A pair of veteran inland fisheries biologists with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will share the floor later this month at what some consider to be professional bass fishing’s biggest stage — the 2024 Bassmaster Classic.
Scheduled for March 22-24 on Grand Lake near Tulsa, Okla., the ‘Classic pits the top qualifying pros from several Bassmaster circuits in a three-day day competition. The angler who accumulates the heaviest weight on 15 bass (5 daily) wins the $300,000 top prize. The tournament is frequently dubbed the Super Bowl of bass fishing.
TPWD fisheries scientists Todd Driscoll of Brookeland and Jake Norman of Tyler won’t be casting for cash at the upcoming ‘Classic. Instead, they will take the podium at the BASS Conservation Summit to present findings and a few lessons learned from an intensive telemetry study recently completed on Toledo Bend and Lake Fork. The study was aimed at unraveling some of the mysteries of bass behavior.
