Lucas Lands 100 Pounds to Win Final Stage of 2020 Bass Pro Tour Jordan Lee Named Points Champion

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July 15, 2020 (Sturgeon Bay, Wisc.) Major League Fishing (MLF) Pro Justin Lucas scored 110 pounds, five ounces – a record in a Bass Pro Tour Championship Round – to win the Covercraft Stage Five presented by Abu Garcia Title and its $100,000 payout. Today’s finale included drama and record-breaking fish catches as see throughout the six-day event hosted by Destination Sturgeon Bay.
34-year-old Justin Lucas won the Bass Pro Tour Covercraft Stage Five presented by Abu Garcia; his first major win in four years. Photo Credit: Phoenix Moore/Major League Fishing
34-year-old Lucas of Guntersville, Alabama won the Qualifying Round for Group A, earning him an automatic berth to today’s Championship Round. This is Lucas’s first major win in four years, which brought much relief and emotion to the final confirmation of his win.

“It took me a while to figure out this MLF format, I didn’t have the best year last year,” said Lucas. “I know I’m not the most natural angler on this Tour, but I work hard and am really competitive. I wanted this so bad and it feels so good to get it.”

In addition to his trophy, Lucas took home three MLF records. Lucas’s catch was today one of 10, 100-pound plus days during this event. He set a new Bass Pro Tour record for the most weight caught during a Championship Day, passing Aaron Martens who scored 86 pounds, 4 ounces during the 2019 event on Table Rock Lake (Missouri).

Lucas also set the most scorable weight in a single day of competition on Friday when he scored 141 pounds, nine ounces. He also scored the most weight in a two-day Round with 205 pounds, six ounces to win Group A. His strategy focused on 20 to 25- deep water for the majority of his score and used the Berkley PowerBait MaxScent almost exclusively.

Cliff Pace caught the Berkley Big Bass of the day weighing in five pounds, three ounces earning him $1,000.

The top ten finished the Knockout Round as follows:

Place Angler One-Day Total Weight One-Day Fish Count Largest Fish Payout
1 Justin Lucas 110-05 38 4-06 $100,000
2 Mark Daniels Jr. 102-07 34 4-01 $42,000
3 Josh Bertrand 86-14 29 4-06 $30,000
4 Jordan Lee 79-07 27 4-04 $24,000
3 Alton Jones 78-05 26 4-08 $18,000
4 Andy Morgan 63-10 19 4-14 $16,800
5 Mike Iaconelli 63-02 23 4-08 $15.600
5 Cliff Pace 54-05 15 5-03 $14,400
7 Bradley Roy 30-07 11 3-12 $13,200
8 Ish Monroe 28-04 10 4-04 $12,000

For complete results, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com, Bass Pro Tour, Results.
29-year-old Jordan Lee is the 2020 Bass Pro Tour Season Points Champion, pictured here with wife, Kristen. Photo Credit: Garrett Dixon/Major League Fishing 
29-year-old Jordan Lee locked in Points Champion. The angler with the most points at the end of the 2020 season earns the title of “Bass Pro Tour Points Champion.” Each angler earns Points (80-1) awarded by finishing place (1-80) at each Stage of the Bass Pro Tour. Coming into Wisconsin, Fletcher Shryock, Jacob Wheeler, Ott DeFoe, and Michael Neal rounded out the top five behind Lee. Upon receiving the trophy today, Lee expressed how much this means to him as a professional angler.

“To win (Points Champion) means you have to be a consistent angler and win or place regularly,” said Lee. “And to win against this group of guys, the best in the world, is really an awesome thing and it really means a lot.”