Elias talks about the old tournament organizations, American Angler, American Bass Fisherman, etc. He ventured into B.A.S.S. in 1979 where he won his first year on that circuit. He backed that up with his Classic win in 1982 and that’s what sealed his place as a professional angler.
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David Fritts is one of the very few anglers who has won both the Bassmaster Classic and the Forrest Wood Cup – both events won on a crankbait. He’s known for being one of the first anglers to weight crankbaits to get them deeper and continues to make money off the bait to this day.
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How They Started – KVD was recorded at ICAST 2014. Terry Battisti asked KVD how he got started down the road of professional bass fishing.
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“The first day of the tournament I only boated two fish,” he said. “I lost a bunch of them. The second day, though, I got on them really good and brought in 7 fish (8-fish limit) that went 32-15. That catch included a 7-pound largemouth and another big smallie I’d lost the day before.”
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Nixon wasn’t just a multi-time winner of Megabucks, though, he had a penchant for winning off-beat events that B.A.S.S. put on. For example, he won two BASS Champs events, 1978 at the Atchafalaya River and 1982 at the Ohio River, along with the 1987 Bassmaster Team Championship held on the St. Lawrence River.
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The Writers – Rich Zaleski is a look back at famed angler/writer Rich Zaleski’s career not just as a writer but scientific angler.
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Season at a Glance: 1977 Bassmaster Trail – Classic Seven is a look back at the 1977 Bass Masters Classic held on Lake Toho.
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written by Terry Battisti
