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CLARENDON COUNTY, S.C. — Brandon Palaniuk’s Santee Cooper Lakes hot streak continued on Day 2 of the 2026 Yokohama Tire Bassmaster Elite at Santee Cooper Lakes. The Idaho native landed 29 pounds, 15 ounces to take the lead with a two-day total of 59-0.  “The Prodigy” anchored his limit with an 8-6 postspawn largemouth, a bass that…

CLARENDON COUNTY, S.C. — On paper, there are few similarities between southern Canada and the Lowcountry of South Carolina, but Cory Johnston feels at home one way or the other.  The 41-year-old from Peterborough, Ontario brought in a limit weighing 29 pounds, 6 ounces to take the Day 1 lead at the 2026 Yokohama Tire Bassmaster Elite at…

PARIS, Tenn. — Down with the bad, up with the good. That’s an oversimplification of Kentucky Lake’s complex ecosystem, but it’s a fair summary for a major chapter in the lake’s history. The final impoundment in the Tennessee River’s nine-lake chain, Kentucky Lake will host the majority of the action during the Turtlebox Bassmaster Open at…

LA CROSSE, Wis. —  As the saying goes, close only counts in horseshoes and hand-grenades. Exact ties, however, count in a lot of places, including the Mercury B.A.S.S. Nation Qualifier at Mississippi River presented by Lowrance. Ties, of course, are meant to be broken, and so it was on Sunday afternoon when 30-year-old Justin Yenter, who led…

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Paul Marks’ day did not begin the way he’d wanted, but it ended the way he’d dreamed. The difference — a gut call that changed his trajectory and put a second blue trophy on his mantle, this one from the Tedy’s Team Bassmaster Elite at Lake Murray. Marks, who makes his home in Cumming,…

Wisconsin pro Justin Yenter maintains the lead on Day 2 of the Mercury B.A.S.S. Nation Qualifier at Mississippi River presented by Lowrance with a two-day total of 38 pounds, 9 ounces.  Photo by Solomon Glenn/B.A.S.S. May 9, 2026 Wisconsin’s Justin Yenter setting the pace at B.A.S.S Nation Qualifier on upper Mississippi River LA CROSSE, Wis. —  Justin Yenter lives in…

COLUMBIA, S.C. — If we compared Brandon Cobb’s day to a cookie, it would be an Oreo — two good things with something really sweet in the middle. Spoiler alert: we’re talking three big bites that helped put the South Carolina pro into first place in the Tedy’s Team Bassmaster Elite at Lake Murray with a three-day total…

LA CROSSE, Wis. — River fishing can be tricky at times, but Wisconsin anglers put their best effort forward Friday on Day 1 of the Mercury B.A.S.S. Nation Qualifier at Mississippi River presented by Lowrance. Justin Yenter caught a five-bass limit of 20 pounds, 6 ounces to take the Day 1 lead in the tournament…

COLUMBIA, S.C. — One of the oldest and most revered angling axioms states: “Don’t leave fish to find fish.” Honoring that timeless truth, Bryant Smith of Roseville, Calif., sacked up a five-bass limit of 24 pounds, 7 ounces and improved to first place at the Tedy’s Team Bassmaster Elite at Lake Murray with a two-day total of 46-6. Smith,…

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Emil Wagner’s formula was simple: Expectation and execution. Combined, those two elements yielded a five-bass limit of 25 pounds, 7 ounces that leads Day 1 of the Tedy’s Team Bassmaster Elite at Lake Murray. “I started the morning with a 5-pounder and between 9:30 and 11, I caught almost all my weight and (this…