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6/20/1974

Ish Monroe

Info & Stats
Angling & Personal Stuff
Tournament Finishes

Info

Hometown	Hughson, California
Age	50
Former Occupation	Boat salesman, car salesman, UPS loader
Height	5' 11''
Weight	215 lbs.

Stats

Years Pro	26
Top 10 Finishes (Wins)*	52 (10) As of 9/2/2020
Career Earnings*	$2.31 million As of 9/2/2020
Current World Rank	221
Last 3 Finishes	39 - Mille Lacs Lake, 9/10/2022 63 - Cayuga Lake, 8/6/2022 37 - Watts Bar Lake, 6/4/2022
Bassmaster Classics Fished (Won)	10 (0) As of 9/2/2020
REDCREST Championships Fished (Won)	4 (0) As of 9/2/2020

Angling Stuff

Angling Hero	Larry Nixon and Kevin VanDam - "Nixon was stomping everybody when I was getting into it, and he was a worm fisherman. VanDam's confidence is incredible."
Home Lake	California Delta and Clear Lake (CA)
Favorite Lake	Lake Amistad (TX) – "It's just phenomenal, incredible. I caught 104 pounds in 4 days and got my first tour win there."
Least Favorite Lake	Lake Hamilton (Ark.) - "It's crowded, it's small and it gets pounded too hard."
Favorite Technique	Flipping mats - "Any bite could be a double-digit fish."
Primary Fishing Strength	Flipping
Secondary Fishing Strength	Topwater
Biggest Weakness	Carolina-rigging
Boat	Skeeter
Motor	Yamaha
Fishing Sponsors	Yamaha, Bass Pro Shops, River2Sea, Ranger Boats, Lowrance, Missile Baits, Daiwa, Simms, Bob's Machine Shop Jack Plates, Cocoons, Mystery Tackle Box, G2 Gemini, Power-Pole, Rapid Fishing, Next Gen Lithium Batteries
Non-Fishing Sponsors	Team Day's Auto Sales, KMC Wheels
Tow Vehicle (Sponsor)	Chevy 2500 Crew Cab

Personal Stuff

Favorite Food	Sushi
Favorite Music	Hip-hop
Favorite Book/Movie	The Outsiders (book)/Bad Boyz 2 (movie)
Non-Angling Hero	Dad – "He taught me so much about life and how to be successful."
When Not Fishing	"I'm always fishing. I like to fish for anything. Carp, bluegill, crappie – as long as I'm fishing I'm happy."
Why He Fishes	"Because I love it. For me it's the purest thing in the world. I'd rather fish than do anything."
Website	www.ishmonroe.com

