Micah Frazier qualified for the Bassmster Elite Series in 2014 by fishing the Bassmaster Northern Opens.

In the summer of 2019 KJ Queen graduated from Bethel University with a bachelors in business and a Ph.D. in bass tournament fishing.

Before Wisconsin’s Pat Schlapper signed up to fish the 2020 Bassmaster Eastern Opens, he had a secure job buying and selling fishing tackle and other outdoor products.

At only 31 years of age, Justin Atkins has competed successfully in every major bass tour with the exception of the Bassmaster Elite Series.

After working in construction since graduating from high school, 36-year-old Alabamian Joshua Stracner took a year off to pursue his dream of becoming a Bassmaster Elite Series pro.

Bryan New earned the overall trophy for the Bassmaster Opens Angler of the Year in 2020.

As a tad growing up in DeBary, Fla., Keith Carson would ride his bike to Gemini Springs Park to watch people fish for bream from the public pier there.

Tommy Williams didn’t give the Bassmaster Classic much thought when he sighed up to compete in the 2020 Bassmaster Eastern and Central Opens.

Before Wisconsin’s Pat Schlapper signed up to fish the 2020 Bassmaster Eastern Opens, he had a secure job buying and selling fishing tackle and other outdoor products.