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12/18/1960

Chris Baumgardner

Info & Stats
Angling & Personal Stuff
Tournament Finishes

Info

Hometown	Gastonia, North Carolina
Age	64
Former Occupation	Underground construction contractor
Height	6' 2''
Weight	235 lbs.

Stats

Years Pro	27
Top 10 Finishes (Wins)*	22 (2) As of 12/6/2012
Career Earnings*	$967,024 As of 12/6/2012
Last 3 Finishes	85 - Beaver Lake, 4/14/2016 82 - Lake Hartwell, 3/17/2016 109 - Lake Okeechobee, 2/4/2016
Bassmaster Classics Fished (Won)	4 (0) As of 12/6/2012
REDCREST Championships Fished (Won)	7 (0) As of 12/6/2012

Angling Stuff

Angling Hero	Hank Parker – "He lived right up the road from me, and he fished kind of like I do."
Home Lake	Lake Wylie
Favorite Lake	Potomac River
Favorite Technique	Throwing a ChatterBait
Primary Fishing Strength	Power-fishing in shallow water
Secondary Fishing Strength	Flipping
Biggest Weakness	Finesse-fishing
Boat	Ranger
Motor	Evinrude
Team	Snickers
Fishing Sponsors	Duckett Rods, Zoom Bait Co., Ranger Boats, Evinrude, Power-Pole, Denver Marine
Tow Vehicle (Sponsor)	Chevrolet Suburban (Snickers)

Personal Stuff

Favorite Food	"Anything my wife cooks. I eat out so much when I'm on the road, and it's always nice to get a home-cooked meal."
Favorite Music	Southern rock
Favorite Book/Movie	Old Man and the Sea (book)
Non-Angling Hero	Father – "He got me started. And it wasn't that he liked it so much – he went because I wanted to go."
When Not Fishing	Spend time with family and friends.
Why He Fishes	"It's something I've always loved to do ever since I picked up a Bassmaster magazine when I was 12 or 13 years old."
Website	www.carolinaoutdoors.net

