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9/1/1973

Greg Hackney

Greg  Hackney

Info

Hometown Gonzales, Louisiana
Age 51
Former Occupation Logging contractor (part-time)
Height 5' 10''
Weight 185 lbs.
Injuries None

Stats

Years Pro 23
Top 10 Finishes (Wins)* 85 (11) As of 6/4/2020
Career Earnings* $3.71 million As of 6/4/2020
Current World Rank 67
Current Bassmaster Standing 72 (76 points)
Best Finish in 2024 39 - Lake Fork, 2/29/2024
Best Finish in 2023 7 - Lake Seminole, 2/23/2023
Last 3 Finishes 49 - Grand Lake, 3/22/2024
39 - Lake Fork, 2/29/2024
93 - Toledo Bend Reservoir, 2/22/2024
Bassmaster Classics Fished (Won) 15 (0) As of 6/4/2020
REDCREST Championships Fished (Won) 5 (1) As of 6/4/2020
Titles/Honors B.A.S.S. Angler of the Year (2014), Forrest Wood Cup champion (2009), FLW Angler of the Year (2005), B.A.S.S. Rookie of the Year (2004), Major League Fishing World Champion (2018)

Angling Stuff

Angling Hero Rick Clunn - "What really got me wanting to do this was in 1984. I was 12 years old and my father and I attended the last day of the Classic at Pine Bluff. And I like the way Rick does things. He doesn't get any help."
Favorite Lake Lower Arkansas River delta (Pendleton area) - "That's where I was born and raised, and I still love to fish it."
Least Favorite Lake "I really don't have one, but for some reason I have a lot of trouble in Alabama. I like the lakes, but haven't done well there."
Favorite Technique Flipping a jig
Primary Fishing Strength Shallow water
Secondary Fishing Strength Figuring fish out quickly
Biggest Weakness Suspended fish
Boat Phoenix
Motor Mercury
Fishing Sponsors Huk, Mercury, Phoenix Boats, Garmin, Lew's, Gamma Fishing Line, T-H Marine, Strike King Lure Company, Bass Mafia Tackle, MotorGuide, Mossy Oak, Next Gen Lithium Batteries, Gamakatsu
Tow Vehicle (Sponsor) Chevy 2500 (Duramax)

