2016 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Elite at Wheeler Lake

Wheeler Lake,

Decatur,

Alabama

April 28 ~ May 1, 2016

2016 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Elite at Wheeler Lake Updates

Shaw Grigsby: 60 years and still sight fishing

It was still very dark prior to morning launch at Toledo Bend’s Cypress Bend Park boat ramp, but Shaw Grigsby was shining his polarized sunglasses.He was also showing off cell phone photos of the...

Daily Limit: Elites hit Hemphill

By Mike Suchan

Hemphill has a storied existence in bass fishing, and a current batch of Elites again did their part to keep that going.At the behest of longtime B.A.S.S. pro and Toledo Bend guide Dave Mansue, a...

Chasing water

By Michael Iaconelli

Dealing with a changing environment is one of the toughest things we do as bass anglers. And, one of the toughest changes is a fluctuating water level. It causes the fish to reposition and change...

Building my momentum

By Casey Ashley

In tournament fishing, like anything in life, you sometimes get off course. You don't mean to, but you're going to take a wrong turn now and then. The important thing for me is to stay focused on...

Conservative approach pinches Lefebre

By Craig Lamb

What Dave Lefebre regrets most about a second place finish on Wheeler Lake is not swinging for the fences from the start.

Putting the pieces together

Competition depends a lot on making the most of your opportunities.For example, the recent Bassmaster Elite Series event on Wheeler Lake was kind of a mix of stages. I think there were a few fish...

Top 13 baits at Wheeler Lake

The Elites tell all! See what worked for the Elite Series pros on Alabama's Wheeler Lake.

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Clausen disqualification from Wheeler Lake tournament upheld

By B.A.S.S. Communications

The disqualification of Luke Clausen of Otis Orchards, Wash., from the Bassmaster Elite Series tournament at Wheeler Lake, Alabama, last week, has been upheld by an appeals panel.Clausen was...

Tharp vs. Herren, and bass fishing’s evolution

By Steve Bowman

Since the beginning of Bassmaster LIVE those who sit on the sidelines of the Bassmaster Elite Series have gotten to see some things that in years past might have been deemed as black marks for our...

Dents couldn’t derail Team Swindle at Wheeler

By Alan McGuckin

Under heavy Sunday morning clouds at the Ingalls Harbor boat ramp, Gerald and LeAnn Swindle laughed, chatted with friends and paused for a photo rich with love at the end of a very trying week at...