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It's on! The 2016 Bassmaster Elite Series is on! The 111 Elite pros are practicing on the St. Johns River system and Pros4- 1Source was lucky enough to have the 2014 St. Johns Elite champ Chris Lane give us a few minutes to talk about the St. Johns and the 2016 Elite Series season.
Florida in March is magical.
Stren pro Chris Lane has been on a roll since 2012. Lane won the Bassmaster Classic in 2012 and since then he's won a Bassmaster Elite Series event each year.
Just as no two snowflakes are alike, neither are the pros and their opinions on must-have fishing gear. But the common bond is supreme: confidence.
Scott Martin had a magical year fishing the FLW Tour in 2015. Funny thing. His magical year didn't start in January of this year. Nope. Started at the beginning of the 2014 FLW Tour season.
Josh Bertrand has to be one of the most amiable dudes on the Bassmaster Elite Series. Always willing to do an interview, chat, listen and laugh. Just a downright fun fella. However, that's not all there is to this third-year Mercury pro. Nope. There are some fishing skills there, too.
Strike King pro Keith Combs loves to fish deep water for largemouth bass. This is especially true during the summer months. The three-time Toyota Texas Bass Classic champ and Bassmaster Elite Series pro decided to take a few minutes to share his Top 3 tactics for dredging largies from the depths.
Deep cranking.
NITRO/Mercury pro Ott DeFoe has made a name for himself by consistently finishing in the money over the years. However, it's tough to categorize DeFoe's fishing style. Is he a power fisherman? Finesse man? Deep-water angler? Well, like every successful pro on the Bassmaster Elite Series, DeFoe is adept at almost every technique known today.
Mercury pro Brett Hite is certainly one of the top pros fishing the Bassmaster Elite Series. His first year on the Elites brought Hite a victory in addition to qualifying to fish the prestigious Bassmaster Classic. This year hasn't been as productive, but it's not been too bad.
Chris Lane is on a mega roll.
When followers of pro bass fishing hear the name Edwin Evers, they think many things like, Nitro pro, runs a Mercury, wins a lot, always smiling. Well, all of those thoughts are accurate. Evers is a Nitro/Mercury pro. Evers does smile a lot at the events. Oh yeah, he wins, a lot for a pro angler. In fact, Evers just finished off his 9th career Bassmaster victory at BASSfest on Kentucky Lake.
