Guiding You In Your Quest For More And Bigger Fish
Orlando, Fla — For the first time in the history of the ICAST show, the best of show winner will be announced the day after the winners in each category are announced.
Today was category day, and we have the full list of award winners for you. Before we get the full list, a few notes. [Read more…]
La Crosse Wi — In a tournament that saw four leaders on four different days, Ish Monroe’s story of victory was as improbable as one could get.
On the first day of fishing on the Mississippi River, Ish got stuck on a sandbar and couldn’t move.
“That was as stuck as I’ve ever been in a bass boat,” he said, “And it turned out to be a blessing in disguise.”
After freeing his boat, Ish noticed some grass and duckweed and went to work. “I ended up catching a solid limit of bass before I ever got to my original destination,” he said. The frustrating start ended up revealing a winning strategy. [Read more…]
Orange, Texas — On the final day of the B.A.S.S. Elite Series event on the Sabine River, Greg Hackney only brought 7 pounds 5 ounces to the weigh in stage, and that didn’t matter in the slightest.
The previous three days he’d dominated so thoroughly that it was enough to bring home the trophy, the $100,000 check, and the ticket to the Bassmaster Classic. [Read more…]
Paris, TN — Last week saw the a true legend of the sport bring home the trophy.
After a short turn around, the Elite Series pros were back on the water and it was first-year pro Wesley Strader taking the podium. [Read more…]
Grove, OK — Every time Kevin VanDam boards a boat and casts a lure in a Bassmaster Elite Series event, he has the potential to add to a legacy that is already untouchable.
Every. Single. Time.
Over the weekend, he did just that, adding an impossible 25th Bassmaster win to his GOAT status resume on Oklahoma’s Grand Lake. [Read more…]
Greenville, SC — There was plenty of drama to go around this weekend at the Bassmaster Classic, despite Lake Hartwell being stingy for all three days of the tournament. At the end of it all, the young Jordan Lee joined legends Rick Clunn and Kevin VanDam as the only anglers to go back-to-back as Classic champs. [Read more…]
Macomb County , Mi—Chumming isn’t allowed in the Bassmaster Elite series. Anglers cannot throw bait into the water to get the fish fired up and start feeding.
When it occurs naturally though, there are no provisions in the rules to keep an angler from taking advantage. Jason Christie did just that to grab his 5th trophy. [Read more…]
Macomb County, Mi—Maybe coming up short can be the fuel a person needs to stoke their fire. Maybe finishing runner-up to a legend was just the sort of thing Brock Mosley needed to turn that fire into a blaze.
Mosley finished second at the St Lawrence river in July and the legendary KVD took home the trophy.
Coming so close to beating the greatest of all time probably feels pretty good for the second-year pro, but nothing like hoisting that trophy would. [Read more…]
Macomb County, MI— Bradley Roy may not be a name most fans are familiar with, but if he keeps fishing like he did today, that is going to change.
The 26-year-old Kentucky native brought 23 pounds, 3 ounces to the scales at Lake St. Claire which was good enough for a narrow one-pound lead. And it didn’t come easy. [Read more…]
Waddinton, NY — Sometimes in sports players hit levels of unconscious dominance that everything just seems too easy. Remember Michael Jordan’s famous shrug in the 1992 finals? How about more recently when Steph Curry tossed up a three-ball and was looking for the high-five before it went in? Well, KVD had himself one of those moments this weekend. [Read more…]