Despite the brutally hot temperatures, Smith Lake proved to be a tremendous playing field for the TNT Fireworks Bassmaster Elite. Alabama bass were plentiful, and anglers had no problem boating fish. Each day of the event had a new angler on top of the leaderboard.
Let’s get into the best and worst Rapala Bassmaster Fantasy Fishing Picks.
The overall Rapala Bassmaster Fantasy winner of the TNT Fireworks Bassmaster Elite at Smith Lake was (“Reelbayoudude”), who selected four of the five picks that would have made up the perfect roster. Overall Rank: No. 1, Total Points 1,458.
BUCKET A: Jay Przekurat
BUCKET B: Robert Gee
BUCKET C: Taku Ito
BUCKET D: Bob Downey
BUCKET E: Matthew Robertson
The perfect Fantasy Fishing roster for the TNT Fireworks Bassmaster Elite at Smith Lake would have been:
BUCKET A: Jay Przekurat
BUCKET B: Robert Gee
BUCKET C: Taku Ito
BUCKET D: Bob Downey
BUCKET E: Cole Sands
Total: 1,468
BUCKET A: PRZEKURAT
Jay Przekurat – 290 points/4.3%
Second best selection: Cory Johnston – 285 points/0.8%
Lowest scoring angler: John Cox – 93 points/6.2%
BUCKET B: GEE
Robert Gee – 300 points/35.9%
Second best selection: Justin Atkins – 254 points/6.2%
Lowest scoring angler: Hank Cherry –98 points/3.2%
BUCKET C: ITO
Taku Ito – 280 points/0.1%
Second best selection: Kyoya Fujita – 251 points/14.4%
Lowest scoring angler: Mark Menendez – 83 points/0.3%
BUCKET D: DOWNEY
Bob Downey – 248 points/4.8%
Second best selection: Bryan New – 237 points/3.3%
Lowest scoring angler: Bill Lowen – 91 points/0.4%
BUCKET E: SANDS
Cole Sands – 245 points/10.7%
Second best selection: Matt Robertson – 235 points/4.7%
Lowest scoring angler: Cliff Prince – 81 points/2.2%