Personal Stuff

Favorite Food Boiled seafood (shrimp, crawfish, crabs)
Favorite Music Alternative rock (e.g., Oasis, Pearl Jam)
Favorite Book/Movie Jaws (movie)
Non-Angling Hero Father - "He has a really good work ethic, and taught me a lot about life."
When Not Fishing "I like to hunt deer with a bow and rifle."
Why He Fishes "I love to catch them, and I just love the outdoors."
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Tournament Finishes
(Only recent tournaments are included. Not necessarily a career listing.)
Date Tour Event Place
3/22/2024 BElite Grand Lake 49  
2/29/2024 BElite Lake Fork 39  
2/22/2024 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 93  
8/24/2023 BElite St. Lawrence River 46  
8/17/2023 BElite Lake Champlain 62  
7/27/2023 BElite Lake St. Clair 9  
6/1/2023 BElite Sabine River 17  
5/11/2023 BElite Lay Lake 77  
4/27/2023 BElite Santee Cooper Lakes 74  
4/20/2023 BElite Lake Murray 16  
3/24/2023 BElite Tennessee River 10  
2/23/2023 BElite Lake Seminole 7  
2/16/2023 BElite Lake Okeechobee 35  
8/26/2022 BElite Mississippi River 33  
8/18/2022 BElite Lake Oahe 81  
7/14/2022 BElite St. Lawrence River 8  
6/2/2022 BElite Pickwick Lake 47  
5/19/2022 BElite Lake Fork 13  
4/7/2022 BElite Lake Chickamauga 75  
3/17/2022 BElite Santee Cooper Lakes 8  
3/4/2022 BElite Lake Hartwell 25  
2/17/2022 BElite Harris Chain of Lakes 12  
2/10/2022 BElite St. Johns River 58  
7/15/2021 BElite St. Lawrence River 35  
7/8/2021 BElite Lake Champlain 46  
5/20/2021 BElite Lake Guntersville 3  
5/6/2021 BElite Neely Henry Lake 16  
4/22/2021 BElite Lake Fork 38  
4/8/2021 BElite Sabine River 52  
3/18/2021 BElite Pickwick Lake 52  
2/25/2021 BElite Tennessee River 7  
2/11/2021 BElite St. Johns River 2  
9/20/2018 BElite Lake Chatuge 19  
8/23/2018 BElite St. Lawrence River 80  
6/29/2018 BElite Lake Oahe 84  
6/21/2018 BElite Mississippi River 94  
6/7/2018 BElite Sabine River 1  
5/17/2018 BElite Lake Travis 35  
5/4/2018 BElite Kentucky Lake 8  
4/26/2018 BElite Grand Lake 62  
3/16/2018 BElite Lake Hartwell 35  
2/8/2018 BElite Lake Martin 27  
9/14/2017 BElite Mille Lacs Lake 40  
8/24/2017 BElite Lake St. Clair 46  
7/27/2017 BElite Lake Champlain 9  
7/20/2017 BElite St. Lawrence River 28  
6/2/2017 BElite Lake Dardanelle 14  
5/17/2017 BElite Sam Rayburn Reservoir 66  
4/27/2017 BElite Ross Barnett Reservoir 42  
4/6/2017 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 19  
3/24/2017 BElite Lake Conroe 30  
2/23/2017 BElite Lake Okeechobee 5  
2/9/2017 BElite Cherokee Lake 47  
9/15/2016 BElite Mille Lacs Lake 37  
9/8/2016 BElite Mississippi River 29  
8/11/2016 BElite Potomac River 13  
6/23/2016 BElite Cayuga Lake 107  
6/8/2016 BElite Lake Texoma 1  
5/12/2016 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 43  
4/28/2016 BElite Wheeler Lake 6  
4/21/2016 BElite Bull Shoals/Norfork Lakes 13  
4/7/2016 BElite Winyah Bay 29  
3/17/2016 BElite St. Johns River 2  
3/4/2016 BElite Grand Lake O' the Cherokees 10  
9/17/2015 BElite Sturgeon Bay (Lake Michigan) 16  
8/27/2015 BElite Lake St. Clair 53  
8/13/2015 BElite Chesapeake Bay 8  
7/30/2015 BElite St. Lawrence River 3  
6/3/2015 BElite Kentucky Lake 65  
5/7/2015 BElite Lake Havasu 43  
4/30/2015 BElite Sacramento River 24  
4/9/2015 BElite Lake Guntersville 96  
