Matthew Herren

Matthew

Herren

Personal Info

Hometown

Ashville,

Alabama

Birthdate

January 8, 1963

Family

Candy (wife), Josh, Jacob (children)

Hobbies

Golf, hunting

Content

'I wouldn’t change it if I could'

By Matthew Herren

In my family, the Thanksgiving holiday has always been about expressing gratitude. And first on my list is just that – my family. I’ve put family first, ahead of my bass fishing career. It’s not...

Bro Series: Herren and Lowen

By Andrew Canulette

Matt Herren and Bill Lowen both said having a confidant on the Bassmaster Elite Series is priceless.Both men travel with their families as they motor across North America from tournament to...

Flipping: Where did the fish go?

Matt Herren explains how a simple water change or wind change relocated his bass at the Sabine, but he was able to find where the population positioned on different structure.

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A look at Oahe

The Bassmaster Elite Series and B.A.S.S. visit a huge South Dakota fishery for first time.

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Fantasy Fishing: Bushes or offshore at Travis

By Ronnie Moore

Four events of the Bassmaster Fantasy Fishing season are in the books. At this point in the year you’re either a primed contender in the standings or have succumb to a tough tournament.Lake Travis...

Fantasy Fishing: Not your father’s Kentucky Lake

By Pete Robbins

This week the Elite Series will visit one of its most favored stomping grounds, massive Kentucky Lake. The tour has visited five times previously – in 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 and for BASSfest in...

Herren hits 'em hard on Grand

Join Matt Herren on the water as he tackles the bass among the birds on Day 1 of the 2018 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Elite at Grand Lake.

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Chris and Trait Zaldain rubbed elbows Sunday with NASCAR folks at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth near their home. “Ignore my kid in a candy store face, but this guy right here is our favorite driver! We’ve got good vibes about this race, too! Get’em M

Freewheeling during free time

See how some Bassmaster Elites Series anglers took advantage of time off after the Sabine River postponement.

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Herren’s bulletproof boat

By Craig Lamb

Like all Bassmaster Elite Series pros, Matt Herren will put more hours on his bass boat in the next eight months than the average angler will in as many years. That is why making the boat “bullet...

Tour Lake Martin with Matt Herren

Take a tour of the first 2018 Bassmaster Elite Series fishery with pro Matt Herren.

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Inside Bassmaster: The Matt Herren Story

By Thomas Allen

Matt Herren stopped by the Bassmaster studio to tell his story about how and when he made the leap into pro angling.

High-visibility braid

By Louie Stout

Those flamboyant colors that have been showing up on everything from boats to sneakers and tournament jerseys are finding their way onto Bassmaster Elite Series anglers’ spinning reel spools.While...

Fantasy Fishing: Make nothing into something at St. Lawrence

By Ronnie Moore

As soon as you think you know something in fishing, you get humbled. The same goes for Fantasy Fishing. After a fantastic event and a rise up the leaderboard at Sam Rayburn, I hit rock bottom at...

Fantasy Fishing: Think new season on the Northern Swing

By Thomas Allen

Every year the Bassmaster Elite Series has a midseason break before heading to northern fisheries. That break and schedule shift provides a great opportunity for those anglers struggling through a...

Fantasy Fishing: Dance a jig at Dardanelle

By Pete Robbins

To say that my performance at Sam Rayburn was poor would be generous. I ate some serious propwash in Lufkin, with only two of my five anglers making the cut to Day Three, none of them making it to...

Fantasy Fishing: Bank on momentum, not just bank beaters

By Coy Greathouse

Wow! What an amazing season it has been so far! Sam Rayburn did not disappoint.Here are a few quick stats if you missed it during the event. According to BASSTrakk, on Day 1, there were 57 fish...