]

Bill Dance furniture salesman turned fishing legend.

[@geneg5870]

Thank you for this jewel 💎 Your channel rocks👍📸

[@albertapikewalleye6833]

Nice job on your catches there

[@markiuiadamski6616]

WELL Alright great videos from theee past the late great doug hannon yes sir yes sir yeeeeeeee hooooooo BIG BASS NICE WORK !!!!!!!!

[@JoeySavage]

Reason I only played in the creek as a kid with tadpoles craw deads and my bamboo fishing pole with lug nuts 🔩 weights my perch and turtles this man was my childhood hero I was the only kid in my neighborhood know for going to the creek while everyone else was in the streets they said I was crazy lol Dallas Texas love y'all n yes I now fish commercial I own my own fishing company

[@gillgetter3004]

Great educator! Bill is my favorite!

[@winnsportsnetworkllc4579]

Thanks for posting these classic fishing shows. It would be nice if a streaming service like Pluto TV or Frndly TV had a Classic Fishing Channel that showed videos like these 24/7.

[@user-sh2mk8ew4c]

See all that white rock? That is a phosphate pit. There was 1 where I grew up. I used to sneak in and fish. My dad condoned it. He said “they can’t do anything to you”. I was 15. And I didn’t catch any biguns and I was perfectly capable of. But i caught the fish. And healthy. Man those fish were healthy and fought good. I used the original kayak. Innertube, or otherwise known as belly boat. I still fish out of a belly boat in small waters. I never got caught. I still relive those memories and will for the rest of my life.

[@stevesteve4350]

Very cool story.

[@countryboycansurvive7663]

Never did much trespassing my daddy was completely against it we hand a guy hunting on ir property without permission daddy found his stand left a note on it went back the guy hadn't moved the stand daddy cut the tree down stand and all no more trespassing

[@robinhood480]

@@countryboycansurvive7663 So that’s what happened to it. I always wondered. Now I know.

[@user-sh2mk8ew4c]

@@countryboycansurvive7663 I understand. This particular fishin hole was owned by a brick 🧱 company. So it wasn’t like it was an individual ranch or something. Owned by Corp. America. Also I think there is a difference in fishin and hunting when trespassing. It is hard to replace a natural resource that is killed. I was just a kid. My dad was trying his best to keep me off drugs and alcohol. I would have never killed anything. Even a fish. As a grown man-I would never trespass. Times were different back in the 80’s.

[@davemeyer1400]

I still fish most everyday out of my truck tube belly boat. Bought from Fishmasters in Oklahoma 50 years ago. Still perfect for small waters. Fished Yellowstone to Wisconsin to Texas. So many bass!

[@williehines8956]

Gotta love them pistol grip rods back then. Great memories and video .love them old timers Roland .Bill .billy Westmoreland .etc .

[@ericmojave6061]

Dude. Bill Dance used a 5’6” fast action rod! This is wild. I use a 7’1” and I think a lot of folks use a similar rod. The important part, as he highlighted is the action of the rod not the length. I bet Bill uses a longer rod these days, but he was rocking that short rod back in the day

[@nmk3261]

I told my dad I was thinking about getting a fast action 5’6” and sticking a baitcaster on it, and he thought I was crazy!

[@user-sh2mk8ew4c]

That’s all we had back then. 5’ 6” was the standard. 6’ 6” was a flippin/doodlesocking stick.

[@chrismatthews8690]

Thank you for the awesome Bill dance videos!!

[@hirambrashier1449]

I still like pistol grip rods for spinner baits

[@shapesjr]

Tons of great videos.

[@xtrmfisher]

Back when Bill was sponsored by Daiwa!

[@bcroft68bc]

I wonder where that old Ranger is today. I’d sure love to have an old one like that, completely restored.

[@hanburgundy4317]

Same, that's a beautiful boat.

[@josephcolunga894]

AWesome classic video

[@OleHickory69]

Some of those 80s worms look like they literally used the same plastic as a kitchen bowl. Didn’t look soft looked more brittle. I’m great full for todays tech

[@83jbbentley]

Who was the senator who tried to outlaw plastic worms?

[@robinhood480]

@Blown Gasket If you’re not fishing 🎣 with plastic.....uh, worms ... then you ... you’re not.. uh... the thing is... well You know. We’ve all seen the video

[@marklogsdon4735]

"The deadliest worm known to Mann"

[@fitcwebb]

That iconic Tennessee hat. I wonder when he started wearing it?

[@vintagecrazyjay4970]

Bill's Lucky Cap For 40 years, Bill Dance’s trademark has been his orange and white University of Tennessee cap. He’s always filmed or photographed wearing it. “Doug Dickey, who was football coach at UT in the late 1960s, called me one day and said he was recruiting a player in Georgia who loved to fish, and was a big fan of mine,” Dance recalls. “He asked if I’d drop the kid a note and put in a good word for UT. I did, and a few days later I got a couple of UT caps in the mail from Dickey. “I was wearing one of the caps a little later when I won a big tournament. I was photographed in the cap, so I wore it on my next TV show. Before I knew it, it had become part of my identity. I’ve been wearing a UT cap ever since.” Is it his lucky charm? “Nah, I’m not a bit superstitious,” Dance says with a chuckle. “Let’s just say if something’s working, I like to stick with it.”

[@rondurham2919]

Anybody know who the state senator is he mentions that tried to have the plastic worm banned?

[@rupertmay9917]

Me and my dad would watch bill dance together he told me once to pay attention cause he never catches NO DINKS AND FISH NEVER PULL HIS DRAG

[@jukebox5308]

Why can’t we make a bio degradable worm??

[@sethwilliamson478]

do tim sullivan

[@claytonmundy1269]

Bill says stupid 😆

[@moncorp1]

Those skimpy pistol grip 80s rods. My dad still has a bunch of them. No leverage at all compared to nowadays.

[@Mendozer7502]

He still does 4+ figure 8s with the fish by the side of the boat before finally lipping the fish.

[@hanburgundy4317]

As a kid, I had a buddy who swore by plastic worms 🪱 We'd fish for a few hours, and while I'd catch a catfish or two and dozens of bluegill, he'd be lazer focused on catching one or two bass. I tried a few times, but the muddy river bottom of the lake I fished didn't let me feel anything and I never got so much as a bite, so I gave it up as a lost cause and didn't bass fish - I wanted the biggest catfish, anyways, so that's what I went after. Once I caught a 3' channel cat and then a 4', I felt I'd accomplished my goal and switched to bass. Since then, I've tried most lure options out there, but I prefer and have had the most success with swim baits and spinners; I usually combine the two by putting a 3.5" paddle tail minnow on the hook of my spinner baits, and bass love it. That said, I'd love to learn and have success with worms. I've done similar with trout, by fishing a 2.5" spiral tail grub a couple inches behind a split shot, so I might try throwing a worm this year.

[@tylerabel4631]

Worms have cought more fish than all other lures combined