Angler Profile

MICHAEL BENNETT

Home: Panama City, FL

Bass Tournament Statistics

Career earnings: $ 1,507,011
Number of tournaments won: 2
Number of Top-10 tournament finishes: 14
Largest bass weighed to win Big Bass award: 7 lbs, 5 oz, (7/29/2000, Walmart Bass Fishing League, Western , CAL DELTA)
Weight of largest day's catch: 25 lbs, 14 oz, (2008, FLW Series, Fish-Off, East/West Fish-Off, TX)
Number of events fished: 74 since 2000

Tour Highlights

Forrest Wood Cup

Year	Place	Bass Caught	Days 1 & 2 Wt	Total Wt	Earnings	Status
Career	-	41	62 lbs, 2 oz	87 lbs, 1 oz	$ 1,044,000	-
2009	18	5	9 lbs, 1 oz	9 lbs, 1 oz	$ 13,000	Professional
2008	1	19	27 lbs, 4 oz	52 lbs, 3 oz	$ 1,000,000	Professional
2007	49	6	10 lbs, 12 oz	10 lbs, 12 oz	$ 1,000	Professional
2006	45	7	9 lbs, 14 oz	9 lbs, 14 oz	$ 15,000	Professional
2005	44	4	5 lbs, 3 oz	5 lbs, 3 oz	$ 15,000	Professional

Walmart FLW Tour - FLW Tour Majors Division

Year	Rank	Points	Tourneys Fished	Bass Caught	Days 1&2 Wt	Total Wt	Earnings	Status
Career	-	-	35	358	729 lbs, 12 oz	868 lbs, 8 oz	$ 380,529	-
2010	78	647	5	54	93 lbs, 8 oz	132 lbs, 7 oz	$ 9,679	Professional
2009	51	821	6	56	140 lbs, 9 oz	147 lbs, 4 oz	$ 42,000	Professional
2008	9	933	6	72	133 lbs, 15 oz	182 lbs, 15 oz	$ 175,000	Professional
2007	24	816	6	63	116 lbs, 12 oz	136 lbs, 10 oz	$ 56,600	Professional
2006	6	928	6	51	129 lbs, 11 oz	129 lbs, 11 oz	$ 45,500	Professional
2005	41	779	6	62	115 lbs, 5 oz	139 lbs, 9 oz	$ 51,750	Professional

FLW Series - FLW Series Division

Year	Rank	Points	Tourneys Fished	Bass Caught	Days 1&2 Wt	Total Wt	Earnings	Status
Career	-	-	5	57	71 lbs, 6 oz	109 lbs, 15 oz	$ 22,000	-
2006	49	627	5	57	71 lbs, 6 oz	109 lbs, 15 oz	$ 22,000	Professional

FLW Series - Eastern Division

Year	Rank	Points	Tourneys Fished	Bass Caught	Days 1&2 Wt	Total Wt	Earnings	Status
Career	-	-	1	11	10 lbs, 15 oz	20 lbs, 0 oz	$ 0	-
2009	164	154	1	11	10 lbs, 15 oz	20 lbs, 0 oz	$ 0	Professional

FLW Series - National Guard Western Division

Year	Rank	Points	Tourneys Fished	Bass Caught	Days 1&2 Wt	Total Wt	Earnings	Status
Career	-	-	5	73	120 lbs, 4 oz	188 lbs, 6 oz	$ 47,544	-
2008	144	163	1	14	21 lbs, 15 oz	32 lbs, 4 oz	$ 6,898	Professional
2007	12	658	4	59	98 lbs, 5 oz	156 lbs, 2 oz	$ 40,646	Professional

FLW Series - Fish-Off

Year	Rank	Points	Tourneys Fished	Bass Caught	Days 1&2 Wt	Total Wt	Earnings	Status
Career	-	-	1	15	41 lbs, 15 oz	55 lbs, 14 oz	$ 0	-
2008	-	0	1	15	41 lbs, 15 oz	55 lbs, 14 oz	$ 0	Professional

