Bassmaster Elite Series veteran David Fritts will miss the first event of the 2021 Bassmaster Elite Series season with the possibility of missing the second event as well.
Watching Bassmaster Elite Series anglers figure things out and realize their dream of winning a title or award made for an intriguing end to the Elite season.
If someone asked who is the most prolific crankbait fisherman on the Bassmaster Elite Series tour, 99% of fans will tell you it's David Fritts. Fritts has been fishing Bassmaster events since 1991....
I’ve been around this bass fishing thing for while now, and I’ve learned a few things I want to share with new anglers. You should start slow and build on your experiences. Read our columns but...
I’m not doing a whole lot of fishing right now so I thought I’d write about Christmas with my family. It’s a big deal. What I’m going to tell you has been going on since before I was born — and...
There’s a lot of information around about winterizing your boat. But, unless you live way up north where the water stays frozen for months I have a better way to tackle the problem — just don’t do...
This has been the toughest year of my professional fishing life ever. I’ve had issues with my mother, couldn’t prefish the way I should and finished dead last in the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the...
It’s just a week after Labor Day. In most years that marks the start of the shad and bass migration into shallow water. It’s my favorite time of the year, without a doubt. It seems like every day...
We are in the middle of a few tournaments where smallies could play a role so I thought this might be a good time to talk about smallmouth bass and crankbaits. The first thing I want to say is...
(Editors Note: During Day 1 of the 2019 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Elite Series Tournament at Lake Guntersville, we caught up with David Fritts and climbed into his boat while he was...
Next March, the eyes of the bass fishing world will focus upon Lake Guntersville, a legendary TVA impoundment loaded with grass and big bass. There are 75 Elite Series pros who dream of competing...
It’s been a weird spring. Rolling heat waves and heavy rains have messed things up, really bad in most parts of the country. The bass in most of the places I know about are late and the water’s...
In the mid-1990s, David Fritts was revered throughout central North Carolina as the King of the Yadkin. He was known nationally as the crankbait guru who won the 1993 Bassmaster Classic on Logan...
Let me tell you right off the bat that picking a good crankbait rod has nothing to do with price. Get that out of your head right now. High-dollar models that cost hundreds of dollars won’t do...
There are three basic materials from which crankbaits are made. Each has its advantages and disadvantages. Here are my thoughts on them…WoodA good wood crankbait will catch a lot of bass,...