3/19/2015 BElite Sabine River 5  
2/20/2015 BElite Lake Hartwell 26  
9/18/2014 BElite Bay de Noc (Lake Michigan) 24  
8/21/2014 BElite Cayuga Lake 1  
8/7/2014 BElite Delaware River 48  
6/11/2014 BElite Lake Chickamauga 6  
5/15/2014 BElite Lake Dardanelle 3  
5/1/2014 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 34  
4/3/2014 BElite Table Rock Lake 3  
3/20/2014 BElite St. Johns River 16  
3/13/2014 BElite Lake Seminole 38  
8/22/2013 BElite Lake St. Clair 19  
8/8/2013 BElite St. Lawrence River 65  
6/20/2013 BElite Mississippi River 70  
5/9/2013 BElite Alabama River 52  
5/2/2013 BElite West Point Lake 84  
4/18/2013 BElite Bull Shoals Lake 11  
3/21/2013 BElite Falcon Lake 34  
3/14/2013 BElite Sabine River 45  
2/22/2013 BElite Grand Lake 13  
8/23/2012 BElite Oneida Lake 66  
6/28/2012 BElite Lake Michigan 25  
6/21/2012 BElite Mississippi River 15  
6/7/2012 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 4  
5/3/2012 BElite Douglas Lake 23  
4/19/2012 BElite Bull Shoals Lake 51  
3/22/2012 BElite Lake Okeechobee 82  
3/15/2012 BElite St. Johns River 8  
2/24/2012 BElite Red River 22  
6/16/2011 BElite Lake Wheeler 6  
6/9/2011 BElite Arkansas River 42  
5/12/2011 BElite Lake Murray 43  
5/5/2011 BElite West Point Lake 48  
4/14/2011 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 90  
4/6/2011 BElite Lake Pickwick 6  
3/17/2011 BElite St. Johns River 13  
3/10/2011 BElite Harris Chain 69  
2/18/2011 BElite Louisiana Delta 42  
6/17/2010 BElite Ft. Gibson 18  
6/9/2010 BElite Kentucky Lake 37  
5/20/2010 BElite Clarks Hill Lake 55  
5/6/2010 BElite Lake Guntersville 65  
4/29/2010 BElite Pickwick Lake 28  
4/15/2010 BElite Smith Mountain Lake 10  
3/18/2010 BElite Clear Lake 16  
3/11/2010 BElite California Delta 3  
2/19/2010 BElite Lay Lake 45  
8/13/2009 BElite Oneida Lake 7  
6/11/2009 BElite Mississippi River 66  
6/3/2009 BElite Kentucky Lake 78  
5/7/2009 BElite Lake Guntersville 13  
4/23/2009 BElite Smith Mountain Lake 4  
4/2/2009 BElite Lake Wheeler 34  
3/26/2009 BElite Lake Dardanelle 49  
3/12/2009 BElite Lake Amistad 20  
2/20/2009 BElite Red River 20  
8/7/2008 BElite Lake Oneida 30  
7/31/2008 BElite Lake Erie/Niagara River 12  
6/26/2008 BElite Old Hickory 25  
6/12/2008 BElite Kentucky Lake 73  
6/5/2008 BElite Lake Wheeler 74  
5/15/2008 BElite Lake Murray 17  
5/1/2008 BElite Clarks Hill 42  
4/10/2008 BElite Lake Amistad 7  
4/3/2008 BElite Falcon Lake 74  
3/13/2008 BElite Lake Toho 62  
3/6/2008 BElite Harris Chain 109  
2/22/2008 BElite Lake Hartwell 5  
9/13/2007 BElite Lake Tohopekaliga 25  
8/23/2007 BMajor-l Lake Dardanelle 8  
8/9/2007 BElite Potomac River 38  
7/26/2007 BMajor-m Lake Oneida 24  
7/19/2007 BElite Lake Erie/Niagara River 5  
7/12/2007 BElite Lake Champlain 21  
6/21/2007 BElite Grand Lake 32  
6/7/2007 BElite Smith Mountain Lake 14  
5/17/2007 BMajor-a High Rock Lake 41  
4/26/2007 BElite Lake Guntersville 92  
4/19/2007 BElite Clarks Hill 63  
3/29/2007 BElite Clear Lake 50  
3/22/2007 BElite California Delta 10  
3/8/2007 BElite Lake Amistad 42  
2/23/2007 BElite Lay Lake 30  
9/14/2006 BElite Table Rock Lake 32  
8/10/2006 BElite Potomac River 12  
7/13/2006 BElite Lake Champlain 54  
7/6/2006 BElite Oneida Lake 65  
6/15/2006 BElite Kentucky Lake 45  
6/1/2006 BElite Grand Lake 35  
