BRANDON COBB
BASS Elite Tour Pro
Brandon Cobb is a Bassmaster Elite Series professional angler. His career on the Elite Series started out hot, with two wins during his first year on the elites. Although Brandon is a relative newcomer on the Bassmaster Series, his career began earlier on the FLW Tour. Through a 5 year stint on the FLW Tour, Brandon earned more than $400,000 dollars and finished in the top 10 in 4 consecutive Forrest Wood Cups. His victories on the Elite Series consisted of a wire to wire win at Lake Hartwell and a century club belt with a more than 114 pounds at Lake Fork.
You could say tournament fishing is in Brandon’s blood. He competed in his first tournament at 7 years old with his father. Tournament fishing progressed from local clubs with his father, to the BFL tournament trail, and now the Bassmaster Elite Series.
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BRANDON COULTER
MLF BPT Pro
Brandon began fishing local bass club tournaments at the age of 5 with his father just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. By the time he was 16 Brandon was the overall youngest qualifier for the Redman Regional. While he originally qualified through the Northeast division at 16, he accomplished this feat again at 17 and 18 years old through the Mountain Division while attending the University of Tennessee Knoxville. Coulter then took a 12 year hiatus from fishing to focus on attaining his marketing and advertising degree from UT, establishing his professional career path and starting his family. In 2001, Brandon rekindled his passion for fishing through local tournaments in the Knoxville area in which he won several team trail classics. In 2008 he decided to take his show on the road with the FLW tour. Brandon has since become a veteran of all 3 major fishing tours: FLW, The Bassmaster Elite Series and Major League Fishing. While on those tours he qualified for 3 Forrest Wood Cups, a Bassmaster Classic and his first season on Major League Fishing. Now a permanent Knoxville Native, Coulter is fishing the 2019 Major League Fishing/Bass Pro Tour.
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TIM FREDERICK
MLF Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit
Tim lives in Leesburg, FL, where he was raised fishing local tournaments on the Harris Chain and St. Johns River. While raising his son in Lake County, Florida Tim won almost every local event possible. This local success fueled his desire to compete on a regional and national level. Turning pro in 2012 Tim found success with a top five finish on his home lake in the BASSMASTER Southern Open. Tim then qualified for the FLW Tour through the FLW Costa Series during his rookie year of 2015. Since then, Tim has had 10 top 20 finishes, 6 top 10 finishes in professional events and he won the 2018 FLW Pro Circuit event on Lake Okeechobee. Tim has fished the MLF Pro Circuit, BASSMASTER Opens and Toyota Series tournaments full time since the start of 2016.The 2020 season was challenging in a lot of new ways. However Tim finished 54 in the MLF Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit and 8th in the Toyota Series Southern division. Tim Qualified for the 2020 Toyota Series Championship. In 2021, Tim will be fishing the MLF Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit, MLF Toyota Series Southern Division, Phoenix Bass Fishing League Gator Division, and BASSMASTER Southern Opens. When not on the tournament trail Tim is most likely fishing with a family member for fun, hunting or volunteering with a youth organization.
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ANTHONY GAGLIARDI
MLF BPT Pro
Anthony lives in Prosperity, SC with his wife and two children. He is a graduate from Clemson University with a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering. Anthony fished the FLW Tour for 17-years and is one of the winningest anglers to date on the FLW Tour and one of the select few that hold all of the FLW titles—Tour Champion, Forrest Wood Cup Champion, and Angler of the Year. He has fished 183 FLW events and has accomplished an amazing record that includes 12 FLW Cup appearances and an FLW Cup Championship win. Starting in 2019, he now competes on the Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour as well as the Tackle Warehouse Pro circuit (2021). All total, he has amassed 5 wins, 27 top tens, 44 top twenties, and nearly 2.2 million dollars in career earnings.
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JUSTIN HAMNER
BASS ELITE TOUR PRO
Justin Hamner, a native of Northport, Alabama, is married to his high school sweetheart, Christina, and a proud father to their beautiful daughter, Scarlett. From the time he could hold a fishing pole, Justin’s dad made sure he had one in his hands. While most kids grew up playing baseball and football, all he wanted to do was go fishing. Justin fished his first bass tournament with his dad when he was 7 years old, which led to him winning three Alabama junior state championships by the time he was 16. After high school, Justin went straight to work pouring concrete and mowing lawns to save up enough money to fish the Bassmaster Opens. After years of working two jobs and fishing whenever he could find the time, Justin finally leaped the Opens and qualified for the Bassmaster Elite Series after his second year of the Opens. Through all the hard work and trying times, Justin is now living out his childhood dreams of fishing professionally and doing what he loves every day. Justin has been a full-time pro for the last 2 years. Justin won the 2024 Bassmaster Classic after leading the tournament all 3 days.
JOHN HUNTER
MLF Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit
John Hunter began fishing and competing at 16 years old. His college fishing team at Georgetown College competed and qualified in the 2013 FLW Collegiate National Championship as well as the 2013 & 2014 Bassmaster National Championship and took home many top 5 and top 10 finishes along the way. In 2015, John embarked on his rookie season on the Walmart FLW Tour and the Bassmaster Opens. The 2015 season was a near perfect rookie season as he took home the FLW Co-Angler of the Year title, 5 top 10 finishes, and qualified to fish the Bassmaster Elite Series through the Northern Opens. In 2016, John competed in the Bassmaster Elite Series.
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CARL JOCUMSEN
BASS Elite Tour Pro
Carl was born and raised in Toowoomba, Queensland Australia. Carl found Bass tournaments at 14 years of age and competed in Australia for over 10 years, winning multiple ABT events and the televised AFC TV series over the 10 year period including three AOY titles and Australia’s biggest tournament the Grand Final Championship.
