Brandon Palaniuk won the B.A.S.S. Nation Championship in 2010. His Bassmaster Elite Series career began in 2011. Palaniuk has earned five Elite wins and qualified for nine Bassmaster Classics. He was the 2017 Bassmaster Angler of the Year.
Watching Bassmaster Elite Series anglers figure things out and realize their dream of winning a title or award made for an intriguing end to the Elite season.
With the Southern Swing complete, Pat Renwick scored a coup of sorts by getting the three recent Bassmaster Elite Series winners together for his webcast show, Stray Casts.
Take a ride through Brandon Palaniuk's Final Day storybook finish at Lake Champlain where he took the title in dramatic fashion moving from fifth place to first with 21-6 on Championship Sunday.