Alabama Bass Tournament History
Recent Bassmaster and Alabama Bass Trail results across the lakes we cover — winning weight and the lure that got it done, most recent first.
| Date | Event | Lake | Angler | Weight | Primary Lure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02 | FXR Bassmaster Elite at Lake Guntersville (first non-FFS Elite) | Lake Guntersville | Hank Cherry | 88 lbs 11 oz | Chartreuse soft-plastic grub on a jighead, wound around shallow grass |
| 2026-02 | Lippert Bassmaster Elite at Lake Martin | Lake Martin | Fisher Anaya | 54 lbs 6 oz | Rapala CrushCity Freeloader on 1/4-oz jighead + fuzzy dice wacky rig |
| 2026-02 | Epic Baits NPFL Championship at Smith Lake | Lewis Smith Lake | Patrick Walters | 44 lbs 11 oz | Crankbait on Sipsey Fork mudline + Pulse Fish HD All Purpose Jig + wacky rig kicker |
| 2026 | Alabama Bass Trail South Division — Lake Jordan (scheduled venue) | Lake Jordan | TBD | TBD | Lake Jordan is a confirmed South Division venue on the 2026 Alabama Bass Trail Tournament Series calendar (abt 100 trail + tournament series) — two-day team format, multiple South Division stops historically held on Jordan. |
| 2025-10 | Nitro Boats Bassmaster Elite Qualifier at Wheeler Lake presented by Bass Pro Shops | Wheeler Lake | Laker Howell | 65 lbs 11 oz | Bone-colored Livingston Lures Walking Boss topwater over a Decatur Flats shell saddle |
| 2025-10 | Bassmaster Lunker Club — Wilson Lake Entry (Sept/Oct 2025) | Wilson Lake | Kyle Hardy | 7 lbs 3 oz | 4-inch Jenko Booty Shaker |
| 2025-05 | MLF Toyota Series Central Division — Lake Guntersville | Lake Guntersville | Isaac Peavyhouse | 63 lbs 10 oz | Strike King 10XD crankbait on offshore ledges (Yank-Um Custom Tackle jig + jighead minnow backup) |
| 2025-04 | MLF REDCREST Championship — Lake Guntersville | Lake Guntersville | Dustin Connell | Bass Pro Tour Knockout format | Crush City Freeloader on a scrounge head + Crush City Mooch Minnow on a 3/8-oz VMC jighead — fished the current near the dam while the field stayed in shallow grass |
| 2024-10 | St. Croix Bassmaster Open at Lake Martin | Lake Martin | Bobby Bakewell | 35 lbs 15 oz | ½-oz Greenfish Tackle Toad Toter buzzbait (white/silver) |
| 2024-06 | Alabama Bass Trail 100 — Event 2 (Weiss Lake) | Weiss Lake | Zeke Gossett & Ethan King | 18.75 lbs | Strike King Sexy Frog (black) + Strike King swim jig (brim color) on shallow grass under cloud cover |
| 2024-05 | St. Croix Bassmaster Open at Logan Martin presented by SEVIIN | Logan Martin Lake | See Bassmaster leaderboard | Tournament field spanning shallow-spawn and offshore-spot patterns | Shallow: chatterbait / wacky worm on back-of-pocket spawners. Deep: drop-shot on main-lake offshore spotted bass. |
| 2024-03 | National Crappie League — Weiss Lake | Weiss Lake | Doug & Renee Allen | 9.74 lbs (5-fish) | Crappie rig (National Crappie League event, Cedar Bluff) |
| 2023-10 | Alabama Bass Trail 10th Anniversary Championship | Weiss Lake | Terry Tucker & Jeremy Green | 31.74 lbs (2 days) | 1/2-oz and 3/8-oz white spinnerbait (rotating sizes to cover the water column) |
| 2023-01 | Alabama Bass Trail 100 — Lake Wedowee (season opener) | Lake Wedowee | Rusty White Jr. & Brian Elder | 20.07 lbs (5 fish) | Strike King custom-painted Chick Magnet crankbait (5-6 ft), Blue Ridge Bait Co. Roller Shad (deeper), True Shot Custom Lures Roller Spinnerbait — isolated structure in 2-8 ft next to deep water |
| 2023-01 | Alabama Bass Trail 100 — Lake Wedowee (2nd place) | Lake Wedowee | Brian Adamson & Ryan Lloyd | 18.50 lbs (5 fish) | Zoom Swimmer swimbait (shad), Strike King 6XD (citrus shad), Big Sac brown jig — main-river flat on the south end with sunken-boat structure |
| 2022-11 | Phoenix Bass Fishing League Wild Card Regional (Ingalls Harbor) | Wheeler Lake | MLF BFL Wild Card field | Two-day cumulative | Mixed shallow grass and offshore ledge patterns — Decatur Flats and Flint Creek area |
| 2022-06 | Whataburger Bassmaster Elite at Pickwick Lake | Pickwick Lake | Brandon Lester | 86 lbs 1 oz | Strike King 4.0 Magnum Squarebill crankbait in chartreuse shad |
| 2022-04 | MLF Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Stop 3 at Pickwick Lake | Pickwick Lake | Jon Canada | 20 lbs (Championship Sunday limit) | Reaction Innovations Flirt Worm drop-shot in green pumpkin; swim jig on isolated stumps |
