Learning how to attack tournaments
While I haven’t been out on tour as long as some of my Bassmaster Elite Series colleagues, during my four years at this level I’ve seen a lot of changes...
Gear Review: V&M Lil Hammer Jig
WHAT IS IT? V&M Lil Hammer Jig WHAT SETS IT APART? With the help of Bassmaster Elite Series pro Darold Gleason, V&M has taken an old-school style of bait and...
Palaniuk finally stumbles in AOY race
In the eighth tournament of a nine-event Bassmaster Elite Series season, Brandon Palaniuk finally finished lower than 26th place. And it was significantly lower at South Dakota’s Lake Oahe, as...
Lake Oahe’s best Fantasy Fishing picks
The Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Lake Oahe was a close battle all the way until the end between a number of the best smallmouth fisherman on earth. While the...
Felix tips cap to Livesay, Carolina rig
There was no doubt in Austin Felix’s mind when he was asked about the key point in his Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Lake Oahe victory. “Day 2, that’s when...
Elite Analysis Oahe – Day 4
“The world is getting sleepier and sleepier,” Dave Mercer opined today, and indeed stocks for Ambien and eye masks are looking remarkably bullish right now. Minnesotan Austin Felix, coming off...
Sleepy Assassin seals the deal in South Dakota
MOBRIDGE, S.D. — Austin Felix views himself as a well-rounded angler but he loves to fish for smallmouth. So, it’s fitting Felix’s first Bassmaster Elite Series title would involve catching those big, beautiful...
Johnston’s forward-facing blues
MOBRIDGE, S.D.– Chris Johnston suffered from forward-facing frustrations on Semi-Final Saturday of the Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Lake Oahe. It wasn’t because the Ontario, Canada native couldn’t find groups...
Robertson has resuscitated his season
MOBRIDGE, S.D. – Matt Robertson’s 2022 Elite Series season was on life support after three tournaments. He was 75th in Progressive Insurance Angler of the Year points after finishes of...
AOY title still in play; Lester now in second
MOBRIDGE, S.D. — Four anglers had made all seven Day 2/top 47 cuts this season coming into the Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Lake Oahe. Only Brandon Lester has made...
