Count them, 22 years in all.  Pam Martin-Wells has been counting them.  22 years of paying her dues.  Staying in second rate motel rooms, traveling all over the country, and fishing in bass tournaments where the winnings barely cover her expenses.  This year, her dream of fishing in the Bassmaster Classic Championship has come true.  The all time money winner in women’s professional bass fishing will have an opportunity to compete and win the world’s championship of bass fishing.  “It’s a dream come true, I have seen a lot of changes in 22 years as a professional angler,” said Martin-Wells.  Like all the other competitors, Martin-Wells has begun preparing for the tournament, “I got a map of the lake and plan on looking around the lake as much as possible, I have fished it before but that was years ago,” Martin-Wells stated when asked about pre-fishing Lay Lake in Birmingham, Alabama.  The off limits go in effect December 14, 2009 for the February 19-20, 2010 tournament.  Martin-Wells will be the second female ever to compete in the championship, Kim Bain, was the first.

Martin-Well finished in the top 10 of every Women’s Bassmaster Tournament this past season including winning Neely Henry Lake, seventh at Ouachita River, Louisiana, eighth place at Maumelle Lake, Arkansas, and fifth place at Old Hickory, Tennessee.

Early in her career, Pam Martin-Wells had some setbacks but you have got to lose some bass tournaments to know how to win bass tournaments.  Just like any serious professional tournament angler, Martin-Wells has always dreamed of the possibility of fishing in the Bassmaster Classic Championship, the World Championship of all bass fishing tournaments.  Winning the prestigious, 2009 Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Women’s Angler of the Year has made her dream come true. 

Pam Martin-Wells is sponsored by Academy Sports & Outdoors, Legend Boats Cost Del Mar, Mercury, Lowrance, CastAway Rods, Gama Line, Stay-n-Charge, and Wingate’s Lodge.