Bill Lowen

Bill

Lowen

Biography

In 13 years on the Bassmaster Elite Series, Bill Lowen has earned nine Bassmaster Classic berths and landed 148 Top 10 finishes.

Personal Info

Hometown

Brookville,

Indiana

Birthdate

December 3, 1974

Family

Jennifer (wife), Nevaeh, Fischer (children)

Hobbies

Hunting

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This is not your ordinary spring

By Bill Lowen

This is not your typical spring. Here in the Midwest, we had a warmer than normal winter and then spring came early. I think that’s pretty much true for most of the country except for maybe...

Fantasy Fishing: Let local anglers flavor your picks

By Jesse Heinecke

Pee Dee River? Winyah Bay? These are not the standard Lake Guntersville or Lake Erie type fisheries that we typically make Bassmaster Fantasy Fishing picks for. Whether the tournament is to be a...

Fantasy Fishing: Select the most consistent anglers

By Pete Robbins

Those of us who live and die by the word of insider bass intelligentsia, we are constantly reminded of how good the current crop of Bassmaster Elite Series pros can be. It’s not just the pundits...

Fantasy Fishing: Pick strong river anglers

By Kevin Hawk

I’m interested to see how the Winyah Bay event unfolds April 7-10, because the Bassmaster Elite Series field will have extensive boundaries to fish, including any of the five rivers feeding into...

Fantasy Fishing: Pick pros who will make long runs and risky decisions

By Ronnie Moore

Winyah Bay in Georgetown, S.C., should lay out like the Sabine River. This won’t be the “Sabine River of 2015,” but rather the 2013 version. With no prior knowledge of this fishery for most anglers...

Lucky charms

Classic competitors show items they keep near and dear.

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Getting on a buzz

By Craig Lamb

Bill Lowen now has a limit and as Mark Zona and Tommy Sanders noted he is simply enjoying every moment of his Day 3.Part of the reason is the 5-bass limit in his livewell. With no pressure Lowen...

Today was tough

By Bill Lowen

Up to this point I’m having my best Classic ever.

Lowen in the hunt

By Jim Sexton

The last time we focused on Bill Lowen was at the 2015 Chesapeake Bay tournament. That one is remembered for Aaron Martens fantastic finish and victory. Martens' win would have been much less...

'You gotta fish so slow it's painful'

By Jim Sexton

Shortly after catching his 6-pounder. Ohio angler Bill Lowen told us, "You gotta fish so slow it's painful." Lowen talked about setting his lure on a rock and shaking it slowly....

Lowen ready for Day 2

By Bill Lowen

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Lowen atop the leaderboard

By Steve Wright

Bill Lowen jumped to the top of the leaderboard at 8:15 a.m. with his third keeper, which gives him an estimated total weight of 7 1/2 pounds. Yes, it's way early. But don't be surprised...

Fantasy Fishing: The search for the perfect roster

By Jason Collins

Classic — (adjective) judged over a period of time to be of the highest quality and outstanding of its own kind. (noun) a work of art that is of recognized and established value.The Bassmaster...

Lowen: Don’t ignore the rivers

By Bill Lowen

Bass anglers shouldn’t neglect rivers because they think they won’t produce in the wintertime.

Raymarine signs three bass pros for 2016

WILSONVILLE, Ore. – Raymarine, a division of FLIR Systems and a world leader in marine electronics, is pleased to announce three additions to its roster of Bassmaster Elite Series Pro...

What would pros do with $1 billion?

By Tyler Wade McCollum

What would you do with a billion dollars?It may be a crazy question, but it’s one everyone is asking, with the world’s biggest Powerball up for grabs tonight.So we asked the Bassmaster Elite Series...

Cold water, grass and swim jigs

By Bill Lowen

Despite the warmer weather Thanksgiving week, it’s starting to feel like winter in most parts of our country. The water temperature is dropping. It’s time to break out the swim jigs. ...

Lowen: Now’s the time to switch baits

By Bill Lowen

Last time I said that if there’s no baitfish in the shallows I don’t make a cast. That thinking is still good except that things are starting to change. The days are getting progressively shorter...

Lowen: No bait, no cast

By Bill Lowen

This is one of the best times of the year to go bass fishing. The weather is usually pretty good, there isn’t a lot of traffic on the water and the fish are predictable. What’s not to like about...

AOY: Final weigh-in

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