I crashed ICAST with a box full of VINTAGE lures! (bass pros were shocked)

[@LowBrowFishing]

Pretty much everyone: Nobody goes to ICAST to talk about retro baits and fishing it old school! Retro: Hold my beer.

[@RetroBassin]

Comment of the morning, LowBrow!

[@FounderOf4]

And guess who isn't getting Press credentials next year??!!! 😅

[@robertthierry8297]

That's awesome enjoyed.

[@at_3831]

@@FounderOf4pretty sure he’s gonna be invited as the grand martial of the event next yr

[@FounderOf4]

@@at_3831 agreed that he should be the "Grand Martial" well deserved, and it was just a ribbing. He's a great guy, awesome channel and a wee joke

[@TheAcenightcreeper]

Everyone talking about hank parker interaction, but the creme son was much more personal and he seemed very appreciative meeting you and seeing the old packs and bringing back memories for him….

[@RetroBassin]

Honestly, I could have spent hours talking with Chris Kent (and will when I get to Tyler, TX). His dad Wayne Kent ran Creme for years and it was cool to see his reaction to the Creme and Knight Lures I showed him!

[@ginerbread84]

rip to his momma

[@chrisgroves255]

Greatest episode yet. Sincere excitement from the old school Bosses telling their tales from days gone by. Well done.

[@RetroBassin]

Could totally have done a second day at ICAST...

[@PatrickMarbury]

Next year bring some old school Rebel, Heddon, Arbogast, Creek Chub, Cotton Cordell etc. and come by the booth to see us! We would love to see the old school lures you have of our brands. 🎣

[@RetroBassin]

I don’t even want to tell you what PRADCO baits I had in my box…Mud Bug, Hawaiian Wiggler, Near Nuthin, Pro Autograph, Big Bud, River Runt…just needed more time. I would love to come to Arkansas with a box full…how do I get in touch???

[@dmacc9299]

The respect all those folks showed you was really cool. You are the king of old school

[@johnm2617]

Great too see retro mingling with the old time heroes *** great video ***

[@RetroBassin]

Thanks, ol' pal!

[@JACT1101]

Man, that was awesome,I felt like a kid again seeing all the greats talking about the old times.

[@RetroBassin]

Maybe I need to go back next year with a different box of old lures!

[@Swataia]

Thanks buddy nice meeting's on the video!

[@jimfournier9065]

Terrific video! This is the first time I’ve seen one of your videos and was super impressed! I have a collection of my dad‘s old lures that I cherish and put a smile on my face. You do the same thing with all these great idols from the past. You made a lot of old fisherman very happy!

[@RetroBassin]

Thanks for tuning in, Jim! We are 100% old school at Retro Bassin. What’s your favorite lure from your dad’s tacklebox?

[@jimfournier9065]

@@RetroBassin the reels, Penn of course! I will have to send you pictures of the two brand new pens in the boxes never been used never been touched, quite incredible! But I gotta work to pay the bills, thank you for your response! Jim

[@BassNBaseball]

What an episode! Thank you so much for taking us along

[@RetroBassin]

This one was fun for me so glad everyone is enjoying as well!

[@MilesChamberlain]

That interaction with Hank Parker was probably my favorite. I have a few packs of Hank Worms, I wonder what his reaction would’ve been if he saw some!

[@RetroBassin]

He just happened to be in the Bait Pop booth! I have a few packs of Hank Worms, too, but left them at home.

[@jamesg1425]

I realized this is the safest day of the year for the fish, all the best anglers are at the convention

[@giggigidy6998]

There's a whole lot of retro gold in that room for sure.... absolute legends of the sport.

[@chrishawk4527]

Where has this Chanel been all my life 😂 I’m sure you remember the flying lures . I remember waiting out in my dad’s boat in the drive way for the U.P.S truck for those puppies

[@RetroBassin]

Been hiding in the depths of the KZbin algorithm haha. Put out about a video a week…but plenty of good, old school content in the vault!

[@lsnead72]

Always like hearing Hank Parker, he tells good stories.

[@mikewallis8999]

All those guys are special people and wonderful to talk to 🎣great video

[@chipyeahoo]

Great video. Nice to see the old pros reminisce a bit and some youngsters take a quick trip back in time.

[@RetroBassin]

Yes! The young guys also got a kick out of my box of old gold…

[@dansingletary7891]

Great job and couldn't believe you got to meet all those people ! Never would have guessed Mr H&H was still around, just like he mentioned I used it first for pond fishing and this was 50+ years ago. The Creme stuff was very interesting too. Now I gotta get some Sliders after seeing the presentation.

