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Personal Info
Hometown
Lansing,
Michigan
Birthdate
August 23, 1983
Family
Melanie (wife)
Hobbies
Love to be out and about with family and friends. Anything on water, liquid or frozen! Playing ice hockey, golfing, hunting, tailgating and yard games!
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Pipkens plays the outside game
Pipkens plays the outside game
Watch Chad Pipkens during Bassmaster Elite tournaments and you’ll likely conclude that he’s an outsider. In fairness, the likable pro from Holt, Mich. has plenty of friends and interacts well with...
Meet the Elites: Chad Pipkens
Meet the Elites: Chad Pipkens
Chad Pipkens has proven himself skilled at finding fish, but there’s an inspiring back story that shows how the Elite angler was equally skillful at finding his way into professional fishing. ...
Daily Limit: Thankful for …
Daily Limit: Thankful for …
The Bassmaster Elite Series anglers list off what they are most thankful for this holiday season.
A look at the Opens Championship
A look at the Opens Championship
Missouri's Table Rock Lake hosts 28 pros vying for seven berths in the 2019 Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK'S Sporting Goods.
Cold and foggy
Cold and foggy
Cold, foggy and happy if I can catch five of these a day and try to punch my ticket to the Bassmaster Classic!
Daily Limit: Lester driven not to drive
Daily Limit: Lester driven not to drive
The Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Championship this week will decide many anglers' Classic fate.
Fantasy Fishing: St. Lawrence River will again be awesome
Fantasy Fishing: St. Lawrence River will again be awesome
Adversity causes some men to break — others to break records. That’s going to be the story as the 2018 regular season comes to a close. With the cancelation of the Chesapeake Bay, that will...
Fantasy Fishing: Selecting secret smallmouth hammers at St. Lawrence
Fantasy Fishing: Selecting secret smallmouth hammers at St. Lawrence
The St. Lawrence River may be the same old story in 2018 as well, but it’s a story that is worth repeating year after year. The top-notch smallmouth fishery pumped out big fish and heavy weights in...
Daily Limit: LiveScope takes Best Overall
Daily Limit: LiveScope takes Best Overall
ORLANDO, Fla. – Everything is better live, which Garmin discovered Thursday when its Panoptix LiveScope took the ICAST Overall Best of Show award.A crowd of more than 100 gathered in the New...
A look at Oahe
A look at Oahe
The Bassmaster Elite Series and B.A.S.S. visit a huge South Dakota fishery for first time.
La Crosse fishing better than ever
La Crosse fishing better than ever
Maybe the rising Mississippi River water level is making the difference. Maybe it was the rain and overcast skies. Whatever the reason, the bass fishing was better Thursday than it has...
Freewheeling during free time
Freewheeling during free time
See how some Bassmaster Elites Series anglers took advantage of time off after the Sabine River postponement.
Zona picks 2018 Elite winners
Zona picks 2018 Elite winners
Prognosticator Mark Zona makes his picks for the 2018 Bassmaster Elite Series Season.
Pipkens’ tips for tactical tubing
Pipkens’ tips for tactical tubing
For a young angler, Chad Pipkens has great respect for the old ways – especially when it comes to tubes.
Fantasy Fishing: Closing time in Motor City
Fantasy Fishing: Closing time in Motor City
We’re within sight of the finish line of one of the most topsy-turvy seasons in Bassmaster Elite Series history. We’ve seen rookies take big steps, veterans come back from the dead and then fade...
Fantasy Fishing: Pick the favorite or go with gusto?
Fantasy Fishing: Pick the favorite or go with gusto?
Depending on which Fantasy Fishing advice you have listened to or ignored from me this year, you might be doing pretty well. There have been plenty of times where I kicked myself for not making a...
Pipkens at work
Pipkens at work
Lake Champlain Day 1 is cancelled bc high winds... might as well get some work done with @brannelson in the camper! #nonaps #dowork A post shared by Chad Pipkens (@chad_pipkens) on Jul 27, 2017...
Summer smallmouth movement
Summer smallmouth movement
It’s often said with much frustration that smallies disappear after they spawn and move off the beds. That’s a little bit true, I suppose, but a more accurate description of what they do is roam...
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