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4/12/1962

Matt Reed

Matt  Reed

Info

Hometown Madisonville, Texas
Age 62
Former Occupation Furniture and appliance salesman
Height 6' 2''
Weight 235 lbs.

Stats

Years Pro 21
Top 10 Finishes (Wins)* 19 (1) As of 10/28/2019
Career Earnings* $901,508 As of 10/28/2019
Current World Rank 270
Last 3 Finishes 51 - Lake Champlain, 7/29/2022
97 - James River, 6/16/2022
138 - Lake Guntersville, 5/12/2022
Bassmaster Classics Fished (Won) 3 (0) As of 10/28/2019
REDCREST Championships Fished (Won) 1 (0) As of 10/28/2019

Angling Stuff

Angling Hero "All the dominant people from the earlier days – Rick Clunn and Larry Nixon and all of them."
Home Lake Sam Rayburn and Toledo Bend
Favorite Lake Falcon
Favorite Technique Deep structure
Primary Fishing Strength Offshore
Secondary Fishing Strength Flipping matted hydrilla
Biggest Weakness Fishing too fast
Boat Nitro
Motor Mercury
Fishing Sponsors Yum, Bass Pro Shops, Typhoon Optics, ProPatterns, Power-Pole, Hayabusa
Tow Vehicle (Sponsor) Dodge 2500 diesel

