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12/2/1946

O.T. Fears III

Info & Stats
Angling & Personal Stuff
Tournament Finishes

Info

Hometown	Sallisaw, Oklahoma
Age	79
Former Occupation	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist

Stats

Years Pro	39
Top 10 Finishes (Wins)*	14 (4)
Career Earnings*	$500,000
Last 3 Finishes	190 - Detroit River, 7/10/2008 124 - Ft. Loudoun-Tellico, 6/19/2008 99 - Beaver Lake, 5/15/2008

Angling Stuff

Angling Hero	Grandfather and father - "They taught me a love of fishing and the patience to stay with it when the fish weren't biting. Without that start, I wouldn't be where I am today."
Favorite Lake	Lake Guntersville (AL) - "Because the fishing's so good and you can catch them in a variety of ways."
Least Favorite Lake	Lake Seminole (GA/FL) - "It's just hard for me to catch fish there."
Favorite Technique	Chunking a spinnerbait in shallow water around heavy cover
Boat	Ranger
Motor	Mercury

Personal Stuff

Favorite Food	Fried chicken
Favorite Music	Oldies ('60s music)
Favorite Book/Movie	The Hunt for Red October (book)/The Last of the Mohicans (movie)
When Not Fishing	"I like to hunt birds (quail and pheasant) and deer-hunt."
Why He Fishes	"I like the office setting, and I love the challenge of going one-on-one with the fish. For me, it's never been about beating another contestant."

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Tournament Finishes

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

Date	Tour	Event	Place
7/10/2008	FLWT	Detroit River	190
6/19/2008	FLWT	Ft. Loudoun-Tellico	124
5/15/2008	FLWT	Beaver Lake	99
4/24/2008	FLWT	Lake Norman	166
4/3/2008	FLWT	Lewis Smith	111
2/28/2008	FLWT	Lake Tohopekaliga	190
7/12/2007	FLWT	Detroit River	95
6/14/2007	FLWT	Potomac River	172
5/17/2007	FLWT	Beaver Lake	194
4/26/2007	FLWT	Lake Norman	91
3/29/2007	FLWT	Fort Loudoun-Tellico	54
2/15/2007	FLWT	Lake Travis	183
11/15/2006	FLWS	Lewis Smith Lake	141
10/11/2006	FLWS	Lake of the Ozarks	68
5/31/2006	FLWS	Old Hickory Lake	24
5/3/2006	FLWS	Lake Cumberland	50
3/8/2006	FLWS	Lake Lanier	154
3/31/2005	BT	Table Rock Lake	100
3/17/2005	BT	Lake Norman	32
3/3/2005	BT	Strom Thurmond Reservoir (Clarks Hill)	69
2/24/2005	BT	Lake Guntersville	112
2/3/2005	BT	Harris Chain	41
1/27/2005	BT	Lake Toho	55
6/16/2004	E50	Ohio, Cumberland, Tennessee Rivers	27
6/2/2004	E50	Alabama River	26
5/19/2004	E50	Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway	25
4/14/2004	E50	Lake Dardanelle	24
3/25/2004	BT	Santee Cooper Lakes	32
3/18/2004	BT	Lake Eufaula	76
3/4/2004	BT	Table Rock Lake	131
2/26/2004	BT	Lake Guntersville	73
2/5/2004	BT	Smith Lake	48
1/29/2004	BT	Harris Chain of Lakes	40
4/10/2003	BT	Clear Lake	82
4/3/2003	BT	California Delta (San Joaquin River Delta)	40
3/20/2003	BT	Santee Cooper	72
3/6/2003	BT	Lake Eufaula	86
2/20/2003	BT	Toledo Bend	135
2/6/2003	BT	Lake Seminole	148
1/16/2003	BT	Lake Okeechobee	15
1/9/2003	BT	Harris Chain of Lakes	40
7/25/2002	BT*	Lay Lake	4
5/8/2002	BT	Lake Eufaula	89
4/10/2002	BT	Lake Guntersville	24
2/6/2002	BT	Lake Seminole	139
12/12/2001	BT	Lake Toho	15
10/31/2001	BT	Red River	12
8/22/2001	BT	Lake St. Clair	80

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

Biographical data last updated: 7/31/2002

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