Tennessee Pro Catches 32 Bass Weighing 107-2 to Win Knockout Round By 27½ Pounds, Final 10 Anglers Set for Tuesday’s Final-Day Shootout for $100,000 PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (Aug. 9, 2021) – Academy Sports + Outdoors pro Jacob Wheeler of Harrison, Tennessee, caught 32 scorable bass Monday weighing 107 pounds, 2 ounces to win the Knockout Round and advance to the final day of competition at the Major…

Courtesy of Luke Stoner - Dynamic Sponsorships   Momentum and confidence play as big a role in professional bass fishing as the equipment an angler uses. This notion has often been discussed, but that doesn’t change the reality behind it. When a fisherman is feeling good and fishing well, every decision seems to be the right one. On the contrary, when things are going poorly it can…

August 9, 2021 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The 2021 Bassmaster Elite season ended in July, but there may still be movement in the list of Elite Series anglers who qualify for the 2022 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk. One unique wrinkle this year is that each Elite angler drops his lowest finish. “The drop,” as it has been called, came about early this year when Elite…

Guntersville, Alabama pro Bests Tennessee’ Brandon Coulter to Win Thrilling Third Period Shootout and Advance Directly to Tuesday’s Championship Round, 18 Anglers Advance to Monday’s Knockout Round PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (Aug. 8, 2021) – It was a back-and-forth battle at the top for pretty much the entire third period Sunday between pros Brandon Coulter of Knoxville, Tennessee, and Berkley pro…

Courtesy of Luke Stoner - Dynamic Sponsorships   Jacob Wheeler finished today in 3rd place in Group B’s Qualifying Round of Toyota Stage 6 of the Bass Pro Tour on Lake Champlain; sending him to yet another Knockout Round. The Team Toyota pro is fresh off his second Bass Pro Tour win of the season on the St. Lawrence River and would love nothing more than to win back-to-back events here…

Courtesy of Luke Stoner - Dynamic Sponsorships   Lake Champlain is considered a bass fisherman’s paradise by most who have had the pleasure of spending time on this beautiful fishery, but take one glance at the Scoretrackerand it’s obvious Champlain is fishing tougher than usual for Major League Fishing competitors this week. After the first two days of competition it took only…

Guntersville, Alabama Pro Catches 15 Bass Totaling 50 Pounds, 2 Ounces to Lead Group B’s Qualifying Round, Group A to Finish Their Qualifying Round Saturday PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (Aug. 6, 2021) – Berkley pro Justin Lucas of Guntersville, Alabama, caught 15 scorable bass Friday weighing 50 pounds, 2 ounces, to grab the early lead in Group B after their Day 1 Qualifying Round at the Toyota Stage…

Courtesy of Luke Stoner - Dynamic Sponsorships   Major League Fishing pro Matt Lee had the kind of day most anglers dream about to kick off Group A’s Qualifying Round on Lake Champlain for Stage 6 of the Bass Pro Tour. Lee landed 40 scoreable bass, which totaled 103+ pounds and more than doubled the next closest competitor’s weight. The Carhartt pro was all smiles at the City of…

OAKLEY, Calif. (July 28, 2021) – The Toyota Series Presented by A.R.E. Western Division will continue its season next week, Aug. 3-5, in Oakley, California with the Toyota Series Presented by A.R.E. at the California Delta. The three-day tournament will feature the region’s best bass-fishing pros and Strike King co-anglers casting for a top prize of up to $65,000, plus an additional $35,000 bonus…

Spring Hill, Tenn.—The Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA) and Major League Fishing (MLF), the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization and premier outdoor-entertainment brand, announced this week that they have entered a momentous collaboration to grow the sport of fishing across the United States. The partnership was sealed on July 21 at the International Convention of Allied…

Sixth Event of 2021 Bass Pro Tour Season to Showcase 80 Pro Anglers Competing on Lake Champlain Over Six Days for Purse of $805,000 and Valuable Points for REDCREST Championship  PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (July 27, 2021) – Major League Fishing’s (MLF) Bass Pro Tour is set to visit Plattsburgh, New York, and Lake Champlain, next week, Aug. 5-10, for their sixth regular-season tournament of the season…

Kayak angler Joe McElroy, of Cullman, Ala., donated his winnings from the 2021 Bassmaster B.A.S.S. Nation Kayak Series Nation Championship powered by TourneyX to help the son of another competitor. Photo by B.A.S.S. July 14, 2021 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — After finishing second at the 2021 Bassmaster B.A.S.S. Nation Kayak Series National Championship powered by TourneyX on Texas’ Possum…

Bryan Schmitt makes a living on the water. Not only as a Bassmaster Elite Series angler who just took home his first coveted “blue trophy” by winning the Elite Series Lake Champlain event, but also as a passionate and highy-respected striped bass and cobia guide on the Chesapeake Bay he calls home. “If I’m not fishing a Bassmaster tournament, I’m guiding on the Chesapeake from May to December,…