Patrick Walters

Patrick

Walters

Biography

Patrick Walters is in his 2nd season on the Bassmaster Elite Series. In 2019, he finished 16th in the Bassmaster Angler of the Year standings. Walters has a win to his credit at the 2018 Red River Bassmaster Open event. Walters fished in College at the University of South Carolina and was a winner, taking the title in a Carhartt Bassmaster College Series event at Winyah Bay. His highest finish on the Elite Series is 4th at the 2019 St. Johns River event.

Personal Info

Hometown

Summerville,

South Carolina

Birthdate

August 30, 1994

Family

Emily (wife)

Hobbies

Hunting, spending time with the family

Content

<b>Travel.</b> “I love what I call seat time. What the fans never get to see is our time on the road, driving to and from tournament sites. I love seeing new places, going somewhere new. I love to camp and stay near the water.”

5 favorites with Patrick Walters

Patrick Walters reveals his five favorite things about fishing professionally.

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Daily Limit: Fall — the final frontier

By Mike Suchan

The Elites might know of the fisheries, but the revised schedule due to the coronavirus has them boldly going when few have gone before.

Daily Limit: Excitement, intrigue for revised schedule

By Mike Suchan

And now for something completely different — the revised Elite schedule will have anglers competing in the fall.

Tackle Tip Tuesday: Walters talks Tokyo rig

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Patrick Walters explains how versatile the Tokyo rig is because it's a power fishing combo of two techniques.

Level your odds

By Patrick Walters

This is a weird time of the year. In some places the bass are prespawn, in some they’re on the beds and in others they’re postspawn. For this column we’ll forget about the ones that are on the beds...

Fantasy Fishing: Look for power grass specialists at Big G

By Richard Lindgren

The 2020 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk is bound to be one of the heaviest-weight Classics on record, but picking the top finishers may be a slightly tougher task...

Fantasy Fishing: You should have picked Mueller at St. Johns

By Thomas Allen

PALATKA, Fla. — The 2020 AFTCO Bassmaster Elite at St. Johns River didn’t show out like it has in recent history. Thanks to foul weather that postponed two days of competition, the only three-day...

Walters keeps fishing on canceled days

By Steve Wright

What does a tournament bass fisherman do when he’s unexpectedly given a day off?

Daily Limit: Rapala fan casts for Fantasy

By Mike Suchan

It was an innocent chat that propelled Rapala to become the title sponsor of Rapala Bassmaster Fantasy Fishing, with hopes of expanding the playing field.Matt Jensen, Director of Marketing at the...

Fantasy Fishing: Clunn was tops at St. Johns, again

By Bassmaster staff

Editors note: These were the official results from the 2019 season opener at Palatka/St. Johns River. To enter a Fantasy team for the 2020 St. Johns tournament, click here.PALATKA, Fla. — The giant...

Fantasy Fishing: Go all-in on sight fishermen at St. Johns

By Richard Lindgren

Kicking off the season in Florida is a tradition in tournament bass fishing that has stood the test of time.

Managing tidal fishery changes

By David A. Brown

Bass are bass wherever they roam, but tidal fisheries have different rules for key parts of the game.

Walters experiences 'most challenging day'

By Steve Wright

RICHMOND, Va. — Patrick Walters drew boat No. 13 in the takeoff order for Day 1 of the Basspro.com Bassmaster Eastern Open on the James River. When he mentioned that to his soon-to-be wife ...

Fancy footwork with Walters

By Andy Canulette

Can Patrick Walters dance his way to the 2019 Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year and Rookie of the Year titles?

Fantasy Fishing: Double dip on grass hounds at Big G

By Pete Robbins

Next March, the eyes of the bass fishing world will focus upon Lake Guntersville, a legendary TVA impoundment loaded with grass and big bass. There are 75 Elite Series pros who dream of competing...

Walters unlocks the shad spawn

The shad spawn is a great pattern to fish in the southern part of the country when the water temps hit the 70 degrees. Shad will spawn on hard cover like grass, rock, wood and other objects. Here...

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Livewell: Talking AOY and ROY with leader Walters

Livewell welcomes Bassmaster Elite Series pro Patrick Walters to talk about leading the 2019 Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year and Dick's Rookie of the Year points races.

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Toyota Talks: 'shorty shorts' with Patrick Walters

Dave Mercer and Patrick Walters climb in a Toyota and talk Angler of the Year outlooks after the Elite stops in South Carolina.

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Radio: Blaylock, Walters and more

Fantasy Fishing: Wild rides and wise decisions at Winyah Bay

By Ronnie Moore

All it took was one Bassmaster Elite Series event to tell us a crucial detail about Winyah Bay, the Cooper River is a player, which means long runs and risk will be featured on the South Carolina...

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