Jacob Wheeler Wins 2017 BASS Elite Cherokee Lake Tournament with 69-13lbs!

Wheeler rolls into win
By Bryan Brasher
BASS PRESS RELEASE

Lunch time flurry seal the deal for Jacob.
(Photo: BASS)

At only 26 years of age, Jacob Wheeler has already won more than his share of big-money bass tournaments.
 
But he’s never won one under the same set of circumstances he faced this week during the Bassmaster Elite at Cherokee Lake — and he’s quick to admit that he may never do it again.
 
After a week of adversity that some anglers don’t face in an entire season, Wheeler won the event and its $100,000 first-place prize with a four-day total of 69 pounds, 13 ounces. A final-day catch of 18-3 — his biggest of the tournament — helped him jump from third place into the winner’s spot.