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Stover, Missouri
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N/A - has always been a fisherman
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5' 11''
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300 lbs.
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Stats
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Years Pro
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25
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Top 10 Finishes (Wins)*
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32 (3)
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Career Earnings*
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$1 million
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Current World Rank
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140
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Current FLW Standing
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54 (713 points)
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Best Finish in 2010
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16 - Table Rock Lake, 3/3/2010
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Best Finish in 2009
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16 - Table Rock Lake, 3/12/2009
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Last 3 Finishes
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96 - Lake Guntersville, 6/23/2010
73 - Lake Ouachita, 5/26/2010
51 - Fort Loudoun/Tellico Lakes, 4/21/2010
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Bassmaster Classics Fished (Won)
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8 (1)
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FLW Championships Fished (Won)
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8 (1)
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Titles/Honors
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Bassmaster Classic (1997), FLW Championship (2000)
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Angling Stuff
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Angling Hero
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"My father, my uncles and my grandfather. They're legends in my part of the world. They're very special to me and have taught me a lot about fishing. And also Larry Nixon and Rick Clunn."
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Home Lake
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Lake of the Ozarks (MO)
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Favorite Lake
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Lake Champlain (NY/VT) - "To go and fun-fish, that's one of the best lakes in the world."
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Least Favorite Lake
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"I dislike the lakes that get really rough, though Lake Champlain is that way. I don't like losing to a guy just because he ran another 30 miles in 10-footers."
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Favorite Technique
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Jig-fishing around boat docks
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Primary Fishing Strength
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Fishing slow
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Secondary Fishing Strength
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Spinning tackle
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Biggest Weakness
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Carolina-rigging
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Boat
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Ranger
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Motor
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Evinrude
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Team
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Chevy
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Fishing Sponsors
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Solar Bat, Skirts Plus, Interstate Batteries, American Rodsmiths, Rod Wrap, Store-It Rod Tubes, BassMedics
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Non-Fishing Sponsors
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Chevrolet
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Personal Stuff
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Favorite Food
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Fried chicken
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Favorite Music
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Country (Brad Paisley, Dixie Chicks, George Strait, Tracy Byrd)
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Favorite Book/Movie
