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Billy McCaghren

Info & Stats
Angling & Personal Stuff
Tournament Finishes

Info

Hometown	Mayflower, Arkansas
Age	53
Former Occupation	Welder (current)
Height	6' 0''
Weight	200 lbs.

Stats

Top 10 Finishes (Wins)*	16 (1) As of 2/28/2019
Career Earnings*	$459,318 As of 2/28/2019
Last 3 Finishes	170 - Mississippi River, 7/29/2020 124 - Lake Chickamauga, 6/23/2020 48 - Lake Martin, 3/19/2020
Bassmaster Classics Fished (Won)	2 (0) As of 2/28/2019
REDCREST Championships Fished (Won)	0 (0) As of 2/28/2019

Angling Stuff

Angling Hero	"My hero as a kid was Larry Nixon, and Mark Davis is one of the people I really look up to."
Home Lake	Lake Conway (Ark.)
Favorite Lake	Table Rock or Guntersville
Least Favorite Lake	"Lake DeGray is probably my least favorite. I've probably won more money there than any other lake in Arkansas, but I just don't like to fish there for some reason."
Favorite Technique	Fishing green cypress trees
Primary Fishing Strength	Shallow water
Secondary Fishing Strength	Flipping
Biggest Weakness	Big swimbaits
Boat	Bass Cat
Motor	Mercury
Fishing Sponsors	Phenix rods, H20 Sports, Talon Series Custom Lures, Lew's, Zoom, Costa, Garmin
Tow Vehicle (Sponsor)	Ford F-250 diesel

Personal Stuff

Favorite Food	Pinto beans and corn bread
Favorite Music	Country
Favorite Book/Movie	"For the Love of the Game" (movie)
Non-Angling Hero	"My dad – he always made time to do stuff with us."
When Not Fishing	"I like to play any kind of sports, but it's more watching sports than actually participating now."
Why He Fishes	"I've just always loved it since I was little and catching them in a small creek behind our house."
Website	www.fishingwiththefans.com

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Tournament Finishes

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

Date	Tour	Event	Place
7/29/2020	FLWPC	Mississippi River	170
6/23/2020	FLWPC	Lake Chickamauga	124
3/19/2020	FLWPC	Lake Martin	48
2/20/2020	FLWPC	Harris Chain of Lakes	50
1/23/2020	FLWPC	Sam Rayburn Reservoir	88
8/9/2019	FLWT- FWC	Lake Hamilton	14
6/27/2019	FLWT	Lake Champlain	127
5/2/2019	FLWT	Lake Chickamauga	11
4/11/2019	FLWT	Cherokee Lake	153
3/28/2019	FLWT	Grand Lake	6
3/7/2019	FLWT	Lake Seminole	14
2/7/2019	FLWT	Lake Toho	25
1/10/2019	FLWT	Sam Rayburn Reservoir	30
6/28/2018	FLWT	Lake St. Clair	112
5/17/2018	FLWT	Kentucky Lake	157
4/26/2018	FLWT	Smith Lake	25
4/12/2018	FLWT	Lake Cumberland	15
3/8/2018	FLWT	Lake Lanier	123
2/22/2018	FLWT	Harris Chain of Lakes	49
1/25/2018	FLWT	Lake Okeechobee	27
6/15/2017	FLWT	Potomac River	73
5/18/2017	FLWT	Mississippi River	88
4/27/2017	FLWT	Beaver Lake	79
4/6/2017	FLWT	Lake Cumberland	60
3/9/2017	FLWT	Harris Chain of Lakes	94
2/16/2017	FLWT	Lake Travis	64
2/2/2017	FLWT	Lake Guntersville	69
9/8/2016	BElite	Mississippi River	86
8/11/2016	BElite	Potomac River	66
6/23/2016	BElite	Cayuga Lake	46
6/8/2016	BElite	Lake Texoma	85
5/12/2016	BElite	Toledo Bend Reservoir	72
4/28/2016	BElite	Wheeler Lake	102
4/21/2016	BElite	Bull Shoals/Norfork Lakes	79
4/7/2016	BElite	Winyah Bay	54
3/17/2016	BElite	St. Johns River	26
3/4/2016	BElite	Grand Lake O' the Cherokees	33
9/17/2015	BElite	Sturgeon Bay (Lake Michigan)	39
8/27/2015	BElite	Lake St. Clair	46
8/13/2015	BElite	Chesapeake Bay	64
7/30/2015	BElite	St. Lawrence River	18
6/3/2015	BElite	Kentucky Lake	10
5/7/2015	BElite	Lake Havasu	98
4/30/2015	BElite	Sacramento River	18
4/9/2015	BElite	Lake Guntersville	70
3/19/2015	BElite	Sabine River	70
8/21/2014	BElite	Cayuga Lake	86
8/7/2014	BElite	Delaware River	58
6/11/2014	BElite	Lake Chickamauga	123
5/15/2014	BElite	Lake Dardanelle	90
5/1/2014	BElite	Toledo Bend Reservoir	61
4/3/2014	BElite	Table Rock Lake	26
3/20/2014	BElite	St. Johns River	95
3/13/2014	BElite	Lake Seminole	87
8/22/2013	BElite	Lake St. Clair	62
8/8/2013	BElite	St. Lawrence River	68
6/20/2013	BElite	Mississippi River	43
5/9/2013	BElite	Alabama River	47
5/2/2013	BElite	West Point Lake	81
4/18/2013	BElite	Bull Shoals Lake	69
3/21/2013	BElite	Falcon Lake	10
3/14/2013	BElite	Sabine River	25
8/23/2012	BElite	Oneida Lake	57
6/28/2012	BElite	Lake Michigan	87
6/21/2012	BElite	Mississippi River	71
6/7/2012	BElite	Toledo Bend Reservoir	87
5/3/2012	BElite	Douglas Lake	44
4/19/2012	BElite	Bull Shoals Lake	65
3/22/2012	BElite	Lake Okeechobee	88
3/15/2012	BElite	St. Johns River	49
6/16/2011	BElite	Lake Wheeler	85
6/9/2011	BElite	Arkansas River	9
5/12/2011	BElite	Lake Murray	54
5/5/2011	BElite	West Point Lake	56
4/14/2011	BElite	Toledo Bend Reservoir	88
4/6/2011	BElite	Lake Pickwick	19
3/17/2011	BElite	St. Johns River	12
3/10/2011	BElite	Harris Chain	75
6/17/2010	BElite	Ft. Gibson	67
6/9/2010	BElite	Kentucky Lake	81
5/20/2010	BElite	Clarks Hill Lake	49
5/6/2010	BElite	Lake Guntersville	42
4/29/2010	BElite	Pickwick Lake	38
4/15/2010	BElite	Smith Mountain Lake	46
3/18/2010	BElite	Clear Lake	26
3/11/2010	BElite	California Delta	64
2/19/2010	BElite	Lay Lake	24
8/13/2009	BElite	Oneida Lake	25
6/11/2009	BElite	Mississippi River	3
6/3/2009	BElite	Kentucky Lake	63
5/7/2009	BElite	Lake Guntersville	42
4/23/2009	BElite	Smith Mountain Lake	35
4/2/2009	BElite	Lake Wheeler	56
3/26/2009	BElite	Lake Dardanelle	14
3/12/2009	BElite	Lake Amistad	95

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

Biographical data last updated: 2/28/2019

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