After a highly-decorated career fishing tournaments in his home country of Australia, Carl Jocumsen pitched everything he knew and traveled to America to try to qualify for and conquer the Bassmaster Elite Series. The Queensland native has fished with B.A.S.S. and FLW since 2011, and last year he celebrated his birthday by winning an Elite Series event on Oklahoma’s Lake Tenkiller.

How many people are at the intersection of two famous fishing families? Kayla Jocumsen is one of the few that fits this description and the families she represents hail from two of the most unlikely locales – Coeur D’Alene Idaho and Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. She may typically operate behind the scenes but it’s time to put this multi-talented woman’s story out in the open.

Julia Kennedy, the mastermind behind team Kennedy (Elite Series pro Steve is her assistant) does more than most, and has seen more than most. If you want proof, just ask her kids, who can tell you more about geography, marine biology and American history than most PhD candidates.

For most of his two decades as a professional angler, Chad Morgenthaler’s bio indicated that he called Illinois home, but a few years ago his mailing address changed to Kimberling City, Missouri. The veteran of six Bassmaster Classics and one Forrest Wood Cup has experienced several of his career highlights in Florida – a 2013 win on Okeechobee and a 2015 victory on Toho – but when it came time to move he selected the lush Ozarks over the palm trees of the sunshine state.