The Leader in Pro Bass Fishing News!
Facebook Twitter
BACK
Sponsored by
6/11/1978

John Crews, Jr.

John  Crews, Jr.

Info

Hometown Salem, Virginia
Age 46
Former Occupation N/A - college student (Randolph-Macon College)
Height 5' 9''
Weight 160 lbs.

Stats

Years Pro 22
Top 10 Finishes (Wins)* 33 (2) As of 8/14/2023
Career Earnings* $1.8 million As of 8/14/2023
Current World Rank 134
Current Bassmaster Standing 97 (0 points)
Best Finish in 2024 89 - Lake Fork, 2/29/2024
Best Finish in 2023 18 - Sabine River, 6/1/2023
Last 3 Finishes 89 - Lake Fork, 2/29/2024
94 - Toledo Bend Reservoir, 2/22/2024
26 - St. Lawrence River, 8/24/2023
Bassmaster Classics Fished (Won) 13 (0) As of 8/14/2023
REDCREST Championships Fished (Won) 0 (0) As of 8/14/2023

Angling Stuff

Angling Hero Kevin VanDam - "He's such a machine. He catches them everywhere." Greg South - "He came in 2nd in the Arkansas River Classic that Rick Clunn won. He's a heck of a fisherman, and is also one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet."
Home Lake Smith Mountain Lake (Va.)
Favorite Lake Potomac River (MD/VA) - "They bite there, and they're big."
Least Favorite Lake Lake Ouachita (AR) - "The only time I fished it I zeroed, and they have a 16-inch minimum size limit there."
Favorite Technique Shallow cranking or bed-fishing
Primary Fishing Strength Shallow cranking
Secondary Fishing Strength Sight-fishing
Boat Bass Cat
Motor Mercury
Fishing Sponsors SPRO, Gamakatsu, Sunline, Cashion Fishing Rods, Bass Cat Boats, Mercury, Missile Baits, Raymarine, T-H Marine Products, Lithium Pros, Power-Pole, FGX International (eyewear)
Non-Fishing Sponsors General Tire
Tow Vehicle (Sponsor) Toyota Tundra

