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9/25/1973

Randy Howell

Randy  Howell

Info

Hometown Guntersville, Alabama
Age 51
Former Occupation Fished (first a guide) right out of high school
Height 5' 11''
Weight 165 lbs.

Stats

Years Pro 32
Top 10 Finishes (Wins)* 46 (5) As of 9/18/2019
Career Earnings* $1.98 million As of 9/18/2019
Current World Rank 110
Best Finish in 2024 23 - Santee Cooper Lakes, 2/20/2024
Best Finish in 2023 4 - Caney Creek Reservoir/Bussey Brake Wildlife Area, 4/24/2023
Last 3 Finishes 23 - Santee Cooper Lakes, 2/20/2024
53 - Toledo Bend Reservoir, 1/30/2024
77 - Saginaw Bay, 8/1/2023
Bassmaster Classics Fished (Won) 16 (1) As of 9/18/2019
REDCREST Championships Fished (Won) 5 (0) As of 9/18/2019
Titles/Honors Bassmaster Classic champion (2014)

Angling Stuff

Angling Hero "Rick Clunn, Larry Nixon and Guido Hibdon have helped me, been nice to me and treated me with respect even when I was just starting out."
Favorite Lake Logan Martin
Least Favorite Lake St. Clair - "It's probably one of the best lakes in the country, but it's my least favorite. I can catch fish there, but I never finish well."
Favorite Technique Sight-fishing
Primary Fishing Strength Shallow cranking
Secondary Fishing Strength Versatility
Biggest Weakness Dropshotting
Boat Triton
Motor Mercury
Fishing Sponsors Mercury, Triton, Bass Pro Shops, Lowrance, Gamma Fishing Line, Livingston Lures, Blue Water LED, Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits, Daiwa, The Rod Glove, Impulse Lithium, Lunker Lure, Frogg Toggs, Bob's Machine Shop, Daiichi Premium Fishing Hooks, Valley Fashions, Do-it Molds, Power-Pole, Pelican International, Scales Gear, TTI-Blakemore Fishing Group, ProFlex5, Wilderness Systems Kayaks, Prym1 Camo, Gator Guards
Non-Fishing Sponsors King's Home, Benton Nissan, Camping World
Tow Vehicle (Sponsor) Toyota Tundra (King's Home)