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Tournament Finishes

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

Date	Tour	Event	Place
8/2/2001	BT*	Lower Mississippi	12
8/22/2001	BT	Lake St. Clair	32
10/31/2001	BT	Red River	119
12/12/2001	BT	Lake Toho	137
1/23/2002	FLW	Lake Okeechobee	37
2/6/2002	BT	Lake Seminole	24
2/13/2002	FLW	Lake Wheeler	67
3/13/2002	FLW	Lake Ouachita	45
4/10/2002	BT	Lake Guntersville	41
4/17/2002	FLW	Beaver Lake	43
5/8/2002	BT	Lake Eufaula	12
5/15/2002	FLW	Old Hickory Lake	65
6/19/2002	FLW	Lake Champlain	35
9/11/2002	FLW*	Cross Lake	20
1/22/2003	FLW	Lake Okeechobee	20
2/12/2003	FLW	Atchafalaya Basin	83
3/12/2003	FLW	Lake Murray	91
4/9/2003	FLW	Beaver Lake (Wal-Mart Open)	97
5/14/2003	FLW	Kentucky Lake	155
6/18/2003	FLW	Wheeler Lake (Forrest Wood Open)	53
1/21/2004	FLW	Lake Okeechobee	174
1/29/2004	BT	Harris Chain of Lakes	10
2/5/2004	BT	Smith Lake	20
2/11/2004	FLW	Atchafalaya Basin	4
2/26/2004	BT	Lake Guntersville	154
3/4/2004	BT	Table Rock Lake	54
3/10/2004	FLW	Old Hickory Lake	115
3/18/2004	BT	Lake Eufaula	24
3/25/2004	BT	Santee Cooper Lakes	16
3/31/2004	FLW	Beaver Lake	142
5/12/2004	FLW	Kentucky Lake	18
6/23/2004	FLW	Lake Champlain	7
7/30/2004	BASS	Lake Wylie	44
1/19/2005	FLW	Lake Okeechobee	12
1/27/2005	BT	Lake Toho	61
2/3/2005	BT	Harris Chain	110
2/9/2005	FLW	Lake Toho	148
2/24/2005	BT	Lake Guntersville	67
3/3/2005	BT	Strom Thurmond Reservoir (Clarks Hill)	82
3/9/2005	FLW	Ouachita River	60
3/17/2005	BT	Lake Norman	40
3/31/2005	BT	Table Rock Lake	88
4/13/2005	FLW	Beaver Lake	165
5/11/2005	FLW	Wheeler Lake	101
6/22/2005	FLW	Potomac River	105
7/29/2005	BT	Ohio, Monongahela, Allegheny Rivers	36
1/18/2006	FLWT	Lake Okeechobee	167
2/8/2006	FLWT	Lake Murray	105
3/1/2006	FLWT	Pickwick Lake	118
3/8/2006	FLWS	Lake Lanier	23
4/5/2006	FLWT	Beaver Lake	49
5/3/2006	FLWS	Lake Cumberland	128
5/10/2006	FLWT	Kentucky Lake	92
5/31/2006	FLWS	Old Hickory Lake	55
6/21/2006	FLWT	Lake Champlain	39
10/11/2006	FLWS	Lake of the Ozarks	29
11/15/2006	FLWS	Lewis Smith Lake	105
2/15/2007	FLWT	Lake Travis	87
3/29/2007	FLWT	Fort Loudoun-Tellico	15
4/26/2007	FLWT	Lake Norman	48
5/17/2007	FLWT	Beaver Lake	65
6/14/2007	FLWT	Potomac River	1
7/12/2007	FLWT	Detroit River	125
8/2/2007	FLWT	Lake Ouachita	21
2/28/2008	FLWT	Lake Tohopekaliga	71
4/3/2008	FLWT	Lewis Smith	77
4/24/2008	FLWT	Lake Norman	10
5/15/2008	FLWT	Beaver Lake	73
6/19/2008	FLWT	Ft. Loudoun-Tellico	108
7/10/2008	FLWT	Detroit River	69
8/14/2008	FLWT	Lake Murray	4
2/12/2009	FLWT	Lake Guntersville	15
3/12/2009	FLWT	Table Rock Lake	59
4/23/2009	FLWT	Lake Norman	80
5/14/2009	FLWT	Beaver Lake	131
6/11/2009	FLWT	Kentucky Lake	45
7/9/2009	FLWT	Lake Champlain	19
7/30/2009	FLW	Ohio, Monongahela, Allegheny Rivers	51
3/3/2010	FLWT	Table Rock Lake	54
3/24/2010	FLWT	Lake Norman	59
4/21/2010	FLWT	Fort Loudoun/Tellico Lakes	4
5/26/2010	FLWT	Lake Ouachita	81
6/23/2010	FLWT	Lake Guntersville	33
8/5/2010	FLWT	Lake Lanier	33
10/1/2010	TTBC	Lake Conroe	13
2/3/2011	FLWT	Lake Okeechobee	73
3/3/2011	FLWT	Beaver Lake	117
3/24/2011	FLWT	Lake Hartwell	54
4/14/2011	FLWT	Lake Chickamauga	101
5/19/2011	FLWT	Red River	101
6/2/2011	FLWT	Potomac River	46
6/16/2011	FLWT	Kentucky Lake	55
7/21/2011	FLWT	Lake Pickwick	95
9/15/2011	FLWT	Lake Champlain	73
10/20/2011	FLWT	Lake Guntersville	20
2/9/2012	FLWT	Lake Okeechobee	86
3/8/2012	FLWT	Lake Hartwell	97
3/29/2012	FLWT	Table Rock Lake	7
4/26/2012	FLWT	Beaver Lake	87
5/17/2012	FLWT	Potomac River	12
6/7/2012	FLWT	Kentucky Lake	2
6/28/2012	FLWT	Lake Champlain	46
8/9/2012	FLWT	Lake Lanier	42
8/23/2012	FLWT	Detroit River	53
9/20/2012	FLWT	Wheeler Lake	54
9/28/2012	TTBC	Lake Conroe	12
10/11/2012	FLWT	Sam Rayburn Reservoir	19
2/7/2013	FLWT	Lake Okeechobee	11
3/7/2013	FLWT	Lewis Smith Lake	45
4/11/2013	FLWT	Beaver Lake	124
5/16/2013	FLWT	Lake Eufaula	83
6/6/2013	FLWT	Grand Lake	103
6/27/2013	FLWT	Lake Chickamauga	82
2/6/2014	FLWT	Lake Okeechobee	33
3/6/2014	FLWT	Lake Hartwell	18
3/27/2014	FLWT	Sam Rayburn Reservoir	64
4/10/2014	FLWT	Beaver Lake	77
6/5/2014	FLWT	Pickwick Lake	48
6/26/2014	FLWT	Kentucky Lake	143
3/5/2015	FLWT	Lake Toho	65
3/26/2015	FLWT	Lewis Smith Lake	49
4/23/2015	FLWT	Beaver Lake	117
5/14/2015	FLWT	Lake Eufaula	94
6/11/2015	FLWT	Lake Chickamauga	90
6/25/2015	FLWT	Potomac River	67
8/20/2015	FLWT- FWC	Lake Ouachita	10
2/4/2016	FLWT	Lake Okeechobee	109
3/17/2016	FLWT	Lake Hartwell	82
4/14/2016	FLWT	Beaver Lake	85

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

Biographical data last updated: 2/7/2013

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