Personal Stuff

Favorite Food "A big ol' steak and sweet potato."
Favorite Music Rock - "Everything from Kid Rock to the Rolling Stones."
Favorite Book/Movie Good Fellas (movie)
Non-Angling Hero Father – "He and I are very close, and he's taught me so many things about life in general. I couldn't have ordered up a better father."
When Not Fishing "I like to lift weights, play golf with my dad and spend time with my wife."
Why He Fishes "In life you have to enjoy what you do, and I enjoy being outside and fishing. I can't think of a better occupation. It's also a fascinating industry because it's so complex."
Website www.johncrews.com
Click a column heading to re-sort.
Tournament Finishes
(Only recent tournaments are included. Not necessarily a career listing.)
Date Tour Event Place
2/29/2024 BElite Lake Fork 89  
2/22/2024 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 94  
8/24/2023 BElite St. Lawrence River 26  
8/17/2023 BElite Lake Champlain 96  
7/27/2023 BElite Lake St. Clair 37  
6/1/2023 BElite Sabine River 18  
5/11/2023 BElite Lay Lake 58  
4/27/2023 BElite Santee Cooper Lakes 60  
4/20/2023 BElite Lake Murray 69  
2/23/2023 BElite Lake Seminole 66  
2/16/2023 BElite Lake Okeechobee 33  
8/26/2022 BElite Mississippi River 51  
8/18/2022 BElite Lake Oahe 48  
7/14/2022 BElite St. Lawrence River 50  
6/2/2022 BElite Pickwick Lake 81  
5/19/2022 BElite Lake Fork 56  
4/7/2022 BElite Lake Chickamauga 56  
3/17/2022 BElite Santee Cooper Lakes 59  
3/4/2022 BElite Lake Hartwell 45  
2/17/2022 BElite Harris Chain of Lakes 76  
2/10/2022 BElite St. Johns River 1  
7/15/2021 BElite St. Lawrence River 71  
7/8/2021 BElite Lake Champlain 20  
5/20/2021 BElite Lake Guntersville 21  
5/6/2021 BElite Neely Henry Lake 26  
4/22/2021 BElite Lake Fork 76  
4/8/2021 BElite Sabine River 28  
3/18/2021 BElite Pickwick Lake 34  
2/25/2021 BElite Tennessee River 10  
2/11/2021 BElite St. Johns River 61  
11/5/2020 BElite Lake Fork 36  
10/16/2020 BElite Lake Chickamauga 48  
10/8/2020 BElite Santee Cooper Lakes 40  
9/30/2020 BElite Lake Guntersville 70  
8/20/2020 BElite Lake St. Clair 65  
7/30/2020 BElite Lake Champlain 82  
7/23/2020 BElite St. Lawrence River 84  
6/10/2020 BElite Lake Eufaula 53  
3/6/2020 BElite Lake Guntersville 6  
2/6/2020 BElite St. Johns River 2  
9/28/2019 BElite Lake St. Clair 43  
9/19/2019 BElite Lake Tenkiller 24  
8/22/2019 BElite Cayuga Lake 27  
8/15/2019 BElite St. Lawrence River 41  
6/21/2019 BElite Lake Guntersville 42  
5/2/2019 BElite Lake Fork 33  
4/11/2019 BElite Winyah Bay 5  
4/4/2019 BElite Lake Hartwell 23  
2/14/2019 BElite Lake Lanier 58  
2/7/2019 BElite St. Johns River 5  
8/23/2018 BElite St. Lawrence River 95  
6/29/2018 BElite Lake Oahe 87  
6/21/2018 BElite Mississippi River 42  
6/7/2018 BElite Sabine River 6  
5/17/2018 BElite Lake Travis 69  
5/4/2018 BElite Kentucky Lake 53  
4/26/2018 BElite Grand Lake 45  
3/16/2018 BElite Lake Hartwell 31  
2/8/2018 BElite Lake Martin 65  
9/14/2017 BElite Mille Lacs Lake 47  
8/24/2017 BElite Lake St. Clair 35  
7/27/2017 BElite Lake Champlain 29  
7/20/2017 BElite St. Lawrence River 67  
6/2/2017 BElite Lake Dardanelle 68  
5/17/2017 BElite Sam Rayburn Reservoir 53  
4/27/2017 BElite Ross Barnett Reservoir 35  
4/6/2017 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 14  
2/23/2017 BElite Lake Okeechobee 67  
2/9/2017 BElite Cherokee Lake 23  
9/8/2016 BElite Mississippi River 85  
8/11/2016 BElite Potomac River 90  
6/23/2016 BElite Cayuga Lake 20  
6/8/2016 BElite Lake Texoma 107  
5/12/2016 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 56  
