Oklahoma pro James Elam is one of the pros who just cleared his first of two must-do hurdles this week. First was making Championship Saturday. Next comes qualifying for Championship Sunday. One out of two are out of the way. Here’s what he had to say to me this morning about the importance of this Championship Saturday.
“This is the most important tournament day I’ll have all year,” he said. “I knew coming into this tournament that making Championship Sunday was a do or die thing for me.”
“If I did well here I would be going to the AOY championship,” he continued. “And iif I do really well I might lock myself into the Classic.”
He added, “Either way I’m looking at getting into the Classic I’m going to make up a lot of ground here.”
Elam’s goal is keeping alive his string of three consecutive Bassmaster Classics. BASSTrakk showed him briefly in third place, now he’s down to fifth. Remaining inside the cut will be a battle to the finish.