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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Unwinding after a challenging season
Now that we’re well past the end of the 2024 Bassmaster Elite Series season, I’m feeling much more relaxed than I was a couple of months ago. Wrapping up the...
Magnitude of Bass Fishing Hall of Fame
While driving home from the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Springfield, Mo., recently, I really started thinking about how far the Hall has come over the years....
Reflecting on my sophomore season
After the last Elite event at the St. Lawrence River, I stayed four extra days to enjoy a little more of that fantastic fishing. That’s a common Elite destination, so...
Card’s on solid ground at High Rock
Advertorial Content Watching his buddy Steve Summer of Rock Outdoors in Lexington, N.C., catch a limit of Buggs Island bass on a golden-shiner-colored spinnerbait “they weren’t supposed to bite” might...
What to do when fishing sucks
It’s the time of the year when fishing can be at its toughest – on just about any body of water. The summer-to-fall transition period can seem like an eternity. We start getting...
Don’t sleep on a big Texas rig
In recent years we’ve seen all sorts of new bass lures, including lots of finesse rigs and several new ways to rig plastic worms. In all of the excitement a...
Elk hunting refreshes me
I’ve often said when it comes to outdoor activities, water has my heart, but the mountains have my soul. I’m glad I don’t have to choose between fishing and hunting...
Elite Series welcomes Legendary qualifiers Pace and Howell back
B.A.S.S. tournament officials today announced former Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Classic champions Randy Howell and Cliff Pace will rejoin the ranks of Elite anglers in 2025 via Legends invitations.
The cost of doing business
At any level of the game, competitive anglers are gamblers. And on the Bassmaster Elite Series, we’re talking high stakes. At the Elite level, entry fees are $5,000 per event, nearly $50,000...
Grinding through the offseason
You might think that this time of year is when I relax and rest up following a Bassmaster Elite season, but that’s not the case. Summertime is when I’m hard...
Daily Limit: Zona gone but will certainly never be forgotten
“We’re done.” Borrowing his famed signoff from Zona’s Awesome Fishing Show, Mark Zona announced his time on Bassmaster LIVE has come to an end. Overloaded with work and after several...
