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
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. Grand Lake
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. – Bassmaster Classic
2018 Bassmaster Classic Lake Hartwell Greenville, South Carolina 6th Place | 15 fish, 42-13 This year’s Bassmaster Classic marked my seventh in a row, and my second time fishing one on Hartwell. I was excited because they’ve moved it back a few weeks, which meant that the fish were likely to be mostly shallow. On top […]
OD on B.A.S.S. – St. Clair
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
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. […]
OD on B.A.S.S. – St. Lawrence River
2017 Elite Series | St. Lawrence River | Waddington, NY 99th Place | 8 fish, 26-03 Prior to 2017 the Elite Series had visited the St. Lawrence River twice and my two results were very different from each other. In 2013 I kept things really simple, fishing a dropshot and a tube from start to finish, and I […]
OD on B.A.S.S. – Sam Rayburn
2017 Elite Series Sam Rayburn Reservoir Lufkin, Texas 35th Place | 15 fish, 51-07 I had no prior tournament history on Sam Rayburn, but after the Classic at Conroe I stayed around for a one-day media event there and subsequently fished the Brian Robison charity event. I’d heard all of the stories about how great it […]
OD on B.A.S.S. Classic 2017
2017 Bassmaster Classic Lake Conroe Houston, Texas 5th Place | 15 fish, 48-12 Prior to this Classic I’d been to Conroe multiple time for the TTBC but I wasn’t sure how much that would help me. I’d finished 4th there once when the water was 7 feet low, but this time it was at full pool. […]
OD on B.A.S.S. – Okeechobee
2017 Elite Series Lake Okeechobee Okeechobee, Florida 2nd Place | 20 fish, 82-01 After a solid start at Cherokee, I wanted to keep the momentum going in Florida. Even though I’d finished 15th there in an Elite Series tournament in 2012, I’ve never considered Florida-style fishing to be my strong suit. Nevertheless, I enjoy the weather […]