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5/19/1951

Paul Elias

Paul  Elias

Info

Hometown Laurel, Mississippi
Age 73
Former Occupation Contractor

Stats

Years Pro 42
Top 10 Finishes (Wins)* 56 (8) As of 11/10/2019
Career Earnings* $1.51 million As of 11/10/2019
Current World Rank 236
Last 3 Finishes 71 - Mille Lacs Lake, 9/10/2022
36 - Cayuga Lake, 8/6/2022
26 - Watts Bar Lake, 6/4/2022
Bassmaster Classics Fished (Won) 16 (1) As of 11/10/2019
REDCREST Championships Fished (Won) 5 (0) As of 11/10/2019
Titles/Honors Bassmaster Classic champion (1992), B.A.S.S. 4-day weight record-holder (132-08, Falcon Lake, 2008)

Angling Stuff

Angling Hero "I probably have the most respect for Rick Clunn and Larry Nixon for what they've accomplished over their careers, but I'm more or less in awe of Kevin VanDam's ability."
Favorite Lake Lake Eddins (MS) - "It's the lake I live on, and has more big fish per acre than any lake I've ever fished."
Least Favorite Lake "I don't really have a least-favorite lake."
Favorite Technique Open-lake structure fishing
Boat Bass Cat
Motor Honda
Fishing Sponsors Garmin, Costa, T-H Marine, BassCat Boats, Honda Marine, Mann's Bait Company, Power-Pole, Balsax, Sportsman's Outfitters, Bass Braid
Non-Fishing Sponsors Homes of Hope

