Dalton Tumblin Photography

Day 1 of the Bassmaster Open at Lake St Clair with your leader, . Smallmouth season with has officially begun!

Big day 3 with here at Wheeler Lake!

A little late, but huge congrats to my guy on the Harris Chain win! Just a couple years ago we met when he boated me around to cover an Opens tournament. He discussed with me his plans to get back into the Opens soon in hopes to qualify for the Elites. Soon after I was chasing him down with the camera as he fished the Opens… Fast forward to now, and I’m capturing his first Elite Series Win! Super cool getting to watch you rise to the top as an angler brother, you earned it 👊🏼 Here’s some shots of his victory day 📸

Classic: From Behind the Stage -
Another Classic in the history books, and a “Grand” one at that. Congratulations to the champ, ! I had a blast following him on the water this week. Well deserved and very well executed by a great dude!

Once again this year, I attempted to find a sneaky spot under/ behind the stage for a unique shot of the victory moment. It was quite the challenge this year due to the way the stage was built. But, this is what I got and I hope you enjoy! I try my best to give the audience a different perspective and experience with my photos, and I hope I was able to do that here. The full backstage gallery will be up on Bassmaster.com soon! We’ll be ready to go into ninja mode again next year 🥷 Until next time ✌🏼

ON. A. ROLL… Day 2 of the Classic with . The weather was ice cold, but the fishing was on 🔥🔥

No better way to start the Classic than watching hit em in the head in the shallows! Let’s get ready for DAY 2!

It’s that time! Day 1 starts NOW!

It’s been a crazy 2 weeks at Toledo Bend and Lake Fork for the Elite series… so I’m just getting around to posting some of what I got. For starters, here’s some of on his winning day at Toledo! The man is certainly one of the best! My apologies for the late post, but more to come!

Was able to take a couple detours in between the Toledo Bend and Lake Fork events here in Texas. It isn’t often we get this much free time on our hands, so when we do, we certainly make the most of it! Had a heck of a time exploring Dallas, TX and the Rangers stadium along with leaning on a few Texas largemouth with . Huge thanks to my good friend Todd for putting us on some Texas bigguns.

Day 2 was a heavy hittin’ day here at Toledo bend. Ready to see what the rest of the week has to unfold! Keep up with all the action on FS1 and Bassmaster.com throughout the week.

outdoors

Witnessed an incredible week with at Lake Okeechobee, FL. Congrats on several records broken and a win on the home pond! More photos to come…

First tournament of my season is in the books 📕
Next stop ➡️ Toledo Bend Elite

My “Best of 2023” gallery is up on the Bassmaster website. If you’ve ever wondered what I consider to be my favorite and most memorable shots of the year, well here it is! Huge thanks to Craig Lamb for prompting me with this project. It was very rewarding getting to relive these moments in my head as I put it together. Memories I can look back on and a project I plan to do each year in the future!

Dalton Tumblin's best photos of 2023 - Bassmaster B.A.S.S. photographer Dalton Tumblin covered the Elites, Opens and the Classic in 2023. Here are his favorite pictures and their backstories.

We’ll catch ya again next year, Disney Land

Wild day on the big lake today, but got to watch my dude take his second Elite Series win! Crazy to think we were all goofin off at fishing team meetings a hand full of years ago. Congrats dude, stoked to see it! C***s by 90 🤙🏼

Day 1 is a wrap here on the St Lawrence! It’s about to be a wild week nonetheless…

Truly a cool experience witnessing seal a victory on Champlain with 4 top tens in his rookie season 🤯 The dude is dangerous with his sonar and I’m willing to bet we’ll see a lot more of him in the future.

Cancellation days are never good… but, hanging out with some good dudes while finally getting some work out of my wide lenses makes it not so bad. Go check out the ‘Smallmouth Essentials’ gallery, featuring and

🗣️ Thank you for visiting smallmouth Disneyland. We will be open again tomorrow.

Just a smallmouth frenzy going on up here in Detroit. And we’re only halfway thru! Ready to see what else we can get out there the next couple days. Stay tuned!

PSA: It’s officially Bassmaster smallmouth season and it’s already getting out of hand here at the Open event. So if you’re ready for it, buckle up for the best time of the year! We have 3 more smallmouth tournaments in the next month and my social media will be nothing less of full of the Northern swing. If you can’t handle an overload of smallmouth action, you might as well turn your head for a while. Huge props to the Opens AOY leader on another strong tournament and for crushing them this week. Still one more day to go!

Heck of a day, heck of a week, here at the Bassmaster Open at Lake Eufaula, Oklahoma. This is one of those lakes I wish I lived closer to! Congrats to Joey Nania on the win and congrats to and on a great day and a great year so far. Y’all made my job easy today no doubt! This is probably my favorite Opens gallery of the whole year! So be sure to check it out on Bassmaster.com

said “Aloha” to his first top 10 on the Elites with a 3rd place finish! Every time we get together on the water, we always have a good time… but this one tops them all. Super happy for you dude, go get em up north!

Championship Sunday with , and he pulled out the WIN! Congrats on the well deserved victory. Until next time, Orange, Texas.

I sure do love this job… Today was nothing short of eventful! and put on a show today here in Texas, moving on to Championship Sunday in 1st (Mosley) and 4th (Wong). Excited to see how tomorrow shakes out!

The Sabine doesn’t hold the biggest bass in the world, but it’s surely one of best places we visit. Endless scenery, a whole lotta history, record crowds, and a town that can PUT ON A SHOW! It’s been a solid day 1 and I’m excited to see what’s in store the rest of the week. Stay tuned as I follow and again tomorrow!

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Final day with the Elite #5 Champion! Congrats on the well deserved win.

True amazement, is watching your wife become a mom. It brought out a whole other person in my wife that I never new existed. A side of her that leaves me in awe each and every day! I will forever and always look at her with a new respect and perspective that I can not explain. I hope me and our little man can make everyday feel like Mother Day for you, because you deserve it. I love you . And to all the moms out there, Happy Mothers Day, you’re all rockstars.

Spent day 3 in the tailrace with . Some truly intimidating waters to be in, but that just makes it even more exciting. Eager to see how this shootout plays out tomorrow!