The Progressive Bassmaster Elite Series is the highest level of professional bass fishing tournaments. Competitors must qualify for the series through the St. Croix Bassmaster Opens or the B.A.S.S. Nation, and anglers who are already on the Elite Series must re-qualify each year by maintaining enough points throughout the season. The pro anglers compete all season for the opportunity to win points toward the Progressive Bassmaster Angler of the Year award and to qualify for the Bassmaster Classic.
The series was founded in 2006. Its predecessors were the Bassmaster Tour, Top 150 and Top 100.
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Fishing tough rivers
A lot of people don’t like fishing rivers like the Tombigbee and the Arkansas, which are on the Progressive Bassmaster Elite Series schedule this year. The same can be said...
Loony Toons at Guntersville
I stayed with fellow pro Tristan McCormick at his Nashville home prior to the first Progressive Bassmaster Elite Series tournament of the season. As I drove through an ice storm...
Advice for the 2026 Elite Series rookies
Since the end of the 2025 Progressive Bassmaster Elite Series season, I’ve thought a lot about the ups and downs of my first year on tour. We’ll have a new...
Back to work on the Elite Series
Coming back this season after the heart situation wasn’t about making a statement.
The differences between bass and redfish
Growing up in Florida, the largemouth bass has always been my favorite species of fish to catch. Everything about a bass is awesome. The way they hide in cover and...
Big bass of Lake Martin
Fisher Anaya dials in spotted bass bite to become second-youngest Elite winner
Old grubs and a new Tundra win Hank Cherry money at Guntersville
Watching Hank Cherry win the FXR Bassmaster Elite at Lake Guntersville with a few packs of old-school chartreuse grubs on a jighead was simply spectacular.
Top lures at Lake Martin 2026
See early prespawn baits used by the pros for spotted bass and largemouth.
Behind the scenes: Day 4 at Lake Martin
Go beind the scenes on Day 4 of the Lippert Bassmaster Elite at Lake Martin!
Weigh-in: Day 4 at Lake Martin
Check out photos of the Day 4 weigh-in at the Lippert Bassmaster Elite at Lake Martin!
Elite: Best of final day at Lake Martin
See the best shots from Championship Sunday at the 2026 Lippert Bassmaster Elite at Lake Martin!
The fable of Fisher Anaya comes to fruition at Lake Martin
In his second Elite Series tournament, Fisher Anaya claims the win at Lake Martin with a four-day total of 54 pounds, 6 ounces. Today, he brought in the biggest bag of the day at 15 pounds, 12 ounces, to edge out the win by a pound and a half. The talented rookie is on a serious hot streak and he's only getting started at the Lippert Bassmaster Elite at Lake Martin!
