Missouri Angler Profile- Matt

Name (first only): 

Matt

Height:  

6’ 3"

Weight: 

190

Age:  

38

Years of Fishing Experience: 

33

Hometown:  

Excelsior Springs, MO

Currently Residing In:  

Grain Valley, MO

Earliest Fishing Memory:  

Traveling to Canada with my dad (probably 4^th or 5^th grade)

Favorite Fishing Story:  

Probably my big bass!!

Aforementioned big bass!! 

Favorite Fishing Partner:  

My son (Erick)

One person you would like to fish with (dead or alive): 

Martin Truex Jr.

Who/What got you started fishing?  

My dad

What is your favorite fishing spot in Missouri?  

Blue Springs Lake dam

What is your favorite lure/fly/technique?  

Top water

What is your favorite species to fish for?  

Bass

What percent of the time do you catch and release?  

95%

What is the weirdest thing that you have seen on the water?  

My dog dipping its head in the minnow bucket and eating my minnows.

What is one place that you want to fish in Missouri, but haven’t before? 

Some hidden farm pond holding a 10lb. bass!!!