Look up the word memorabilia in the dictionary and its definition reads: things that stir recollection or are valued or collected for their association with a particular field or interest.  Everywhere you go in bass fishing there’s memorabilia.  From hats, to patches, to old lure displays, and even trophies.  There are even clubs that specialize in bass fishing memorabilia.  I can’t think of a single bass angler who doesn’t collect one form of memorabilia and I know of thousands of anglers who are struck by the illness in the worst way.  Well today in Big League Bass Trading Cards, we’re going to look at one piece of memorabilia that ranks in my top-5 of contemporary collectors items.

Big League Bass Trading Cards was the brainchild of former Bassmaster senior writer Michael Jones.  Jones came up with the idea while working with Al Kalin, of Kalin’s Tournament Tested Tackle, during a two-year hiatus from his normal beat.  Kalin funded the project while Jones designed and researched all he’d need to make the cards a reality.