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How it works.

Joe Bass Team Trail Your Pathway to the BASSMASTER CLASSIC.

It’s been said that athletes set goals above their limits, then make them happen, Joe Bass Team Trail athlete anglers are no different. Set your goal for the 2023 BASSMASTER CLASSIC then make it happen through Joe Bass Team Trail.

Here’s how it works.

  • First Stop: Bassmaster Team Championship (BTC) Joe Bass Team Trail will qualify teams to the Bassmaster Team Championship chosen from the Joe Bass Team Invitational finishers.
  • Bassmaster Classic Qualifier: The top 3 teams (6 anglers) from the Bassmaster Team Championship, will advance and compete individually in the Bassmaster Classic Qualifier for a berth in the Bassmaster Classic.
  • On to the Bassmaster Classic: Top individual from the Bassmaster Classic Qualifier wins berth in the prestigious Bassmaster Classic.

Teams will be responsible for their entry fee that is determined by BASSMASTERS.

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Jelinek and Reinkemeyer take Team Championship 2019

Jelinek and Reinkemeyer take Team Championship 2019

Jelinek and Reinkemeyer, who compete on the Joe Bass Team Trail in Missouri, caught a two-day total of 10 bass that weighed 38 pounds, 10 ounces. Their 23-10 haul was the second-heaviest bag weighed on Thursday, and it propelled them from fourth place on Day 1 to the top of the standings at the conclusion of the Team Championship portion of the event.

The win earned Jelinek and Reinkemeyer a $20,000 Nitro/Mercury cash prize.

Scott Clift 2017

Scott Clift 2017

Scott Clift of the Joe Bass Team Trail in Missouri is the winner of the Toyota Bonus Bucks Bassmaster Team Championship Classic Fish-Off on Kentucky Lake with 30 pounds, 10 ounces. This wins earns Clift a berth in the 2017 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by GoPro to be held on Lake Conroe in March.

Ryan Butler 2018

Ryan Butler 2018

Butler, who fishes with the Joe Bass Team Trail, was hot on Saturday morning despite temperatures that were in the mid-20s at launch. He boated a smallmouth that weighed nearly 3 pounds in the opening minutes of competition, and he had four bass in the livewell by 9 a.m. (including a 4-plus pound bass that anchored his bag). Butler went more than four hours without a fifth bite, however, but he finally got his limit about an hour before weigh-in.

Joe Bass Contact Info

Rusty Darnell
Tournament Director Stockton/Bull Shoals
rusty@joebassteamtrail.com
417-838-0366

Timmy Newberry
Tournament Director Mark Twain
timmy@joebassteamtrail.com
314-220-7196

Directors

Kyle Uptegrove
Tournament Director Smithville/Ozarks
kyle@joebassteamtrail.com
816-916-4244

Rocky Carden Tournament Director Table Rock/Antique/Pomme
rocky@joebassteamtrail.com
417-773-5223

Directors

Bob Capps - Trail Mgr
Tournament Director Truman
bob@joebassteamtrail.com
417-818-3898

Contact your Director for any questions regarding your selected division.

Directors will respond to you within 24 hours, during regular business hours. All email correspondence is completely confidential.

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