Tricking TOUGH Lake Murray Bass! Can We Cash a Check? (Bassmaster Elite)

We are at Lake Murray for stop number five of the 2026 Bassmaster Elite Series! This week was an absolute grind as we tried to figure out a tough pelagic blueback herring bite and get these pressured largemouth to commit. Can we squeeze out the right bites, cash a check, and secure those crucial points for the Bassmaster Classic? Lake Murray is legendary for giant bags, but when the timing is just a little off, tricking these schooling bass becomes a game of inches. In this vlog, I’m walking you through my entire tournament strategy—from chasing the morning topwater bite on the points to grinding it out over offshore cane piles and brush. We ran a ton of spots trying to find the quality fish we needed to survive the cut. Subscribe & Follow the Journey: If you want to see what life is really like on the Bassmaster Elite trail, hit that SUBSCRIBE button and leave a comment below letting me know how you track down schooling bass when the bite gets tough! #Bassmaster #EliteSeries #LakeMurray #JTThompkins #BassFishing #LargemouthBass #TournamentFishing #BassmasterElite #Vlog #SchoolingBass