The Bassmaster Elite Series is the highest level of professional bass fishing tournaments. Competitors must qualify for the series through the St. Croix Bassmaster Opens or the TNT Fireworks B.A.S.S. Nation, and anglers who are already on the Elite Series must re-qualify each year by maintaining enough points throughout the season. The pro anglers compete all season for the opportunity to win points toward the Progressive Bassmaster Angler of the Year award and to qualify for the Bassmaster Classic.
The series was founded in 2006. Its predecessors were the Bassmaster Tour, Top 150 and Top 100.
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Smith overcomes discomfort at Champlain
PLATTSBURG, N.Y. — Even though Elite Series rookie Bryant Smith had never competed on Lake Champlain, you might expect the California native would feel a certain comfort level here. He...
Champlain: Behind the scenes on Day 1
Take a behind the scenes look at the Day 1 weigh-in of the Dakota Lithium Bassmaster Elite at Lake Champlain.
Day 1 weigh-in at Champlain
See the bass that were brought to the stage on Day 1 of the Dakota Lithium Bassmaster Elite at Lake Champlain.
Elite Analysis: Champlain Day 1
I realized this morning how long I’ve been around the game when I thought back to my earliest awareness of Lake Champlain. I was fishing the co-angler side of a...
Champlain: Huff hammers ’em on Day 1
Cody Huff takes the Day 1 lead at the Dakota Lithium Bassmaster Elite at Lake Champlain with 23 pounds, 3 ounces.
Redwine and Benton battle on Day 1
Check in with Alex Redwine and Drew Benton as they battle it out on Day 1 of the Dakota Lithium Bassmaster Elite at Lake Champlain.
How rough is it?
Hank Cherry just made it back to the ramp, after a rough ride in. Cherry told the viewers on Bassmaster LIVE that the 14 minute run he made this morning...
Day 1 with Zaldain, LeHew and Co.
Catch up with Chris Zaldain, Shane LeHew and more Day 1 of the 2023 Dakota Lithium Bassmaster Elite at Lake Champlain.
Catchin’ ’em with Cobb
Follow along with Brandon Cobb as he gets to work on Day 1 of the 2023 Dakota Lithium Bassmaster Elite at Lake Champlain!
Elite: Day 1 on Champlain
Catch up with all the action on Day 1 of the 2023 Dakota Lithium Bassmaster Elite at Lake Champlain.
Welcher’s adventurous Day 1
See Kyle Welcher get to work Day 1 of the 2023 Dakota Lithium Bassmaster Elite at Lake Champlain!
Cobb giving up the goods
Current AOY leader Brandon Cobb is laying it all out there for the Bassmaster LIVE viewers. Cobb found schools of smallmouth during practice out in 20- to 50- feet of...
