Oct 25, 2026 · 55 min · 11 segments
The Bassmaster Elite Series field is changing. Why does the system work this way, who won’t be back in 2027, and how difficult is it to earn another shot? Jordan Babcock sits down with Bassmaster…
Like, I feel like a scoper is a guy who uses it, and a non-scoper is a guy who never wants to use it.
And then he comes out and almost wins Toledo Bend in the next year to start the year and has been up and down, but his ups have been really high.
And at the same time of surviving the scope events, has allowed him enough freedom to win two river events that aren't scope, right? He wins the Sabine, he wins the Mississippi River without needing scope.
He has done good enough and learned enough to not bomb scope events, basically.
If you're a scoper, Jordan, to me, that tells me you figured out a way to not bomb scope events.
He is far better without it than with it, but he has spent the offseason learning it, and he gets fourth in that AOI year.
Kyle Welcher, far better without it, learns how to use it, wins Angler of the Year, turns around, has the largest margin of victory in the following season with it.
John Garrett, I would not say as a scoper, has traditionally caught them on the Tennessee River prior to technology, learned how to do triangulation, all that stuff, even though he's a young guy, and now has just adapted and adjusted with it.
Like, I feel like a scoper is a guy who uses it, and a non-scoper is a guy who never wants to use it.
And then he comes out and almost wins Toledo Bend in the next year to start the year and has been up and down, but his ups have been really high.
And at the same time of surviving the scope events, has allowed him enough freedom to win two river events that aren't scope, right? He wins the Sabine, he wins the Mississippi River without needing scope.
He has done good enough and learned enough to not bomb scope events, basically.
If you're a scoper, Jordan, to me, that tells me you figured out a way to not bomb scope events.
He is far better without it than with it, but he has spent the offseason learning it, and he gets fourth in that AOI year.
Kyle Welcher, far better without it, learns how to use it, wins Angler of the Year, turns around, has the largest margin of victory in the following season with it.
John Garrett, I would not say as a scoper, has traditionally caught them on the Tennessee River prior to technology, learned how to do triangulation, all that stuff, even though he's a young guy, and now has just adapted and adjusted with it.
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