Chris Zaldain

Chris

Zaldain

Personal Info

Hometown

Fort Worth,

Texas

Birthdate

September 11, 1984

Family

Trait (wife)

Hobbies

Shooting, golf, hockey, motorsports

Content

Finding tournament spots with Zaldain

Chris Zaldain fished new spots and ran new water on the final day of the Toyota Bassmaster Elite at Lake Lanier to try and win the event. He explained what kind of spots he was searching for and...

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Fantasy Fishing: Surviving Winyah Bay

By Thomas Allen

Double-header fishing derbies fully illustrate exactly what it means to “grind it out” in the fishing world. Now take the second half of a back-to-back and move it to a stingy tidal fishery like...

Fantasy Fishing: Former Winyah Bay experience will play

By Coy Greathouse

Quick turnaround this week! The fellas have been fishing clear, green water for the last week. Sightfishing dominated the event after Day 1, and the anglers who were in the areas that replenished...

Fantasy Fishing: Pick grinders and tidal rats at Winyah Bay

By Pete Robbins

Straight on the heels of Brandon Cobb’s wire-to-wire win at Hartwell, the Elite Series pros need to pick up and head to the coast – not for a beach vacation but rather to make the Bassmaster Elite...

Classic week was awesome

By Chris Zaldain

I’m so excited about Classic week that I don’t even know where to start with this column. The 2019 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods was the greatest bass fishing...

Podcast: The Zaldain Story

By Thomas Allen

Chris and Trait Zaldain sit down with Jim and Thomas to discuss both of their careers and steps taken to get to where they are at now as a husband and wife fishing team.

Fantasy Fishing: Mark Daniels Jr. was best pick at Classic

By BASS staff

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Ott DeFoe showed up in style and won the 2019 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods in front of a hometown crowd in Knoxville, Tenn. It was a very emotional...

Daily Limit: Practicing to finalize plans

By Mike Suchan

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How to fish deep

By Chris Zaldain

I had a heck of a good tournament at the 2019 Toyota Bassmaster Elite at Lake Lanier, and I did it fishing deep. Here’s how I did it, and why knowing what I did will help you the next time you need...

Daily Limit: Pipkens suffers bad break

By Mike Suchan

A broken collarbone requiring surgery won’t mean the end of Chad Pipkens’ seventh Elite Series season, but he’s done with hockey this year.The 35-year-old from Lansing, Mich., suffered a freak fall...

What the Classic means: Chris Zaldain

By Chris Zaldain

I don't need to tell you there's been a lot of changes in fishing over the past year. But one thing that will never change is the Bassmaster Classic — the greatest event in all of pro fishing. I'm...

Daily Limit: In God he trusts

By Mike Suchan

Paul Mueller is not shy about sharing his faith in God. He believes it has fueled his success in bass fishing, including winning the last Elite event on Lake Lanier, let alone his life. When...

Meet Chris Zaldain

Chris Zaldain is not only a Bassmaster Elite Series pro, but is the husband of Opens pro Trait Zaldain. Everything in the Zaldain household revolves around fishing and they love every minute they...

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Fantasy Fishing: You should have picked Mullins at Lanier

By Bassmaster staff

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Despite difficult weather conditions, Lake Lanier showed out in style for Bassmaster fans with numbers of fat spotted bass. Knowing this event was to be exciting, the...

Zaldain moves in for the kill

Chris Zaldain caught some fat spotted bass to stay on top of the leaderboard on Champion Sunday at the 2019 Toyota Bassmaster Elite at Lake Lanier.

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Zaldangerous on Day 3 at Lanier

Chris Zaldain went deep for Day 3 of the Toyota Bassmaster Elite at Lake Lanier. Look at the large spots he pulled from 30 feet deep Saturday morning.