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Berkley® Pro Bass Roster Expands for 2019 Season
Pioneering fishing brand Berkley is pleased to announce that it has expanded its professional bass fishing roster to 29 anglers for 2019. The pros will represent Berkley throughout the 2019 season on various tournament trails including the Bassmaster Elite Series®, Fishing League Worldwide® Tour (FLW), and the Major League Fishing® (MLF) Bass Pro Tour.
The 2019 Berkley pro team will now be home to some famililar names on the professional bass tours. While some pros have expanded their sponsorship with Berkley, pros completely new to the brand include Edwin Evers, Keith Poche, New pros on the roster include Edwin Evers, Anthony Gagliardi, Keith Poche, Chris Groh, Mike Huff, Joey Cifuentes and Bradley Dortch. These anglers will be sponsored by Berkley for the 2019 season and will represent combinations of the brand’s hard and soft baits, line, and hooks. They will also test and evaluate products and appear at trade shows and events.
“Berkley is excited to be able to grow our support of tournament bass fishing and professional anglers. Over the past few months the Berkley PowerBait offering has significantly expanded to now include 226 colors across 54 shapes in addition to a brand new assortment of topwater baits. The new baits performed extremely well on tour last year and we know this year’s team is excited to be using them.” said Jon Schlosser, VP Marketing for Berkley.
Schlosser continues, “Having these elite bass anglers on our team is an honor, and we are proud to have such strong representation throughout the professional tournament trails for Berkley. We are looking forward to working with our pro team and supporting them on their respective tours this year.”
The Berkley team will be competing at events throughout the country from January through September. For more information on Berkley and its pro anglers, visit www.berkley-fishing.com, or follow @berkleyfishing on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
2019 Berkley Pro Anglers – MLF Bass Pro Tour
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Berkley Pro |
Berkley Sponsored Categories |
Favorite Berkley Product |
Florence, AL |
Soft Baits, Hard Baits, Line, and Hooks |
Trilene® 100% Fluorocarbon |
Vineland, NJ |
Soft Baits, Hard Baits, Line, and Hooks |
PowerBait® Meaty Chunk |
San Tan Valley, AZ |
Soft Baits, Hard Baits, Line, and Hooks |
Dredger |
Talala, OK |
Soft Baits, Hard Baits, and Hooks |
SquareBull |
Prosperity, SC |
Soft Baits, Hard Baits, Line, and Hooks |
Hollow Belly |
Mingus, TX |
Soft Baits, Hard Baits, Line, and Hooks |
Trilene® 100% Fluorocarbon |
Pittsgrove, NJ |
Soft Baits, and Line |
PowerBait® Jester |
Lakeland, FL |
Soft Baits, Hard Baits, Line, and Hooks |
PowerBait® Grass Pig |
Grant, AL |
Soft Baits, Hard Baits, Line, and Hooks |
PowerBait® MaxScent Magnum Hit Worm |
Guntersville, AL |
Soft Baits, Hard Baits, Line, and Hooks |
PowerBait® MaxScent Flat Worm |
Pike Road, AL |
Soft Baits, Hard Baits, Line, and Hooks |
PowerBait® Pit Boss |
Auburn, CA |
Soft Baits, and Line |
PowerBait® Pit Boss |
Alexander, AR |
Soft Baits, Hard Baits, Line, and Hooks |
Surge Shad |
2019 Berkley Pro Team – B.A.S.S. Elite Series
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Berkley Pro |
Berkley Sponsored Categories |
Favorite Berkley Product |
Lincolnton, NC |
Soft Baits, Hard Baits, Line, and Hooks |
Trilene® 100% Fluorocarbon |
Lexington, SC |
Soft Baits, Hard Baits, Line, and Hooks |
Dredger |
Spring Grove, IL |
Soft Baits, Hard Baits, Line, and Hooks |
PowerBait® Chigger Craw |
Corbin, KY |
Soft Baits, Hard Baits, Line, and Hooks |
PowerBait® Power Swimmer 3.8 |
Alua, FL |
Soft Baits, Hard Baits, Line, and Hooks |
PowerBait® MaxScent The General |
Catawba, NC |
Soft Baits, Hard Baits, Line, and Hooks |
PowerBait® Creature Hawg |
New Comerstown, OH |
Soft Baits, Hard Baits, Line, and Hooks |
PowerBait® Pit Boss |
2019 Berkley Pro Anglers – FLW Tour
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Berkley Pro |
Berkley Sponsored Categories |
Favorite Berkley Product |
Clinton, AR |
Soft Baits, Hard Baits, Line, and Hooks |
PowerBait® The General |
Debary, FL |
Soft Baits, Hard Baits, Line, and Hooks |
PowerBait® MaxScent Meaty Chunk |
Atmore, AL |
Soft Baits, Line, and Hooks |
Gulp! 3” Minnow |
Royse City, TX |
Soft Baits, Hard Baits, Line, and Hooks |
PowerWorm |
Junction City, WI |
Soft Baits, Hard Baits, Line, and Hooks |
PowerBait® Chigger Craw |
Shelby, NC |
Hooks |
Fusion19™ Finesse Wide Gap |
Macon, GA |
Line |
Trilene® 100% Fluorocarbon |
Sand Springs, OK |
Hard Baits, and Line |
Trilene® 100% Fluorocarbon |
Pomaria, SC |
Soft Baits, Hard Baits, Line, and Hooks |
Warpig |
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