4/28/2016 BElite Wheeler Lake 3  
4/21/2016 BElite Bull Shoals/Norfork Lakes 83  
4/7/2016 BElite Winyah Bay 23  
3/17/2016 BElite St. Johns River 41  
3/4/2016 BElite Grand Lake O' the Cherokees 20  
9/17/2015 BElite Sturgeon Bay (Lake Michigan) 8  
8/27/2015 BElite Lake St. Clair 17  
8/13/2015 BElite Chesapeake Bay 88  
7/30/2015 BElite St. Lawrence River 53  
6/3/2015 BElite Kentucky Lake 49  
5/7/2015 BElite Lake Havasu 84  
4/30/2015 BElite Sacramento River 34  
4/9/2015 BElite Lake Guntersville 14  
3/19/2015 BElite Sabine River 6  
2/20/2015 BElite Lake Hartwell 33  
9/18/2014 BElite Bay de Noc (Lake Michigan) 36  
8/21/2014 BElite Cayuga Lake 54  
8/7/2014 BElite Delaware River 11  
6/11/2014 BElite Lake Chickamauga 23  
5/15/2014 BElite Lake Dardanelle 9  
5/1/2014 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 52  
4/3/2014 BElite Table Rock Lake 31  
3/20/2014 BElite St. Johns River 44  
3/13/2014 BElite Lake Seminole 58  
2/21/2014 BElite Lake Guntersville 28  
8/22/2013 BElite Lake St. Clair 23  
8/8/2013 BElite St. Lawrence River 39  
6/20/2013 BElite Mississippi River 3  
5/9/2013 BElite Alabama River 22  
5/2/2013 BElite West Point Lake 33  
4/18/2013 BElite Bull Shoals Lake 78  
3/21/2013 BElite Falcon Lake 3  
3/14/2013 BElite Sabine River 26  
2/22/2013 BElite Grand Lake 22  
8/23/2012 BElite Oneida Lake 10  
6/28/2012 BElite Lake Michigan 30  
6/21/2012 BElite Mississippi River 17  
6/7/2012 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 44  
5/3/2012 BElite Douglas Lake 45  
4/19/2012 BElite Bull Shoals Lake 63  
3/22/2012 BElite Lake Okeechobee 60  
3/15/2012 BElite St. Johns River 27  
2/24/2012 BElite Red River 30  
6/16/2011 BElite Lake Wheeler 68  
6/9/2011 BElite Arkansas River 34  
5/12/2011 BElite Lake Murray 16  
5/5/2011 BElite West Point Lake 54  
4/14/2011 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 28  
4/6/2011 BElite Lake Pickwick 38  
3/17/2011 BElite St. Johns River 20  
3/10/2011 BElite Harris Chain 54  
2/18/2011 BElite Louisiana Delta 17  
6/17/2010 BElite Ft. Gibson 46  
6/9/2010 BElite Kentucky Lake 6  
5/20/2010 BElite Clarks Hill Lake 30  
5/6/2010 BElite Lake Guntersville 3  
4/29/2010 BElite Pickwick Lake 60  
4/15/2010 BElite Smith Mountain Lake 19  
3/18/2010 BElite Clear Lake 72  
3/11/2010 BElite California Delta 1  
8/13/2009 BElite Oneida Lake 13  
6/11/2009 BElite Mississippi River 61  
6/3/2009 BElite Kentucky Lake 33  
5/7/2009 BElite Lake Guntersville 80  
4/23/2009 BElite Smith Mountain Lake 48  
4/2/2009 BElite Lake Wheeler 97  
3/26/2009 BElite Lake Dardanelle 61  
3/12/2009 BElite Lake Amistad 90  
8/7/2008 BElite Lake Oneida 76  
7/31/2008 BElite Lake Erie/Niagara River 32  
6/26/2008 BElite Old Hickory 37  
6/12/2008 BElite Kentucky Lake 88  
6/5/2008 BElite Lake Wheeler 101  
5/15/2008 BElite Lake Murray 54  
5/1/2008 BElite Clarks Hill 32  
4/10/2008 BElite Lake Amistad 73  
4/3/2008 BElite Falcon Lake 96  
3/13/2008 BElite Lake Toho 44  
3/6/2008 BElite Harris Chain 30  
2/22/2008 BElite Lake Hartwell 16  
9/13/2007 BElite Lake Tohopekaliga 31  
8/23/2007 BMajor-l Lake Dardanelle 49  
8/9/2007 BElite Potomac River 61  
7/26/2007 BMajor-m Lake Oneida 12  
7/19/2007 BElite Lake Erie/Niagara River 100  
7/12/2007 BElite Lake Champlain 59  
6/21/2007 BElite Grand Lake 46  
6/7/2007 BElite Smith Mountain Lake 8  
5/17/2007 BMajor-a High Rock Lake 22  
4/26/2007 BElite Lake Guntersville 79  
4/19/2007 BElite Clarks Hill 4  
3/29/2007 BElite Clear Lake 88  
3/22/2007 BElite California Delta 26  
3/8/2007 BElite Lake Amistad 15  