5/4/2006 BElite Clarks Hill Reservoir 41  
4/20/2006 BElite Lake Guntersville 43  
3/30/2006 BElite Santee-Cooper 11  
3/16/2006 BElite Sam Rayburn Reservoir 1  
3/9/2006 BElite Lake Amistad 4  
2/24/2006 BElite Lake Tohopekaliga 19  
7/29/2005 BT Ohio, Monongahela, Allegheny Rivers 42  
3/31/2005 BT Table Rock Lake 1  
3/17/2005 BT Lake Norman 4  
3/3/2005 BT Strom Thurmond Reservoir (Clarks Hill) 23  
2/24/2005 BT Lake Guntersville 73  
2/3/2005 BT Harris Chain 66  
1/27/2005 BT Lake Toho 37  
7/30/2004 BASS Lake Wylie 35  
3/25/2004 BT Santee Cooper Lakes 9  
3/18/2004 BT Lake Eufaula 6  
3/4/2004 BT Table Rock Lake 16  
2/26/2004 BT Lake Guntersville 36  
2/5/2004 BT Smith Lake 7  
1/29/2004 BT Harris Chain of Lakes 116  
8/1/2003 BT* Louisiana Delta 31  
7/10/2020 BPT Sturgeon Bay 79  
6/7/2020 BPT Kissimmee Chain of Lakes 49  
3/13/2020 BPT Lake Fork 14  
2/21/2020 BPT Lake Okeechobee 17  
2/7/2020 BPT Lake Eufaula 29  
8/21/2019 BPT Mississippi River 2  
6/25/2019 BPT Lake Winnebago 55  
5/31/2019 BPT Table Rock Lake 18  
5/17/2019 BPT Table Rock Lake 35  
4/30/2019 BPT Smith Lake 61  
4/9/2019 BPT Lake Chickamauga 23  
3/26/2019 BPT Falls Lake/Jordan Lake/Shearon Harris Reservoir 12  
2/12/2019 BPT Lake Conroe 21  
1/29/2019 BPT Kissimmee Chain of Lakes 17  
6/16/2004 E50 Ohio, Cumberland, Tennessee Rivers 10  
6/2/2004 E50 Alabama River 8  
5/19/2004 E50 Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway 39  
4/14/2004 E50 Lake Dardanelle 2  
6/26/2014 FLWT Kentucky Lake 138  
6/5/2014 FLWT Pickwick Lake 1  
4/10/2014 FLWT Beaver Lake 96  
3/27/2014 FLWT Sam Rayburn Reservoir 3  
3/6/2014 FLWT Lake Hartwell 58  
2/6/2014 FLWT Lake Okeechobee 75  
10/11/2012 FLWT Sam Rayburn Reservoir 22  
9/20/2012 FLWT Wheeler Lake 15  
10/20/2011 FLWT Lake Guntersville 61  
9/15/2011 FLWT Lake Champlain 18  
7/30/2009 FLW Ohio, Monongahela, Allegheny Rivers 1  
7/13/2005 FLW Lake Hamilton 22  
6/22/2005 FLW Potomac River 4  
5/11/2005 FLW Wheeler Lake 4  
4/13/2005 FLW Beaver Lake 46  
3/9/2005 FLW Ouachita River 20  
2/9/2005 FLW Lake Toho 39  
1/19/2005 FLW Lake Okeechobee 66  
8/11/2004 FLW Logan Martin Lake 16  
6/23/2004 FLW Lake Champlain 64  
5/12/2004 FLW Kentucky Lake 2  
3/31/2004 FLW Beaver Lake 50  
3/10/2004 FLW Old Hickory Lake 4  
2/11/2004 FLW Atchafalaya Basin 59  
1/21/2004 FLW Lake Okeechobee 15  
9/10/2003 FLW* James River 12  
6/18/2003 FLW Wheeler Lake (Forrest Wood Open) 24  
5/14/2003 FLW Kentucky Lake 111  
4/9/2003 FLW Beaver Lake (Wal-Mart Open) 65  
3/12/2003 FLW Lake Murray 71  
2/12/2003 FLW Atchafalaya Basin 58  
1/22/2003 FLW Lake Okeechobee 12  
9/11/2002 FLW* Cross Lake 13  
6/19/2002 FLW Lake Champlain 45  
5/15/2002 FLW Old Hickory Lake 78  
4/17/2002 FLW Beaver Lake 18  
3/13/2002 FLW Lake Ouachita 12  
2/13/2002 FLW Lake Wheeler 65  
1/23/2002 FLW Lake Okeechobee 36  
8/24/2006 BMajor-l Arkansas River 2  
7/27/2006 BMajor-a Lake Wylie 13  
5/18/2006 BMajor-m Eagle Mountain Lake 6  
5/20/2016 TTBC Lake Ray Roberts 10  
5/23/2015 TTBC Lake Fork 27  
9/28/2012 TTBC Lake Conroe 44  
10/1/2010 TTBC Lake Conroe 14  
8/12/2005 Top Gun Eagle Mountain Lake 10  


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

Biographical data last updated: 6/4/2020

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