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Elite good luck charms for 2026

Take a look around at a few of the lucky charms the 2026 Bassmaster Elite Series angler carry with them on the road.

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Chase Sansom
West Virginia
Bryant Smith keeps his sons beanie with him in the truck on the rearview mirror.
Bryan Schmitt takes this Bass Pro Shops hat of a passed friend on the road with him to every tournament.
Bryan New takes a collection of charms with him on the road.
He stores all of his mementos in his center console.
Mike Iaconelli carries this rubber duck his daughter Stella gave him to begin the year with a simple reminder. He said if it is good luck he’ll keep it inside the console, if it is bad luck he is going to yell at it.
Logan Parks didn’t have a tangible lucky charm, but he did have this screen saver of his newborn that is on the way on his Power Pole Vision.
Robert Gee keeps this handmade Native American knife he received as a gift on the road in a Bassmaster Open in 2023. At Kerr Lake, Rob met a man in the hotel parking lot that gave him this lucky knife as a gift after making friends with him. It came at a perfect time after a not so great tournament at Toledo Bend. He threw this knife in his boat and finished 24th at that same tournament at Kerr Lake. He then rattled off two more top twenties after that.
Jordan Lee carries this verse his wife wrote him before the season started. He keeps this taped to rod locker lid.
Easton Fothergill tosses this Skeeter Rubber Duck in his boat.
Kyle Patrick has a small collection of lucky charms. Notable here are two pieces of bark he keeps in his boat.
Along with his bark is Bryan Kerchal fish whistle, a coin, a rock with a cross on it his grandmother gave him and a Rylie J’s on Seneca coin.
Dakota Ebare keeps his lucky charm pretty simple. “I keep this bump of mine on the road with me.”
Matt Arey keeps this little Jesus in his Toyota Tundra with him.
Randy Howell take this medal on the water with him that one of his biggest fans, Jade Thompson gave to him a few years back.
Scott Canterbury also takes a rubber duck with him on the water. He put it in his boat before he won a tournament last year and it hasn’t left since.
Takumi Ito keeps this little medallion with him at each tournament.
While he hasn’t stuck it on the boat yet, Jason Christie keeps this humminbird sticker with him.

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