2/23/2007 BElite Lay Lake 35  
9/14/2006 BElite Table Rock Lake 71  
8/10/2006 BElite Potomac River 62  
7/13/2006 BElite Lake Champlain 76  
7/6/2006 BElite Oneida Lake 78  
6/15/2006 BElite Kentucky Lake 5  
6/1/2006 BElite Grand Lake 42  
5/4/2006 BElite Clarks Hill Reservoir 10  
4/20/2006 BElite Lake Guntersville 25  
3/30/2006 BElite Santee-Cooper 9  
3/16/2006 BElite Sam Rayburn Reservoir 6  
3/9/2006 BElite Lake Amistad 33  
2/24/2006 BElite Lake Tohopekaliga 33  
7/29/2005 BT Ohio, Monongahela, Allegheny Rivers 30  
3/31/2005 BT Table Rock Lake 26  
3/17/2005 BT Lake Norman 22  
3/3/2005 BT Strom Thurmond Reservoir (Clarks Hill) 117  
2/24/2005 BT Lake Guntersville 43  
2/3/2005 BT Harris Chain 12  
1/27/2005 BT Lake Toho 57  
3/25/2004 BT Santee Cooper Lakes 127  
3/18/2004 BT Lake Eufaula 114  
3/4/2004 BT Table Rock Lake 65  
2/26/2004 BT Lake Guntersville 83  
2/5/2004 BT Smith Lake 77  
1/29/2004 BT Harris Chain of Lakes 73  
3/20/2003 BT Santee Cooper 52  
3/6/2003 BT Lake Eufaula 155  
2/20/2003 BT Toledo Bend 83  
2/6/2003 BT Lake Seminole 177  
1/16/2003 BT Lake Okeechobee 72  
1/9/2003 BT Harris Chain of Lakes 166  
6/21/2006 FLWT Lake Champlain 106  
5/10/2006 FLWT Kentucky Lake 58  
4/5/2006 FLWT Beaver Lake 186  
2/8/2006 FLWT Lake Murray 75  
1/18/2006 FLWT Lake Okeechobee 81  
6/22/2005 FLW Potomac River 125  
5/11/2005 FLW Wheeler Lake 54  
4/13/2005 FLW Beaver Lake 89  
3/9/2005 FLW Ouachita River 175  
2/9/2005 FLW Lake Toho 114  
1/19/2005 FLW Lake Okeechobee 192  
8/11/2004 FLW Logan Martin Lake 12  
6/23/2004 FLW Lake Champlain 15  
5/12/2004 FLW Kentucky Lake 112  
3/31/2004 FLW Beaver Lake 38  
3/10/2004 FLW Old Hickory Lake 35  
2/11/2004 FLW Atchafalaya Basin 34  
1/21/2004 FLW Lake Okeechobee 55  
9/10/2003 FLW* James River 8  
6/18/2003 FLW Wheeler Lake (Forrest Wood Open) 72  
5/14/2003 FLW Kentucky Lake 106  
4/9/2003 FLW Beaver Lake (Wal-Mart Open) 83  
3/12/2003 FLW Lake Murray 3  
2/12/2003 FLW Atchafalaya Basin 22  
1/22/2003 FLW Lake Okeechobee 94  
6/19/2002 FLW Lake Champlain 96  
5/15/2002 FLW Old Hickory Lake 44  
4/17/2002 FLW Beaver Lake 41  
3/13/2002 FLW Lake Ouachita 156  
2/13/2002 FLW Lake Wheeler 32  
1/23/2002 FLW Lake Okeechobee 53  
8/24/2006 BMajor-l Arkansas River 48  
7/27/2006 BMajor-a Lake Wylie 14  
5/18/2006 BMajor-m Eagle Mountain Lake 11  
5/23/2015 TTBC Lake Fork 7  
5/9/2014 TTBC Lake Fork 40  
10/4/2013 TTBC Lake Conroe 22  
9/28/2012 TTBC Lake Conroe 15  
10/1/2010 TTBC Lake Conroe 48  


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

Biographical data last updated: 8/14/2023

You may report any errors or omissions by clicking here. Please be certain of your information before submitting anything. Submissions will be examined, and if approved will be included in a future update.

Latest News

  • Hamner's Hot Streak Culminated At Grand

    Hamner's Hot Streak Culminated At Grand

    By John Johnson BassFan Senior Editor

    Justin Hamner, the newly crowned Bassmaster Classic champion, has been on quite a roll for the past 11 months.

  • Hamner Goes Wire To Wire At Classic

    Hamner Goes Wire To Wire At Classic

    By B.A.S.S. Communications Staff

    TULSA, Okla. — When most anglers win the Bassmaster Classic, they at least pretend like it came as the biggest surprise

  • Hamner Tops 20 Pounds Again, Leads By 5 1/2

    Hamner Tops 20 Pounds Again, Leads By 5 1/2

    By B.A.S.S. Communications Staff

    TULSA, Okla. — Since practice began last week, Alabama pro Justin Hamner says he hasn’t been able to duplicate two patterns

Video You May Like