With two Elite Series events on back-to-back weeks at two of the best bass fishing lakes in the country, it might be interesting to compare snapshots of each. It isn’t intended to indicate that one lake is better than the other. It’s done more in the interest of trivia than anything else. This will be updated as the 2018 Berkley Bassmaster Elite at Kentucky Lake presented by Abu Garcia progresses through Monday.
| Grand Lake | Kentucky Lake | |
| Day 1 | Day 1 | |
| Bass weighed-in | 531 | 493 |
| Ave. weight | 3.15 lbs. | 3.22 lbs. |
| Limits | 102 | 82 |
| Big bass | 7-3 | 7-7 (2) |
| Big bag | 23-12 | 24-3 |
| 25th place | 17-12 | 18-6 |
| 50th place | 15-11 | 15-8 |