Americana Outdoors E-Magazine - May 2020

GARMIN ANGLERS SWEEP TOP SPOTS AT BASSMASTER CLASSIC

Garmin , the world’s leading marine electronics manufacturer, demonstrated it’s the electronics choice of champions as Garmin-equipped anglers won all three top spots at the 2020 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk at Lake Guntersville, March 6-8, 2020. With awire-to-wire lead, Garmin proHank Cherry Jr. topped the 50th annual Bassmaster Classic with a three-day total of 65 pounds 5 ounces. Runner- up Todd Auten finished with 58-10, followed by Stetson Blaylock with 58-1. All three of the event’s top anglers fished fromboats exclusively equipped with Garmin ECHOMAP™ Ultra chartplotters and Panoptix LiveScope™ live-scanning sonar. In addition, Cherry and Auten were also using the Garmin Force™ trolling motor. Additionally, Lake Guntersville is one of the more than 145 LakeVü g3 Ultra lakes surveyed in the U.S. by Garmin, offering anglers an unprecedented

level of detail with up to one-foot contours, along with high-resolution relief shading for a clearer lake bottom profile. “Thanks to the Garmin ECHOMAP Ultras with the Panoptix up front, I could see really good mapping so it was easy to see the indentations and the out spots on the causeway. With LiveScope, I could actually follow the herds of gizzard shad and I could tell when I would see a fish if it was going to bite or not,” said Cherry. “There were several key fish that I caught that I saw coming to get the bait because it’s happening right there in live action. If you do not have Garmin LiveScope, you are definitely missing out. It was a huge part of my championship run.” For Auten, it was a combination of LiveScope, the Force trolling motor and the new g3 mapping that helped him secure his second place finish. “The Garmin Panoptix LiveScope helped me see