March 7: The Ultimate Bass Fishing Memory Day on Facebook

Why has March 7 has become the most unforgettable day for bass angling, featuring legendary moments, amazing fishing trips, and encounters with the sport’s biggest names?

Why has March 7 has become the most unforgettable day for bass angling, featuring legendary moments, epic fishing trips, and encounters with the sport’s biggest names. | Tim Little

Why March 7 Is a Legendary Day in Bass Fishing

Is March 7th the fishiest day of the year? According to Facebook, it appears to be pretty special. In my suggested memories feed this morning, I was shown a long list of posts reaching back over 10 years. And every one of them was some sort of exceptionally cool bass fishing event in my life. I guess March 7th has long been a very good day for me.

Actually, I did first note this special fishing day last year on March 7th of 2024. But, I published the following article on a platform which unfortunately no longer exists. On the bright side, I now have the ability to share this fun story with my readers here on Fishing On SI. So, if you happened to catch it in ’24, I hope you’ll enjoy a rerun. Plus, it now includes a quick new memory from last year.

Like everyone else on social media, I’ve created a virtual time capsule of my life as a bass angler through my posts. Every couple days I’ll get a prompt from Facebook to check out a “memory”, or post I made on that same particular day from years gone by. Every once in a while it’s something I find worthy of re-posting, but usually not.

I thought about re-posting something from this list of memories, but honestly couldn’t decide which one. And then it occurred to me that it might be best to share them all here. From one regular guy, bass angler, to you, my fellow anglers. Think of them as a series of cool little short stories, that all coincidentally happened on March 7th. And please don’t take any of these as bragging. I have been super fortunate to find myself in these situations over the years, and I am eternally grateful. My mind is still blown as I revisit these today.

On This Day 1 Year Ago -Good Day for Pond Fishing Success

It seems appropriate to kick off the memories with the release of a beautiful bass from March 7, 2024. | Kurt Mazurek

Last year on March 7th I found a couple spare hours to stalk the shoreline of one of my favorite local ponds near Charleston, South Carolina. It seemed like the best way to celebrate my new-found fishing holiday. And in the spirit of the season, the bass cooperated. Here’s a good one heading back to party with his family and friends.

On This Day 5 Years Ago -Meeting Bob Cobb One Week Before the World Changed

B.A.S.S. media pioneer Bob Cobb signed a copy of his book for us and was gracious enough to pose for this photo with us. | Kurt Mazurek

It was the 2020 Bassmaster Classic in Birmingham, Alabama. This was literally one week before the entire world shut down. Not realizing this was the last large gathering of humans we would see for the next couple years, my wife and I somehow instinctively had an absolute, no-holds-barred, blast at this show. In this March 7 post, bass fishing media icon and pioneer, Mr. Bob Cobb, very graciously signed a copy of his book, The B.A.S.S. Story, Unplugged for us and posed for this photo. It was so cool to meet him and hear a couple stories.

On This Day 6 Years Ago -Shimano SLX DC Launch and Big Bass in North Carolina

After a long days work this big bass seemed like an appropriate reward. | Kurt Mazurek

As marketing manager for Shimano North America Fishing, I had booked a couple days at a small, private resort in North Carolina to shoot video for the launch of the Shimano SLX DC reel. It was a really great crew with one of my favorite videographers, Victor Cooper, and a couple of my favorite young pro-staffers, Taylor Metz, Lawson Tilghman and Matt Stearns. Everything went really well and we found ourselves with the work done and a couple hours of daylight left. Nothing like a big bass to top off an already perfect day!

On This Day 8 Years Ago -Fishing with Tactical Bassin’ on Clear Lake, California

Epic photo after an epic day on Clear Lake with Matt Allen and Tim Little of Tactical Bassin'. | Tim Little

Like the rest of these memories, I can’t believe my luck. This March 7th found me on legendary Clear Lake in California, sharing the boat with Tim Little and Matt Allen of the revered YouTube channel, Tactical Bassin’. I learned so much. And at the end of a long day of serious fishing, Matt and I got a little less serious before turning these beautiful fish loose. I love this photo!

On This Day 9 Years Ago -Dinner with Bass Legend KVD

Super memorable dinner with a great group of fishing industry insiders at the author's first Bassmaster Classic with Shimano. | Greg Yates

This is from the Bassmaster Classic, I believe the day before the tournament began. I think technically, this dinner happened a couple days prior to March 7th, but this is the day Greg Yates (pictured in the group) posted and tagged me. That is a table stacked with fishing industry icons, and I was truly humbled to be among them. But for this bass fishing geek, I simply cannot believe I was seated next to THE Kevin VanDam. KVD! We chatted about fishing and absolutely murdered a couple thick-cut, rare, ribeye steaks. I look at this picture eight years later and still think, no way.

Here's a bonus shot from that dinner. KVD loves a big rare steak as much as I do! L to R: Kevin VanDam, Chris Russell, Kurt Mazurek | Kurt Mazurek

On This Day 9 Years Ago -Plane Ride with Bass Legend Hank Parker

What a great way to wrap up an already amazing Bassmaster Classic experience—private audience with bass legend Hank Parker. | Kurt Mazurek

I was on my way home from the Classic that year. I took my seat by the window and settled in. A couple minutes later, someone took the seat next to me. I didn’t think too much of it, and didn’t really look up or make eye contact. Then I overheard him chatting briefly with someone on his cell phone, and something about his voice seemed familiar. I turned my head and absolutely could not believe my luck. I had never met Hank Parker before, but had been watching him on T.V. for years. I introduced myself and we spent the next hour or so, trading stories about the Classic and bass fishing in general. He was incredibly nice and easy to talk to. Once again, hard for a bass geek like myself to wrap my head around this March 7th experience.

On This Day 10 Years Ago -A Chance Tim Little Encounter

Several years before I knew who Tim Little was, he was making memories on my March 7 Facebook feed. | Tim Little

Ten years ago, I spent some time outside of the fishing industry. During that period I wrote a fishing blog, made fishing videos on YouTube and published a fishing novel on Amazon, but my nine-to-five wasn’t fishing related. Alex Wishard is a graphic designer I hired at that job and became friends with. He was not into fishing, but he knew how much it meant to me. So when he saw this story going around the internet, he forwarded it to me on Facebook. Until I saw it pop up in memories today, I had no recollection of it. But I thinks it’s pretty crazy that I would actually get to know Tim Little about a year or so later. Also crazy is that of course Alex sent me this photo on March 7th.

A New Holiday Was Born!

I think the universe is trying to give me a sign. Sure, I get fishing memories popping on Facebook fairly regularly, since fishing stuff is most of what I’ve always posted. But March 7th is different. That’s a pretty epic group of bass fishing memories that all land on the same day nearly every year. This day needs to be commemorated, like my own personal bass fishing holiday. Actually, I’d love to share it with you—a special day, once a year, when we all have our bass geek dreams come true. But what to call it? Bass-mas Day? Fish-stivus? March-cropterus?

I hope you’ve enjoyed these little stories of my fishing adventures and memories. And let me be the first to wish a very merry Fish-stivus to you and yours!