Personal Stuff

Favorite Food Spaghetti with meatballs
Favorite Music Bob Dylan
Favorite Book/Movie Wyatt Earp (movie)
When Not Fishing "I like to spend time with my wife and kids."
Why He Fishes "Because I love the sport and I love competition."
Website indepthfishinglessons.com/idfl/
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Tournament Finishes
(Only recent tournaments are included. Not necessarily a career listing.)
Date Tour Event Place
8/23/2018 BElite St. Lawrence River 62  
6/29/2018 BElite Lake Oahe 82  
6/21/2018 BElite Mississippi River 92  
6/7/2018 BElite Sabine River 79  
5/17/2018 BElite Lake Travis 103  
5/4/2018 BElite Kentucky Lake 55  
4/26/2018 BElite Grand Lake 106  
2/8/2018 BElite Lake Martin 88  
8/24/2017 BElite Lake St. Clair 39  
7/27/2017 BElite Lake Champlain 41  
7/20/2017 BElite St. Lawrence River 105  
6/2/2017 BElite Lake Dardanelle 45  
5/17/2017 BElite Sam Rayburn Reservoir 105  
4/27/2017 BElite Ross Barnett Reservoir 97  
4/6/2017 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 61  
2/23/2017 BElite Lake Okeechobee 91  
2/9/2017 BElite Cherokee Lake 49  
9/8/2016 BElite Mississippi River 101  
8/11/2016 BElite Potomac River 78  
6/23/2016 BElite Cayuga Lake 71  
6/8/2016 BElite Lake Texoma 72  
5/12/2016 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 84  
4/28/2016 BElite Wheeler Lake 84  
4/21/2016 BElite Bull Shoals/Norfork Lakes 106  
4/7/2016 BElite Winyah Bay 102  
3/17/2016 BElite St. Johns River 91  
8/27/2015 BElite Lake St. Clair 96  
8/13/2015 BElite Chesapeake Bay 59  
7/30/2015 BElite St. Lawrence River 45  
6/3/2015 BElite Kentucky Lake 73  
5/7/2015 BElite Lake Havasu 112  
4/30/2015 BElite Sacramento River 82  
4/9/2015 BElite Lake Guntersville 80  
3/19/2015 BElite Sabine River 50  
2/20/2015 BElite Lake Hartwell 49  
9/18/2014 BElite Bay de Noc (Lake Michigan) 45  
8/21/2014 BElite Cayuga Lake 12  
8/7/2014 BElite Delaware River 55  
6/11/2014 BElite Lake Chickamauga 108  
5/15/2014 BElite Lake Dardanelle 10  
5/1/2014 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 73  
4/3/2014 BElite Table Rock Lake 14  
3/20/2014 BElite St. Johns River 12  
3/13/2014 BElite Lake Seminole 92  
8/22/2013 BElite Lake St. Clair 87  
8/8/2013 BElite St. Lawrence River 56  
6/20/2013 BElite Mississippi River 34  
5/9/2013 BElite Alabama River 10  
5/2/2013 BElite West Point Lake 91  
4/18/2013 BElite Bull Shoals Lake 30  
3/21/2013 BElite Falcon Lake 51  
3/14/2013 BElite Sabine River 57  
8/23/2012 BElite Oneida Lake 72  
6/28/2012 BElite Lake Michigan 98  
6/21/2012 BElite Mississippi River 43  
6/7/2012 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 11  
5/3/2012 BElite Douglas Lake 57  
4/19/2012 BElite Bull Shoals Lake 80  
3/22/2012 BElite Lake Okeechobee 40  
3/15/2012 BElite St. Johns River 93  
6/16/2011 BElite Lake Wheeler 27  
6/9/2011 BElite Arkansas River 63  
5/12/2011 BElite Lake Murray 42  
5/5/2011 BElite West Point Lake 75  
4/14/2011 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 27  
4/6/2011 BElite Lake Pickwick 39  
3/17/2011 BElite St. Johns River 26  
3/10/2011 BElite Harris Chain 95  
2/18/2011 BElite Louisiana Delta 25  
6/17/2010 BElite Ft. Gibson 16  
6/9/2010 BElite Kentucky Lake 53  
5/20/2010 BElite Clarks Hill Lake 73  
5/6/2010 BElite Lake Guntersville 6  
4/29/2010 BElite Pickwick Lake 24  
4/15/2010 BElite Smith Mountain Lake 62  
3/18/2010 BElite Clear Lake 82  
3/11/2010 BElite California Delta 28  
8/13/2009 BElite Oneida Lake 58  
6/11/2009 BElite Mississippi River 96  
6/3/2009 BElite Kentucky Lake 16  
5/7/2009 BElite Lake Guntersville 71  
4/23/2009 BElite Smith Mountain Lake 73  
4/2/2009 BElite Lake Wheeler 68  
3/26/2009 BElite Lake Dardanelle 74  
3/12/2009 BElite Lake Amistad 54  
8/7/2008 BElite Lake Oneida 70  
7/31/2008 BElite Lake Erie/Niagara River 76  
6/26/2008 BElite Old Hickory 70  
6/12/2008 BElite Kentucky Lake 5  
6/5/2008 BElite Lake Wheeler 87  
5/15/2008 BElite Lake Murray 104  
5/1/2008 BElite Clarks Hill 106  
4/10/2008 BElite Lake Amistad 85  
4/3/2008 BElite Falcon Lake 1  
3/13/2008 BElite Lake Toho 59  
3/6/2008 BElite Harris Chain 74  
9/13/2007 BElite Lake Tohopekaliga 27  
8/9/2007 BElite Potomac River 72  
7/19/2007 BElite Lake Erie/Niagara River 61  