Personal Stuff

Favorite Food Grilled ribeye steak, medium or medium-well
Favorite Music Contemporary Christian
Favorite Book/Movie The Bible - "that's my favorite book by far" - and Toy Story 3 (movie)
Non-Angling Hero Bill Morgan - "He's the man who started Hawg Caller spinnerbaits, he started the whole crankbait craze in North Carolina, and he mentored David Fritts and Hank Parker and lot of other guys, and did the same for me."
When Not Fishing "I like to spend time with family, go to chruch and just take it easy."
Why He Fishes "I just love it. I've always done it ever since I was old enough to walk. I still get so excited every time a catch a fish. My hands still shake."
Website www.randyhowell.com
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Tournament Finishes
(Only recent tournaments are included. Not necessarily a career listing.)
Date Tour Event Place
2/21/2014 BElite Lake Guntersville 1  
4/14/2004 E50 Lake Dardanelle 1  
8/23/2012 BElite Oneida Lake 2  
6/26/2008 BElite Old Hickory 3  
4/24/2023 BPT Caney Creek Reservoir/Bussey Brake Wildlife Area 4  
3/18/2010 BElite Clear Lake 4  
9/12/2009 BElite Lake Jordan 4  
8/9/2007 BElite Potomac River 4  
4/7/2016 BElite Winyah Bay 5  
3/4/2016 BElite Grand Lake O' the Cherokees 5  
5/3/2012 BElite Douglas Lake 5  
9/17/2009 BElite Alabama River 5  
5/4/2006 BElite Clarks Hill Reservoir 5  
5/1/2003 BT Lake Hamilton 5  
2/5/2022 BPT Caney Creek, Lake D'Arbonne, Bussey Brake 6  
1/29/2019 BPT Kissimmee Chain of Lakes 6  
6/1/2005 E50 Lewisville Lake 6  
3/20/2014 BElite St. Johns River 7  
4/14/2011 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 7  
8/22/2013 BElite Lake St. Clair 8  
3/8/2023 BPT Lake Norman 9  
3/15/2012 BElite St. Johns River 9  
7/26/2007 BMajor-m Lake Oneida 9  
3/2/2022 BPT Lewis Smith Lake 10  
6/20/2013 BElite Mississippi River 10  
2/22/2013 BElite Grand Lake 10  
5/18/2006 BMajor-m Eagle Mountain Lake 10  
6/15/2005 E50 Lake Wissota 10  
3/17/2005 BT Lake Norman 10  
4/10/2002 BT Lake Guntersville 10  
4/6/2017 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 11  
9/8/2016 BElite Mississippi River 11  
5/9/2013 BElite Alabama River 11  
6/21/2012 BElite Mississippi River 11  
1/23/2002 FLW Lake Okeechobee 11  
6/9/2011 BElite Arkansas River 13  
2/23/2007 BElite Lay Lake 13  
4/19/2012 BElite Bull Shoals Lake 14  
3/22/2012 BElite Lake Okeechobee 14  
6/16/2011 BElite Lake Wheeler 14  
4/19/2007 BElite Clarks Hill 14  
8/10/2006 BElite Potomac River 14  
5/20/2016 TTBC Lake Ray Roberts 15  
6/11/2009 BElite Mississippi River 15  
4/10/2008 BElite Lake Amistad 15  
2/20/2015 BElite Lake Hartwell 16  
4/2/2009 BElite Lake Wheeler 16  
7/27/2006 BMajor-a Lake Wylie 16  
8/11/2020 FLWPC Lake Erie 17  
4/21/2016 BElite Bull Shoals/Norfork Lakes 17  
6/5/2008 BElite Lake Wheeler 18  
3/29/2007 BElite Clear Lake 18  
6/15/2006 BElite Kentucky Lake 18  
3/6/2003 BT Lake Eufaula 18  
5/17/2017 BElite Sam Rayburn Reservoir 20  
9/15/2016 BElite Mille Lacs Lake 20  
5/15/2014 BElite Lake Dardanelle 20  
8/7/2008 BElite Lake Oneida 20  
2/8/2018 BElite Lake Martin 21  
9/10/2022 BPT Mille Lacs Lake 22  
5/31/2019 BPT Table Rock Lake 22  
4/28/2016 BElite Wheeler Lake 22  
2/20/2024 BPT Santee Cooper Lakes 23  
