After Day 1, the 2021 Elite Series tournament at Lake Fork is shaping up like the 2019 tournament here, only better. While there were three five-bass limits over 30 pounds in 2019 and only one Thursday, Patrick Walters first-place bag of 32-14 topped them. And the further you went down Thursday’s standings, the greater the discrepancy. Day 1 of the Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite set the stage for another whale of a tournament at Lake Fork.
May 2, 2019 April 22, 2021
25 lb. bags 8 8
20 lb. bags 19 36
50th place 13-5 18-9
5-bass limits 62/75 90/99