[@keithpowell2786]

Man, what an awesome video. Surely hope to see another episode with Jimmy.

[@RetroBassin]

Need to meet him for sure!

[@egomaniac247]

Man I love this. This has to be the coolest idea you’ve had for a video yet!

[@RetroBassin]

Funny part was, I almost didn’t go. Couldn’t figure how to make an ICAST video that fit on the channel. The day before it hit me, and I frantically packed a tacklebox with old schools lures. Probably could have stopped at another dozen booths like Rapala, PRADCO, Bill Lewis, Strike King, etc.

[@egomaniac247]

@@RetroBassin well, you nailed it with this one bro!

[@DsTackleBox]

That's what's up! Vintage lures will always be in! Love that people can see an old lure and relate to their time on the water at some point in their lives! Nice episode Chris!

[@RetroBassin]

You woulda liked this one, D!

[@DsTackleBox]

@RetroBassin I am gonna have to make it happen next time. I've been meeting a few people lately that are good for our channel content. We'll see how things go this year!!

[@tomgilberg8038]

One of your best videos. This was AWESOME!

[@RetroBassin]

Wow, thanks!

[@garyshaw3112]

Such a great video you met all my fishing hero's. So cool thanks

[@RetroBassin]

Mine, too!

[@calebriemer8763]

This was awesome! You met some legends!

[@FishingwithAllyG]

This is the best Icast vid EVER!!!!! SUBSCRIBED!!!!

[@BobbyBalsaRNM]

This made my day! Awesome show man!

[@RetroBassin]

The day chasing legends made mine! Thanks for tuning in, Bobby.

[@ColtonWilson3000]

Great video, so many fishing legends there, cool to see them light up seeing the old stuff.

[@RetroBassin]

That was the best part for me!

[@msmascare]

Great video! Awesome seeing those hall of fame anglers talk about the classic lures you brought. 👍🎣👍

[@joshuafeldman367]

That was really cool Retro.. all them legend fisherman in 1 video and im sure they all enjoyed what you brought them.

[@eaglespetty]

Titans of the sport and industry right there! Good stuff!

[@rhodesianhunter9360]

One of the only things I miss about being young is all the old tackle shops that used to be around my area. What’s funny about it is, that there isn’t a decent lake for at least 30 miles from me. They were just supported by people making the trek to a decent lake or local pond fishing. Every once in a while I’ll get a bait that smells like that old school scent.

[@Stumpjack]

What a fun video! What a fun time you must have had! So cool seeing all those folks react to the old school items you brought. Awesome seeing Caroline Calton from Slider Fishing...good people! And Roland Martin! SON! Great to hear Roland give props to the black Johnson Spoon. I thought a black Johnson Spoon was my secret! Haha! Awesome to hear him talking about the Helicopter Lure. That dude has more energy than the Energizer Bunny! Next year I'm going with you!

[@RetroBassin]

Roland was a hoot and it was fun to see him do the Helicopter ad live...son!

[@carltonphelps8088]

It was great seeing all of the old guard, I haven't thought about Hank Parker. My wife would watch him with me when she wouldn't watch any of the other shows.

[@RetroBassin]

A lot of Hank fans here!

[@Briarpatchblades]

I need that Retro Bassin' decal for my pickup!!

[@didsomebodysaydmt8193]

So many bass caught on H&H and Bill Lewis Rat-l- traps I can't even count!! H&H coastal lures for Specs and Reds were always in the box,in fact the very tackle box you walked around with,lol.

[@dougsaroma]

I'm a little late to the party, but this is an epic RetroBassin' adventure! Nice job!

[@RetroBassin]

A short adventure, but I had to bring the Bassin' Buds along! Definetly need to do a full walk-thru of Gator Jim's...

[@B-rad6517]

Taking it old school to the new school...what a concept! You hit a homerun and really did a great job on this one. You need a Flux Capacitor on your Bass Tracker and a lithium battery that puts out 1.21 "jig-a-watts".

[@RetroBassin]

I’d been wanting to go to ICAST but wanted to avoid the typical new-product ICAST video…glad you enjoyed!

[@jarodshelton]

finally a good ICAST video. very cool man

[@FounderOf4]

That opening with Hank Parker had to just make you light up like a kid at Christmas!

[@RetroBassin]

Hopped on him like a bedding bass on a plastic lizard!

[@DHM_Creative]

Crappie slider’s for life 🤘🏽😆♥️

[@waddell7354]

Holy crap, you even got to meet up with godwin! Thats awesome!

[@sal5608]

Coffee and some Retro!

[@RetroBassin]

The Creme booth actually had a "coffee and Creme" counter!

