Technically, James Elam won the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year Championship on Lake Chatuge, but Justin Lucas was the big winner. Lucas finished seventh, which solidified his first Angler of the Year title, as he bested runner-up Josh Bertrand, who actually opted not to fish the final day due to the arrival of his
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Bertrand Stays Hot, Wins at St. Lawrence
Josh Bertrand was already having the season of his life. Then he went and won his first major tournament. Prior to this year, Bertrand really hadn’t made much noise since making a pair of top 10s his rookie season on the Elites. From 2014-17, he made one top 10. This year? He’s made three, capped
Movers & Shakers: Minors Update, Classic Preparation
Last week was a busy one. The next two will be worse.
In the last week we had a new No. 1 angler in the world (Kevin VanDam), some major shifting in the Majors World Ranking and now, we’re only days away from the Bassmaster Classic.
Before we talk about our Classic coverage, we did want to touch upon the Bass Open from a week ago. With all the chaos following the FLW Tour Open at Okeechobee, the Central Open at Lewisville kind of got lost. So we wanted to find it. It is a Movers & Shakers article after all.