2016 Elite Series Cayuga Lake Union Springs, NY 13th Place / 15 fish, 53-01 When the Elite Series visited Cayuga in 2014 I had a subpar tournament, but I knew that this season’s event was taking place at a different time of year, and coming off a good finish at Texoma I wanted to keep the […]
OD on B.A.S.S. Fest
2016 Elite Series BASSfest Lake Texoma Durant, Oklahoma 5th Place / 20 fish, 56-11 Prior to BASSfest, I’d never seen or fished Lake Texoma. To be totally honest, I didn’t even know much about it because there hadn’t been any major events there in recent years. I looked up the […]
OD on B.A.S.S. Toledo Bend
2016 Elite Series Toledo Bend Many, Louisiana 14th Place / 15 fish, 52-11 My past tournament history on Toledo Bend included two good finishes and one poor one, so I was looking forward to this event. It has always been a good lake, but it was recently ranked the best bass fishery in the country and […]
OD on B.A.S.S. – Wheeler Lake
2016 Elite Series Wheeler Lake Decatur, Alabama 36th Place / 15 fish, 36-01 When we visited Wheeler in 2011 I finished 5th, and I felt like I had the bites to win. I’ve always felt that it was the worst lake on the Tennessee River, but the one that I like the best, if that makes […]
OD on B.A.S.S. Arkansas
2016 Elite Series Norfork/Bull Shoals Mountain Home, Arkansas 32nd Place / 15 fish, 38-07 This tournament marked the first time that B.A.S.S. held a tournament in which the entire field alternated between two lakes over the course of the tournament. We’ve fished Bull Shoals twice in Elite Series competition and one time I’d finished 36th and […]
OD on B.A.S.S. – Winyah Bay
2016 Elite Series Winyah Bay Georgetown, South Carolina 83rd Place / 5 fish, 12-02 I was excited to compete in a tournament on the Winyah Bay system, a place that few anglers on the Elite Series had ever fished before. It was a blank slate, but it also presented what seemed like endless miles of water, […]
OD on B.A.S.S. AOY Championship Sturgeon Bay
2015 Bassmaster Elite Series Angler of the Year Championship Sturgeon Bay Door County, Wisconsin 7th Place / 15 fish, 45-04 We’d all heard stories about how awesome the Sturgeon Bay fishery can be. We’d come close to it a few years back when we fished Green Bay, but the off-limits line was drawn so that we […]
OD on B.A.S.S. – St. Clair
2015 Bassmaster Elite Series Lake St. Clair Detroit, Michigan 92nd Place / 8 fish, 24-05 I’ve spent more time in tour level competition on the waters in and around St. Clair than just about anywhere else. Between Erie, St. Clair and the Detroit River, I’ve fished two or three FLW events, two or three EverStarts, […]
OD on B.A.S.S. Fest
2015 Bassmaster Elite Series Kentucky Lake Paris, Tennessee 17th Place / 15 fish, 59-03 I have quite a bit of tournament experience on Kentucky Lake over my years on the water, including one FLW Tour event, a number of local and regional championships, and numerous weekend events. The Tennessee River usually treats me pretty well, and […]
OD on B.A.S.S. – Lake Havasu
2015 Bassmaster Elite Series Lake Havasu Lake Havasu City, Arizona 17th Place / 15 fish, 44-07 Heading straight to Havasu for an abbreviated practice period after a successful tournament on the California Delta, I was excited for another new experience. I knew Havasu is super-clear, but other than that I was a novice on the desert […]