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| A fishing hero of mine since boyhood, he will be greatly missed.
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Location: Green Bay, WI | Sorry to hear this. I spoke with him several times at length back in 2005/2006, when Larry Ramsell and I were working on the muskellunge weight estimator equations. I was researching his bass weight estimator, and got to talk to him several times. Nice guy indeed.
RIP Mr. Hannon.
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| Sorry to hear that too. My sympathies to his family. My wife and I talked to him for several minutes several years ago. He seemed like a very nice man.
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| Yes, the Bass Professor. Passed away from complications of neck surgery. Age 66.
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Location: Rhinelander. | Very sorry to hear that. He was always a great guest to have on the radio show. He was so full of information. It was always fun to have the listeners call in with questions for him. He will be missed.
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| Doug was one of the most brilliant people I have ever met. We are all indebted to him for his work concerning lure qualities, edge theory, weedless props and a number of other things.
After minor neck surgery he stood up while working on his computer, fell back and hit his head hard enough to cause the trauma that ended his life.
I caught my first bass over 10# with Doug. He caught his first musky with me.
I produced his very first TV appearance.
He was both a dear friend and incredible resource for information. He will be missed greatly by both friends and fans. |
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Location: Green Bay, WI | ldahlberg - 4/16/2013 4:23 PM
Doug was one of the most brilliant people I have ever met. We are all indebted to him for his work concerning lure qualities, edge theory, weedless props and a number of other things.
After minor neck surgery he stood up while working on his computer, fell back and hit his head hard enough to cause the trauma that ended his life.
I caught my first bass over 10# with Doug. He caught his first musky with me.
I produced his very first TV appearance.
He was both a dear friend and incredible resource for information. He will be missed greatly by both friends and fans.
Great memories Larry...
I remember when I first tried to contact him. After about two days of calling around, I received this phone call at home one night (I was living in Florida): "Are you the fellow trying to get in touch with Mr. Hannon?" Here it was one of his people, basically screening out whack-jobs apparently. LOL. Well after about 10 minutes of trying to convince the guy that I wasn't *that* big of a whack-job, he finally agreed to contact Doug for me. So this guy calls me back the next day and said something to the effect of "Mr. Hannon will speak with you tomorrow night at 7pm, at THIS number..." and then he proceeded to give me his number.
So I called precisely at the specified time, half expecting to be given all kinds of attitude and BS. However when I then explained who I was and what I was looking do, he quickly warmed up to me. For the next 1-2 weeks, we had several conversations about my research into the various weight estimation equations available out there. I was very surprised to hear how interested he was in everything Larry Ramsell and I were doing, and although his equation wasn't nearly as complex or scientific (we actually worked out the math for the "Hannon musky weight" equation over the phone), he was still very interested in the others I had found.
Anyway, I had fun talking to Doug those times, and although we never spoke again or become friends, it's still sad when the fishing industry loses a pioneer such as Doug Hannon.
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Location: 31 | Sad news indeed… I had one of his rotating moon clock deals and use it religiously for planning night fishing in the early 1980s. For some reason or another I always felt a little better connected or closer to him than other people in the industry. I remember when I first saw a picture of Doug fishing with one of his bait casting rods with the guides that stepped around and under so that half of it looked like a spinning rod. I immediately build one for myself for muskies and that pole eventually became my favorite jig/creature rod because the line would not get wrapped around the tip like a conventional bait casting rod. A true innovator that helped me catch more fish. RIP Doug. |
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