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Chad Pipkens

Chad Pipkens

Info

Hometown Holt, Michigan
Age 42
Former Occupation Runs interior/exterior paint company (current)
Height 6' 2''
Weight 185 lbs.

Stats

Top 10 Finishes (Wins)* 29 (4) As of 9/20/2019
Career Earnings* $559,533 As of 9/20/2019
Current World Rank 172
Current Bassmaster Standing 99 (228 points)
Best Finish in 2025 30 - Lake Hartwell, 4/24/2025
Best Finish in 2024 56 - Wheeler Lake, 6/13/2024
Last 3 Finishes 92 - Mississippi River, 8/21/2025
99 - Lake St. Clair, 8/7/2025
100 - Lake Tenkiller, 6/12/2025
Bassmaster Classics Fished (Won) 2 (0) As of 9/20/2019
REDCREST Championships Fished (Won) 0 (0) As of 9/20/2019

Angling Stuff

Angling Hero Mike Iaconelli
Home Lake Erie
Favorite Lake Champlain
Least Favorite Lake Chickamauga
Favorite Technique Topwater
Primary Fishing Strength Offshore smallmouth
Secondary Fishing Strength Finesse
Biggest Weakness Shallow cranking
Boat Skeeter
Motor Yamaha
Fishing Sponsors Flow-Rite Controls, Damiki, Huk, Powell, Costa, Lake Drive Marine, Sunline, Gamakatsu, Power-Pole, Hamby’s, Angler Hosting, Skeeter, Yamaha, Rigid Industries, RMC Boat Works, Abu Garcia
Non-Fishing Sponsors Douglas J Companies, Clear Strategy Retirement Group
Tow Vehicle (Sponsor) GMC Yukon XL