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Tournament Finishes

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

Date	Tour	Event	Place
4/13/2005	FLW	Beaver Lake	191
4/5/2006	FLWT	Beaver Lake	185
2/6/2014	FLWT	Lake Okeechobee	171
5/11/2005	FLW	Wheeler Lake	156
5/8/2002	BT	Lake Eufaula	129
2/20/2003	BT	Toledo Bend	127
6/5/2014	FLWT	Pickwick Lake	127
10/31/2001	BT	Red River	124
3/25/2004	BT	Santee Cooper Lakes	124
3/4/2004	BT	Table Rock Lake	121
2/3/2011	FLWT	Lake Okeechobee	107
8/13/2015	BElite	Chesapeake Bay	104
3/3/2005	BT	Strom Thurmond Reservoir (Clarks Hill)	103
6/22/2005	FLW	Potomac River	103
3/6/2008	BElite	Harris Chain	102
6/26/2008	BElite	Old Hickory	102
7/6/2006	BElite	Oneida Lake	97
4/28/2016	BElite	Wheeler Lake	97
2/6/2002	BT	Lake Seminole	96
3/15/2012	BElite	St. Johns River	96
2/8/2018	BElite	Lake Martin	96
6/29/2018	BElite	Lake Oahe	96
5/4/2006	BElite	Clarks Hill Reservoir	95
2/7/2013	FLWT	Lake Okeechobee	94
5/1/2014	BElite	Toledo Bend Reservoir	94
4/23/2009	BElite	Smith Mountain Lake	93
6/5/2008	BElite	Lake Wheeler	92
3/20/2014	BElite	St. Johns River	92
5/12/2011	BElite	Lake Murray	91
2/24/2005	BT	Lake Guntersville	90
8/9/2007	BElite	Potomac River	89
3/10/2011	BElite	Harris Chain	89
6/2/2011	FLWT	Potomac River	89
1/16/2003	BT	Lake Okeechobee	88
8/22/2001	BT	Lake St. Clair	87
6/3/2015	BElite	Kentucky Lake	86
3/29/2012	FLWT	Table Rock Lake	85
3/7/2013	FLWT	Lewis Smith Lake	85
6/7/2018	BElite	Sabine River	84
3/27/2014	FLWT	Sam Rayburn Reservoir	82
5/4/2018	BElite	Kentucky Lake	80
6/21/2006	FLWT	Lake Champlain	79
6/11/2009	BElite	Mississippi River	79
5/3/2012	BElite	Douglas Lake	79
8/11/2016	BElite	Potomac River	79
5/10/2006	FLWT	Kentucky Lake	78
6/1/2006	BElite	Grand Lake	78
7/12/2007	BElite	Lake Champlain	77
3/3/2011	FLWT	Beaver Lake	77
6/21/2012	BElite	Mississippi River	77
5/17/2019	BPT	Table Rock Lake	77
3/18/2010	BElite	Clear Lake	75
6/17/2010	BElite	Ft. Gibson	75
2/12/2019	BPT	Lake Conroe	75
3/6/2003	BT	Lake Eufaula	74
6/26/2014	FLWT	Kentucky Lake	74
3/26/2009	BElite	Lake Dardanelle	73
4/10/2014	FLWT	Beaver Lake	73
5/21/2021	BPT	Harris Chain of Lakes	73
6/9/2010	BElite	Kentucky Lake	72
6/23/2010	FLWT	Lake Guntersville	72
6/2/2017	BElite	Lake Dardanelle	71
5/7/2009	BElite	Lake Guntersville	70
6/3/2009	BElite	Kentucky Lake	70
4/6/2011	BElite	Lake Pickwick	70
8/5/2021	BPT	Lake Champlain	70
8/8/2013	BElite	St. Lawrence River	67
2/7/2020	BPT	Lake Eufaula	67
2/26/2004	BT	Lake Guntersville	66
6/11/2014	BElite	Lake Chickamauga	66
4/30/2019	BPT	Smith Lake	66
4/30/2022	BPT	Lake of the Ozarks	65
3/13/2020	BPT	Lake Fork	64
4/3/2014	BElite	Table Rock Lake	63
7/30/2015	BElite	St. Lawrence River	63
8/6/2022	BPT	Cayuga Lake	63
5/20/2010	BElite	Clarks Hill Lake	62
9/15/2011	FLWT	Lake Champlain	62
8/27/2015	BElite	Lake St. Clair	62
2/23/2017	BElite	Lake Okeechobee	62
6/7/2020	BPT	Kissimmee Chain of Lakes	62
5/15/2014	BElite	Lake Dardanelle	61
4/6/2017	BElite	Toledo Bend Reservoir	60
7/13/2006	BElite	Lake Champlain	58
6/27/2013	FLWT	Lake Chickamauga	58