5/1/2014 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 23  
4/6/2011 BElite Lake Pickwick 23  
4/23/2009 BElite Smith Mountain Lake 23  
7/31/2008 BElite Lake Erie/Niagara River 23  
3/6/2008 BElite Harris Chain 23  
6/25/2019 BPT Lake Winnebago 24  
2/20/2009 BElite Red River 24  
7/6/2006 BElite Oneida Lake 24  
2/20/2003 BT Toledo Bend 24  
6/2/2017 BElite Lake Dardanelle 25  
3/13/2008 BElite Lake Toho 25  
6/7/2007 BElite Smith Mountain Lake 25  
9/14/2006 BElite Table Rock Lake 25  
5/18/2005 E50 Lake Dardanelle (Arkansas River) 25  
2/12/2019 BPT Lake Conroe 26  
3/16/2018 BElite Lake Hartwell 26  
8/13/2015 BElite Chesapeake Bay 26  
8/13/2009 BElite Oneida Lake 26  
6/3/2009 BElite Kentucky Lake 26  
5/7/2015 BElite Lake Havasu 27  
5/1/2008 BElite Clarks Hill 27  
3/16/2006 BElite Sam Rayburn Reservoir 27  
4/10/2003 BT Clear Lake 27  
12/12/2001 BT Lake Toho 27  
8/21/2014 BElite Cayuga Lake 28  
5/7/2009 BElite Lake Guntersville 28  
8/23/2007 BMajor-l Lake Dardanelle 28  
8/24/2006 BMajor-l Arkansas River 28  
8/1/2003 BT* Louisiana Delta 28  
4/2/2023 BPT Lake Murray 29  
7/19/2007 BElite Lake Erie/Niagara River 29  
3/9/2006 BElite Lake Amistad 29  
4/26/2018 BElite Grand Lake 30  
4/27/2017 BElite Ross Barnett Reservoir 30  
4/3/2014 BElite Table Rock Lake 30  
2/13/2023 BPT Kissimmee Chain of Lakes 31  
3/19/2015 BElite Sabine River 31  
6/2/2004 E50 Alabama River 31  
5/17/2019 BPT Table Rock Lake 32  
2/24/2006 BElite Lake Tohopekaliga 32  
6/19/2002 FLW Lake Champlain 32  
2/19/2022 BPT Lake Fork 33  
2/19/2010 BElite Lay Lake 33  
5/17/2007 BMajor-a High Rock Lake 33  
4/9/2019 BPT Lake Chickamauga 34  
6/3/2015 BElite Kentucky Lake 34  
3/26/2009 BElite Lake Dardanelle 34  
3/20/2003 BT Santee Cooper 34  
7/25/2002 BT* Lay Lake 34  
6/17/2010 BElite Ft. Gibson 35  
6/16/2004 E50 Ohio, Cumberland, Tennessee Rivers 35  
7/29/2022 MLFPC Lake Champlain 36  
6/7/2020 BPT Kissimmee Chain of Lakes 36  
9/14/2017 BElite Mille Lacs Lake 36  
3/25/2004 BT Santee Cooper Lakes 36  
10/31/2001 BT Red River 36  
9/18/2014 BElite Bay de Noc (Lake Michigan) 38  
2/24/2012 BElite Red River 38  
4/20/2006 BElite Lake Guntersville 38  
6/4/2021 BPT Lake Chickamauga 39  
3/12/2009 BElite Lake Amistad 39  
4/20/2005 E50 Smith Lake 39  
1/29/2004 BT Harris Chain of Lakes 39  
4/3/2003 BT California Delta (San Joaquin River Delta) 39  
4/21/2022 MLFPC Pickwick Lake 40  
3/13/2020 BPT Lake Fork 40  
5/19/2004 E50 Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway 40  
3/18/2023 BPT Cherokee and Douglas Lakes 41  
3/18/2004 BT Lake Eufaula 41  
5/21/2021 BPT Harris Chain of Lakes 42  
8/2/2001 BT* Lower Mississippi 42  
7/30/2015 BElite St. Lawrence River 44  
8/8/2013 BElite St. Lawrence River 44  
2/3/2005 BT Harris Chain 44  
3/13/2022 MLFPC Harris Chain of Lakes 45  
9/17/2015 BElite Sturgeon Bay (Lake Michigan) 45  
3/24/2017 BElite Lake Conroe 46  
4/30/2015 BElite Sacramento River 46  
5/5/2011 BElite West Point Lake 46  
8/24/2017 BElite Lake St. Clair 47  
2/24/2005 BT Lake Guntersville 47  
6/7/2018 BElite Sabine River 48  
4/18/2013 BElite Bull Shoals Lake 48  
6/1/2006 BElite Grand Lake 48  
9/28/2012 TTBC Lake Conroe 49  
4/29/2010 BElite Pickwick Lake 49  
5/22/2003 BT Alabama River 49  
1/16/2003 BT Lake Okeechobee 49  
