Meet the 2025 Elite Rookies and newcomers
Find out how the rookies and newcomers all qualified to fish the Bassmaster Elite Series for 2025.
Anticipation for the season
At the end of January, we’re only three weeks from the start of a new Bassmaster Elite Series season. I’ve been fishing tournaments for 25 years, and it’s the same...
B.A.S.S., MAXAM Tire announce Elite Series title sponsorship extension
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — B.A.S.S. and MAXAM Tire, a global leader in specialty tire manufacturing, have announced a two-year extension of MAXAM’s return as a title sponsor for the Elite Series, starting with...
Offseason time crunch
It won’t be long before I hear my number called during blastoff at the first Bassmaster Elite Series tournament of 2025 on Florida’s St. Johns River. However, right now I’m...
New Elite: Evan Kung
Canada’s Evan Kung struggled when he fished the Bassmaster Opens Elite Qualifiers for the first time in 2023. The season’s highlight was 14th place at the St. Lawrence River. Also...
Chasing the horizon: Anticipating year two of the Elites
The offseason is a double-edged sword for me. On one hand, it offers time to reset, refine my skills and prepare for the grueling schedule ahead. On the other, it...
Then and now: The original Elite anglers
Original Elites John Crews, Steve Kennedy, Bill Lowen, Mark Menendez and Bernie Schultz are still competing for the 20th Bassmaster Elite Series season.
Matty Wong’s reality
When I was a kid growing up in Hawaii in the 1990s, I’d watch Bill Dance, Jimmy Houston, Roland Martin and Bassmaster tournaments on television. I didn’t have the opportunity...
New Elite: Dakota Ebare
When Texan Dakota Ebare matriculated to Tarlton State University in Stephenville, Texas, his goal was to be a rodeo bullfighter. This hazardous profession involves distracting a raging bull from trampling...
Respect the greats of yesteryear
While watching the Bassmaster The Cast program the other day, I came to the realization there will never be another angler comparable to those whom I consider the greatest of...
