Big Bass Big Stage Big Dreams
Dream big – Brandon Lester
Learn more about the career of Bassmaster Elite Seris angler Brandon Lester.
Big Bass Big Stage Big Dreams
Big Bass Big Stage Big Dreams
Meet the Elites: Todd Auten
Veteran Todd Auten of Lake Wylie, S.C., is now in his third decade of fishing professional events, and his resume now records more than 140 total B.A.S.S. events alone. Like...
Big Bass Big Stage Big Dreams
Meet the Elites: Skylar Hamilton
Skylar Hamilton is fishing his third Bassmaster Elite Series season at age 24, and though admittedly young, the Tennessean is anything but a tournament neophyte. Hamilton began fishing club tournaments...
Big Bass Big Stage Big Dreams
Meet the Elites: Mark Menendez
Somewhere inside Mark Menendez’s Kentucky home, in a dark space, tucked safely away from the rest of the world, is a yearbook from Paducah Tilghman High School that belonged to...
Big Bass Big Stage Big Dreams
Meet the Elites: Chris Johnston
Some kids grew up idolizing mainstream athletes — Chris Johnston wasn’t one of them. As a young kid, he grew up around some of Canada’s best tournament fisherman like Bob...
Big Bass Big Stage Big Dreams
Meet the Elites: Yusuke Miyazaki
Every angler who qualified for the 2019 Bassmaster Elite Series is grateful for the chance to compete. But none of them likely are as thankful as Yusuke Miyazaki. Miyazaki, the 48-year-old,...
Big Bass Big Stage Big Dreams
Meet The Elites: Shane LeHew
Shane LeHew belongs to the new generation of Bassmaster Elite Series anglers who polished their skills in college bass fishing tournaments before rising to the pro ranks. The 30-year-old LeHew’s...
Big Bass Big Stage Big Dreams
Meet the Elites: Paul Mueller
Editor’s note: Paul Mueller won the Toyota Bassmaster Elite at Lake Lanier, the second Elite tournament of the 2019 season, with 69 pounds. His win came just a week after...
Big Bass Big Stage Big Dreams
Meet the Elites: Jason Williamson
“Nobody on their deathbed has ever said, ‘I wish I had spent more time at the office.’” Jason Williamson lives by that axiom. Now, he does his best competing on...
Big Bass Big Stage Big Dreams
Meet the Elites: Kyle Monti
Kyle Monti has worked a lot of jobs, despite being only 26 years old. They include supermarket clerk, bartender, telephone call center customer service representative and systems engineer for a...
