Originally Posted by c rig
Oh wow, what a genius comeback. Maybe try telling us why you feel he’s still relevant in the tournament scene. Would you like a link to his finishes?
Here you go, averages in the 70’s-90’s for the last couple of years.
https://www.bassmaster.com/angler/david-fritts/stats/
Fritts is a crankbait God in my opinion. I'd love to spend a day with him fishing to pick his brain since I'm a crankbait junkie myself.
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Treat others like you want to be treated when on the water EVEN WHEN IN A TOURNAMENT! No fish is worth having a confrontation because you cut someone off or came in on top of someone.
Flashers..Vexilar and Marcum are very much still in use in the ice fishing world.
You young punks have no respect for the guys that made our sport. If Clunn and Fritts want to fish till they’re 90, by god they earned it.
Can you flash it forward...?
I still prefer a flasher for just running down the lake.
If you knew David Fritts history, you might understand these things. He is one of the best crankbait fishermen in the game and is considered an expert in bait design. He fished for Poe's back in the day when sponsorships were very limited, but Rapala wanted him badly to help them break into the southern bass market. He designed the revered DT series which is one of the most popular crankbaits on the market. After they signed some of the younger guys like DeFoe, Wheeler, Palaniuk, etc. they really cut back on the contract offered to Fritts. Berkley was all too happy to pick him up and he has done a lot to help them in the hard-bait business. Perhaps you should try designing some baits and see how many companies want to sign you up?
Sad the lack of respect some people have for the pioneers of our hobby.
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And you have this knucklehead too. You feel the same about Rick Clunn too? Maybe Tommy Biffle? What about Denny Brauer before he hung it up?
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It's kind of funny how butt hurt people get when someone talks about how it's time for some of the old timers to retire...
You can in ice fishing. Guys have used it this way to find weeds and fish.Just spin it around or put it 90degree on a stick and look around.
Pretty much! Unlike the slight processing delay on the LCD screen, the flasher return is almost instant. Love using it fishing drop spoons in cold water where the fish sometimes school up and suspend on deep points. You can follow your lure down to perfect depth where the school flasher returns are hitting. As others have stated, the very best for instant depth reading at speed. I had two on my old Champ and miss them since I sold it. Just picked up a Lowrance flasher to install on my Charger Elite.The original "Live sonar"
they're the same guys who yell at the clouds
I have no dog in this fight, have no clue who this person is, or a clue how the fishing tour works. But it seems to me it’s a win win to have them there. The guys want to fish. there seems to be at least a few fans that still want to see them. And the league doesn’t pay them so it’s not costing them anything either. So them being there really hurts nobody, so why should anyone else care. Let them fish if they want.
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One of his Berkley cranks came through for me today to put a beatdown on pre-spawning bass. Was about the only thing they would consistently hit today at least for me.
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Treat others like you want to be treated when on the water EVEN WHEN IN A TOURNAMENT! No fish is worth having a confrontation because you cut someone off or came in on top of someone.
Wait just a d@mn minute here! Don’t come in here talking sense!
I grew up watching guys like Frits, Clunn, Huston,Parker and Brauer et Al. Like one of the guys above mentioned, if they want to fish big time tournaments until they’re 90 let them go at it. They may not be “relevant and up to date” with the stuff the younger guys are doing, but they are the pioneers of bass fishing as a sport and respect should be paid. And, I would bet that if one of them showed up for a Thursday night fruit jar derby on your home lake they would go home with a little extra folding money.
Most guys on here don't have a clue what a mark he left on bass fishing back in the '80's and '90's. He was a beast back in is day. Sure, technology came along and gave everyone that puts forth the effort to learn it a more level playing field but he was the man in his day.
Where is it possible to purchase an Eagle Flasher....in dash mount or the box?
Its not ---wish i could get one too. To quote the FFS crowd its just a tool, Flashers still have their purpose also . They are just a tool also .
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Fritts has been known to slide down to High Rock and take some peoples money. Not 20 years ago...now. I am one of those people lol
He is one of the best to ever do it, and anybody that tells you he isn't will probably never be half the fisherman he is
Genuinely nice guy and a great fisherman. He forgot more about cranking this week than I'll ever know. He will retire when he is good and ready
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