A year after making history, Canadian professional angler Jeff Gustafson looks to repeat as the champion of bass fishing’s most prestigious tournament and take home its top prize.
Gustafson, who’s from Kenora, grew up fishing on Lake of the Woods in northwestern Ontario and has turned a childhood obsession into a career. Last spring, he became the first Canadian and just the second non-American to win the Bassmaster Classic in its 53 years of competition. This year it’s in Tulsa, Okla.
“Last year, the first two days, I had the biggest catch each day. Everything went perfectly. I couldn’t have scripted it any better,” Gustafson said from Oklahoma,
