Tacoma, Washington. – Gamakatsu pro Jeff Gustafson became the first Canadian angler to win the coveted Bassmaster Classic trophy on Sunday with a 3-day total of 42 pounds, 7 ounces. Gustafson led the event wire to wire, after starting the event off with a limit weighing 18-pounds, 8-ounces on day one, following that up with...
Category: Tournaments
Men Plead Guilty in Erie Walleye Tournament Scandal
Last fall the tournament fishing world was set ablaze by the scandalous activity of a couple of walleye tournament anglers cheating to win a tournament on Sept. 30, 2022 by adding lead to their fish. Last fall the two men, Jacob Runyan and Chase Cominsky pleaded not guilty in their first court date. However on Monday, March...
Jeff Gustafson Bringing Home Canada’s First Ever Bassmaster Classic Crown
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Hailing all the way from Kenora, Ontario, Canada, X2Power pro Jeff “Gussy” Gustafson becomes the second international angler ever to win the Bassmaster Classic. Running his X2Power Battery fueled Lund ProV bass boat all over Fort Loudon and Tellico Lakes, Gustafson put together a total weight of 42-pounds, 7-ounces to become the...
Florida Anglers Conquer Watts Bar in Bassmaster High School Classic
KINGSTON, Tenn. — Where Bryce Balentine and Dalton Loos are accustomed to fishing, rock is hardly ever a prominent piece of cover to target for a winning bag of bass. So, when the team from the Seminole Junior Anglers arrived at Watts Bar for the Strike King Bassmaster High School Classic presented by Academy Sports...
Jordan Wiggins Tops 230-Boat Field on Smith Lake
PARK FALLS, Wis. – St. Croix pro, Jordan Wiggins, caught 44-14 on his home waters of Lewis Smith Lake to win the Toyota Series Presented by Phoenix Boats Central Division event in Northern Alabama by more than four pounds last week. He caught almost all of his bass on a homemade shakey head jig. Wiggins fished to...
Gustafson Holds on for Historic Bassmaster Classic Victory on the Tennessee River
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Canadian pro Jeff “Gussy” Gustafson’s bass refused to play fair on the final day of the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Toyota on the Tennessee River. But fortunately for him, the bulk of his work was already done. Despite catching only two smallmouth bass that weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces...
Keith Poche Blasts the Competition on Fenwick Rods to Win Stage Two of the Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Claiming his first Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour victory, Fenwick Pro Keith Poche crushed the competition on Douglas and Cherokee Lake this week as his weights increased as the tournament progressed. Poche breezed through the qualifying and knockout rounds of the event to make the championship and final day where he...
Lake Murray Country Ready to Host MLF Bass Pro Tour Fox Rent A Car Stage Three Presented by Mercury
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Major League Fishing (MLF) and the Bass Pro Tour, featuring the top anglers in professional bass fishing, is set to visit Columbia, South Carolina, and Lake Murray next week, April 2-7, for the third regular-season event of the 2023 season – the Fox Rent A Car Stage Three at Lake Murray Presented...
Jeff Gustafson Finds $300,000 of Bassmaster Classic Gold with MEGA Live Imaging
After a dominating event in 2021 which saw Humminbird and Minn Kota pro Jeff “Gussy” Gustafson secure his first Bassmaster Elite Series win, a return to the Tennessee River out of Knoxville, Tennessee was all the more rewarding for the Kenora, Ontario native. Through three days of intense competition and changing conditions, Gustafson saw light...
Snyders takes home Bassmaster Kayak Series title at Chickamauga; honored on Classic stage
DAYTON, Tenn. — Rus Snyders has spent 10 years in the state of Tennessee, and in that time he has become one of the most dominant anglers in the state. On Friday, Snyders continued his success in the Volunteer state by winning the Yamaha Rightwaters Bassmaster Kayak Series Championship at Chickamauga Lake powered by TourneyX...