Since 2010 Ray Hanselman of Del Rio, Tex., has competed in four Bassmaster Central Open tours. Although he has finished in the money more than half the time and claimed nearly $50,000 in Bassmaster...
Kyle Monti of Okeechobee, Fla., was “upset with the world” when he fished his first Bassmaster Open. His father, John, at age 39, had recently been shot and killed. Monti believed the way to get...
Virginian Rick Morris couldn’t have asked for better results when he competed in the 2017 Bassmaster Northern and Southern Opens. He won the final Northern Open at the James River, which earned him...
After winning the 2017 Bassmaster Central Open Angler of the Year title, Roy Hawk of Lake Havasu City, Ariz., was fairly certain he would be fishing the Bassmaster Elite Series in 2018. For many...
Among the new Bassmaster Elite Series pros for 2018 is Hunter Shryock, 29, of Newcomerstown, Ohio. Hunter is the younger brother of Fletcher Shryock who has been fishing the Elite Series since 2012...
The Bassmaster College Series is proving to be an undeniable stepping-stone to the Bassmaster Elite Series. Add North Carolina’s 25-year-old Jake Whitaker to the list of Bassmaster college...
His full name is Shinichi Fukae, but in America this Japanese angler is known simply as “Shin.” He came to the U.S. in 2004 with his wife Miyu to compete on the FLW Tour. With no previous...
Tennessean Wesley Strader qualified for the 2018 Bassmaster Elites Series by seizing the Bassmaster Northern Open’s 2017 AOY title. Although Strader has been an FLW Tour pro for more than 20 years...
The 2017 season was the fourth time Alabamian Bill Weidler had competed in the Bassmaster Southern Opens. Things didn’t go his way in his first three attempts, but he ended up kicking bass the last...
Randy Sullivan of Breckenridge, Texas, is off to a fast start in the Bassmaster Opens. The 25-year-old young gun has fished nine Central Opens since 2015 and has made the money in five of those...
Chris Groh of Spring Grove, Ill., makes his living as a tile setter and has run his company, Tiletech, for the past 14 years. However, for most of Groh’s 39 years he has dreamed of becoming a...
“I’ve been a Bassmaster fan since the beginning of time,” says Harvey Horne of Bella Vista, Ark.That puts the beginning of time for Horne at around 1981 when he was 5 years old. His Big Bang moment...
Carl Svebek III of Orange, Tex., was 8 years old when he told his father that someday he would fish in the Bassmaster Classic.“I didn’t know it would take over 40 years to do it,” Svebek said.After...
John Cox’s tournament successes have become more frequent over the past three years. The Floridian’s most recent accomplishment is winning the 2017 Bassmaster Southern Open on Lake Chickamauga in...
With only Douglas Lake in Tennessee left to fish on the 2017 Bassmaster Northern Opens, Virginian Frank Poirier is third in the AOY standings. This lean, 60-year-old, wood-flooring distributor is...
After the first two Bassmaster Northern Opens of 2017, Florida’s JT Kenney is second in the AOY standings. By finishing sixth at Oneida and 14th at the James River, Kenney demonstrated his ability...
Before I fired up my computer to write this, I did something I have neglected to do prior to fishing Bassmaster Open tournaments, I read the official rules. The error of my ways was driven home...
The dream of fishing the Bassmaster Classic should soon be a reality for 50-year-old Stanley Sypeck of Sugarloaf, Pa. Sypeck won the first Bassmaster Northern Open of 2017 at Oneida Lake. Any...
