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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No-information rule changed for 2025 Elites
Last Friday, B.A.S.S. announced the 2025 Elite Series schedule, featuring diverse fisheries that should set the stage for an exciting and unpredictable season. Alongside that release, the organization announced a...
Just call Cox ‘Knucksy’
I was a huge baseball fan growing up — and while the responsibilities of being a husband and a father have caused me to turn slightly away from a sport...
B.A.S.S. announces diverse 2025 Bassmaster Elite Series schedule
B.A.S.S. officials today announced the 2025 Bassmaster Elite Series schedule with a slate of nine events across seven states.
Future home away from home
For the past few years, I’ve stayed up north after our final Elite tournament on the St. Lawrence River because I just can’t get enough of that phenomenal smallmouth fishery....
B.A.S.S. announces technology standardization for Elite Series, Classic
B.A.S.S. announces the creation of equipment standards related to new technologies that will impact anglers competing on the biggest stage in bass fishing
B.A.S.S. announces 2025 plans for LIVE Sonar
Bassmaster LIVE hosts Tommy Sanders and Davy Hite break down the rules changes for the 2025 Bassmaster Elite Series and the 2025 Bassmaster Classic.
Digging deep into live sonar changes for 2025
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Today, B.A.S.S. made the announcement everyone has been waiting for: Live sonar will NOT be banned for the 2025 season. Instead, the anglers in the Bassmaster Elite...
Creating a balanced Elite Series schedule
There’s no debating the fact that live sonar, or forward-facing sonar as it’s often referred to, has had an impact on the Bassmaster Elite Series and how events are playing...
Why the new standardization rules?
“Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.” — Prominent author and leadership expert John C. Maxwell. As B.A.S.S. announces a new standardization of equipment initiative for Bassmaster Elite Series competition, anglers...
2025 Rule Change: Limiting Elites to one electric motor
One trend we have seen on the Bassmaster Elite Series over the past couple of seasons is the addition of electric motors mounted to shallow water anchors. Many anglers saw...
Winning AOY was a huge relief
After finishing second in 2021 and third in 2022, it felt like the Progressive Bassmaster Angler of the Year award might never come my way. I’d had my shots, but...
Don’t let the old techniques die
Forward-facing sonar has become a must on the tournament scene lately, but I want to make sure the traditional techniques don’t get left behind. When it comes to the most exciting fishing techniques, flipping and pitching definitely...
