Bassmaster

On The Hook

Matt Arey Shelby, N.C.

You broke into fishing as a teenager with a crew of guys who have had successful professional fishing careers. Tell us about how you got hooked on tournament fishing.

I’d say around that 15- to 16-year-old age is when we really got going on the local tournament scene. We started fishing Thursday night tournaments out on

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