Despite being later in the year, the St. Johns River still provided an unbelievable playing field for the Elites as power-fishing techniques thrived. Cory Johnston claimed his first Elite Series win primarily sight fishing, with a mixed in flipping approach.
Let’s get into the best and worst Fantasy Fishing picks from the MAXAM Tire Bassmaster Elite at St. Johns River.
The overall Rapala Bassmaster Fantasy winner of the MAXAM Tire Bassmaster Elite at St. Johns River was (“AmandaM54”), who selected two of the five picks that would have made up the perfect roster. Overall Rank: No. 1, Total Points 1,354.
BUCKET A: Jordan Lee
BUCKET B: Matt Arey
BUCKET C: Jason Christie
BUCKET D: Brad Whatley
BUCKET E: Scott Canterbury
The perfect Fantasy Fishing roster for the MAXAM Tire Bassmaster Elite at St. Johns River would have been:
BUCKET A: Cory Johnston
BUCKET B: Matt Arey
BUCKET C: Drew Benton
BUCKET D: Brad Whatley
BUCKET E: Ray Hanselman
Total: 1,507
BUCKET A: JOHNSTON
Cory Johnston – 315 points/3.3%
Second best selection: Chris Johnston – 280 points/6.6%
Lowest scoring angler: Kyoya Fujita – 69 points/3.9%
BUCKET B: AREY
Matt Arey – 264 points/5.0%
Second best selection: Brandon Lester – 251 points/25.1%
Lowest scoring angler: Jeff Gustafson –73 points/2.3%
BUCKET C: BENTON
Drew Benton – 285 points/4.2%
Second best selection: Jason Christie – 272 points/8.6%
Lowest scoring angler: David Gaston – 93 points/0.2%
BUCKET D: WHATLEY
Brad Whatley – 375 points/0.3%
Second best selection: Logan Latuso – 260 points/1.6%
Lowest scoring angler: Michael Iaconelli – 83 points/5.5%
BUCKET E: HANSELMAN
Ray Hanselman – 268 points/0.1%
Second best selection: Bob Downey – 245 points/1.6%
Lowest scoring angler: Cliff Prince – 79 points/24.1%
