In The Box With Dion

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He entered his first bass tournament at the age of 12 and has never looked back. He joined the ranks of professional bass fisherman at 18 and is still the youngest qualifier for the BASSMasters Classic. By the age of 33 he had already reached 2 of the greatest goals in angling becoming both BASSMasters Classic Champion and Wal-Mart FLW Tour Champion. You can say success as a pro angler is in Dion Hibdon's Blood!

In The Box With Dion


Hibdon hammers ‘em
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. – You know that deal about the early bird? Well, he would have done pretty well in the final round of Stren Series Central Division action on Lake of the Ozarks.

Unlike the first three days of competition in which the afternoon bite excelled, day four saw the better stuff coming early. In truth, the morning bite wasn’t all that great either – except for tournament winner Dion Hibdon’s 15-pound, 3-ounce stringer. (More on that in a moment.)

The real problem was that weekend boat traffic pretty much killed the afternoon action, and most competitors were giving thanks for whatever they scratched out before noonish. In fairness, local club tournaments and pleasure cruisers – even those in the big go-fast-for-no-apparent-reason boats – have equal rights to the waterways. Nevertheless, there’s no escaping the impact on Stren anglers.

The biggest impact was the dock fishing scene – the week’s dominant pattern, which had been getting better as the day’s heat grew.

As Stover, Mo., pro explained, “When you’re fishing for (bass) suspended under those boat docks, and those boat docks start bobbing up and down in the waves, that screws them up real quick.” Read Story