![Bassmaster Elite Angler Chad Pipkens celebrates another great Oneida Lake smallmouth bass on the way to his Northern Open Top Ten finish!](https://www.chadpipkens.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/chad-fist-good-oneida-smallmouth-bass-open-400.jpg)
Chad Pipkens gets his first Top Ten of the 2017 Bassmaster season during stop #1 of both the Northern Opens and the Northern swing of the tournament season! His three day total of 49 lbs. 5 oz. gives him a 7th place finish at the Northern Open #1 at Oneida Lake in New York, earning him $8,448 to pad to his growing bass tournament career total!