Best of BASSfest GoPro stills

Throughout BASSfest we ran GoPro cameras on our anglers boats to capture all the action. We compiled a gallery of stills that we pulled from that footage. We sent these stills over to Garrick Dixon for a little post production love and here's what we came up with.

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Throughout BASSfest, we ran GoPro cameras on our anglers boats to capture all the action. We compiled a gallery of stills that we pulled from that footage. We sent these stills over to Garrick Dixon for a little post production love and here's what we came up with.
Throughout BASSfest, we ran GoPro cameras on our anglers boats to capture all the action. We compiled a gallery of stills that we pulled from that footage. We sent these stills over to Garrick Dixon for a little post production love and here’s what we came up with.
Jacob Wheeler lays into a nice one.
Jacob Wheeler lays into a nice one.
The beast breaks the surface.
The beast breaks the surface.
Shaw Grigsby looking for a high-five.
Shaw Grigsby looking for a high-five.
Randall Tharp lays into one only to have his jig come flying out of water as the fish pulls free.
Randall Tharp lays into one only to have his jig come flying out of water as the fish pulls free.
Tharp goes over the gunwale for a good one.
Tharp goes over the gunwale for a good one.
A look at one of the baits Jason Williamson used this week to finish in the Top 12.
A look at one of the baits Jason Williamson used this week to finish in the Top 12.
Jacob Wheeler heaves his hair jig.
Jacob Wheeler heaves his hair jig.
Greg Hackney hammers into one.
Greg Hackney hammers into one.
John Crews
John Crews
John Crews shows us a nice one.
John Crews shows us a nice one.
Crews hooks up.
Crews hooks up.
Another one for John Crews.
Another one for John Crews.
Jason Williamson bows up.
Jason Williamson bows up.
Brett Hite with a chunk.
Brett Hite with a chunk.
Greg Hackney loads up.
Greg Hackney loads up.
Greg Hackney is one of the hottest anglers on tour right now.
Greg Hackney is one of the hottest anglers on tour right now.
In the boat.
In the boat.
Hackney brings one in.
Hackney brings one in.
Greg Hackney hammers another.
Greg Hackney hammers another.
Kevin VanDam lays into a nice one.
Kevin VanDam lays into a nice one.
VanDam was one of a handful of anglers to make the Top 12 relying primarily on one spot.
VanDam was one of a handful of anglers to make the Top 12 relying primarily on one spot.
Brett Hite sticks one on his ChatterBait.
Brett Hite sticks one on his ChatterBait.
A nice one for Hite on the final morning.
A nice one for Hite on the final morning.
Brett Hite has made the bulk of his career earnings perfecting the bait that hangs in the air here, his ChatterBait.
Brett Hite has made the bulk of his career earnings perfecting the bait that hangs in the air here, his ChatterBait.
Greg Hackney heaves his crankbait.
Greg Hackney heaves his crankbait.
Hackney loads up.
Hackney loads up.
Matt Herren hooks up under a dock.
Matt Herren hooks up under a dock.
A crowd welcomes Herren back to this dock, a dock that he has caught multiple fish on throughout the week.
A crowd welcomes Herren back to this dock, a dock that he has caught multiple fish on throughout the week.
Herren hits another and the fish fights to break free.
Herren hits another and the fish fights to break free.
The shallow dock bite was responsible for most of Herren's weight this week.
The shallow dock bite was responsible for most of Herren’s weight this week.
A giant breaks the surface to the side of Takahiro Omori's boat.
A giant breaks the surface to the side of Takahiro Omori’s boat.
A nice one for Tak.
A nice one for Tak.
Jacob Wheeler leans into one.
Jacob Wheeler leans into one.
A monster emerges.
A monster emerges.
“Did you see how big that thing was?”
One of the two 7- to 8-pound monsters that made up the bulk of Wheeler's near-30-pound Day 2 bag.
One of the two 7- to 8-pound monsters that made up the bulk of Wheeler’s near-30-pound Day 2 bag.
Swindle shows us one caught on a finesse work. Several anglers who fared well at Chickamauga did so by downsizing their presentations.
Swindle shows us one caught on a finesse work. Several anglers who fared well at Chickamauga did so by downsizing their presentations.
Russ Lane fights a nice fish around the front of the boat.
Russ Lane fights a nice fish around the front of the boat.
Luke Clausen sticks one.
Luke Clausen sticks one.