8/22/2013	BElite	Lake St. Clair	58
6/25/2019	BPT	Lake Winnebago	58
7/20/2017	BElite	St. Lawrence River	56
8/23/2018	BElite	St. Lawrence River	56
4/9/2019	BPT	Lake Chickamauga	56
3/16/2006	BElite	Sam Rayburn Reservoir	55
2/5/2022	BPT	Caney Creek, Lake D'Arbonne, Bussey Brake	55
8/1/2003	BT*	Louisiana Delta	54
3/6/2014	FLWT	Lake Hartwell	54
1/18/2006	FLWT	Lake Okeechobee	53
6/23/2016	BElite	Cayuga Lake	53
9/8/2016	BElite	Mississippi River	53
2/9/2017	BElite	Cherokee Lake	52
5/31/2019	BPT	Table Rock Lake	52
3/22/2007	BElite	California Delta	51
8/24/2017	BElite	Lake St. Clair	51
2/22/2008	BElite	Lake Hartwell	50
10/1/2010	TTBC	Lake Conroe	50
6/7/2012	BElite	Toledo Bend Reservoir	50
7/27/2017	BElite	Lake Champlain	50
5/1/2003	BT	Lake Hamilton	49
3/11/2010	BElite	California Delta	49
8/21/2014	BElite	Cayuga Lake	49
9/14/2017	BElite	Mille Lacs Lake	49
6/1/2005	E50	Lewisville Lake	48
3/17/2011	BElite	St. Johns River	48
4/14/2004	E50	Lake Dardanelle	47
8/2/2006	FLWT	Logan Martin Lake	47
6/7/2007	BElite	Smith Mountain Lake	47
7/26/2007	BMajor-m	Lake Oneida	47
6/15/2005	E50	Lake Wissota	46
5/14/2015	FLWT	Lake Eufaula	45
3/2/2022	BPT	Lewis Smith Lake	45
2/9/2005	FLW	Lake Toho	43
6/15/2006	BElite	Kentucky Lake	43
8/7/2008	BElite	Lake Oneida	43
3/19/2015	BElite	Sabine River	43
6/8/2016	BElite	Lake Texoma	43
9/15/2016	BElite	Mille Lacs Lake	43
2/5/2004	BT	Smith Lake	42
7/29/2005	BT	Ohio, Monongahela, Allegheny Rivers	42
5/7/2015	BElite	Lake Havasu	42
5/19/2004	E50	Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway	41
1/19/2005	FLW	Lake Okeechobee	41
2/20/2009	BElite	Red River	41
5/6/2010	BElite	Lake Guntersville	41
4/18/2013	BElite	Bull Shoals Lake	41
3/12/2009	BElite	Lake Amistad	40
2/24/2012	BElite	Red River	40
3/13/2014	BElite	Lake Seminole	40
3/5/2015	FLWT	Lake Toho	40
6/2/2004	E50	Alabama River	39
8/5/2010	FLWT	Lake Lanier	39
2/19/2022	BPT	Lake Fork	39
9/10/2022	BPT	Mille Lacs Lake	39
2/3/2005	BT	Harris Chain	38
8/13/2009	BElite	Oneida Lake	38
9/10/2021	BPT	Lake St. Clair	38
4/30/2021	BPT	Lake Travis	37
6/4/2022	BPT	Watts Bar Lake	37
1/29/2004	BT	Harris Chain of Lakes	36
3/9/2005	FLW	Ouachita River	36
7/27/2006	BMajor-a	Lake Wylie	36
8/10/2006	BElite	Potomac River	36
4/21/2010	FLWT	Fort Loudoun/Tellico Lakes	36
5/2/2013	BElite	West Point Lake	36
4/26/2018	BElite	Grand Lake	36
9/13/2007	BElite	Lake Tohopekaliga	35
4/2/2009	BElite	Lake Wheeler	35
4/21/2016	BElite	Bull Shoals/Norfork Lakes	35
2/6/2003	BT	Lake Seminole	34
5/16/2013	FLWT	Lake Eufaula	34
10/4/2013	TTBC	Lake Conroe	34
5/17/2018	BElite	Lake Travis	34
6/16/2004	E50	Ohio, Cumberland, Tennessee Rivers	33
4/20/2006	BElite	Lake Guntersville	33
4/29/2010	BElite	Pickwick Lake	33
6/20/2013	BElite	Mississippi River	33
8/7/2014	BElite	Delaware River	33
4/9/2015	BElite	Lake Guntersville	33
3/31/2005	BT	Table Rock Lake	32
5/19/2011	FLWT	Red River	32
5/17/2012	FLWT	Potomac River	32
5/9/2014	TTBC	Lake Fork	32
5/18/2006	BMajor-m	Eagle Mountain Lake	31
8/15/2013	FLWT	Red River	31
