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5/3/1950

George Cochran

Info & Stats
Angling & Personal Stuff
Tournament Finishes

Info

Hometown	Hot Springs, Arkansas
Age	74
Former Occupation	Railroad brakeman
Height	6' 2''
Weight	215 lbs.

Stats

Years Pro	45
Top 10 Finishes (Wins)*	60 (9) As of 9/28/2012
Career Earnings*	$2.1 million As of 7/12/2010
Last 3 Finishes	35 - Sam Rayburn Reservoir, 10/11/2012 48 - Wheeler Lake, 9/20/2012 134 - Detroit River, 8/23/2012
Bassmaster Classics Fished (Won)	21 (2) As of 9/28/2012
REDCREST Championships Fished (Won)	7 (1) As of 7/12/2010
Titles/Honors	Forrest Wood Cup winner (2005), Bassmaster Classic winner (1987, 1996)

Angling Stuff

Angling Hero	Larry Nixon – "He's my wife's cousin and we're real good friends. We stay together. He's the most likeable, respected fisherman out there."
Home Lake	Lake Hamilton (AR)
Favorite Lake	Lake Hamilton (AR) – "It won me more money in 1 day than anyplace else in the world."
Least Favorite Lake	Three Rivers (PA) – "Talk about a sorry place to fish."
Favorite Technique	Shallow cranking
Primary Fishing Strength	Fishing shallow
Secondary Fishing Strength	Fishing plastic worms
Biggest Weakness	"Making myself fish deep. I know there's fish there, but it's not what I like to do."
Boat	Ranger
Motor	Evinrude
Team	Wal-Mart
Fishing Sponsors	RaZr Rods, MotorGuide, Eagle Claw, P-Line, Strike King, Grassmaster Electronics
Non-Fishing Sponsors	Walmart, CLC Leather Co. (Oklahoma), Landers United Auto (Little Rock, Ark.)

Personal Stuff

Favorite Food	Steak (ribeye, medium rare)
Favorite Music	"Some country, but I like some oldies rock ('50s)."
Favorite Book/Movie	Moby Dick (Book)/Forrest Gump (Movie)
Non-Angling Hero	Forrest Wood (Ranger Boats founder) – "I respect him."
When Not Fishing	"I love to hunt deer, duck, squirrel and walk a lot in the woods."
Why He Fishes	"I've always loved it - ever since I was a little kid."

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Tournament Finishes

(Only recent tournaments are included. Not necessarily a career listing.)