After realizing his dreams in Australia Carl saved up and made the move to the USA in 2010 with the dream of making the Bassmaster Elite Series. After a grueling learning curve over four years Carl made History and became the first ever Australian to make it to the top 100 anglers in the world on the Bassmaster Elite Series.
With many top 10s and appearances on Bassmaster Live over the past four years Carl’s big break came in 2019 winning his first Elite Series Event on Lake Tenkiller and taking home the coveted Blue Trophy. He will be also making his first appearance in the Bassmaster Classic in 2023.
Carl has amazing support from family, friends, sponsors and fans. He travels around the country with wife Kayla and 1 year old daughter Rivah. Also in tow is their fishing obsessed dog Roo.
They are now preparing for the 2023 Elite season, with the best tournament rig to date and excited to take on the year.
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BRIAN LATIMER
MLF Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit
Brian Latimer is from Belton, South Carolina. He is married to Ariane Latimer and have 3 children - Brevyn, Brooks, and Mia. Having picked up a love for the sport of bass fishing from his father, he began tournament fishing in second grade alongside his father who was a serious tournament fisherman. Latimer spent his youth and teenage years fishing resulting in a true passion for the sport that has carried into his adult life. After high school, he found a way to purchase his first bass boat and competed in as many tournaments as he could. After 12 years of working his way through the grass roots levels of bass fishing, Latimer scraped up enough cash to pay the deposits to fish the FLW tour as a professional angler. In his career, as a professional angler and YouTube sensation, he has built an impressive list of accomplishments that include 3 wins and 11 top ten finishes. Brian’s ultimate career goal is to be the guy that empowers the average angler both mentally and skillfully.
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MATT LEE
MLF BPT Pro
Matt lee is originally from Cullman, AL. He grew up fishing Lake Guntersville with his brother, Jordan, and his love for the sport only grew with age. Matt completed a degree in industrial engineering from Auburn University and a Bachelors of Science at Birmingham-Southern College. While working to earn his degree at Auburn, he joined the Auburn University bass fishing team and served as president during the 2011-2012 year. In his junior year at Auburn, he won the Bassmaster College Classic bracket which was the jumpstart to his career and allowed him to compete in the 2013 Bassmaster classic. The following year, Matt qualified for the Bassmaster Elite Series. Matt and Jordan both competed in the Bassmaster Elite Series and are the first brothers in the history of the sport to qualify for the Elites in the same year. In 2019, both Jordan and Matt began competing on the new Bass Pro Tour presented by Major League Fishing. Fishing as a sport is continuing to grow exponentially and Matt is excited about new opportunities in the Bass Pro Tour. With 11 top ten finishes in major events and over $300,000 in career earnings, Matt is looking forward to continuing his success in 2021.
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BRYAN NEW
BASS Elite Tour Pro
Bryan lives in Saluda, SC with his wife Brittany and daughter Braylen. He was born and raised in Belmont, NC and lived on Lake Wylie. Bryan grew up fishing on Lake Wylie with his brothers. When he was 16, he started fishing the BFLs as a co-angler and continued through the ranks with FLW until 2020. In his time at FLW, Bryan won the Forest Wood Cup as a co-angler, won Co-angler Of The Year, and three other events fishing from the front of the boat along with 44 top tens. In 2019, Bryan won the ABA Ray Scott Championship. In 2020 he started competing in the Bassmaster Opens in hopes to qualify for the Elite Series. That year he won his first open on the Kissimmee Chain and went on to win the Opens Angler Of The Year title. 2021 was his first year on the Elite Series where he was fortunate enough to win his very first event on the St. John’s river and also qualified for his second Bassmaster Classic. 2022 will be his second year fishing the Elite Series and he’s extremely excited to get the year started.
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JACOB POWROZNIK
BASS Elite Tour Pro
North Prince George, Virginia native, Jacob Powroznik, catapulted his professional career with an Everstart Eastern Division win in 2003 on Santee Cooper in Manning, South Carolina. His win in 2003 gave a young 24-year-old the confidence to pursue a career in bass fishing. With over $2 million dollars in career earnings, including 5 B.A.S.S wins, 8 FLW wins, 2021 B.A.S.S. Angler of the year, over 60 top 10 finishes and a 7th Bassmaster Classic appearance coming in March 2023, it is clear, Powroznik has chosen life’s correct waypoint in bass fishing.
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PATRICK WALTERS
BASS Elite Tour Pro
Patrick was raised in the low-country of South Carolina, where he fished local bass and salt water tournaments with his father. He graduated from the University of South Carolina in 2017, where he majored in Business Management and Marketing. While at the University, he won the FLW College National Championship in 2015 and the Bassmaster College Eastern Regional Qualifier in 2017. In his time at the university, he also qualified for four Bassmaster College National Championships and three FLW National Championships. After graduating, he went on to fish both the Eastern and Central Bassmaster Opens in 2018 with the goal of qualifying for the Bassmaster Elite Series. With a successful season and winning a Bassmaster Central Open in 2018, Patrick secured his spot in the 2019 Elite Series field. After a great season in 2019 on the Bassmaster Elite series, Patrick finished 16th in AOY and 3rd in ROY as well as qualifying for his first Bassmaster Classic in his first season. In 2020, Patrick was able to finish in 3rd in AOY on the Bassmaster Elite Series as well as earning the AOY Champion for the Bassmaster Opens in the Eastern Division. Where he won his second Bassmaster Open on Lake Hartwell in his home state of South Carolina, but would also be crowned an Elite Series Champion for the first time in his career. As he won the Bassmaster Texas Fest title on Lake Fork and claimed a century belt at the same time, surpassing the 100 pound mark for four days of fishing. 2021 will be his third season on the Bassmaster Elite Series.
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