The Dallas-Fort Worth Area became the center of the sport fishing world last weekend, hosting the 55th Annual Bassmaster Classic presented by Under Armour on March 21-23.
Fifty-six fishermen from around the world came together on Lake Ray Roberts to find out who was the top angler, with 22-year-old Easton Fothergill of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, taking home the crown with a record- breaking performance.
‘I never thought it would be possible until the first day of the tournament,’ Fothergill said. ‘I thought we may be onto something here after Day 1, but I knew that lake was very tricky. I had to make key adjustments, [and] I caught them in different parts of the lake every single day. … This is crazy, and it means the world to me to have my family here with me.’…