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A Unique Look “In the Box”

May 29, 2008

I remember the first “Pro” tournament I ever went to was at the Potomac River. It was the Bassmaster Top 150 that Timmy Horton won in 2001. I had a Regional tournament coming up the following week and was there practicing. After the final day weigh-in I was just just walking around the parking lot looking at all the pros cleaning up their boats and getting ready to head on to the next event. I noticed the crankbait master himself, David Fritts putting crankbaits into a tackle box, so I walked over to him and asked him if I could see his box before he closed it.

I am just fascinated by this type of thing. Fritts, without hesitation, showed me inside his box. I’ll never forget all the scraped up, old looking, worn out crankbaits. They were all Rapala baits and some had special paint jobs I’d never seen before, some were almost bare wood. Then when he opened the compartment in his boat I saw about a dozen more Plano boxes loaded with colorful crankbaits that I wish I could have got to snoop through.

I like looking at other fishermen’s tackle, I always have. I used to go through my buddies stuff all the time just out of curiosity and I notice that they all liked to sneak through my tackle from time to time too.

When I started this website and doing all the videos, I figured I’d ask some of the guys I fish with if they would mind showing off some of their most sentimental, or meaningful tackle boxes to the world. The result is the section on my website called “In the Box”. Judging from the response, I guess I’m not the only one interested in seeing the inside of other people’s tackle boxes.

We have had numerous comments and questions about our “In the Box” videos. In the Box is simply a raw, un-edited, two or three minute video clip of a professional bass angler showing off his, or her most sentimental, or prizewinning lures. There are several tips within these videos and some good information that will surely help you catch more fish. I hope you are enjoying watching these videos as much as I enjoy making them.

If you want to see a specific angler’s tackle box, please let us know here at DLC and we will try to make it happen. Fishermen are a rare breed who seem to like helping others and sharing their secrets as much as we like learning from them. Stay tuned for future In the Box videos right here on DLC from Glenn Browne, Shin Fukae, Larry Nixon, David Fritts, Ray Scheide and many more!

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