Rick Clunn's Discovery of the Lunker Lure Buzz Bait

In 1976 while fishing a regional tournament at Rend Lake Illinois I purchased my first Buzz Bait called a Lunker Lure. I had been traveling the B.A.S.S. tournament circuit for 3 years and had been in many tackle stores in many States and had never seen a lure like this one. This story is about that unique top water. I obviously was not part of originating this lure but my win at the B.A.S.S. event at the 1977 Bass Champs tournament at Percy Priest Tennessee introduced it to the bass fishing nation. I went on to win another B.A.S.S. event on the Mississippi River at La Crosse Wisconsin in 1983 on the Lunker Lure. No one keeps records of what lures have won the most tournaments but the Buzz Bait I would predict is one of the top winners. It catches the big ones! I will tell you my favorite way to fish this top water and show some ways it has changed. Note: Never fish it on light line!!!