Matt Herren

Matt

Herren

Personal Info

Hometown

Ashville,

Alabama

Birthdate

January 8, 1963

Family

Candy (wife), Josh, Jacob (children)

Hobbies

Golf, hunting

Content

The kid in me

By Matt Herren

With the holidays behind me that old restless feeling is kicking in, and the competitor in me is starting to awaken. It’s almost like there’s an internal clock or switch that gets flipped and the...

Will Guntersville favor the home team?

By Pete Robbins

Breaking down the odds an Alabama angler will take the trophy at the 2020 Academy Sports & Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk.

Don’t blink

By Matt Herren

I don’t know if any of y’all are like me, but sometimes a song hits you when you’re riding down the road and the emotions of life just kind of take over. That happened to me recently when a Kenny...

How Herren pairs jig heads and hooks

Elite pro Matt Herren explains the process of creating a great jig head and pairing it with the perfect hook to catch big bass.

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A season to remember

By Matt Herren

It’s hard to believe that the 2019 Bassmaster Elite Series season has come and gone.It seems like just yesterday that the professional fishing world was turned upside down with different ideas and...

It's squarebill time

By Matt Herren

Now that we’ve gotten through the 2019 Bassmaster Elite Series season and the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year Championship is behind us, I can just go fun fishing. It’s really nice to get a...

The fall transition

By Matt Herren

Something is happening in the fishing world right now, and I’m not sure that people even realize what is really going on…The fall transition.Had you thinking I was going to get into something...

Fantasy Fishing: Cayuga largemouth will dominate

By Coy Greathouse

Last week, the tournament on the St. Lawrence River was certainly one for the record books. They absolutely dropped the hammer on those big smallies in and around Waddington, N.Y. But now, it’s...

Fantasy Fishing: Fixate on flippers at Cayuga

By Pete Robbins

All weekend long we had to listen to the Bassmaster LIVE crew questioning the judgment of the pros who pursued largemouth at the St. Lawrence River, but now the shoe’s on the other foot. While...

July Fourth and ICAST – 2019 is half gone

By Matt Herren

Where has the year gone?It seems like the year has flown by already. Two very important events to me will happen in the coming days, July the Fourth and the ICAST show in Orlando, Fla. The...

Guntersville magic

By Matt Herren

This week is the 2019 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Elite Series at Guntersville, and while I was working on tackle it hit me just how important Guntersville is to the history of B.A.S.S....

Fantasy Fishing: Double dip on grass hounds at Big G

By Pete Robbins

Next March, the eyes of the bass fishing world will focus upon Lake Guntersville, a legendary TVA impoundment loaded with grass and big bass. There are 75 Elite Series pros who dream of competing...

This Field of Dreams

By Matt Herren

Before I get too far ahead of myself, while I was fishing the Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest at Lake Fork, my son Jacob and his fiancé Alita welcomed their daughter Avery into the world. She is mine...

Meet the Elites: Matt Herren

By Criag Lamb

Winning a Bassmaster Classic is undeniably the ultimate goal of any professional bass angler. Believe it or not, winning the sport’s most coveted title never entered Matt Herren’s mind when he...

Radio: Cory Johnston, Herren and more

Thomas Allen, Cory Johnston and Matt Herren

The best spawns of the year

By Matt Herren

I’m sittin’ here thinking about fishing the Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest at Lake Fork, and I realized, it’s about my favorite time of the year to fish.Most of the people I talk to as I travel the...

Fantasy Fishing: Forget finesse specialists at Fork

By Pete Robbins

After the long runs and light weights of Winyah Bay, the Bassmaster Elite Series will pick up the schedule midstream at Lake Fork, a comparatively compact playing field with comparatively monstrous...

Fantasy Fishing: The Lake Fork factor

By Thomas Allen

As it’s been said, it’s been several years since the Bassmaster Elite Series has crested the 100-pound mark of four days of accumulative weight. It’s time for it to happen again. Any B.A.S.S. fans...

Grass bed subtleties

By David A. Brown

Experienced pros break down different scenarios for successfully fishing grass beds in different seasons.

Bass fishing about to explode

By Matt Herren

As I drove in the predawn hours last week on my way to the Lake Martin, I noticed my truck outside air temperature gauge was reading 35 degrees. I began to ponder the weather we've had this winter...

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