Ott DeFoe

OD on B.A.S.S. – St. Lawrence River

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2018 Bassmaster Elite Series St. Lawrence River Waddington, NY 31st Place 15 fish | 60-00 The Elite Series has visited the St. Lawrence River three times prior to this season, and after starting off strong with a 3rd place finish in 2013, I struggled the next two times, ending up a disappointing 78th and 99th. […]

OD on B.A.S.S. Lake Oahe

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2018 Bassmaster Elite Series Lake Oahe Pierre, South Dakota 34th Place | 15 fish, 31-12 Prior to this tournament I’d never been to Lake Oahe. In fact, I’d never stepped foot or made a cast in the state of South Dakota. Nevertheless, I was excited for this event to start. The very limited information that was […]

OD on B.A.S.S. Miss. River

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2018 Bassmaster Elite Series Mississippi River La Crosse, Wisconsin 13th Place |15 fish, 48-08 I have a solid history on the Upper Mississippi out of La Crosse, including an Elite Series victory the last time we visited. Unfortunately, reliance on some of that history may have bitten me in this one. I might’ve overthought the […]

OD on B.A.S.S. – Sabine River

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2018 Bassmaster Elite Series Sabine River Orange, Texas 14th Place | 15 fish, 28-00 The Sabine River has never really been my friend, and with changing rules about where we could and couldn’t fish, I broke my cardinal rule and pre-fished before the place went off-limits. With the changes to the playing field, there was one […]

OD on B.A.S.S. KY Lake

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2018 Bassmaster Classic Kentucky Lake Paris, Tennessee 13th Place | 15 fish, 52-06 I’ve fished about a dozen tournaments at Kentucky Lake over the years, some as late as the fall, but never before June. I’d always heard about the great shallow bite in April and May, with stories about finding 50 bass in every pocket, […]

OD on B.A.S.S. Grand Lake

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2018 Elite Series Grand Lake Grove, Oklahoma 77th Place | 10 fish, 26-07 Although I’ve fished two Classics at Grand Lake and done reasonably well in both of them, I’ve never fished a tournament there when the fish were really, really biting. Each time 13 or so pounds a day has been pretty good, and 16 […]

OD on B.A.S.S. – Lake Martin

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2018 Elite Series Lake Martin Alexander City, Alabama 13th Place | 15 fish/35-07 Although BASS had visited Lake Martin on multiple occasions in the past, all of those tournaments predated my time on the tour. Nevertheless, I’d done some research into the fishery and I felt pretty certain that limits wouldn’t be hard to come […]

OD on B.A.S.S. – AOY Championship Mille Lacs

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2017 Elite Series Angler of the Year Championship Mille Lacs Lake Onamia, Minnesota 34th Place | 15 fish, 52-05 I entered the Angler of the Year Championship without a lot to fish for except pride. No matter where I finished, I couldn’t rise higher than 4th in the AOY race or drop below 9th. That freed […]

OD on B.A.S.S. – St. Clair

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2017 Elite Series Lake St. Clair Macomb County, Michigan 21st Place | 15 fish, 58-08 Throughout multiple visits to Lake St. Clair with both BASS and FLW, the lake had always been a thorn in my side. I think in my best tournament I finished in the high 40s, and that was when the bite was […]

OD on B.A.S.S. Champlain

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2017 Elite Series | Lake Champlain | Plattsburgh, NY 7th Place | 15 fish, 55-07 Coming off a 99th place finish at the St. Lawrence, it would’ve been easy to get depressed about losing my lead in the AOY race, but as odd as it might sound it allowed me to fish more relaxed at the next tournament. […]