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...
Elite Analysis Oahe – Day 3
The wind did not blow on Lake Oahe today, which, to put it mildly, is atypical. Not quite “Human Sacrifice! Cats and dogs living together! Mass hysteria,” but close enough...
Felix in front heading into final day at Oahe
MOBRIDGE, S.D. — Thanks to a late-day push, Austin Felix secured a limit of smallmouth weighing 18 pounds, 1 ounce on Day 3 of the Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Lake Oahe, pushing...
3 tips for picking off pelagic smallmouth
Figuring out how to find and catch five keeper smallmouth a day on an immense fishery like Lake Oahe is tricky enough. When the fish you do find favor a...
Ito continues to impress on smallmouth fisheries
Since joining the Elite Series in 2020, Ito has qualified for Semi-Final Saturday in every “true smallmouth” event he has ever fished.
Palaniuk leaves AOY door wide open
MOBRIDGE, S.D. — After three days of practice this week, Brandon Palaniuk said he was more nervous for the Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Lake Oahe than he’d been for...
