This is part of a weekly series introducing readers to individuals who are passionate about our Mid-Valley community. Jay Yelas likes to say he’s the only Oregonian who has made a career as a ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., -July 25, 2002 - Veteran pro Jay Yelas has qualified for 12 consecutive appearances in the prestigous CITGO BASSMASTERS Classic, but has never come close to winning fishing's most ...

The Rose City can claim another Hall of Famer. Jay Yelas, a former Tyler resident, is scheduled to be inducted into the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame on Thursday at the Johnny Morris’ Wonders of Wildlife ...

In analyzing last week’s BASSMASTERS Classic, a lot of things went right for winner Jay Yelas. Perhaps the biggest was that Yelas convinced himself to practice on one small stretch of Lay Lake. In his ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – It’s all over but the Yelas. On the second day of the 32nd annual BASS Masters Classic, Texan Jay Yelas continued his domination of the field with a total that will be nearly ...

Suppose you manufacture your own fishing lures but have trouble selling them because only your friends know about the product. Don’t you wish you could get a big-name professional tournament angler to ...

One bite - one hookset - one big bass is all it takes to win a Big Bass Tournament. Three-hundred sixty-five anglers went out on Sam Rayburn March 31 in search of that one bite to win a part of the ...

Jay Yelas capped an incredible stretch of tournament fishing at the season-ending Citgo Bassmaster Tour event on the Alabama River out of Montgomery last week. Yelas went into the tournament, which ...

Jay Yelas’ name is often followed by a lot of accolades. Bassmaster Classic champion, B.A.S.S. angler of the year and FLW angler of the year, to name a few. However, his newest — member of the Bass ...