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Billy McCaghren

Billy  McCaghren

Info

Hometown Mayflower, Arkansas
Age 52
Former Occupation Welder (current)
Height 6' 0''
Weight 200 lbs.

Stats

Top 10 Finishes (Wins)* 16 (1) As of 2/28/2019
Career Earnings* $459,318 As of 2/28/2019
Last 3 Finishes 170 - Mississippi River, 7/29/2020
124 - Lake Chickamauga, 6/23/2020
48 - Lake Martin, 3/19/2020
Bassmaster Classics Fished (Won) 2 (0) As of 2/28/2019
REDCREST Championships Fished (Won) 0 (0) As of 2/28/2019

Angling Stuff

Angling Hero "My hero as a kid was Larry Nixon, and Mark Davis is one of the people I really look up to."
Home Lake Lake Conway (Ark.)
Favorite Lake Table Rock or Guntersville
Least Favorite Lake "Lake DeGray is probably my least favorite. I've probably won more money there than any other lake in Arkansas, but I just don't like to fish there for some reason."
Favorite Technique Fishing green cypress trees
Primary Fishing Strength Shallow water
Secondary Fishing Strength Flipping
Biggest Weakness Big swimbaits
Boat Bass Cat
Motor Mercury
Fishing Sponsors Phenix rods, H20 Sports, Talon Series Custom Lures, Lew's, Zoom, Costa, Garmin
Tow Vehicle (Sponsor) Ford F-250 diesel

Personal Stuff

Favorite Food Pinto beans and corn bread
Favorite Music Country
Favorite Book/Movie "For the Love of the Game" (movie)
Non-Angling Hero "My dad – he always made time to do stuff with us."
When Not Fishing "I like to play any kind of sports, but it's more watching sports than actually participating now."
Why He Fishes "I've just always loved it since I was little and catching them in a small creek behind our house."
Website www.fishingwiththefans.com
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Tournament Finishes
(Only recent tournaments are included. Not necessarily a career listing.)
Date Tour Event Place
3/12/2009 BElite Lake Amistad 95  
3/26/2009 BElite Lake Dardanelle 14  
4/2/2009 BElite Lake Wheeler 56  
4/23/2009 BElite Smith Mountain Lake 35  
5/7/2009 BElite Lake Guntersville 42  
6/3/2009 BElite Kentucky Lake 63  
6/11/2009 BElite Mississippi River 3  
8/13/2009 BElite Oneida Lake 25  
2/19/2010 BElite Lay Lake 24  
3/11/2010 BElite California Delta 64  
3/18/2010 BElite Clear Lake 26  
4/15/2010 BElite Smith Mountain Lake 46  
4/29/2010 BElite Pickwick Lake 38  
5/6/2010 BElite Lake Guntersville 42  
5/20/2010 BElite Clarks Hill Lake 49  
6/9/2010 BElite Kentucky Lake 81  
6/17/2010 BElite Ft. Gibson 67  
3/10/2011 BElite Harris Chain 75  
3/17/2011 BElite St. Johns River 12  
4/6/2011 BElite Lake Pickwick 19  
4/14/2011 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 88  
5/5/2011 BElite West Point Lake 56  
5/12/2011 BElite Lake Murray 54  
6/9/2011 BElite Arkansas River 9  
6/16/2011 BElite Lake Wheeler 85  
3/15/2012 BElite St. Johns River 49  
3/22/2012 BElite Lake Okeechobee 88  
4/19/2012 BElite Bull Shoals Lake 65  
5/3/2012 BElite Douglas Lake 44  
6/7/2012 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 87  
6/21/2012 BElite Mississippi River 71  
6/28/2012 BElite Lake Michigan 87  
8/23/2012 BElite Oneida Lake 57  
3/14/2013 BElite Sabine River 25  
3/21/2013 BElite Falcon Lake 10  
4/18/2013 BElite Bull Shoals Lake 69  
5/2/2013 BElite West Point Lake 81  
5/9/2013 BElite Alabama River 47  
6/20/2013 BElite Mississippi River 43  
8/8/2013 BElite St. Lawrence River 68  
8/22/2013 BElite Lake St. Clair 62  
3/13/2014 BElite Lake Seminole 87  
3/20/2014 BElite St. Johns River 95  
4/3/2014 BElite Table Rock Lake 26  
5/1/2014 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 61  
5/15/2014 BElite Lake Dardanelle 90  
6/11/2014 BElite Lake Chickamauga 123  
8/7/2014 BElite Delaware River 58  
8/21/2014 BElite Cayuga Lake 86  
3/19/2015 BElite Sabine River 70  
4/9/2015 BElite Lake Guntersville 70  
4/30/2015 BElite Sacramento River 18  
5/7/2015 BElite Lake Havasu 98  
6/3/2015 BElite Kentucky Lake 10  
7/30/2015 BElite St. Lawrence River 18  
8/13/2015 BElite Chesapeake Bay 64  
8/27/2015 BElite Lake St. Clair 46  
9/17/2015 BElite Sturgeon Bay (Lake Michigan) 39  
3/4/2016 BElite Grand Lake O' the Cherokees 33  
3/17/2016 BElite St. Johns River 26  
4/7/2016 BElite Winyah Bay 54  
4/21/2016 BElite Bull Shoals/Norfork Lakes 79  
4/28/2016 BElite Wheeler Lake 102  
5/12/2016 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 72  
6/8/2016 BElite Lake Texoma 85  
6/23/2016 BElite Cayuga Lake 46  
8/11/2016 BElite Potomac River 66  
9/8/2016 BElite Mississippi River 86  
2/2/2017 FLWT Lake Guntersville 69  
2/16/2017 FLWT Lake Travis 64  
3/9/2017 FLWT Harris Chain of Lakes 94  
4/6/2017 FLWT Lake Cumberland 60  
4/27/2017 FLWT Beaver Lake 79  
5/18/2017 FLWT Mississippi River 88  
6/15/2017 FLWT Potomac River 73  
1/25/2018 FLWT Lake Okeechobee 27  
2/22/2018 FLWT Harris Chain of Lakes 49  
3/8/2018 FLWT Lake Lanier 123  
4/12/2018 FLWT Lake Cumberland 15  
4/26/2018 FLWT Smith Lake 25  
5/17/2018 FLWT Kentucky Lake 157  
6/28/2018 FLWT Lake St. Clair 112  
1/10/2019 FLWT Sam Rayburn Reservoir 30  
2/7/2019 FLWT Lake Toho 25  
3/7/2019 FLWT Lake Seminole 14  
3/28/2019 FLWT Grand Lake 6  
4/11/2019 FLWT Cherokee Lake 153  
5/2/2019 FLWT Lake Chickamauga 11  
6/27/2019 FLWT Lake Champlain 127  
8/9/2019 FLWT- FWC Lake Hamilton 14  
1/23/2020 FLWPC Sam Rayburn Reservoir 88  
2/20/2020 FLWPC Harris Chain of Lakes 50  
3/19/2020 FLWPC Lake Martin 48  
6/23/2020 FLWPC Lake Chickamauga 124  
7/29/2020 FLWPC Mississippi River 170  


*BASS events (all events because BASS does not report Tour and Open earnings separately) and FLW Tour.

Biographical data last updated: 2/28/2019

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