New deals for Elite anglers

Several Bassmaster Elite Series pros have announced new sponsorships and associations for 2012.

Several Bassmaster Elite Series pros have announced new sponsorships and associations for 2012.

  • Casey Ashley is now a member of the Quantum Pro Team. He joins fellow Elite pros Tommy Biffle, Shaw Grigsby, Greg Hackney, Gary Klein, Mike McClelland, Dean Rojas, Gerald Swindle and Kevin VanDam.

  • Bill Lowen’s 2012 boat wrap features Tightlines UV Fishing Tackle and Buck Knives. His truck wrap incorporates images of the Ima Lures Square Bill (a crankbait of his design), and features sponsors Buck Knives and Flambeau Outdoors.

  • Mark Davis has joined Team Lew's members Tim Horton, Terry Scroggins, Andrew Upshaw, Mark Menendez and Kevin Short. Davis and other professional anglers will be among the bass pros in the Lew's booth at the Friday-Sunday Bassmaster Classic Outdoor Expo presented by Dick’s Sporting Goods.

  • Gerald Swindle, David Walker and John Crews — all Bassmaster Elite Series qualifiers for this week’s Bassmaster Classic in Shreveport-Bossier City, La. — rolled into town on new wheels, the Ledge by ATX.

Elite pro Britt Myers also used them on his vehicle. Myers is scheduled to be at the ATX booth at the Classic Expo.