EverStart Series - Western Division

Year	Rank	Points	Tourneys Fished	Bass Caught	Days 1&2 Wt	Total Wt	Earnings	Status
Career	-	-	4	51	93 lbs, 11 oz	111 lbs, 12 oz	$ 8,970	-
2004	4	695	4	51	93 lbs, 11 oz	111 lbs, 12 oz	$ 8,970	Professional

EverStart Series - Championship Division

Year	Rank	Points	Tourneys Fished	Bass Caught	Days 1&2 Wt	Total Wt	Earnings	Status
Career	-	-	1	6	7 lbs, 5 oz	7 lbs, 5 oz	$ 0	-
2004	-	140	1	6	7 lbs, 5 oz	7 lbs, 5 oz	$ 0	Professional

Walmart Bass Fishing League - All Divisions

Year	Points	Tourneys Fished	Bass Caught	Days 1&2 Wt	Total Wt	Earnings
Career*	-	15	54	125 lbs, 4 oz	125 lbs, 4 oz	$ 2,468
2002	1027	6	25	51 lbs, 3 oz	51 lbs, 3 oz	$ 2,331
2001	1042	5	19	50 lbs, 8 oz	50 lbs, 8 oz	$ 0
2000	103	4	10	23 lbs, 9 oz	23 lbs, 9 oz	$ 137

Walmart Bass Fishing League - Regional Summary

Year	Regional Name	Place	Bass Caught	Days 1&2 Wt	Total Wt	Earnings
Career*	-	-	21	27 lbs, 2 oz	33 lbs, 5 oz	$ 1,500
2002	Lake Havasu	22	6	10 lbs, 0 oz	10 lbs, 0 oz	$ 0
2001	Lake Shasta Regional	4	15	17 lbs, 2 oz	23 lbs, 5 oz	$ 1,500

Walmart Bass Fishing League - Western Division

Year	Rank	Points	Tourneys Fished	Bass Caught	Days 1&2 Wt	Total Wt	Earnings	Status
Career *	-	-	14	54	125 lbs, 4 oz	125 lbs, 4 oz	$ 1,468	-
2002	2	1027	5	25	51 lbs, 3 oz	51 lbs, 3 oz	$ 1,331	Boater
2001	8	1042	5	19	50 lbs, 8 oz	50 lbs, 8 oz	$ 0	Boater
2000	21	103	4	10	23 lbs, 9 oz	23 lbs, 9 oz	$ 137	Co-Angler

Walmart Bass Fishing League - All-American

Year	Place	Bass Caught	Days 1&2 Wt		Total Wt		Earnings	Status
Career *	-	0	0 lbs, 0 oz		0 lbs, 0 oz		$ 1,000	-
2002	42	0	0 lbs, 0 oz		0 lbs, 0 oz		$ 1,000	Boater

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News About MICHAEL BENNETT

Hackney hauls in a half million

Date Posted:2 Aug. 2009

Catch of a lifetime: Kentucky auto worker reels in $1 million FLW Fantasy Fishing grand prize

Date Posted:1 Aug. 2009

Quick Bites: Forrest Wood Cup, Three Rivers, Day 2

Date Posted:31 Jul. 2009

Quick Bites: Forrest Wood Cup, Three Rivers, Day 1

Date Posted:30 Jul. 2009

2009 Forrest Wood Cup field announced

Date Posted:13 Jul. 2009

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Date Posted: December 4, 2009 6:44 PM

The Off Season

Date Posted: November 29, 2008 11:07 AM

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About Me:

I am 24 years old and was born in raised in California. I now live 5 months in California and 7 months in Flordia. I am very fortunate and just get to fish for a living. It is something I wanted to do ever since I was 10 years old, I love the competion and just to be able to fish. I really feel like my life is going amazing, I recently won the forrest wood cup, got engaged to my beautiful girlfriend and bought my first house. I want everyone to know if you work hard enough at dreams they can come true. To find out more about me checkout my website @ www.michaelbennettfishing.com
Also if any one needs tackle go to basstacklesupply.com it is my new company and would appreciate any support. We are adding products daily so if you don't find what you want check back or email us and we probably have it, its just not uploaded to the site yet.

Other Interests:

I love to travel with my fiance, hang out with friends and spend time with my family. I will fish for anything that bites and just enjoy being in the outdoors.