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Alton Jones Jr.'s Pattern, Baits & Gear Alton Jones Jr. gave himself a day to get over it. Following a 3rd-place finish at the Lake Champlain Northern Open that left him one point - ONE! - away from clinching an invitation to join his father as a Bassmaster Elite Series angler in 2017, the...

2nd Place - Chris Lane's Pattern, Baits & Gear Chris Lane had never before thrown a Dahlberg Whopper Plopper, now marketed by River2Sea, before coming to Toledo Bend. "My neighbor (in Guntersville, Ala.) gave me two of them and asked me if I wanted to try them," he said. "I told him that I'd...

Kevin VanDam's Pattern, Baits & Gear Winning a Bassmaster Elite Series event is tougher than ever, the seven-time Angler of the Year and four time Classic champion asserts. The competition is more knowledgeable and better skilled and everybody has access to the best equipment (particularly...

2nd Place - Dave Lefebre's Pattern, Baits & Gear Lefebre, the former FLW stalwart who's in his initial campaign on the Elite Series, had visited Wheeler just one other time when it contained pre-spawn fish. He'd had some success with a bladed jig on that occasion, and the first thing he did...

Randall Tharp's Pattern, Baits & Gear If Randall Tharp were to visit Lake Norfork to go fun-fishing, he’d tie on a jig and go down some rocky banks, target the stair-step rocks and crevices in between. That’s easy for him to say – that’s exactly how he fished all 4 days en route to winning his...