Texas Boat World Staff

Along with being Executive Director of SDG Marine, Yusuke fishes the Bassmaster Open events. Previously, he was on the Elite Tour where he completed 198 tournaments, had 2 Classic appearances and twenty-two top 20 finishes. He engineers and develops baits for his company in Japan and oversees multiple boat dealerships in Japan as well as Texas Boat World operations.

Frank lives in Belton, Texas and was a successful local fisherman when he won the 2018 Bassmaster Central Opens Angler of the Year title and earned his way into the Bassmaster Classic. He has been on the Elite Tour ever since with 50 tournament appearances, eight top 20 finishes and was winner of the 2020 NOCO Bassmaster Elite at Lake Guntersville, AL. His signature technique is Spinnerbaits around wood cover. He and his family also own Extreme Hoses in Belton, TX.

Seiji Kato is one of the founders of Jackall Baits but announced in late 2021 that he was retiring from professional bass fishing and Jackall Baits to enjoy more leisure time. However, he still manages to fish the Bassmaster Open series when he is in the US. Seiji has fished a total of 53 Bassmaster events with seven top 20 finishes. You might recognize him more easily by his lure designs. He is the designer of the Daiwa TD Minnow and Vibration, the Jackall TN Series and numerous other Daiwa, Lucky Craft and Jackall baits that are popular all over the world

Kenta Kimura has been a pro fisherman for 11 years. He earned his way onto the Elite circuit through the 2020 Bassmaster Central Opens. He has fished a total of 74 Bassmaster events with twenty-three top 20 finishes. He has appeared in 1 Bassmaster Classic and won the 2022 St Croix Bassmaster Northern Open tournament. In his native Japan, Kenta helped to found an organization dedicated to working with anglers and government officials to keep shorelines clean and encourage proper use of life jackets.  

Masayuki Matsushita realized his dream of qualifying for a Bassmaster Classic when he won the 2020 Bassmaster Central Open at Sam Rayburn Reservoir. In 2021 he fished all three divisions of the Bassmaster Opens and earned his way onto the Elite Series Tour. In the off-season, he guides at Lake Biwa in his native Japan.

Daisuke Kita joined the Bassmaster Tour in the US in 2020 after being one of the top ranked fishermen in Japan with championships in the 2016, 2017 & 2019 Basser Allstar Classic tournament. In the US, he has fished 21 Opens since 2018, and finished in the money four times, including one Top 30 finish. 

Takayuki Koike has fished just 3 tournaments on the Bassmaster Series but finished in the top 10 at the 2019 Basspro.com Bassmaster Central Open. He competed in the MLF Toyota Series in 2020 with a top 10 finish at Lake of the Ozarks. His 4th place finish in points race in the Plains Division qualified him for the MLF Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit.

Gary Klein has been a professional angler for over 40 years at the top of the Bassmaster Elite Tour. He has fished in 407 Bassmaster events finishing in the money in 262 of those events and he was the BASS Angler of the Year twice. He has also competed in the FLW Series appearing in 6 FLW championships and winning 2 titles. He is a co-founder of Major League Fishing and competes on the Bass Pro Tour of MLF qualifying for the inaugural World Championship. In 2018, he was inducted into the National Bass Fishing Hall of Fame and in 2022 he was inducted into the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Hall of Fame largely for his conservation work, fisheries enhancement and fish care.

Years as a full-time pro angler: 13 Signature technique/strength: Deep-water
structure fishing
Home waters: Lake Ouachita
Favorite place to fish: Chickamauga Lake & Nickajack Lake
Career highlights: At 21, Stetson became the youngest pro ever to win an FLW event at Lake Norman in 2009.
Did you know: While Stetson is known for being an avid hunter, he has a hidden talent for playing ping-pong.

John Garrett is the 2016 Bassmaster College Series Bracket Champion from Bethel University. Garrett competed in the 2017 Bassmaster Classic and is now fishing the Basspro.com Bassmaster Opens.