The Bassmaster Elite Series is the highest level of professional bass fishing tournaments. Competitors must qualify for the series through the St. Croix Bassmaster Opens or the TNT Fireworks B.A.S.S. Nation, and anglers who are already on the Elite Series must re-qualify each year by maintaining enough points throughout the season. The pro anglers compete all season for the opportunity to win points toward the Progressive Bassmaster Angler of the Year award and to qualify for the Bassmaster Classic.
The series was founded in 2006. Its predecessors were the Bassmaster Tour, Top 150 and Top 100.
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Sabine River may prove more challenging than ever
ORANGE, Texas — After his 7th place finish at Alabama’s Lay Lake two weeks ago, Progressive Bassmaster Angler of the Year points leader Brandon Cobb remarked that he was looking forward...
Stracner not fishing Bassmaster Elite at Sabine River
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Elite Series pro Josh Stracner of Vandiver, Ala., will not be fishing this week’s Folds of Honor Bassmaster Elite at Sabine River. B.A.S.S. officials have ruled him ineligible for the sixth...
High School All-American weigh-in
Watch the 2023 Bassmaster High School All-American team members weigh in at the Folds of Honor Bassmaster Elite at Sabine River in Orange, Texas.
When it’s your time, it’s your time
Alabama was very good to me this year, but I just didn’t complete the job. In back-to-back weeks I missed winning a Bassmaster Elite Series event on Lay Lake and...
Catching up at home
There are some inconveniences to where I live in Kenora, Ontario. Located about 60 miles north of the Minnesota border, on the shores of Lake of the Woods, Kenora is...
Sabine: Practice update with Iaconelli
Practice began on Monday morning, Memorial Day, for the 2023 Folds of Honor Bassmaster Elite at Sabine River. There’s no more fitting of a day for the start of official...
Forward-facing sonar and wary fish
Let me begin by saying I’m not a forward-facing sonar expert, and there are other Bassmaster Elite Series pros better with it than I am. But I have had some...
Daily Limit: Winning is everything for Elites
“Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.” – Vince Lombardi Winning on the Bassmaster Elite Series is difficult. Virtually everything has to go right to hoist one of the coveted...
Locked Down game plan: Palaniuk’s offshore brushpiles at Santee Cooper Lakes
In the Minn Kota Locked Down Game Plan with Brandon Palaniuk, he discusses his usage of mapping, 360 and MEGA Live at Santee Cooper Lakes to finish in the top...
