Todd Ceisner | BassFan Editor - While the turkey roasted and the potatoes boiled and dinner rolls warmed, Brandon Palaniuk sat and reflected. Then he responded and eventually he relaxed.

Seated at his kitchen island last Thursday, his laptop computer open in front of him, Palaniuk scrolled through hundreds of comments and questions that had flowed into his social media pages over the previous 20 hours regarding the announcement that he, along with Gerald Swindle, was departing Major League Fishing’s Bass Pro Tour after one season and was heading back to the Bassmaster Elite Series. READ MORE