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Florida flair helps Prince win his first Bassmaster Elite Series trophy at Wheeler Lake
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Florida flair helps Prince win his first Bassmaster Elite Series trophy at Wheeler Lake

Andrea Marini
by Andrea Marini0160
DECATUR, Ala. — Cliff Prince has suffered several difficult defeats in his 12-year career on the Bassmaster Elite Series, but this week he made sure he wasn’t going to beat himself. By catching 15 pounds, 2 ounces on Championship Sunday, Prince collected his first Elite Series victory at the Whataburger Bassmaster Elite at Wheeler Lake with......
Walters Wins in Dominating Fashion at Lake Murray
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Walters Wins in Dominating Fashion at Lake Murray

Andrea Marini
by Andrea Marini0189
PROSPERITY, S.C. — Despite the gloomy weather, Monday brought bright prospects for Patrick Walters, who leveraged the opportunity to inflict a straight-up South Carolina smackdown en route to notching a wire-to-wire victory in the Minn Kota Bassmaster Elite at Lake Murray What an amazing week; I don’t even know where to start,” said Walters,......
BCB PRO Trey McKinney Becomes Youngest Elite Series Winner in History
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BCB PRO Trey McKinney Becomes Youngest Elite Series Winner in History

Andrea Marini
by Andrea Marini0225
MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. – Earlier this year, Illinois bass pro Trey McKinney became the youngest rookie in Bassmaster Elite Series history at 18 years old. A week later, and shortly after his 19th birthday, he won the campaign’s Lake Fork tournament and thereby became the youngest winner in tour’s storied heritage.......
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Jordan Lee makes legendary return to Bassmaster Elite Series

Andrea Marini
by Andrea Marini0188
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Former back-to-back Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic champion Jordan Lee is headed back to the Bassmaster Elite Series in 2024. Lee will return to the Elites via a Legend’s spot in the field, which opened when Larry Nixon announced his retirement. In just five seasons competing in major B.A.S.S.......
Two-time Bassmaster Angler of the Year and 14-time B.A.S.S. champion Larry Nixon of Bee Branch, Ark., who returned to the Bassmaster Elite Series in 2023, has announced his retirement.
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Larry Nixon retires from Bassmaster Elite Series

Andrea Marini
by Andrea Marini0181
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Bassmaster’s first “Million Dollar Man,” Larry Nixon of Bee Branch, Ark., is stepping away from the Bassmaster Elite Series in 2024. Nixon decided at the end of the 2023 season that his health would not allow him to compete at his usual high standard. “The Elite Series grind is more......
Micah Frazier
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Micah Frazier Announces Retirement from Bassmaster Elite Series

Andrea Marini
by Andrea Marini0229
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — After fishing nine seasons on the Bassmaster Elite Series, Micah Frazier of Newnan, Ga., is stepping away from professional fishing. Over the course of his B.A.S.S. career, Frazier has earned one Elite win, nine Top 10 finishes and 34 Top 30 finishes. Although Frazier has experienced consistent success in......
BASS announces 2024 Bassmaster Elite Series schedule
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B.A.S.S. announces 2024 Bassmaster Elite Series Schedule

Andrea Marini
by Andrea Marini0904
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — For the first time since 2018, the Bassmaster Elite Series won’t be kicking off its season in Florida, opting instead to open its 2024 slate at the big-bass factory of Toledo Bend Reservoir on the Louisiana/Texas border Feb. 22-25. B.A.S.S. officials made that announcement Wednesday, along with the entirety......
Walters conquers smallmouth to win Bassmaster Elite Series event at St Lawrence River 1
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Walters conquers smallmouth to win Bassmaster Elite Series event at St. Lawrence River

Andrea Marini
by Andrea Marini0232
CLAYTON, N.Y. — Safe to say, Patrick Walters now loves northern smallmouth bass. Overcoming what he had previously considered one of his few limitations, the fifth-year pro from Summerville, S.C., caught the heaviest 20-fish total of smallmouth in Bassmaster history — 105 pounds — and won the Minn Kota Bassmaster Elite at St.......
Cifuentes secures Bassmaster Rookie of the Year title
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Cifuentes secures Bassmaster Rookie of the Year title

Andrea Marini
by Andrea Marini0193
CLAYTON, N.Y. — Despite some anxious moments on the final day of the Bassmaster Elite Series season, “The Cowboy” rode off into the sunset with some major new hardware to admire. With a total of 698 points, Joey Cifuentes III secured the Dakota Lithium Bassmaster Rookie of the Year title, holding off a hard-charging Kyoya......
Bernie Schultz Elite Pro
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Schultz to miss final two Bassmaster Elite events

Andrea Marini
by Andrea Marini0292
 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Bernie Schultz of Gainesville, Fla., is taking a medical hardship and will be unable to fish the final two Elite Series events of the 2023 season. While moving a large-screen television, the Elite Series veteran suffered a complete tear of his bicep, which will require season-ending surgery. While Schultz......