7/12/2007 BElite Lake Champlain 70  
6/21/2007 BElite Grand Lake 91  
6/7/2007 BElite Smith Mountain Lake 73  
5/17/2007 BMajor-a High Rock Lake 42  
4/26/2007 BElite Lake Guntersville 26  
4/19/2007 BElite Clarks Hill 31  
3/29/2007 BElite Clear Lake 7  
3/22/2007 BElite California Delta 84  
3/8/2007 BElite Lake Amistad 57  
9/14/2006 BElite Table Rock Lake 71  
8/10/2006 BElite Potomac River 65  
7/13/2006 BElite Lake Champlain 10  
7/6/2006 BElite Oneida Lake 17  
6/15/2006 BElite Kentucky Lake 67  
6/1/2006 BElite Grand Lake 6  
5/4/2006 BElite Clarks Hill Reservoir 72  
4/20/2006 BElite Lake Guntersville 53  
3/30/2006 BElite Santee-Cooper 23  
3/16/2006 BElite Sam Rayburn Reservoir 99  
3/9/2006 BElite Lake Amistad 79  
3/31/2005 BT Table Rock Lake 124  
3/17/2005 BT Lake Norman 38  
3/3/2005 BT Strom Thurmond Reservoir (Clarks Hill) 93  
2/24/2005 BT Lake Guntersville 27  
2/3/2005 BT Harris Chain 45  
1/27/2005 BT Lake Toho 114  
7/30/2004 BASS Lake Wylie 36  
3/25/2004 BT Santee Cooper Lakes 52  
3/18/2004 BT Lake Eufaula 62  
3/4/2004 BT Table Rock Lake 6  
2/26/2004 BT Lake Guntersville 10  
2/5/2004 BT Smith Lake 123  
1/29/2004 BT Harris Chain of Lakes 126  
4/3/2003 BT California Delta (San Joaquin River Delta) 97  
3/20/2003 BT Santee Cooper 133  
3/6/2003 BT Lake Eufaula 50  
2/20/2003 BT Toledo Bend 169  
2/6/2003 BT Lake Seminole 9  
1/16/2003 BT Lake Okeechobee 47  
1/9/2003 BT Harris Chain of Lakes 74  
5/8/2002 BT Lake Eufaula 82  
4/10/2002 BT Lake Guntersville 90  
2/6/2002 BT Lake Seminole 11  
12/12/2001 BT Lake Toho 33  
10/31/2001 BT Red River 115  
8/22/2001 BT Lake St. Clair 40  
8/2/2001 BT* Lower Mississippi 9  
9/10/2022 BPT Mille Lacs Lake 71  
8/6/2022 BPT Cayuga Lake 36  
6/4/2022 BPT Watts Bar Lake 26  
4/30/2022 BPT Lake of the Ozarks 77  
3/2/2022 BPT Lewis Smith Lake 59  
2/19/2022 BPT Lake Fork 69  
2/5/2022 BPT Caney Creek, Lake D'Arbonne, Bussey Brake 49  
9/10/2021 BPT Lake St. Clair 26  
8/5/2021 BPT Lake Champlain 64  
6/25/2021 BPT St. Lawrence River 79  
6/4/2021 BPT Lake Chickamauga 52  
5/21/2021 BPT Harris Chain of Lakes 11  
4/30/2021 BPT Lake Travis 74  
3/21/2021 BPT Sam Rayburn Reservoir 74  
7/10/2020 BPT Sturgeon Bay 68  
6/7/2020 BPT Kissimmee Chain of Lakes 68  
3/13/2020 BPT Lake Fork 65  
2/21/2020 BPT Lake Okeechobee 67  
2/7/2020 BPT Lake Eufaula 42  
6/25/2019 BPT Lake Winnebago 73  
5/31/2019 BPT Table Rock Lake 78  
5/17/2019 BPT Table Rock Lake 80  
4/30/2019 BPT Smith Lake 74  
4/9/2019 BPT Lake Chickamauga 67  
3/26/2019 BPT Falls Lake/Jordan Lake/Shearon Harris Reservoir 72  
2/12/2019 BPT Lake Conroe 76  
1/29/2019 BPT Kissimmee Chain of Lakes 62  
6/16/2004 E50 Ohio, Cumberland, Tennessee Rivers 39  
6/2/2004 E50 Alabama River 38  
5/19/2004 E50 Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway 44  
4/14/2004 E50 Lake Dardanelle 30  
7/29/2020 FLWPC Mississippi River 18  
6/23/2020 FLWPC Lake Chickamauga 197  
10/11/2012 FLWT Sam Rayburn Reservoir 91  
9/20/2012 FLWT Wheeler Lake 50  
2/9/2012 FLWT Lake Okeechobee 160  
10/20/2011 FLWT Lake Guntersville 1  
6/22/2005 FLW Potomac River 115  
5/11/2005 FLW Wheeler Lake 104  
4/13/2005 FLW Beaver Lake 183  
3/9/2005 FLW Ouachita River 66  
2/9/2005 FLW Lake Toho 168  
1/19/2005 FLW Lake Okeechobee 127  
6/23/2004 FLW Lake Champlain 37  
5/12/2004 FLW Kentucky Lake 109  
3/31/2004 FLW Beaver Lake 146  
3/10/2004 FLW Old Hickory Lake 117  
2/11/2004 FLW Atchafalaya Basin 94  
1/21/2004 FLW Lake Okeechobee 46  
9/10/2003 FLW* James River 10  
6/18/2003 FLW Wheeler Lake (Forrest Wood Open) 98  
5/14/2003 FLW Kentucky Lake 52  
4/9/2003 FLW Beaver Lake (Wal-Mart Open) 93  
3/12/2003 FLW Lake Murray 48  
2/12/2003 FLW Atchafalaya Basin 1  
1/22/2003 FLW Lake Okeechobee 33  
9/11/2002 FLW* Cross Lake 35  
6/19/2002 FLW Lake Champlain 25  
5/15/2002 FLW Old Hickory Lake 32  
4/17/2002 FLW Beaver Lake 119  
3/13/2002 FLW Lake Ouachita 7  
2/13/2002 FLW Lake Wheeler 159  
1/23/2002 FLW Lake Okeechobee 61  
8/24/2006 BMajor-l Arkansas River 37  
7/27/2006 BMajor-a Lake Wylie 54  
5/18/2006 BMajor-m Eagle Mountain Lake 44  


*BASS events (all events because BASS does not report Tour and Open earnings separately) and FLW Tour.

Biographical data last updated: 11/6/2018

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