Pro angler Chad Pipkens, the man with the spikey hair and a primary sponsorship from Douglas J Salons wouldn’t recommend breaking your collarbone to launch a streak of top...
Jay Yelas won the 2002 Bassmaster Classic and Matt Arey has won $1 million in his relatively short pro angling career. They are two of the Elite Series’ true class acts...
WADDINGTON, N.Y. — Last year’s Bassmaster Elite Series tournament on the St. Lawrence River was called “the best smallmouth tournament ever in the history of man,” by...
TAMPA, Fla., August 15, 2019 – Twenty years ago, John Oliverio invented Power-Pole, the original Shallow Water Anchor. While fishing the grass flats in Sarasota Bay,...
The Elite Series pros are adopting special fish measures at the Berkley Bassmaster Elite at St. Lawrence River presented by Black Velvet. The tournament rules and weigh-in...
At a late July cookout in his Central Alabama backyard, Bassmaster Elite Series newcomer Scott Canterbury is moving furiously back and forth between two grills and an...
Tank, pig, toad, hawg, slaunch, stud and whale are all terms about to be a standard part of the vocabulary of Bassmaster Elite Series anglers as we move into the seventh...
North Carolina pro Shane Lineberger had a really bad taste in his mouth the last time he competed in a Bassmaster Elite Series event on the St. Lawrence in 2017.Literally...
Florida pro Cliff Prince is the kind of guy you’d love to have as your neighbor or fishing buddy. Always kind-spirited, helpful and quick with a laugh, he’s qualified...
Getting to your first fishing location in time to leverage the early morning bite is the norm in tournaments. And we tournament anglers normally miss any late-afternoon...
Team Toyota’s Brandon Lester is a good husband and daddy with a typically grateful outlook.But the bag of homemade chocolate chip cookies I gave him from my mom’s kitchen...
Brandon Lester doesn’t let things get to him. Very seldom will you encounter the young Tennessee angler with anything other than a smile on his face. He’s a happy dude that...
As the Bassmaster Elites make our northern swing to the St. Lawrence River, I’m reminded of how those waters have evolved over the years and how anglers have adapted.Unlike...
Fishing the Bassmaster Elite Series, and the tournaments I fished before I qualified, has been a real opportunity. I’ve been blessed to see this country up close and to...