| 2022-03 | MLF Bass Pro Tour — Favorite Fishing Stage Three Presented by Mercury | Lewis Smith Lake | Dustin Connell | 71 lbs 2 oz (Championship Round — 33 bass) | Pitched bait to spotted bass stacked on a main-lake rock ridge with current from dam generation |
| 2021-12 | B.A.S.S. Nation Team Championship Classic Fish-Off at Lake Eufaula | Lake Eufaula | Jordan Wiggins (2020 Fish-Off) | Classic berth earned | Hydrilla mat and grass-edge pattern — Eufaula December largemouth |
| 2021-11 | Toyota Series Championship Presented by Guaranteed Rate at Pickwick Lake | Pickwick Lake | Brent Crow | 52 lbs 2 oz (3-day total) | Mixed spotted-bass and smallmouth pattern on rock; fell back on spots below Wilson Dam when flow was heavy |
| 2021-10 | Basspro.com Bassmaster Central Open | Lewis Smith Lake | Jacob Powroznik | 37 lbs 9 oz | V&M Drop Shad on 3/16-1/4-oz jighead — suspended spotted bass on standing timber |
| 2021-05 | Basspro.com Bassmaster Central Open at Pickwick Lake | Pickwick Lake | Joey Nania | 58 lbs 2 oz | 3/4-oz Z-Man ChatterBait JackHammer (green pumpkin shad) early; Z-Man Mag FattyZ on 3/16-oz shaky head on Championship Saturday |
| 2021-05 | Whataburger Bassmaster Elite at Neely Henry Lake | Neely Henry Lake | Wes Logan | 57 lbs 9 oz (4 days, 20 bass) | 5/8-oz Dirty Jigs Matt Herren flipping jig (black/blue) with Zoom Big Salty Chunk; Dirty Jigs No Jack swim jig with Zoom Super Speed Craw; frog; custom-painted crankbait |
| 2021-03 | MLF Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Stop 2 | Lewis Smith Lake | John Cox | 62 lbs 4 oz | Black-and-blue Dirty Jigs Swim Jig + Berkley PowerBait MaxScent Meaty Chunk — far up Ryan Creek |
| 2020-03 | Bassmaster Classic | Lake Guntersville | Hank Cherry | 65 lbs 5 oz | Megabass 110+1 jerkbait (GP Stain Reaction OB) on causeway rocks, working schooling gizzard shad via LiveScope |
| 2019-05 | MLF Bass Pro Tour Stage Five Presented by Mercury | Lewis Smith Lake | Dean Rojas | 47 lbs 0 oz (Championship Round) | Crankbait / swim jig / frog / swimbait — Ryan Creek Arm bush-bank shad spawn |
| 2018-02 | Bassmaster Elite Series at Lake Martin | Lake Martin | Takahiro Omori | 59 lbs 8 oz | Lucky Craft 1.5 square-bill crankbait (T.O. craw) |
| 2016-02 | Alabama Bass Trail North Division Opener | Lewis Smith Lake | Mark McCaig & Tim Hurst | 22 lbs 11 oz | Shaky head, swimbait, jerkbait, spinnerbait rotation on spotted bass |
| 2015-03 | Alabama Bass Trail Northern Division Event 2 (Neely Henry) | Neely Henry Lake | Rusty Strickland & Charles Hemm | 21.02 lbs (5-fish) | Upriver spawning-water bag pitched through a 30-degree cold front — $10,000 first place plus $7,000 Phoenix Boats First Flight bonus |
| 2014-02 | Bassmaster Classic | Lake Guntersville | Randy Howell | 67 lbs 8 oz | Rapala DT-6 crankbait + Livingston Howeller in Guntersville Craw on Spring Creek bridge riprap |
| 2010-02 | Bassmaster Classic XL (40th) | Lay Lake | Kevin VanDam | 51 lbs 6 oz | ½-oz Strike King Red Eye Shad lipless crankbait (plain gold + gold Sexy Shad) on coontail in Beeswax Creek, 2-10 ft, 17- and 20-lb fluorocarbon |
| 2007-02 | Bassmaster Classic | Lay Lake | Boyd Duckett | 49 lbs 6 oz | First Alabama angler to win the Classic on his home lake — mixed grass-and-wood Coosa pattern |
| 2002-07 | CITGO Bassmaster Classic | Lay Lake | Jay Yelas | 45 lbs 14 oz | Texas-rigged soft-plastic on Lay Lake summer grass + shad-pattern crankbaits on offshore cover |
| 1998 | Wheeler Lake first major career win (Randy Howell) | Wheeler Lake | Randy Howell | Career-launching Wheeler tournament win at age 24 | Era-typical Tennessee River crankbait and jig pattern — cited by son Laker Howell in 2025 victory recap |
| 1997-08 | Bassmaster Classic at Logan Martin Lake | Logan Martin Lake | Dion Hibdon | Classic win — only father-and-son Classic winners (Guido + Dion Hibdon) | Finesse worm / shaky-head pattern on pressured Coosa fish |
| 1996-08 | Bassmaster Classic | Lay Lake | George Cochran | 31 lbs 10 oz | Jig-and-pig on shallow wood and spinnerbait in Coosa River current seams during the hottest Classic on record |
| 1993 | Bassmaster Classic at Logan Martin Lake | Logan Martin Lake | David Fritts | Classic win | Medium-diving crankbait pattern |
| 1992 | Bassmaster Classic at Logan Martin Lake | Logan Martin Lake | Robert Hamilton | Classic win | Finesse plastics and crankbaits on Coosa River structure |
| 1976-10 | Bassmaster Classic VI | Lake Guntersville | Rick Clunn | 59 lbs 14 oz | Bagley Honey B crankbait + modified Fleck Weed-Wader spinnerbait buzzed over a milfoil hump in Brown's Creek |