Date	Tour	Event	Place
8/22/2001	BT	Lake St. Clair	54
10/31/2001	BT	Red River	113
12/12/2001	BT	Lake Toho	6
1/23/2002	FLW	Lake Okeechobee	123
2/6/2002	BT	Lake Seminole	18
2/13/2002	FLW	Lake Wheeler	23
3/13/2002	FLW	Lake Ouachita	117
4/10/2002	BT	Lake Guntersville	20
4/17/2002	FLW	Beaver Lake	131
5/8/2002	BT	Lake Eufaula	54
5/15/2002	FLW	Old Hickory Lake	80
6/19/2002	FLW	Lake Champlain	146
7/25/2002	BT*	Lay Lake	19
1/9/2003	BT	Harris Chain of Lakes	86
1/16/2003	BT	Lake Okeechobee	84
1/22/2003	FLW	Lake Okeechobee	139
2/6/2003	BT	Lake Seminole	55
2/12/2003	FLW	Atchafalaya Basin	52
2/20/2003	BT	Toledo Bend	58
3/6/2003	BT	Lake Eufaula	41
3/12/2003	FLW	Lake Murray	94
3/20/2003	BT	Santee Cooper	53
4/9/2003	FLW	Beaver Lake (Wal-Mart Open)	48
5/14/2003	FLW	Kentucky Lake	19
6/18/2003	FLW	Wheeler Lake (Forrest Wood Open)	34
9/10/2003	FLW*	James River	19
1/21/2004	FLW	Lake Okeechobee	90
1/29/2004	BT	Harris Chain of Lakes	72
2/5/2004	BT	Smith Lake	121
2/11/2004	FLW	Atchafalaya Basin	186
2/26/2004	BT	Lake Guntersville	1
3/4/2004	BT	Table Rock Lake	8
3/10/2004	FLW	Old Hickory Lake	102
3/18/2004	BT	Lake Eufaula	103
3/25/2004	BT	Santee Cooper Lakes	116
3/31/2004	FLW	Beaver Lake	189
4/14/2004	E50	Lake Dardanelle	16
5/12/2004	FLW	Kentucky Lake	25
5/19/2004	E50	Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway	37
6/2/2004	E50	Alabama River	48
6/16/2004	E50	Ohio, Cumberland, Tennessee Rivers	14
6/23/2004	FLW	Lake Champlain	47
1/19/2005	FLW	Lake Okeechobee	75
1/27/2005	BT	Lake Toho	33
2/3/2005	BT	Harris Chain	7
2/9/2005	FLW	Lake Toho	110
2/24/2005	BT	Lake Guntersville	48
3/3/2005	BT	Strom Thurmond Reservoir (Clarks Hill)	56
3/9/2005	FLW	Ouachita River	57
3/17/2005	BT	Lake Norman	35
3/31/2005	BT	Table Rock Lake	92
4/13/2005	FLW	Beaver Lake	14
4/20/2005	E50	Smith Lake	45
5/11/2005	FLW	Wheeler Lake	61
5/18/2005	E50	Lake Dardanelle (Arkansas River)	41
6/1/2005	E50	Lewisville Lake	24
6/15/2005	E50	Lake Wissota	18
6/22/2005	FLW	Potomac River	7
7/13/2005	FLW	Lake Hamilton	1
7/29/2005	BT	Ohio, Monongahela, Allegheny Rivers	4
8/12/2005	Top Gun	Eagle Mountain Lake	3
1/18/2006	FLWT	Lake Okeechobee	47
2/8/2006	FLWT	Lake Murray	82
2/24/2006	BElite	Lake Tohopekaliga	7
3/1/2006	FLWT	Pickwick Lake	169
3/8/2006	FLWS	Lake Lanier	86
4/5/2006	FLWT	Beaver Lake	40
5/3/2006	FLWS	Lake Cumberland	98
5/10/2006	FLWT	Kentucky Lake	23
5/31/2006	FLWS	Old Hickory Lake	74
6/21/2006	FLWT	Lake Champlain	58
8/2/2006	FLWT	Logan Martin Lake	11
10/11/2006	FLWS	Lake of the Ozarks	15
11/15/2006	FLWS	Lewis Smith Lake	38
2/15/2007	FLWT	Lake Travis	128
3/29/2007	FLWT	Fort Loudoun-Tellico	133
4/26/2007	FLWT	Lake Norman	25
5/17/2007	FLWT	Beaver Lake	34
6/14/2007	FLWT	Potomac River	50
7/12/2007	FLWT	Detroit River	184
8/2/2007	FLWT	Lake Ouachita	63
2/28/2008	FLWT	Lake Tohopekaliga	41
4/3/2008	FLWT	Lewis Smith	35
4/24/2008	FLWT	Lake Norman	77
5/15/2008	FLWT	Beaver Lake	2
6/19/2008	FLWT	Ft. Loudoun-Tellico	31
7/10/2008	FLWT	Detroit River	181
8/14/2008	FLWT	Lake Murray	28
2/12/2009	FLWT	Lake Guntersville	90
3/12/2009	FLWT	Table Rock Lake	78
5/14/2009	FLWT	Beaver Lake	11
6/11/2009	FLWT	Kentucky Lake	25
7/9/2009	FLWT	Lake Champlain	117
3/3/2010	FLWT	Table Rock Lake	40
3/24/2010	FLWT	Lake Norman	49
4/21/2010	FLWT	Fort Loudoun/Tellico Lakes	45
5/26/2010	FLWT	Lake Ouachita	20
6/23/2010	FLWT	Lake Guntersville	46
8/5/2010	FLWT	Lake Lanier	27
2/3/2011	FLWT	Lake Okeechobee	138
3/3/2011	FLWT	Beaver Lake	19
3/24/2011	FLWT	Lake Hartwell	41
4/14/2011	FLWT	Lake Chickamauga	115
5/19/2011	FLWT	Red River	80
6/2/2011	FLWT	Potomac River	120
6/16/2011	FLWT	Kentucky Lake	76
7/21/2011	FLWT	Lake Pickwick	98
9/15/2011	FLWT	Lake Champlain	91
10/20/2011	FLWT	Lake Guntersville	68
2/9/2012	FLWT	Lake Okeechobee	93
3/8/2012	FLWT	Lake Hartwell	93
3/29/2012	FLWT	Table Rock Lake	76
4/26/2012	FLWT	Beaver Lake	65
5/17/2012	FLWT	Potomac River	81
6/7/2012	FLWT	Kentucky Lake	64
6/28/2012	FLWT	Lake Champlain	14
8/23/2012	FLWT	Detroit River	134
9/20/2012	FLWT	Wheeler Lake	48
10/11/2012	FLWT	Sam Rayburn Reservoir	35

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

Biographical data last updated: 2/8/2013

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