[@Baitmakerz]

I love all the retro stuff ❤

[@RetroBassin]

I am pretty fond of it myself...

[@Baitmakerz]

@@RetroBassin reminds me of my childhood. Every summer we would goto fishcamp on okeechobee and fish every day

[@guitarhiker4449]

Great video man!!! I actually bought some new old stock bill dancin eels a few years back. Shortly after that they came back out and i bought some of the new version. But the plastic was pretty stiff. Good old lure though! I remeber bill dance crushing them on it in his show years ago. Would love to see some old lures come back. Like Manns harnose frogs and worms. Riverside became Yum baits i remember that too. Floating air fry was great for pickerel weightless. The pro series rib worm was one of my all time favs. Black red fleck with a chartreuse tail. A crusher!!! Memories! Thank you sir! Fish on!!

[@83jbbentley]

Hank Parkers Black Bass for Super Nintendo still is 🔥

[@RetroBassin]

Oh man, I forgot that one!

[@makcatchem9614]

This was absolutely great. I bet you these guys did not come to icast and think that they were going to be in tears

[@RetroBassin]

Funny, but as excited as I was to run into Hank, Roland, and Bill, the highlight of the day was 100% seeing Chris Kent’s reaction to his father’s lures.

[@randallpinkfloyd7225]

Awesome episode!

[@RetroBassin]

Speaking of old school! Good to see ya back RandallPinkFloyd! How ya been, ol’ pal?

[@SWCFLORIDA]

Fantastic episode

[@RetroBassin]

I totally dropped SWC to Roland when I approached him. He was down!

[@SWCFLORIDA]

@@RetroBassin he knows who we are 😁

[@robertthierry8297]

That's awesome enjoyed.

[@Falconer2407]

EPIC video!!!!

[@RetroBassin]

Thanks good buddy!

[@ramenlord232]

love the intro song, great video!

[@karlneumann6833]

This is awesome 👏

[@RetroBassin]

Thanks, good buddy!

[@ericbunksvintagesportsman6311]

All the greats!!!!!!

[@thepassionateangler4559]

Love me some retro lures

[@RetroBassin]

Ditto!

[@keenanklein6769]

This is incredible

[@RetroBassin]

You shoulda seen it in color! It was hard to keep my composure talking to a few of them.

[@ericbunksvintagesportsman6311]

LOVE THIS!!!

[@teijiosawa2230]

What an amazing video !!!

[@RetroBassin]

Good to hear from you, Teiji!

[@allkindsofoutdooractivities]

Really cool!

[@jimboslice7389]

43 years later and still good. That was 😂.

[@RetroBassin]

Fun fact: After he cracked that open, I was frantically wiping if off my hands when Bill Dance walked up.

[@tims_always_fishing7117]

​@@RetroBassinwas it sealed? 😅

[@RetroBassin]

@@tims_always_fishing7117 Not sealed but opening her definitely spread the 40-year-old crawfish juice around!

[@Hennessy1111]

Great episode!

[@bleedoeyes8580]

Epic!!

[@pinhookfishingclub]

Great job with this! I need to contact Sliders and see if I can get one of those logo fish cut outs to hang in my classroom lol! That would be epic in there with my other items!

[@RetroBassin]

They had a stack of them and Caroline is great people!

[@L0st-n0found]

A bunch of the old TV guys always seemed like strong personalities (read that jack***es) good to see Hank Parker on here always seemed like an absolutely great guy.

[@RetroBassin]

Those guys get pounced on pretty hard at events like ICAST but they were all very nice and played along!

[@nateoreilly6885]

Keep it up! This is great! I have so many older baits and love them. Won’t use them, though 😊

[@RetroBassin]

Some are casters, some are collectors...I'm a little of both!

[@ReelAnglerReviews]

Thats so crazy Ive har the same tackle box since i was a kid. I always had board game things in it. I might have to clean it out and put some lures in it haha!

[@DwightPerkins-i7t]

If the new bass fishermen had the old crude gear we had in the 50s and 60s, along with the 2 oz. Wooden lures, it would be interesting to watch them fish with it.😆

[@RetroBassin]

Or you could just tune in here each week! LOL

[@shootincoyotes]

Still gotta be my favorite intro song!

[@marcalain3729]

I still have about 25 or 30 Mann’s grape jelly worms from my teens (early 80’s) and every once in a while I bring a couple out with my senkos. Still catch some fair sized bass with them. I also have some classic plugs that I pull out during the dog days like the Heddon Riverrunt Red/White and leopard frog coloured Flatfish.

[@jonzimmerman798]

Damn that’s a good day!!