3/8/2007 BElite Lake Amistad 50  
8/6/2022 BPT Cayuga Lake 51  
3/17/2016 BElite St. Johns River 51  
5/12/2011 BElite Lake Murray 51  
5/6/2010 BElite Lake Guntersville 51  
3/10/2011 BElite Harris Chain 52  
1/30/2024 BPT Toledo Bend Reservoir 53  
7/29/2020 FLWPC Mississippi River 53  
5/15/2008 BElite Lake Murray 53  
4/15/2010 BElite Smith Mountain Lake 54  
3/4/2004 BT Table Rock Lake 54  
6/29/2018 BElite Lake Oahe 56  
4/30/2021 BPT Lake Travis 57  
2/23/2017 BElite Lake Okeechobee 57  
6/25/2021 BPT St. Lawrence River 58  
6/21/2018 BElite Mississippi River 58  
6/11/2014 BElite Lake Chickamauga 58  
6/28/2012 BElite Lake Michigan 58  
4/17/2002 FLW Beaver Lake 58  
5/16/2023 BPT Lake Guntersville 59  
6/4/2022 BPT Watts Bar Lake 59  
5/12/2022 MLFPC Lake Guntersville 59  
3/21/2021 BPT Sam Rayburn Reservoir 59  
8/27/2015 BElite Lake St. Clair 60  
3/21/2013 BElite Falcon Lake 60  
3/17/2011 BElite St. Johns River 60  
2/6/2002 BT Lake Seminole 60  
6/6/2023 BPT Cayuga Lake 61  
4/30/2022 BPT Lake of the Ozarks 61  
5/2/2013 BElite West Point Lake 61  
2/21/2020 BPT Lake Okeechobee 63  
4/9/2015 BElite Lake Guntersville 63  
6/21/2007 BElite Grand Lake 63  
2/7/2020 BPT Lake Eufaula 64  
7/20/2017 BElite St. Lawrence River 64  
6/12/2008 BElite Kentucky Lake 64  
6/18/2003 FLW Wheeler Lake (Forrest Wood Open) 65  
4/3/2008 BElite Falcon Lake 66  
5/8/2002 BT Lake Eufaula 66  
5/17/2018 BElite Lake Travis 67  
7/27/2017 BElite Lake Champlain 67  
6/23/2016 BElite Cayuga Lake 69  
4/30/2019 BPT Smith Lake 70  
6/9/2010 BElite Kentucky Lake 70  
10/20/2011 FLWT Lake Guntersville 72  
5/20/2010 BElite Clarks Hill Lake 72  
2/9/2017 BElite Cherokee Lake 73  
5/12/2016 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 73  
7/13/2006 BElite Lake Champlain 73  
7/10/2020 BPT Sturgeon Bay 74  
6/24/2023 BPT Lake St. Clair 75  
9/10/2021 BPT Lake St. Clair 75  
6/7/2012 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 75  
8/7/2014 BElite Delaware River 76  
9/13/2007 BElite Lake Tohopekaliga 76  
4/26/2007 BElite Lake Guntersville 76  
8/1/2023 BPT Saginaw Bay 77  
8/5/2021 BPT Lake Champlain 78  
5/4/2018 BElite Kentucky Lake 78  
3/26/2019 BPT Falls Lake/Jordan Lake/Shearon Harris Reservoir 79  
3/14/2013 BElite Sabine River 81  
3/11/2010 BElite California Delta 83  
5/15/2002 FLW Old Hickory Lake 83  
6/8/2016 BElite Lake Texoma 87  
8/23/2018 BElite St. Lawrence River 88  
1/27/2022 MLFPC Sam Rayburn Reservoir 92  
7/12/2007 BElite Lake Champlain 94  
3/22/2007 BElite California Delta 94  
8/11/2016 BElite Potomac River 102  
3/30/2006 BElite Santee-Cooper 103  
3/13/2014 BElite Lake Seminole 106  
3/3/2005 BT Strom Thurmond Reservoir (Clarks Hill) 106  
1/22/2003 FLW Lake Okeechobee 107  
1/9/2003 BT Harris Chain of Lakes 113  
3/31/2005 BT Table Rock Lake 115  
8/22/2001 BT Lake St. Clair 116  
6/16/2022 MLFPC James River 125  
2/5/2004 BT Smith Lake 128  
2/26/2004 BT Lake Guntersville 129  
1/27/2005 BT Lake Toho 137  
2/13/2002 FLW Lake Wheeler 139  
3/13/2002 FLW Lake Ouachita 147  
2/6/2003 BT Lake Seminole 161  
6/23/2020 FLWPC Lake Chickamauga 183  


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

Biographical data last updated: 4/3/2015

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