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Wheeler Repels Lane s Late Charge Just Barely
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Photo: MLF/Phoenix Moore
Jacob Wheeler s third Bass Pro Tour win was achieved by the smallest margin in the circuit s 3-year history.
By MLF Communications Staff In a crazy finish that had bass-fishing fans watching the MLF NOW! livestream on the edges of their seats, Jacob Wheeler of held off a late charge from Bobby Lane to win the Lake Travis MLF Bass Pro Tour event in Austin, Texas and capture the top prize of $100,000.
Wheeler, the No. 1 angler in the BassFan World Rankings for nearly 2 calendar years now, caught his last fish of the day at 2:19 p.m., a 2-02 bass that gave him a total of 13 bass weighing 28-13 and a 9-04 lead with just under an hour left in competition. Then Lane caught fire.
Harrison Pro Jacob Wheeler Earns Third Career Victory On Bass Pro Tour, $100,000 Thursday, May 6, 2021
In a crazy finish that had bass-fishing fans watching the MLF NOW! livestream on the edges of their seats, Academy pro Jacob Wheeler of Harrison, Tennessee, held off a late charge from Berkley pro “Big Fish” Bobby Lane of Lakeland, Florida, to win the Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour Berkley Stage Two at Lake Travis Presented by Mercury event in Austin, Texas and the top prize of $100,000. Wheeler caught his last fish of the day at 2:19 p.m., a 2-pound, 2-ounce bass that gave him a total of 13 bass weighing 28 pounds, 13 ounces, and a 9-pound, 4-ounce lead with just under an hour left in competition.
Wheeler caught his last fish of the day at 2:19 p.m., a 2-pound, 2-ounce bass that gave him a total of 13 bass weighing 28 pounds, 13 ounces, and a 9-pound, 4-ounce lead with just under an hour left in competition. Then, Lane caught fire. Lane boated five scorable bass in the last hour to rally to within 2-ounces of the lead with just three minutes remaining in competition. But Lane never caught another fish, and Wheeler walked away with the win by just 2 ounces, a new record for the closest margin of victory in Bass Pro Tour history. Wow, that was unbelievable, said Wheeler, who earned his third career Bass Pro Tour victory – most all-time. I knew that I was going to have to have a good first and second period, and I just didn t know how long I could prolong it. I grinded all day long. I felt like the best chance that I had was just to keep a topwater bait and a vibrating jig in my hand, so I threw those all day long and just fished for big ones. I never got a real big bite to
Harrison s Jacob Wheeler Finishes 2nd At Lake Travis Tuesday, May 4, 2021 Berkley pro “Big Fish” Bobby Lane of Lakeland, Fl., caught 14 bass Tuesday totaling 28 pounds, 1 ounce to win the Knockout Round and advance to the final day of competition at the Major League Fishing (MLF) Bass Pro Tour Berkley Stage Two at Lake Travis Presented by Mercury event in Austin, Texas. The final 10 anglers are now set, and competition will resume Wednesday morning with the Championship Round. Weights are zeroed, and the angler that catches the most weight will win the top prize of $100,000. The six-day tournament, hosted by the Austin Sports Commission, featured 80 of the top professional anglers from around the world competing for a purse of $805,000, including a top cash prize of $100,000 to the winner.