6/11/2015	FLWT	Lake Chickamauga	31
3/8/2012	FLWT	Lake Hartwell	30
3/13/2008	BElite	Lake Toho	29
2/21/2020	BPT	Lake Okeechobee	29
3/20/2003	BT	Santee Cooper	28
4/3/2008	BElite	Falcon Lake	28
5/1/2008	BElite	Clarks Hill	28
3/17/2016	BElite	St. Johns River	28
3/18/2004	BT	Lake Eufaula	27
4/20/2005	E50	Smith Lake	27
6/12/2008	BElite	Kentucky Lake	27
8/23/2012	BElite	Oneida Lake	27
9/17/2015	BElite	Sturgeon Bay (Lake Michigan)	27
8/24/2006	BMajor-l	Arkansas River	26
4/7/2016	BElite	Winyah Bay	26
3/21/2021	BPT	Sam Rayburn Reservoir	26
7/19/2007	BElite	Lake Erie/Niagara River	25
2/9/2012	FLWT	Lake Okeechobee	25
3/30/2006	BElite	Santee-Cooper	24
3/29/2007	BElite	Clear Lake	24
6/4/2021	BPT	Lake Chickamauga	23
6/25/2021	BPT	St. Lawrence River	23
6/21/2007	BElite	Grand Lake	22
7/31/2008	BElite	Lake Erie/Niagara River	22
3/24/2017	BElite	Lake Conroe	22
4/10/2002	BT	Lake Guntersville	21
4/3/2003	BT	California Delta (San Joaquin River Delta)	21
5/22/2003	BT	Alabama River	21
5/18/2005	E50	Lake Dardanelle (Arkansas River)	21
2/8/2006	FLWT	Lake Murray	21
3/21/2013	BElite	Falcon Lake	20
2/21/2014	BElite	Lake Guntersville	20
4/23/2015	FLWT	Beaver Lake	20
1/29/2019	BPT	Kissimmee Chain of Lakes	20
1/27/2005	BT	Lake Toho	19
2/22/2013	BElite	Grand Lake	19
8/20/2015	FLWT- FWC	Lake Ouachita	19
4/26/2007	BElite	Lake Guntersville	18
5/9/2013	BElite	Alabama River	18
5/17/2017	BElite	Sam Rayburn Reservoir	18
3/24/2011	FLWT	Lake Hartwell	17
4/26/2012	FLWT	Beaver Lake	17
5/20/2016	TTBC	Lake Ray Roberts	17
4/11/2013	FLWT	Beaver Lake	16
3/26/2019	BPT	Falls Lake/Jordan Lake/Shearon Harris Reservoir	16
2/24/2006	BElite	Lake Tohopekaliga	15
3/3/2010	FLWT	Table Rock Lake	15
4/19/2012	BElite	Bull Shoals Lake	15
2/23/2007	BElite	Lay Lake	14
4/10/2008	BElite	Lake Amistad	14
6/25/2015	FLWT	Potomac River	14
3/1/2006	FLWT	Pickwick Lake	13
6/6/2013	FLWT	Grand Lake	13
12/12/2001	BT	Lake Toho	12
4/19/2007	BElite	Clarks Hill	12
4/14/2011	BElite	Toledo Bend Reservoir	12
3/26/2015	FLWT	Lewis Smith Lake	12
5/15/2008	BElite	Lake Murray	11
4/15/2010	BElite	Smith Mountain Lake	11
6/28/2012	BElite	Lake Michigan	10
7/10/2020	BPT	Sturgeon Bay	10
4/9/2021	BPT	Falls Lake/Jordan Lake/Shearon Harris Reservoir	10
1/9/2003	BT	Harris Chain of Lakes	8
9/14/2006	BElite	Table Rock Lake	7
3/24/2010	FLWT	Lake Norman	7
4/27/2017	BElite	Ross Barnett Reservoir	7
3/17/2005	BT	Lake Norman	6
3/8/2007	BElite	Lake Amistad	6
4/10/2003	BT	Clear Lake	5
8/23/2007	BMajor-l	Lake Dardanelle	5
5/26/2010	FLWT	Lake Ouachita	5
6/9/2011	BElite	Arkansas River	4
6/16/2011	BElite	Lake Wheeler	4
3/14/2013	BElite	Sabine River	4
4/30/2015	BElite	Sacramento River	4
5/17/2007	BMajor-a	High Rock Lake	3
5/5/2011	BElite	West Point Lake	3
5/12/2016	BElite	Toledo Bend Reservoir	3
4/9/2022	BPT	Lake Palestine	3
3/9/2006	BElite	Lake Amistad	1
3/22/2012	BElite	Lake Okeechobee	1
6/21/2018	BElite	Mississippi River	1

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

Biographical data last updated: 9/2/2020

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