Brandon Palaniuk
Brandon Palaniuk grew up in the trout country of Northern Idaho, this is his journey…
At the age of eight Brandon was introduced to the world of Bass and the addiction began. Brandon immediately joined the local club scene only to further fuel the fire for tournament fishing. After fishing small tourneys around the house for eight years he joined the B.A.S.S. Federation Nation (BFN) at 16 where Brandon spent seven years fishing around the country.
In seven years fishing the BFN Brandon made seven Idaho State Teams, seven Western Divisionals, and two National Championships. In 2010 Brandon won the BFN Championship on the Red River in Louisiana qualifying him for the 2011 Bassmaster Classic and Elite Series. Brandon’s rookie debut consisted of a 4th Place Classic finish, 6 out of 8 checks and a 37th place finish in “Angler of the Year” points. Click here to check out his website.
Scott Pellegrin
Scott Pellegrin was born in Wisconsin growing up with the outdoors all around him. It was during a family camping trip at the age of 12 that he had his first real encounter with the largemouth bass. “I had no idea what was going on at the time but man it was a blast as a few fish were on beds with others slamming topwater baits in the pads.” Needless to say his addiction was born.
At the age of 18 he Joined the U.S. Army specializing as an In Flight Crew Chief and Black Hawk Helicopter Mechanic. Getting stationed in Germany he flew missions throughout Europe and later in the United States. Army Aviation instilled in him a very defined attention to detail he now applies to tournament fishing.
Once back home he picked up where he left off hunting and fishing. Being the competitive type he joined the Wisconsin Team Circuit where he achieved several tournament wins and top ten finishes, a sixth place finish at the Wisconsin Bass Classic and a Top Team award! In 2013 he joined the Upper Midwest Bass Challenge Series’s Mississippi River Division earning fifth and eighth place finishes in two of its six events. He also in 2013 volunteered for a National Guard tournament that’s all about getting high school students from area high schools on the water. He and his two students finished this event in first place!
Scott is also the owner of PROcise Outdoors LLC which started with his inventing of the Cull Keeper. “I’m always looking for ways to improve my results on the water. Cull Keeper helps me be more organized!” Now with the help of the PROcise Outdoors Pro Staff his company has launched another product called DEK-IT Mount with more products yet to be released.
Joel Willert
Joel Willert was born and raised in Rice Lake, WI and currently resides in Burnsville, MN. The addiction of bass fishing began in his high school days when Joel occasionally fished small weekday club tournaments and took the win in his first ever bass tournament.
Shortly after high school, Joel made the decision to join the US Army. After 9 years in the military and 2 overseas tours to Iraq, Joel moved to Madison, WI. After taking a long break from fishing while in the military and attending college Joel spent most of his free time on the Madison chain of lakes.
After a few short years in Madison, Joel made the move to Minnesota. After his first year of fishing new water in Minnesota, Joel took multiple club tournament wins and team of the year in point standings. He also took a 1st place finish at the St. Judes Bass Classic on the Mississippi River with tournament partner Scott Pellegrin.
Joel also got the unique opportunity to fish on Bassmaster Live against Edwin Evers on Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees for a Wounded Warrior in Action event. Check it out on Bassmaster.com!
