Lews

Upshaw began his FLW career in 2003 but didn’t see much success until 2009 when he began fishing the FLW college tournaments. Quite possibly his biggest accomplishment of his career yet came in 2011, when Upshaw and his partner Ryan Watkins won the Texas Regional tournament on Somerville Lake.

One of the most successful anglers in the history of the FLW Tour, Tennessee pro Andy Morgan brings three Angler of the Year titles (2013, 2014, 2016) and the most-ever FLW Top 10s (66). The winner of six events, Morgan has accumulated over $2.1 in winnings in his career. Morgan was the winner of the Bass Pro Tour Econo Lodge Stage Four Presented by Winn Grips from Dayton, Tennessee.

Growing up in Blacksburg, SC I started fishing at very a young age. I caught my first fish with my dad and grandpa at the age of four. I was hooked. Once I started making a paycheck I was able to move up to the higher level FLW events and fished the FLW Tour for five years. I qualified for the Elites through the Southern Opens in 2010 and have been fishing the Elites ever since 2011.

Bill McDonald, has been fishing since childhood. His father put a rod in his hands as soon as he could walk. As a teenager, he spent summers fishing for bluegill and bass at a strip pit leased by his parents. The practice has paid off. Bill is now a Pro Angler who has over twenty years of tournament fishing experience.

Career Highlights: 8-time Bassmaster Classic qualifier 3-time Elite Series Runner-up 10th place 2012 Bassmaster Classic – 2015 Bassmaster Elite Series – 15th in point standings – 7 top-5 B.A.S.S. finishes, 13 top-10 B.A.S.S. finishes, 51 top-50 B.A.S.S. finishes (as of 2015) 2009 Ultimate Match finalist

This 2020 season will be Billy's fourth year fishing the FLW Tour. He will be on the Ranger Team fishing out of a new Z520LI Ranger Boat rigged with a Mercury 250L Pro XS Four Stroke and top of the line Lowrance electronics.

After a 13 year career with the Carbondale Fire Department in which Morgenthaler had moved up to the rank of Captain, Chad decided to go for it and left the fire department to pursue his dream of fishing professionally. Growing up in a small town in rural Southern Illinois Chad did not have an opportunity to fish on the larger lakes and major river systems. He cut his teeth on local ponds and strip pits close to home.

Cole Floyd has been fishing since he was a child.  His father was an avid tournament fisherman and introduced Cole and his 2 brothers to bass fishing and the outdoors at a young age. Growing up Cole fished tournaments with his dad and brothers in southern Ohio and spent his summers chasing largemouth on Lake Guntersville and Kentucky Lake.

Growing up in south Louisiana, I developed a passion for the outdoors at an early age. It was a way of life for us as a family and every weekend was either spent in the woods hunting or on the lake fishing. I began fishing tournaments after graduating from high school and it was my time in College fishing for Tarleton State University that gave me the opportunity to pursue a career fishing at the professional level.

In the mid-1990s, David Fritts was revered throughout central North Carolina as the King of the Yadkin. He was known nationally as the crankbait guru who won the 1993 Bassmaster Classic on Logan Martin Lake in Alabama, and the Bassmaster Angler of the Year title the following year.

Nebraska native Denny Brauer left a career as a brick mason to uproot his family to Missouri to chase his dream of becoming a professional angler, and went on to become the most notable flipper and pitcher in bass fishing history.

Drake Herd grew up in Alexandria, MN where he learned to fish everything from a crappie to a walleye. His passion grew for the elusive walleye and he found himself fishing more and more walleye tournaments. He is now fishing the national Walleye Tour traveling around the country chasing his dreams. Some of his favorite baits include the Rage swimmer, Swim-n-shiner and the XD series of crank baits.