Who were some famous fisherman from your state? Your answer could be a famous tournament fisherman, tackle inventor, or TV host of a fishing show. My own state of Missouri has some good ones. Guido Hibdon, Harold Ensley, and Virgil Ward are three of several. Who are some famous fisherman from your state? Let's recognize these men for the contributions they've made to our sport. 

Three off the top of my head for Minnesota

Babe Winkelman

Al Lindner

Ron Lindner

Joe Bucher, multi-species fisherman from Wisconsin and best known for musky.

There’s a few from Florida. Not sure they we all born here but all lived here.

Roland Martin, Shaw Grigsby, Terry Scroggins, Jim Bitters and Peter Thliveros.

Saltwater there’s a bunch. Jose Wejebe, Flip Pallot, George Poveromo, Troy Perez, Blair Wiggins, Rick Murphy are just a few off the top of my head.

Bass anglers who made a impact on our sport from California is a long list, 12 that come to mind;

Dee Thomas, flipping/ pitching

Aaron Martens, finesse pro angler

Skeet Reese, pro angler

Gary Klien, pro angler

Brent Ehrers, Pro angler

Ish Monroe, pro angler

Mike Folkestad, pro angler

Jay Yelas, pro angler

Butch Brown, trophy bbass angler 

Don Iovino, pro finesse angler

Gary Dobyns, pro angler

 

 

Bill Dance, Billy Westmorland, Ott Defoe, and the list goes on......

For our province, and really for our entire country, probably the one best known guy that nearly everyone knows is Bob Izumi. He and his brother Wayne were a dominant team on any big tournament trail here in the 70s to 80s, I think mainly because they were so far ahead of anyone else as far as getting information on new tactics developed in the southern states. On top of tournaments, “ The Real Fishing Show with Bob Izumi ” has been one of the top outdoor shows in Canada for many years. 

K V D

J V D

Mark Zona

and 

Joey Bag o' Donuts.

 

A-Jay

 

 

 

12 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

K V D

J V D

Mark Zona

and 

Joey Bag o' Donuts.

 

A-Jay

 

 

 

Glad to see you put YOUR OWN name on that list @A-Jay!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hmmmmm, from West Virginia? Well, I don't think he's a resident of WV but he's a student/athlete at WVU so how about:

 

Nolan Minor @everythingthatswims

Bobby Meador & Al St. Romain qualified for the 1st Classic 

 

Jack Hains won the 1975 Classic 

Bo Dowden won the 1980 Classic 

 

Greg Hackney no explanation needed 

 

Robert Glynn Carver  Mister Twister Founder

H & H Lure Company, H&H spinnerbaits, can't remember who founded it.

Holmes Thurman Skeeter Bass Boats 

I know John Crews is from Virginia, Missle Baits are made in Salem near where a buddy of mine works.  Jacob Powroznik is from somewhere around Richmond.  There's probably more, I just know of these 2 from going to the fishing expo in Richmond.

Woo Daves—Virginia 

2 hours ago, Mobasser said:

Who were some famous fisherman from your state? Your answer could be a famous tournament fisherman, tackle inventor, or TV host of a fishing show. My own state of Missouri has some good ones. Guido Hibdon, Harold Ensley, and Virgil Ward are three of several. Who are some famous fisherman from your state? Let's recognize these men for the contributions they've made to our sport. 

Harold Ensley, The Sportsmans's Friend

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/harold-ensley-obituary?pid=14938927

19 minutes ago, roadwarrior said:

Harold Ensley, The Sportsmans's Friend

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/harold-ensley-obituary?pid=14938927

Roadwarrior, my dad and I watched Harold Ensley every week. 

The only one I know off the top of my head from Pennsylvania is Mike Iaconelli.

 

Oh, and Joe Humphrey's...legendary fly fisherman.  

8 minutes ago, Mobasser said:

Roadwarrior, my dad and I watched Harold Ensley every week. 

I dated his daughter in high school.

 

Iowa: Berkley Bedell, founder of Berkley (duh)

 

Doug Stange, editor of In Fisherman

Roland Martin is originally from MD, though I don't think he ever considered it is home state fishing wise.  

 

There have been a handful of pro anglers from MD, I think the best currently is Bryan Schmitt.  He switched from FLW to the Elites this season and should be a contender.  

4 minutes ago, Logan S said:

Roland Martin is originally from MD, though I don't think he ever considered it is home state fishing wise.  

 

There have been a handful of pro anglers from MD, I think the best currently is Bryan Schmitt.  He switched from FLW to the Elites this season and should be a contender.  

Speaking of modern fishermen the most famous is probably Michael Hsiao or 1rod1reel from Maryland.

Jimmy Houston

Ken Cook

Edwin Evers

Jason Christie

Jeff Kriet 

James Elam

Tommy Biffle

Zack Birge

 

That's all I can think of off the top of my head.

@WRB, it is arguable that Mike Long is the most famous angler from California. 

3 minutes ago, JediAmoeba said:

Speaking of modern fishermen the most famous is probably Michael Hsiao or 1rod1reel from Maryland.

That's very true, I didn't think of the YouTube guys...But he and YouTubeFishingVids are probably more well known in general than any tournament angler .  There's a couple other popular YT guys from MD and Northern VA.  

 

"Famous" means more than just tournaments, my mistake.  

6 minutes ago, Hook2Jaw said:

@WRB, it is arguable that Mike Long is the most famous angler from California. 

Definitely one of the most infamous along with Mike Hart.

Tom 

9 minutes ago, WRB said:

Definitely one of the most infamous.

Tom 

I don't know what he did outside of fishing, but I bet he would make one hell of a used car salesman.

 

 

2 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Bill Dance, Billy Westmorland, Ott Defoe, and the list goes on......

Charlie Brewer?