[@birdbig1]

Nostalgia baby.

[@pi55bier]

You're a good salesman, you know that? I just bought some Creme soft lures while watching this. Some flip flops and speed scremers. Even though they're ol soft plastics, they've innovative enough

[@RetroBassin]

Ha! Don’t worry, I’ve spent plenty on the Creme baits myself!!

[@kyleanderson6201]

I still have 3 boxes of the classic spinner baits my dad's favorite

[@gordonfitzgerald5560]

Hi. I'm new to the channel and just cruising around. I'm hoping to see anything Billy Westmoreland related. The Silver Buddy caught me a lot of fish. I go way back to the late 80s with Bass Pro.

[@TonyPhillips-jy7ev]

Epic and met hank Parker

[@RetroBassin]

Luckily, I had a few Hank spinnerbaits on hand!

[@bencluster627]

Cool video 👍

[@shawnmoorshead9135]

Awesome video.

[@RetroBassin]

Thanks, Shawn!

[@BentleyBoys937]

I wish I could meet Hank parker, bill dance, Roland Martin and jimmy Houston

[@RetroBassin]

Still need to meet Jimmy!

[@samuelschult985]

That was epic, thanks for doing that by the way how were you able to get around without the yellow tag 👍 👍 👍

[@RetroBassin]

I took it off cause they spelled my name wrong! Shhhh…

[@keithknechg3217]

I inherited my gramps old full metal tackle box.loaded with hand carved painted wood lures.even old lead buzzbaits.most still in original boxes.

[@edwinro77]

HELL YEAH

[@terribleatfishing]

Awesome! Take a thumbs up from Terrible at Fishing. This is something I wouldve done

[@RetroBassin]

Thanks, Terrible!

[@carlmchale8341]

Nice job

[@RetroBassin]

Thanks, Carl! Good to see you back!!

[@ufcguruofficial]

Just subscribed. This is FN awesome!

[@RetroBassin]

Yeah buddy! Try to post every week...but some good ol' stuff back in the Retro Bassin' archive!

[@Lobo-tommy10]

Aint nuthin better ❤

[@jasonhills3726]

What year did Mepps Double Cross come out. I just saw my first one

[@RetroBassin]

Not sure!

[@branchsnapper2228]

Great show. Subd

[@Nickolas7979]

I had a ball this year at icast 2024 my brother invited me to go with him and it was the best time ever I got to meet everyone I wanted to meet except the the man himself BILL DANCE THE OG LEGEND maybe one day I will get to meet him.......

[@WJdriver000]

Hell yea I love hank

[@johnm2617]

Back in the day we would tie our cream worms ! Run the line through with the needle! And would have 2 hooks in it ! Wrap them in foil < They caught me alot of fish < actually my PB 7lbs back in like 1990 < loved cream worms ** 😮

[@Rukas6116]

How would you rig the worms?

[@patriciasmith1934]

Do you ever sell any of your lures?

[@RetroBassin]

Sure do. Got some plans to sell more broadly online soon.

[@HeOkayFishing]

Hands down the best icast 2024 vid ✊🏽. Great work bruh! “Charlie JR would beat the fire out of’em”. Imma say that till I die!!!😂😂

[@RetroBassin]

I loved that line, too :)

[@sammyvh11]

Old school is the best school

[@RetroBassin]

You said it!

[@mikefletcher1080]

What day were you out there. I wish I ran into you

[@RetroBassin]

Maybe I need to dedicate some volunteer time at the booths of old school companies next year…

[@curtisloden7201]

How did you get in and not be a dealer?

[@RetroBassin]

They allow "press" as well...showed them my YouTubin' channel at the door!

[@pal-pdbaits1119]

😍

[@A_Floppy_Clock]

Going to be a sad day when we lose some of these elder OG’s of the fishing game. There is a certain passion that just doesn’t seem to be there anymore.

[@samwiginton339]

cool video

[@RetroBassin]

Thanks, Sam, and welcome to the Bassin’ Bud team!

[@BackwoodsGarageLLC.]

Bro I’m new to your channel, do you have a toe as a thumb?

[@RetroBassin]

Since you asked nicely, I’ll indulge. No, but it’s all the result of an epic day I had thumbing largemouth in the late 1990s…

[@BackwoodsGarageLLC.]

@@RetroBassin I promise I wasn’t tryna be an asshole, I was just genuinely curious cuz my girl has a toe for a thumb lol. But damn man least you still got it😂🤙🏻

[@tiredredneck8159]

What ever happend to skink lizzards and stuff?

[@Idrxp-k]

I seen you at icast