Bass Boat Technologies Super 60 Lake Havasu
| Lake Havasu, Ariz. – Luke Johns of Folsom, Calif., completed a dominant wire-to-wire performance to win the 2026 BAM Super 60 Duel on the Desert at Lake Havasu. His final day weight of 18.13 secured the $50,000 top prize against a stacked field of 69 anglers in the televised event presented by Anderson Toyota, Tackle Warehouse, and conservation sponsor Fisherman’s Warehouse. “I did lead all three days, wire to wire, baby,” he said. NOTE: Luke Johns is the first angler to win a Super 60 event wire-to-wire! |
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While the first two days came together smoothly, Championship Sunday was a different story. Johns closed out the victory with a final-day effort that proved far tougher than the previous two days, as shown in the weights of the angler’s five-fish limits. “I mean, I’ll be completely honest, the first two days it wasn’t hard,” he shared. “Today was an absolute grind. I mean I caught a handful of fish, I caught way less fish than I caught all week and gambled on a couple fish that really made a difference for me.” Johns made a critical decision to leave a key fish late in the day, a moment he thought might cost him the tournament. Despite the uncertainty, his earlier decisions held up. “There was one more that’s still swimming out there on her bed, and I really thought that would be the difference-maker for me,” he shared. “I left that fish at like 1 o’clock and I never caught a fish after that.” Changing conditions played a major role throughout the event, forcing Johns to adapt daily. He relied heavily on a finesse approach to secure the victory. “The dropshot was probably 95 percent of it, and then I was throwing a Spro Bronze-Eye Poppin’ Frog, the 60 size,” he said. The dropshot carried the load across a wide range of conditions with 6” Robo worm in Morning Dawn and Missile Baits Magic Worm in Missile Morning “I was anywhere from, I mean, 5- to 25-feet,” he said. “It was 100 percent a very target-related fishing week for me. Definitely had to use Garmin LiveScope every day, that’s, you know, pretty much the only reason I caught a lot of those fish.”While the dropshot did most of the work, one instinct-driven decision produced a key moment early in the event. “I don’t know why I threw the frog,” he said. “I just had a funny feeling that it was going to work. I threw that thing up there and that big one came out and smoked it.”For Johns, the victory reflected one of those rare tournaments where everything comes together. “You hear it almost every time somebody wins, they say when it’s their time, it’s their time, and clearly it just worked out for me,” he said. “It’s amazing. Winning one of these things never gets old. I don’t think it ever could. It’s just insane.” |
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Cloutier Senkos His Way To Second Nicholas Cloutier of Oakley, Calif., came to the scales with five for 17.63 to secure the runner-up position at just over a pound behind Johns. Cloutier came in with the strategy of qualifying for the final day by keepers. “I ended up finding a lot of bed fish – a lot of smallmouth, a couple largemouth,” he said. “The whole day on the first day I was seeing roamers, and when I see roamers I throw a five-inch Senko.” For the most part, Cloutier leaned on that Yamamoto Senko in Baby Bass color on a Phenix M1 7’2” medium rod through Championship Sunday. “I was using 20-pound P-Line No Fade Braid with a 10-pound and 8-pound fluorocarbon leader,” he said. “I started with lighter line; on the first day I was throwing eight. I switched over to 10-pound.” His efforts netted a second-place payout of $8,348.00. |
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Smith’s Big Bite Boosts Him To Third Frazier Park, Calif., pro Daylon Smith qualified for his first Super 60 top-10 with his most productive baits dropshotting a custom, 3 ¾-inch hand-pour worm in a morning dawn-type of color and a white Strike King Baby Rage Tail Craw. He threw them both on Stealth Stixx fishing rods paired with Daiwa Tatula reels, spooled with Sunlinefishing line. His biggest on Day Three came as a 5.5 off a bed around 10 a.m. He had waypointed the bed in a pocket off the main lake earlier in the event. “It was just a fresh pair, a male and a female that had moved up,” he said. “She was able to bite relatively quickly, and we got her in the boat. It was a pretty cool moment that gave me some good momentum going into the rest of the day.” The female fell to his Texas-rigged Rage Craw.“I was pitchin’ it on to the bed and she ate it,” he recalled. “It was a pretty good fight, and I got her in the boat.” Smith ended the event in the top-trio with 16.90, earning $6,750 for his time on Havasu. |
| 2026 BAM Super 60 Havasu Top-10 & Payout 1. Luke Johns Folsom, CA 18.89 $50,000.00 $500.00 $50,500.00 2. Nicholas Cloutier Oakley, CA 17.63 $8,348.00 $8,348.00 3. Daylon Smith Frazier Park, CA 16.9 $6,758.00 $6,758.00 4. Austin Bonjour Templeton, CA 16.87 $5,963.00 $5,963.00 5. Joe Mariani Winters, CA 15.8 $5,466.00 $5,466.00 6. Tai Au Glendale, AZ 14.94 $5,168.00 $1,000.00 $6,168.00 7. Adam Deakin Boise, ID 14.93 $4,969.00 $4,969.00 8. Justin Campbell Pasco, WA 12.23 $4,571.00 $4,571.00 9. Greg Gutierrez Red Bluff, CA 10.91 $4,373.00 $4,373.00 10.Aaron Britt Yuba City, CA 5.41 $4,273.00 $4,273.00 Anglers Welcome to Havasu! Beyond the fishing itself, Hawk also emphasized the welcoming environment that Lake Havasu offers visiting anglers and fans, along with the support of local sponsors who help make events like this possible. “We’re happy to have everyone come to Havasu,” Hawk said. “We’re thankful for Anderson Toyota to be there and be able to have our sign up there.” He also noted how the entire community is built around life on the water. “The whole town’s set up for the boating community,” Hawk said. “I welcome everyone to come and it’s going to be a blast.” |