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DeFoe Still Stymied By Heavy Hitters Flop Monday, January 11, 2021 Photo: MLF Ott DeFoe had a flurry for the ages during the final period of last year's Bass Pro Tour event at Lake Fork/Lake Athens. By John Johnson BassFan Senior Editor Ott DeFoe posted Top-12 finishes in four of the five Bass Pro Tour regular-season events in 2020 and ended up 2nd on the points list to Jordan Lee. The lone outlier was the Heavy Hitters Derby at the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes, where he ended up 44th. In practice, he visited the moving-water locale that was exploited by Skeet Reese, Zack Birge and Adrian Ave...

B.A.S.S. releases Nation regional lineup Monday, January 11, 2021    B.A.S.S. today announced dates and locations for its five 2021 B.A.S.S. Nation Regional Championship events. Each event will provide opportunities for everyday anglers to qualify for the Nation Championship and a shot at one of three berths in the 2022 Bassmaster Classic. “As we’ve seen in the past with anglers like Paul Mueller and Brandon Palaniuk, who both won Elite Series events last year, the B.A.S.S. Nation can be the gateway to a stellar career in professional fishing,” said B.A.S.S. Nation director Jon St...

Jocumsen signs deal with Rapala Australia Monday, January 11, 2021    Rapala Australia has signed Bassmaster Elite Series competitor and Australia native Carl Jocumsen to a sponsorhship deal. We are proud of how hard Carl has worked and how far he has come over the past 10 years in the U.S. and are happy to help him strive to achieve his goal of fishing the Bassmaster Classic,” said Tim Morgan, Rapala Australia national sales and brand manager. “Now that he is using Rapala, I am sure he will achieve the goal even sooner.” The only Australian to qualify for and compete in the Elite...

COVID claims Pack    Mark Pack, a renowned bait-maker, Lake Fork guide and former FLW Tour winner, died Saturday after a month-long battle with COVID-19. He was 59. Pack competed for 10 seasons on the FLW Tour (2000-09). He won the 2008 event at Beaver Lake, outdueling runner-up and Bass Fishing Hall of Famer George Cochran. He'd previously fished a couple of seasons on the Bassmaster Top 150 trail and made one Classic appearance, finishing 17th in the 2000 edition at Lake Michigan out of Chicago. As the founder and president of Lake Fork Trophy Bait and Tackle Company, he was the dr...

Younger Frazier Overcame Rough Start To Make Elites Thursday, January 7, 2021 Marc Frazier double-qualified for the 2021 Elite Series via the Bassmaster Opens. By John Johnson BassFan Senior Editor Marc Frazier's second season competing in the Bassmaster Opens got off to an inauspicious start with a 112th-place finish at Florida's Kissimmee Chain in January 2020. The Georgia resident and younger brother of Elite Series pro Micah Frazier came to the sport after a 4-year college baseball career, however, so he was well-acquainted with the concept of putting one bad outing behind him and mov...