Patrick Walters

Patrick

Walters

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Biography

Patrick Walters is in his 3rd 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. He was the winner at the 2020 event on Lake Fork.

Personal Info

Hometown

Summerville,

South Carolina

Birthdate

August 30, 1994

Family

Emily (wife)

Hobbies

Hunting, spending time with the family

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117

Content

The Sabine, which for miles shares a border with Louisiana, flows through pine forests then bayou before emptying into Sabine Lake, which connects to the Gulf of Mexico. The river is affected by tides that rise and fall about 2 feet in areas.

A look at Sabine River

This week's tournament is the Elites' fourth visit to the bass-crazed town of Orange in the southeastern corner of the Texas.

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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.

Closing out a win is all about timing

By Patrick Walters

Patrick Walters reveals anglers should worry about putting themselves in contention and then their time to win will come.

Giants of St. Johns

See the big bass eye candy and find out what the fish meant for the Elites who caught them.

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Fantasy Fishing: Best Palatka picks

By Kyle Jessie

The AFTCO Bassmaster Elite Series at St. Johns River played out as expected with giant bass weighed in and some really big weights.

Daily Limit: Go with your gut in Fantasy

By Mike Suchan

There is still time to sign up for Rapala Bassmaster Fantasy Fishing before the first Elite event of 2021.

Walters shares Fantasy Fishing picks

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Bassmaster Elite Series champion Patrick Walters works his way through the Rapala Bassmaster Fantasy Fishing buckets for the 2021 season opener on the St. Johns River.

Daily Limit: Predictions for 2021 Elites

By Mike Suchan

The Bassmaster LIVE team and B.A.S.S. emcee Dave Mercer share their early thoughts on the 2021 Bassmaster Elite Series season.

Looking forward on and off the water

By Patrick Walters

There are no rearview mirrors on a bass boat for a reason – an angler is only as good as his or her next tournament.

Daily Limit: 2020 was awful, awesome

By Mike Suchan

Looking back at a wild and exciting year of Bassmaster tournament competition.

Daily Limit: Walters foreshadowed Fork

By Mike Suchan

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.

Radio: Walters, Wendlandt and Zaldain

Listen to the latest episode of Bassmaster Radio featuring Patrick Walters, Clark Wendlandt and Chris Zaldain.

What a week

By Patrick Walters

Patrick Walters felt tremendously honored to win the 2020 Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest benefiting Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and to set a new record for the widest margin of victory in the...

Walters' winning Championship Sunday

Patrick Walters had another solid day on Lake Fork to secure his Texas Fest victory.

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I’m officially in the Classic

By Patrick Walters

With a win at the 2020 Basspro.com Bassmaster Eastern Open at Lake Hartwell, Patrick Walters is officially in the 2021 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic.

Walters wins Hartwell Open

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See Elite pro Patrick Walters take the win at the Basspro.com Bassmaster Eastern Open at Lake Hartwell.

Daily Limit: Ito leads shakeup in AOY

By Mike Suchan

Behind his Day 1 standing in the YETI Bassmaster Elite on Lake St. Clair, Takumi Ito of Chiba, Japan, has taken the lead in the Bassmaster Elite Series Angler of the Year point standings. It is...