Chad Pipkens is a professional bass tournament and Bassmaster Elite Series Angler from Holt, Michigan. Check out Chad’s Angler Profile for some of history about his fishing accomplishments, personal information, favorite place to fish, what he considers his strong suit in fishing and more. Chad competed for his first season in 2013 on the Bassmaster Elite Series thanks to his 2012 Bassmaster Northern Opens Points Championship! Pip now enters his 6th Elite Series season in 2018 with 2 consecutive Bassmaster Classic appearances!

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Besides the 2012 Bassmaster points championship, Chad also won the co-angler title in his final tournament fishing from the back deck at the 2012 FLW Tour Beaver Lake event, took 3rd place in his first professional FLW Tour event fishing from the front deck at the 2012 Detroit River Open and won three Walmart BFL events in three years in June (2008-2010) on Michigan’s Burt and Mullett Lakes with amazing stringers of giant smallmouth bass weighing 27-05, 27-13 and 27-10! Chad is a smallmouth bass sight-fishing expert but has proven he can catch big sacks of bass throughout the year on many different lake and river systems.

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Since Bryan Thrift joined the Tour in 2007, he has been on a hot streak, consecutively finishing in the top-10 in the Angler of the Year race. In his first season with FLW, Thrift took home the FLW Tour Rookie of the Year award and after winning the 2011 FLW Tour event on Beaver Lake, Thrift was ranked No. 1 one on the BassFan World Rankings list. In order to achieve the No. 1 ranking he had an incredible run of seven top-10 finishes, including four top-fives, and two wins in eight events dating back to the 2009 Forrest Wood Cup. Thrift hoisted the prestigious FLW Tour Angler of the Year trophy in 2010 after having back-to-back fifth-place finishes in the AOY race. Thrift is not just a winner with FLW, in 2012 he took home the victory at the Texas Bass Classic, where 50 of the top anglers from FLW, BASS, and PAA competed. Thrift became a new father and lost his long-time fishing partner, his own father, during his amazing 2010 season. Thrift enjoys fishing docks and counts Lake Wylie as his favorite body of water. Thrift said he fishes for fun when he’s not competing against the world’s best on the FLW Tour. Thrift said one of his most memorable moments was the last tournament he fished with his father on Falcon Lake in 2008.

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