Personal Stuff

Favorite Food "Pizza and sushi ... not together!"
Favorite Music Country and rap
Favorite Book/Movie Old school (movie)
Non-Angling Hero "Anyone that who the drive and passion to do things they don’t enjoy in order to obtain their goals … Be happy and thankful, but never satisfied."
When Not Fishing "Play hockey, golf, run/lift weights, snowboard, tailgate, and anything on or around water!"
Why He Fishes "I love fishing, sports, speed, competition, outdoors, gambling and a changing challenge. Tournament fishing ties all those into one!"
Website www.chadpipkens.com
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Tournament Finishes
(Only recent tournaments are included. Not necessarily a career listing.)
Date Tour Event Place
8/21/2025 BElite Mississippi River 92  
8/7/2025 BElite Lake St. Clair 99  
6/12/2025 BElite Lake Tenkiller 100  
5/15/2025 BElite Sabine River 54  
5/8/2025 BElite Lake Fork 89  
4/24/2025 BElite Lake Hartwell 30  
4/10/2025 BElite Pasquotank River 89  
2/27/2025 BElite Lake Okeechobee 89  
2/20/2025 BElite St. Johns River 76  
8/15/2024 BElite St. Lawrence River 74  
8/8/2024 BElite Lake Champlain 92  
6/27/2024 BElite Smith Lake 94  
6/13/2024 BElite Wheeler Lake 56  
5/9/2024 BElite Lake Murray 91  
4/18/2024 BElite St. Johns River 90  
4/11/2024 BElite Harris Chain of Lakes 60  
2/29/2024 BElite Lake Fork 78  
2/22/2024 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 86  
8/24/2023 BElite St. Lawrence River 76  
8/17/2023 BElite Lake Champlain 78  
7/27/2023 BElite Lake St. Clair 91  
6/1/2023 BElite Sabine River 10  
5/11/2023 BElite Lay Lake 33  
4/27/2023 BElite Santee Cooper Lakes 79  
4/20/2023 BElite Lake Murray 54  
3/24/2023 BElite Tennessee River 49  
2/23/2023 BElite Lake Seminole 82  
2/16/2023 BElite Lake Okeechobee 92  
8/26/2022 BElite Mississippi River 27  
8/18/2022 BElite Lake Oahe 24  
7/14/2022 BElite St. Lawrence River 41  
6/2/2022 BElite Pickwick Lake 52  
5/19/2022 BElite Lake Fork 19  
4/7/2022 BElite Lake Chickamauga 68  
3/17/2022 BElite Santee Cooper Lakes 77  
3/4/2022 BElite Lake Hartwell 39  
2/17/2022 BElite Harris Chain of Lakes 30  
2/10/2022 BElite St. Johns River 44  
7/15/2021 BElite St. Lawrence River 20  
7/8/2021 BElite Lake Champlain 25  
6/11/2021 BElite Lake Ray Roberts 24  
5/20/2021 BElite Lake Guntersville 32  
5/6/2021 BElite Neely Henry Lake 28  
4/22/2021 BElite Lake Fork 28  
4/8/2021 BElite Sabine River 95  
3/18/2021 BElite Pickwick Lake 9  
2/25/2021 BElite Tennessee River 70  
2/11/2021 BElite St. Johns River 58  
11/5/2020 BElite Lake Fork 18  
10/16/2020 BElite Lake Chickamauga 7  
10/8/2020 BElite Santee Cooper Lakes 73  
9/30/2020 BElite Lake Guntersville 76  
8/20/2020 BElite Lake St. Clair 80  
7/30/2020 BElite Lake Champlain 21  
7/23/2020 BElite St. Lawrence River 29  
6/10/2020 BElite Lake Eufaula 13  
3/6/2020 BElite Lake Guntersville 48  
2/6/2020 BElite St. Johns River 29  
9/28/2019 BElite Lake St. Clair 37  
9/19/2019 BElite Lake Tenkiller 42  
8/22/2019 BElite Cayuga Lake 16  
8/15/2019 BElite St. Lawrence River 44  
6/21/2019 BElite Lake Guntersville 6  
5/2/2019 BElite Lake Fork 8  
4/11/2019 BElite Winyah Bay 62  
4/4/2019 BElite Lake Hartwell 9  
2/14/2019 BElite Lake Lanier 54  
2/7/2019 BElite St. Johns River 51  
9/20/2018 BElite Lake Chatuge 36  
8/23/2018 BElite St. Lawrence River 94  
6/29/2018 BElite Lake Oahe 28  
6/21/2018 BElite Mississippi River 25  
6/7/2018 BElite Sabine River 65  
5/17/2018 BElite Lake Travis 31  
5/4/2018 BElite Kentucky Lake 27  
4/26/2018 BElite Grand Lake 75  
2/8/2018 BElite Lake Martin 41  
8/24/2017 BElite Lake St. Clair 42  
7/27/2017 BElite Lake Champlain 36  
7/20/2017 BElite St. Lawrence River 48  
6/2/2017 BElite Lake Dardanelle 53  
5/17/2017 BElite Sam Rayburn Reservoir 81  
4/27/2017 BElite Ross Barnett Reservoir 107  
4/6/2017 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 73  
2/23/2017 BElite Lake Okeechobee 21  
2/9/2017 BElite Cherokee Lake 99  
9/8/2016 BElite Mississippi River 58  
8/11/2016 BElite Potomac River 91  
6/23/2016 BElite Cayuga Lake 44  
6/8/2016 BElite Lake Texoma 104  
5/12/2016 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 97  
4/28/2016 BElite Wheeler Lake 89  
4/21/2016 BElite Bull Shoals/Norfork Lakes 105  
4/7/2016 BElite Winyah Bay 100  
3/17/2016 BElite St. Johns River 48  
3/4/2016 BElite Grand Lake O' the Cherokees 50  
9/17/2015 BElite Sturgeon Bay (Lake Michigan) 5  
8/27/2015 BElite Lake St. Clair 4  
8/13/2015 BElite Chesapeake Bay 3  
7/30/2015 BElite St. Lawrence River 32  
6/3/2015 BElite Kentucky Lake 110  
5/7/2015 BElite Lake Havasu 52  
4/30/2015 BElite Sacramento River 41  
4/9/2015 BElite Lake Guntersville 59  
3/19/2015 BElite Sabine River 110  
2/20/2015 BElite Lake Hartwell 41  
8/21/2014 BElite Cayuga Lake 64  
8/7/2014 BElite Delaware River 12  
6/11/2014 BElite Lake Chickamauga 112  
5/15/2014 BElite Lake Dardanelle 74  
5/1/2014 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 33  
4/3/2014 BElite Table Rock Lake 39  
3/20/2014 BElite St. Johns River 87  
3/13/2014 BElite Lake Seminole 67  
8/22/2013 BElite Lake St. Clair 74  
8/8/2013 BElite St. Lawrence River 10  
6/20/2013 BElite Mississippi River 77  
5/9/2013 BElite Alabama River 45  
5/2/2013 BElite West Point Lake 73  
4/18/2013 BElite Bull Shoals Lake 70  
3/21/2013 BElite Falcon Lake 93  
3/14/2013 BElite Sabine River 93  
8/23/2012 FLWT Detroit River 3  
9/15/2011 FLWT Lake Champlain 67  
6/2/2011 FLWT Potomac River 126  
2/3/2011 FLWT Lake Okeechobee 135  


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

Biographical data last updated: 10/20/2016

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