Outdoors Briefs

Veteran bass pros hanging it up after decades of casting for cash

  • Kevin VanDam
    Kevin VanDam
  • Larry Nixon
    Larry Nixon
  • David Fritts
    David Fritts
  • This map shows the stretch of Guadalupe River below the Canyon Lake dam where special regulations are in effect on rainbow and brown trout. (TPWD Ilustration)
    This map shows the stretch of Guadalupe River below the Canyon Lake dam where special regulations are in effect on rainbow and brown trout. (TPWD Ilustration)
    Three of professional bass fishing’s most decorated anglers and legends of the sport - Kevin VanDam, Larry Nixon and David Fritts — are hanging it up after years of running the roads and casting for cash. VanDam, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, retired from tour level competition in August following the completion the 2023 Bass Pro Tour season. His departure brings to an end a storied 33-...

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