Inside Elite Boats: Andrew Loberg

Andrew Loberg just finished up his first season as a Progressive Bassmaster Elite Series pro. He had a strong year finishing 41st in Bassmaster Angler of the Year points and qualifying for his first Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Classic. Loberg nearly won the Elite on Lake Tenkiller coming just 1 ounce short of Wes Logan after leading for the first three days.

The Califonia native now resides in Guntersville, Ala., and does all his work in a Phoenix 921 Elite powered by a 250 horsepower Mercury Pro XS engine.

At the bow, Loberg runs a 45-inch Minn Kota Ultrex Quest. He was definitely looking shallow on the Mississippi River as it is pulled all the way up, not to mention the mud.

His Garmin Livescope LVS34 is mounted on a FishObessed Zero degree mount. Loberg also protects the investment with a The Bass Tank cover for when its not in use.

A Garmin GPSMAP 8616 displays his forward-facing sonar exclusively and a Lowrance HDS12 Pro for mapping and 2D sonar.

He runs the graphs on a dual bow mount stacked on top of one another.

Loberg keeps his Phoenix loaded down with all the essentials.

“I try to keep as many rods as I can in the boat, especially for practice, because I like to change up for different scenarios. A lot of these places I have never been so I don’t know exactly what techniques I’m going to use.”

His center compartment holds a bit of everything, from hard baits, soft baits, line, to even a big bluegill wake bait.

One of his favorite boxes is his squarebill box.

This box mostly consists of Lucky Craft 1.5s.

Loberg shows off two of his go-to colors. “This lure is a staple; it catches fish all across the country.”

His jig box is loaded with Beast Coast jigs. His favorite is the Beast Coast Lil’ Magnum.

The Lil’ Magnum is a compact flipping jig that can be fished both shallow and deep. Loberg keeps one tied on at all times.

Next is his shallow jerkbait box containing his favorite Lucky Craft 128s, 112s, Thunder Pointers and the new Lighting Pointers

He has a wide variety of sizes and colors to match whatever lake and conditions he faces.

Loberg has kept his B.A.S.S. Member bags over the years and still uses them for storage.

One is slap full of buzzbaits while the other is full of spinnerbaits

The right-side compartment holds his raingear, jersey and a toolbox.

His Salty Crew raingear keeps him dry and protects him from the elements.

His day box contains a bunch of miscellaneous tackle, generally stuff he needs quick access to.

While nearly empty now, Loberg stocks his cooler his beef sticks, Red Bull, water and other snacks.

That’s one way to get some wings. I guess Loberg is trying to match his Phoenix boat.

The little storage trays hold Loberg’s markers and super glues.

Pimpin’ ain’t easy, but it is necessary.

Loberg displays a variety of stickers on his windshield.

A Humminbird Helix 12 and a Lowrance HDS 12 Pro are his graphs of choice at the console. He uses the Humminbird strictly for mapping and the Lowrance for scanning.