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1/20/1946

Dave Smith

Dave  Smith

Info

Hometown Del City, Oklahoma
Age 78

Stats

Years Pro 28
Top 10 Finishes (Wins)* 3 (0)
Career Earnings* $170,000
Last 3 Finishes 136 - Smith Lake, 4/26/2018
172 - Lake Lanier, 3/8/2018
183 - Harris Chain of Lakes, 2/22/2018
Bassmaster Classics Fished (Won) 0 (0)
REDCREST Championships Fished (Won) 0 (0)

Angling Stuff

Angling Hero Tom Haddock - "Not only is Tom an unconditional supporter, there's no doubt that he's one of the most successful fishermen in northern Alabama, especially on Pickwick. He also helped me buy my first bass boat while I was in high school."
Home Lake Grand Lake (OK)
Favorite Lake Lake Erie (NY) – "I really enjoy fishing those smallmouths. You have a lot of options there, and you have to deal with the elements. I enjoy it."
Least Favorite Lake Pascagoula River (MS)
Favorite Technique Deep structure-fishing with a jig, or slow-rolling a spinnerbait
Primary Fishing Strength Deep-structure
Secondary Fishing Strength Casting a jig or spinnerbait
Biggest Weakness Sight-fishing – "I started this thing later in life, and all these young guys started out sight-fishing."
Boat Ranger
Motor Mercury
Fishing Sponsors MotorGuide, Lowrance, Cabela's
Non-Fishing Sponsors MTM Recognition of Del City, Okla. (formerly Midwest Trophy Manufacturing)
Tow Vehicle (Sponsor) Chevy Suburban