Personal Stuff

Favorite Food Ribeye steak (medium rare)
Favorite Music Country
Favorite Book/Movie Top Gun (movie)
Non-Angling Hero "My dad – he was my mentor and he had me in the outdoors from the beginning."
When Not Fishing "I like to bow-hunt for deer and play golf."
Why He Fishes "I just love the outdoors. I've fished my whole life and I'm a very competitive person."
Website www.mattreedbasspro.com
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Tournament Finishes
(Only recent tournaments are included. Not necessarily a career listing.)
Date Tour Event Place
6/1/2006 BElite Grand Lake 2  
8/9/2007 BElite Potomac River 3  
4/6/2017 FLWT Lake Cumberland 4  
5/20/2010 BElite Clarks Hill Lake 4  
3/9/2017 FLWT Harris Chain of Lakes 5  
4/15/2010 BElite Smith Mountain Lake 5  
3/25/2004 BT Santee Cooper Lakes 5  
6/9/2011 BElite Arkansas River 7  
4/6/2011 BElite Lake Pickwick 7  
5/9/2014 TTBC Lake Fork 8  
6/5/2008 BElite Lake Wheeler 8  
4/10/2003 BT Clear Lake 8  
5/7/2009 BElite Lake Guntersville 10  
7/31/2008 BElite Lake Erie/Niagara River 10  
6/21/2007 BElite Grand Lake 10  
3/9/2006 BElite Lake Amistad 10  
7/6/2006 BElite Oneida Lake 11  
5/18/2006 BMajor-m Eagle Mountain Lake 12  
8/9/2019 FLWT- FWC Lake Hamilton 13  
5/3/2012 BElite Douglas Lake 13  
5/17/2007 BMajor-a High Rock Lake 13  
3/28/2019 FLWT Grand Lake 16  
3/16/2006 BElite Sam Rayburn Reservoir 16  
3/12/2009 BElite Lake Amistad 17  
6/12/2008 BElite Kentucky Lake 17  
8/24/2006 BMajor-l Arkansas River 17  
7/19/2007 BElite Lake Erie/Niagara River 18  
2/24/2012 BElite Red River 19  
5/12/2011 BElite Lake Murray 19  
7/13/2006 BElite Lake Champlain 19  
8/1/2003 BT* Louisiana Delta 19  
4/23/2009 BElite Smith Mountain Lake 21  
2/6/2003 BT Lake Seminole 21  
3/21/2013 BElite Falcon Lake 22  
10/4/2013 TTBC Lake Conroe 23  
4/3/2008 BElite Falcon Lake 23  
1/27/2022 MLFPC Sam Rayburn Reservoir 24  
3/17/2005 BT Lake Norman 24  
5/22/2003 BT Alabama River 24  
2/22/2018 FLWT Harris Chain of Lakes 25  
3/6/2008 BElite Harris Chain 25  
3/7/2019 FLWT Lake Seminole 30  
6/15/2006 BElite Kentucky Lake 30  
3/6/2003 BT Lake Eufaula 30  
4/14/2011 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 31  
8/22/2013 BElite Lake St. Clair 32  
6/11/2009 BElite Mississippi River 32  
8/23/2007 BMajor-l Lake Dardanelle 32  
2/11/2021 MLFPC Lake Okeechobee 33  
1/10/2019 FLWT Sam Rayburn Reservoir 33  
1/29/2004 BT Harris Chain of Lakes 35  
3/14/2013 BElite Sabine River 36  
1/23/2020 FLWPC Sam Rayburn Reservoir 37  
6/21/2012 BElite Mississippi River 37  
4/19/2012 BElite Bull Shoals Lake 37  
8/21/2014 BElite Cayuga Lake 39  
4/18/2013 BElite Bull Shoals Lake 39  
6/3/2009 BElite Kentucky Lake 39  
7/27/2006 BMajor-a Lake Wylie 39  
5/1/2003 BT Lake Hamilton 39  
3/19/2020 FLWPC Lake Martin 40  
6/9/2010 BElite Kentucky Lake 40  
4/28/2016 BElite Wheeler Lake 41  
8/27/2015 BElite Lake St. Clair 41  
5/9/2013 BElite Alabama River 41  
8/23/2012 BElite Oneida Lake 41  
5/4/2006 BElite Clarks Hill Reservoir 41  
2/7/2019 FLWT Lake Toho 42  
5/2/2013 BElite West Point Lake 42  
9/28/2012 TTBC Lake Conroe 42  
3/29/2007 BElite Clear Lake 42  
4/9/2015 BElite Lake Guntersville 43  
2/23/2007 BElite Lay Lake 43  
3/15/2012 BElite St. Johns River 44  
5/5/2011 BElite West Point Lake 44  
4/7/2016 BElite Winyah Bay 49  
6/3/2015 BElite Kentucky Lake 50  
8/23/2012 BElite Oneida Lake 50  
7/29/2022 MLFPC Lake Champlain 51  
4/11/2019 FLWT Cherokee Lake 51  
7/26/2007 BMajor-m Lake Oneida 51  
3/22/2007 BElite California Delta 52  
5/13/2021 MLFPC Lake Eufaula 54  
6/28/2012 BElite Lake Michigan 54  
3/8/2007 BElite Lake Amistad 54  
8/13/2015 BElite Chesapeake Bay 56  
3/18/2010 BElite Clear Lake 56  
4/3/2014 BElite Table Rock Lake 57  
6/11/2014 BElite Lake Chickamauga 58  
3/10/2011 BElite Harris Chain 59  
6/17/2021 MLFPC Potomac River 62  
5/17/2018 FLWT Kentucky Lake 62  
3/8/2018 FLWT Lake Lanier 62  
5/7/2015 BElite Lake Havasu 62  
3/20/2014 BElite St. Johns River 62  
4/26/2007 BElite Lake Guntersville 62  
2/24/2005 BT Lake Guntersville 62  
6/27/2019 FLWT Lake Champlain 65  
2/16/2017 FLWT Lake Travis 65  
6/7/2007 BElite Smith Mountain Lake 65  
3/4/2004 BT Table Rock Lake 65  
9/14/2006 BElite Table Rock Lake 66  
1/9/2003 BT Harris Chain of Lakes 66  
10/11/2012 FLWT Sam Rayburn Reservoir 67  
3/30/2006 BElite Santee-Cooper 67  
6/7/2012 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 68  
8/13/2009 BElite Oneida Lake 70  
1/27/2005 BT Lake Toho 70  
3/13/2008 BElite Lake Toho 71  
3/11/2021 MLFPC Lewis Smith Lake 72  
6/17/2010 BElite Ft. Gibson 72  
3/18/2004 BT Lake Eufaula 73  
3/13/2014 BElite Lake Seminole 74  
4/2/2009 BElite Lake Wheeler 74  
2/20/2003 BT Toledo Bend 74  
4/27/2017 FLWT Beaver Lake 75  
3/17/2011 BElite St. Johns River 75  
3/20/2003 BT Santee Cooper 76  
5/6/2010 BElite Lake Guntersville 77  
3/11/2010 BElite California Delta 77  
3/19/2015 BElite Sabine River 78  
8/7/2014 BElite Delaware River 78  
9/13/2007 BElite Lake Tohopekaliga 79  
4/10/2008 BElite Lake Amistad 80  
4/20/2006 BElite Lake Guntersville 80  
6/28/2018 FLWT Lake St. Clair 81  
2/5/2004 BT Smith Lake 81  
4/29/2010 BElite Pickwick Lake 83  
6/20/2013 BElite Mississippi River 84  
3/13/2022 MLFPC Harris Chain of Lakes 86  
8/7/2008 BElite Lake Oneida 86  
4/21/2022 MLFPC Pickwick Lake 87  
4/19/2007 BElite Clarks Hill 87  
8/10/2006 BElite Potomac River 87  
5/15/2014 BElite Lake Dardanelle 89  
6/16/2011 BElite Lake Wheeler 89  
5/1/2014 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 90  
5/15/2008 BElite Lake Murray 90  
8/8/2013 BElite St. Lawrence River 92  
5/1/2008 BElite Clarks Hill 92  
3/17/2016 BElite St. Johns River 93  
6/26/2008 BElite Old Hickory 93  
6/23/2020 FLWPC Lake Chickamauga 94  
6/8/2016 BElite Lake Texoma 95  
3/22/2012 BElite Lake Okeechobee 95  
4/3/2003 BT California Delta (San Joaquin River Delta) 95  
5/12/2016 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 96  
6/16/2022 MLFPC James River 97  
7/30/2015 BElite St. Lawrence River 97  
7/12/2007 BElite Lake Champlain 97  
1/25/2018 FLWT Lake Okeechobee 98  
3/26/2009 BElite Lake Dardanelle 99  
4/21/2016 BElite Bull Shoals/Norfork Lakes 102  
2/20/2020 FLWPC Harris Chain of Lakes 105  
3/3/2005 BT Strom Thurmond Reservoir (Clarks Hill) 107  
4/30/2015 BElite Sacramento River 108  
7/29/2021 MLFPC St. Lawrence River 111  
5/18/2017 FLWT Mississippi River 113  
2/26/2004 BT Lake Guntersville 113  
6/15/2017 FLWT Potomac River 118  
4/22/2021 MLFPC Lake Murray 120  
2/3/2005 BT Harris Chain 121  
3/31/2005 BT Table Rock Lake 126  
4/26/2018 FLWT Smith Lake 130  
5/2/2019 FLWT Lake Chickamauga 131  
5/12/2022 MLFPC Lake Guntersville 138  
1/16/2003 BT Lake Okeechobee 141  
4/12/2018 FLWT Lake Cumberland 143  
2/2/2017 FLWT Lake Guntersville 145  
7/29/2020 FLWPC Mississippi River 161  
8/11/2020 FLWPC Lake Erie 165  


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

Biographical data last updated: 10/28/2019

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