TYLER, Texas – Despite being from Tennessee, something about Texas just ‘fits’ with pro angler Ott DeFoe. DeFoe, of Blaine, Tennessee, boated four scorable bass weighing 16 pounds, 6 ounces to top the final-day Championship Round and win the top prize of $100,000 at the Major League Fishing (MLF) General Tire Heavy Hitters Presented by Bass Pro Shops on Lake Palestine. DeFoe won by a narrow 12-ounce margin over pro Justin Lucas of Guntersville, Alabama, who caught four bass totaling 15-10.

QUITMAN, Texas – While Alton Jones was wrapping up the Group B automatic berth into the Championship Round of Toro Stage Two Presented by Grundéns,

QUITMAN, Texas – The second stop on the 2022 Bass Pro Tour – Toro Stage Two Presented by Grundéns on Lake Fork – was defined by big bass, cold weather, and a nail-biting finish. It was also heavily dominated by forward-facing sonar, which anglers employed both shallow and deep, with a variety of baits. A handful also went “old school” with shallow-water lures like spinnerbaits.

If there’s any smallmouth fishery in the world that’ll test your toughness, it’s Lake Champlain. As one of the roughest lakes on the Bass Pro Tour schedule, it challenged Justin Lucas to stay focused while waves were crashing over the bow. Lucas was up for the challenge: “I want to set the boat down in 4-footers, and let’s go catch ‘em.” Watch the latest episode of “4 to 8 with Justin Lucas” powered by Under Armour Fish now!

August 14, 2020 — Weighing the biggest bag of the day in big wind, Justin Lucas took down Jacob Wheeler by just 1 ounce to win the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Super Tournament on Lake Erie. With 19 pounds, 10 ounces on day four, Lucas totaled 79-2 for the win. Because of the Phoenix FLW BONUS, he took home an additional $35,000 in contingency money for a total paycheck of $160,000.

The 10 anglers in today’s Championship Round of the Covercraft Stage Five Presented by Abu Garcia were a great mix.

The group included a newly crowned Points Champion, three Bass Pro Tour Stage winners, and four past Bassmaster Classic Champions.

It was a solid mix of both seasoned veterans and first-time Championship Round anglers. Whoever ended up winning would have to earn it as this field was stacked from top to bottom.

Although he makes his living fishing on the front deck of his Phoenix boat, MLF pro Justin Lucas spends as much (or more!) time in between competition rounds and Bass Pro Tour events working out of a four-wheeled tackle garage that includes an A.R.E. Z Series truck cap. We caught up with Lucas in between rounds for a look at what’s under his A.R.E. truck cap.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. – Heavy Hitters on the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes in Florida demonstrated the variety of methods available to catch bass in what many anglers previously considered a one- or two-dimensional, “Florida-staples-only” time frame. The world witnessed the Bass Pro Tour pros fishing everything from extreme shallows in narrow canals, to fishing hard bottom areas by boat locks, to Skeet Reese and Adrian Avena fishing in what looked more like Disney World’s Jungle Cruise than the open waters of the Kissimmee Chain. Here’s how the Top 10 caught them