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Pro-Guide Named Title Sponsor of Bassmaster Rookie of the Year & Kayak Angler of the Year The future of competitive fishing is being written every season, by anglers stepping onto the biggest stages for the first time, adapting fast, and competing under pressure where there’s no room for failure. That’s why Pro-Guide Batteries is proud to be named the title sponsor of the Bassmaste …

A Tournament Built on Family, Community, and Hope Some stories are best told face to face. This is one of them. The Pro-Guide Hope Classic began at the start of Truman Shumaker’s cancer treatment, the son of Pro-Guide owner Pate Shumaker. Like any parent, Pate found himself focused on what truly matters: family, faith, and hope. What started as a personal journey quickly became a shared miss …

Trusted Power for the Best Anglers in the Game At Pro-Guide Batteries, we don’t hand out logos lightly. Every angler who runs our batteries does so because they trust them, day in and day out, tournament after tournament. For 2026, we’re proud to introduce a pro staff built on experience, grit, and real-world performance at the highest level of competitive fishing. From the Bassmaster …

Coming into the 2025 season, I had always run standard lead-acid trolling motor batteries and an AGM for cranking. This season, I’m running Pro-Guide Batteries and have played around with multiple different setups to learn the ins and outs of each. Throughout different points of this season, I have used a lithium cranking battery, an AGM cranking battery, run my graphs off my lith …