Personal Stuff

Favorite Food Cajun
Favorite Music Country
Favorite Book/Movie Tin Cup or Back to School (movies)
When Not Fishing "I love to play golf."
Why He Fishes "I have a passion for it, and I love the competition."
Website www.davesmithfishing.com
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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 99  
10/31/2001 BT Red River 148  
12/12/2001 BT Lake Toho 126  
1/23/2002 FLW Lake Okeechobee 32  
2/6/2002 BT Lake Seminole 131  
2/13/2002 FLW Lake Wheeler 98  
3/13/2002 FLW Lake Ouachita 142  
4/10/2002 BT Lake Guntersville 76  
4/17/2002 FLW Beaver Lake 148  
5/8/2002 BT Lake Eufaula 107  
5/15/2002 FLW Old Hickory Lake 171  
6/19/2002 FLW Lake Champlain 122  
1/9/2003 BT Harris Chain of Lakes 97  
1/16/2003 BT Lake Okeechobee 164  
1/22/2003 FLW Lake Okeechobee 117  
2/6/2003 BT Lake Seminole 139  
2/12/2003 FLW Atchafalaya Basin 132  
2/20/2003 BT Toledo Bend 61  
3/6/2003 BT Lake Eufaula 151  
3/12/2003 FLW Lake Murray 133  
3/20/2003 BT Santee Cooper 79  
4/9/2003 FLW Beaver Lake (Wal-Mart Open) 137  
5/14/2003 FLW Kentucky Lake 92  
6/18/2003 FLW Wheeler Lake (Forrest Wood Open) 80  
1/21/2004 FLW Lake Okeechobee 193  
2/11/2004 FLW Atchafalaya Basin 183  
3/10/2004 FLW Old Hickory Lake 188  
3/31/2004 FLW Beaver Lake 71  
5/12/2004 FLW Kentucky Lake 151  
6/23/2004 FLW Lake Champlain 98  
1/19/2005 FLW Lake Okeechobee 101  
2/9/2005 FLW Lake Toho 161  
3/9/2005 FLW Ouachita River 145  
4/13/2005 FLW Beaver Lake 117  
5/11/2005 FLW Wheeler Lake 102  
6/22/2005 FLW Potomac River 183  
1/18/2006 FLWT Lake Okeechobee 128  
2/8/2006 FLWT Lake Murray 7  
3/1/2006 FLWT Pickwick Lake 141  
3/9/2006 BElite Lake Amistad 51  
3/16/2006 BElite Sam Rayburn Reservoir 29  
3/30/2006 BElite Santee-Cooper 75  
4/5/2006 FLWT Beaver Lake 36  
4/20/2006 BElite Lake Guntersville 93  
5/4/2006 BElite Clarks Hill Reservoir 65  
5/10/2006 FLWT Kentucky Lake 85  
6/1/2006 BElite Grand Lake 19  
6/15/2006 BElite Kentucky Lake 64  
6/21/2006 FLWT Lake Champlain 136  
7/6/2006 BElite Oneida Lake 47  
7/13/2006 BElite Lake Champlain 68  
8/10/2006 BElite Potomac River 94  
9/14/2006 BElite Table Rock Lake 96  
10/11/2006 FLWS Lake of the Ozarks 110  
3/8/2007 BElite Lake Amistad 82  
3/22/2007 BElite California Delta 79  
3/29/2007 BElite Clear Lake 85  
4/19/2007 BElite Clarks Hill 57  
4/26/2007 BElite Lake Guntersville 108  
5/17/2007 FLWT Beaver Lake 101  
6/7/2007 BElite Smith Mountain Lake 88  
6/21/2007 BElite Grand Lake 45  
7/12/2007 BElite Lake Champlain 95  
7/19/2007 BElite Lake Erie/Niagara River 20  
8/9/2007 BElite Potomac River 90  
9/13/2007 BElite Lake Tohopekaliga 54  
3/6/2008 BElite Harris Chain 100  
3/13/2008 BElite Lake Toho 79  
4/3/2008 BElite Falcon Lake 99  
4/10/2008 BElite Lake Amistad 94  
5/1/2008 BElite Clarks Hill 12  
5/15/2008 BElite Lake Murray 87  
6/5/2008 BElite Lake Wheeler 19  
6/12/2008 BElite Kentucky Lake 30  
6/26/2008 BElite Old Hickory 89  
7/31/2008 BElite Lake Erie/Niagara River 74  
8/7/2008 BElite Lake Oneida 87  
3/12/2009 BElite Lake Amistad 73  
3/26/2009 BElite Lake Dardanelle 77  
4/2/2009 BElite Lake Wheeler 96  
4/23/2009 BElite Smith Mountain Lake 69  
5/7/2009 BElite Lake Guntersville 89  
6/3/2009 BElite Kentucky Lake 77  
6/11/2009 BElite Mississippi River 96  
8/13/2009 BElite Oneida Lake 89  
3/3/2010 FLWT Table Rock Lake 96  
3/11/2010 BElite California Delta 74  
3/18/2010 BElite Clear Lake 53  
3/24/2010 FLWT Lake Norman 134  
4/15/2010 BElite Smith Mountain Lake 92  
4/21/2010 FLWT Fort Loudoun/Tellico Lakes 118  
4/29/2010 BElite Pickwick Lake 80  
5/6/2010 BElite Lake Guntersville 91  
5/20/2010 BElite Clarks Hill Lake 74  
5/26/2010 FLWT Lake Ouachita 108  
6/9/2010 BElite Kentucky Lake 61  
6/17/2010 BElite Ft. Gibson 81  
6/23/2010 FLWT Lake Guntersville 115  
3/10/2011 BElite Harris Chain 92  
3/17/2011 BElite St. Johns River 90  
4/6/2011 BElite Lake Pickwick 99  
4/14/2011 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 86  
5/5/2011 BElite West Point Lake 87  
5/12/2011 BElite Lake Murray 20  
6/9/2011 BElite Arkansas River 46  
6/16/2011 BElite Lake Wheeler 92  
9/15/2011 FLWT Lake Champlain 119  
3/15/2012 BElite St. Johns River 91  
3/22/2012 BElite Lake Okeechobee 92  
4/19/2012 BElite Bull Shoals Lake 76  
5/3/2012 BElite Douglas Lake 96  
6/7/2012 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 52  
6/21/2012 BElite Mississippi River 67  
6/28/2012 BElite Lake Michigan 33  
8/23/2012 BElite Oneida Lake 89  
3/14/2013 BElite Sabine River 93  
3/21/2013 BElite Falcon Lake 92  
4/18/2013 BElite Bull Shoals Lake 98  
5/2/2013 BElite West Point Lake 67  
5/9/2013 BElite Alabama River 100  
6/20/2013 BElite Mississippi River 54  
8/8/2013 BElite St. Lawrence River 84  
8/22/2013 BElite Lake St. Clair 99  
2/6/2014 FLWT Lake Okeechobee 56  
3/6/2014 FLWT Lake Hartwell 157  
3/13/2014 BElite Lake Seminole 105  
3/20/2014 BElite St. Johns River 101  
3/27/2014 FLWT Sam Rayburn Reservoir 159  
4/3/2014 BElite Table Rock Lake 105  
4/10/2014 FLWT Beaver Lake 90  
5/1/2014 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 102  
5/15/2014 BElite Lake Dardanelle 100  
6/5/2014 FLWT Pickwick Lake 99  
6/11/2014 BElite Lake Chickamauga 44  
6/26/2014 FLWT Kentucky Lake 156  
8/7/2014 BElite Delaware River 105  
8/21/2014 BElite Cayuga Lake 96  
3/5/2015 FLWT Lake Toho 154  
3/19/2015 BElite Sabine River 36  
3/26/2015 FLWT Lewis Smith Lake 128  
4/9/2015 BElite Lake Guntersville 110  
4/23/2015 FLWT Beaver Lake 95  
4/30/2015 BElite Sacramento River 110  
5/7/2015 BElite Lake Havasu 64  
5/14/2015 FLWT Lake Eufaula 71  
6/3/2015 BElite Kentucky Lake 111  
6/11/2015 FLWT Lake Chickamauga 140  
6/25/2015 FLWT Potomac River 125  
7/30/2015 BElite St. Lawrence River 85  
8/13/2015 BElite Chesapeake Bay 48  
8/27/2015 BElite Lake St. Clair 14  
2/4/2016 FLWT Lake Okeechobee 53  
3/17/2016 FLWT Lake Hartwell 157  
4/14/2016 FLWT Beaver Lake 146  
5/5/2016 FLWT Pickwick Lake 103  
6/9/2016 FLWT Kentucky Lake 147  
6/23/2016 FLWT Lake Champlain 84  
2/2/2017 FLWT Lake Guntersville 160  
2/16/2017 FLWT Lake Travis 155  
4/6/2017 FLWT Lake Cumberland 160  
4/27/2017 FLWT Beaver Lake 155  
5/18/2017 FLWT Mississippi River 130  
6/15/2017 FLWT Potomac River 139  
1/25/2018 FLWT Lake Okeechobee 186  
2/22/2018 FLWT Harris Chain of Lakes 183  
3/8/2018 FLWT Lake Lanier 172  
4/26/2018 FLWT Smith Lake 136  


*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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