Elites at Bass U - Bassmaster

The BASSFest expo started bright and early outside of the Choctaw Casino in Durant, Oklahoma on Saturday moning.

Pros like Kevin VanDam were there early to sign autographs and give seminars.

Jonathon VanDam talked with Bill Carson of Humminbird.

Casey Scanlon was one of the many pros that stopped by the Nitro booth.

Josh Bertrand just showed up and was making his way to the Berkley booth.

Ott DeFoe and Andy Montgomery roll in for BASSFest.

Adrian Avena started his day in the A.R.E. booth.

Hank Cherry takes a moment to talk with Don Barone at the Livingston Lures booth.

Tommy Biffle talks with fans at the Gene Larew booth.

Avena meets with some fans and signs an autograph.

Dean Rojas gets interviewed for a story.

Randall Tharp and Chad Morgenthaler are both fishing the final day of BASSFest and they chat during the expo time.

Bradley Roy checks out his Day 3 GoPro video that is live on bassmaster.com.

Brandon Card is fishing the final day as well.

Keith Poche talks with Bassmaster Social Media Sara Frye.

Brent Chapman and Matt Reed walk in to the expo together.

Terry Scroggins was hanging out at the Toyota booth with fans.

Justin Lucas answers questions from fans at the expo.

Dave Mercer walks around and shoots some stand up videos.

Brandon Palaniuk and Justin Lucas talk with social media editor Sara Frye about promoting yourself on social media.

David Walker arrives…

I’ve been spotted…

Cameramen shoot b-roll of anglers as well.

Josh Bertrand gives a seminar on rigging big worms for offshore fishing.

Fred Roumbanis takes some candid photos.

Mark Davis signs some autographs.

Brett Hite does the same for a young fan.

Fabian Rodriguez heads to another booth at the expo.

The Yamaha booth was filled with pros all day.

Bernie Schultz hangs with some spectators.

Mike McClelland gets set up at the Geico booth.

Skeet Reese makes his entrance.

Angler of the Year leader Greg Hackney talks with some eager fans.

After giving a seminar about College Fishing, Jordan Lee talks with some college anglers who fished the WildCard this week.

Morino Shimizu and Ken Iyobe hang out at the expo complex.

Aaron Martens stops by the TH Marine booth to hang with some fans.

And he signs plenty of autographs.

Clifford Pirch was a mainstay at the Dick Cepek Tires and Wheels booth.

Jay Brainard pulls his Crossed Industries truck into the expo.

Geico pros James Niggemeyer, David Walker and Mike McClelland hang with fans. Overall BASSFest gave fans an experience to meet the best anglers in the world and it also gave the Top 12 anglers a day off to recharge for the final day.