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The Old Man and the Sea (book)/Men of Honor (movie)
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Non-Angling Hero
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The people I idolize are all in my sport.
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When Not Fishing
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"I crappie-fish a lot with my boys. We fish for whatever's biting and deer hunt a lot. If it walks, flies or swims we chase at it and shoot at it."
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Why He Fishes
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"I've never done anything else that I'd want to do for a living. It's a part of me and I can't ever think of not doing it. It's in my blood."
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Website
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hibdons.com
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Tournament Finishes
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Date 
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Tour
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Event
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Place
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| 6/23/2010 | FLWT | Lake Guntersville | 96 |
| 5/26/2010 | FLWT | Lake Ouachita | 73 |
| 4/21/2010 | FLWT | Fort Loudoun/Tellico Lakes | 51 |
| 3/24/2010 | FLWT | Lake Norman | 56 |
| 3/3/2010 | FLWT | Table Rock Lake | 16 |
| 7/30/2009 | FLW | Ohio, Monongahela, Allegheny Rivers | 71 |
| 7/9/2009 | FLWT | Lake Champlain | 65 |
| 6/11/2009 | FLWT | Kentucky Lake | 129 |
| 5/14/2009 | FLWT | Beaver Lake | 105 |
| 4/23/2009 | FLWT | Lake Norman | 62 |
| 3/12/2009 | FLWT | Table Rock Lake | 16 |
| 2/12/2009 | FLWT | Lake Guntersville | 108 |
| 8/14/2008 | FLWT | Lake Murray | 6 |
| 7/10/2008 | FLWT | Detroit River | 26 |
| 6/19/2008 | FLWT | Ft. Loudoun-Tellico | 133 |
| 5/15/2008 | FLWT | Beaver Lake | 25 |
| 4/24/2008 | FLWT | Lake Norman | 93 |
| 4/3/2008 | FLWT | Lewis Smith | 44 |
| 2/28/2008 | FLWT | Lake Tohopekaliga | 148 |
| 8/2/2007 | FLWT | Lake Ouachita | 73 |
| 7/12/2007 | FLWT | Detroit River | 187 |
| 6/14/2007 | FLWT | Potomac River | 143 |
| 5/17/2007 | FLWT | Beaver Lake | 114 |
| 4/26/2007 | FLWT | Lake Norman | 19 |
| 3/29/2007 | FLWT | Fort Loudoun-Tellico | 157 |
| 2/15/2007 | FLWT | Lake Travis | 32 |
| 11/15/2006 | FLWS | Lewis Smith Lake | 101 |
| 10/11/2006 | FLWS | Lake of the Ozarks | 1 |
| 8/2/2006 | FLWT | Logan Martin Lake | 18 |
| 6/21/2006 | FLWT | Lake Champlain | 3 |
| 5/31/2006 | FLWS | Old Hickory Lake | 123 |
| 5/10/2006 | FLWT | Kentucky Lake | 57 |
| 5/3/2006 | FLWS | Lake Cumberland | 64 |
| 4/5/2006 | FLWT | Beaver Lake | 24 |
| 3/8/2006 | FLWS | Lake Lanier | 16 |
| 3/1/2006 | FLWT | Pickwick Lake | 65 |
| 2/8/2006 | FLWT | Lake Murray | 186 |
| 1/18/2006 | FLWT | Lake Okeechobee | 86 |
| 6/22/2005 | FLW | Potomac River | 98 |
| 5/11/2005 | FLW | Wheeler Lake | 87 |
| 4/13/2005 | FLW | Beaver Lake | 79 |
| 3/31/2005 | BT | Table Rock Lake | 12 |
| 3/17/2005 | BT | Lake Norman | 77 |
| 3/9/2005 | FLW | Ouachita River | 177 |
| 3/3/2005 | BT | Strom Thurmond Reservoir (Clarks Hill) | 15 |
| 2/24/2005 | BT | Lake Guntersville | 102 |
| 2/9/2005 | FLW | Lake Toho | 9 |
| 2/3/2005 | BT | Harris Chain | 69 |
| 1/27/2005 | BT | Lake Toho | 116 |
| 1/19/2005 | FLW | Lake Okeechobee | 199 |
| 6/23/2004 | FLW | Lake Champlain | 106 |
| 5/12/2004 | FLW | Kentucky Lake | 171 |
| 3/31/2004 | FLW | Beaver Lake | 9 |
| 3/10/2004 | FLW | Old Hickory Lake | 2 |
| 2/11/2004 | FLW | Atchafalaya Basin | 83 |
| 1/21/2004 | FLW | Lake Okeechobee | 116 |
| 9/10/2003 | FLW* | James River | 36 |
| 6/18/2003 | FLW | Wheeler Lake (Forrest Wood Open) | 9 |
| 5/14/2003 | FLW | Kentucky Lake | 22 |
| 4/9/2003 | FLW | Beaver Lake (Wal-Mart Open) | 46 |
| 3/12/2003 | FLW | Lake Murray | 56 |
| 2/12/2003 | FLW | Atchafalaya Basin | 99 |
| 1/22/2003 | FLW | Lake Okeechobee | 145 |
| 9/11/2002 | FLW* | Cross Lake | 5 |
| 6/19/2002 | FLW | Lake Champlain | 23 |
| 5/15/2002 | FLW | Old Hickory Lake | 9 |
| 4/17/2002 | FLW | Beaver Lake | 31 |
| 4/10/2002 | BT | Lake Guntersville | 118 |
| 3/13/2002 | FLW | Lake Ouachita | 90 |
| 2/13/2002 | FLW | Lake Wheeler | 40 |
| 2/6/2002 | BT | Lake Seminole | 80 |
| 1/23/2002 | FLW | Lake Okeechobee | 103 |
| 12/12/2001 | BT | Lake Toho | 128 |
| 10/31/2001 | BT | Red River | 80 |
| 8/22/2001 | BT | Lake St. Clair | 53 |
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*BASS events (all events because BASS does not report Tour and Open earnings separately) and FLW Tour.
Biographical data last updated: 9/18/2002
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