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Scott Martin
Years as a full-time pro angler: 22 years
Signature technique/strength: Versatility
Home waters: Lake Okeechobee
Favorite place to fish: Lake Champlain
Career highlights: After a successful FLW career that included eight FLW Tour event wins plus the 2011 Forrest Wood Cup Championship and over $3 million in winnings, Scott qualified for the 2021 Elites through the Bassmaster Eastern Opens.
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Hilary Martin
Daughter of Scott Martin, fishes for the University of Alabama.
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James Watson
Missouri native James Watson is the only professional angler in the world who can claim to be both a former drill sergeant in the U.S. Army and a Bass Pro Shops Open winner. Watson won the Bass Pro Shops Central Open in 2015, and also claimed the 2016 FLW Invitational on Lake Norris, Tennessee. Watson is a member of the USA Bass Fishing Team.
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Cody Huff
Years as a full-time pro angler: 3 years
Signature technique/strength: Fishing deep
Home waters: Bull Shoals Lake
Favorite place to fish: Bull Shoals Lake
Career highlights: Cody is a rising star, following up his 2019 Bassmaster College Classic Bracket victory and a successful career at Bethel University with the 2021 Central Opens Angler of the Year title.
Did you know: Cody first met iconic angler and now-mentor Rick Clunn when he pulled Clunn’s young son, River, from the waters of Bull Shoals.
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Pat Schlapper
Years as a full-time pro angler: 2 years
Signature technique/strength: Electronics
Home waters: Chetek Chain of Lakes
Favorite place to fish: Chippewa Flowage
Career highlights: Pat joined the ranks of the 2021 Elites after double-qualifying by winning the TNT B.A.S.S. Nation Championship and finishing third in the Bassmaster Eastern Opens Angler of the Year standings for 2020.
Did you know: Pat is a whiz at “Name That Tune.”
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Jeremy Lawyer
A recent member of the bass fishing “Million Dollar Club” for career earnings, Jeremy Lawyer qualified into the Bass Pro Tour in 2022 and promptly went 6-for-7 on Knockout Rounds and finished 14th in Angler of the Year standings. The Missouri pro was the winner of the 2019 Pro Circuit event on Grand Lake, a 2018 Toyota Series event at Lake of the Ozarks and the 2016 Phoenix Bass Fishing League All-American on Lake Barkley.
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Mike McClelland
Arkansas native Mike McClelland earned the nickname “McStick” the old-fashioned way: by winning eight tour-level events and collecting 35 Top-10 finishes and more than $2 million in winnings during his career.