Pro-Staff: Matthew Hupp

At the age of five or six you'd probably see me fishing off a small bridge over a creek that ran in front of my grandfathers farm in West Virgina. At that time the extent of my competition fishing was between my cousin, me and the largest bluegill. As I grew older my father and I fished a lot at Lake Erie for walleye and eventually went on to feel the powerful fight of the strippers in Tennessee's Norris Lake. Living in Ohio, I had gotten fairly used to catching smallmouth bass in the local creeks, also the occasional nice largemouth by jumping a fence into a neiborhood gravelpit, just to be kicked out only to do it again a couple weeks later. I guess you can consider that determination. Or stupidity.

A couple years after high school I was able to get my fisrt bass boat, and from that point on I ate, drank and slept fishing. Hitting every local lake in the surrounding area, I discovered if I wanted to be a pro angler I had to be fishing in better water. So I made the big move from Hamilton, OH to Dallas, TX where I work selling boats at the Bass Pro Shops in Grapevine. I currently run the Media Bass Texas Individual Trail at the age of 23.

I would like to take this time to thank Mojo Lures for helping me live a dream. Also a thanks for the support from my mom, dad and my sister Jill

Make sure and visit my website MattHupp.com

TOURNAMENT RECORD:
· Fishing clinic at Bass Pro Shops, Grapevine, TX, April 11, 2003
· Fishing clinic at Bass Pro Shops, Grapevine, TX, April 18, 2003
· Placed 8th in Bass Champs Open Tournament May 7th, 2003
· Placed 9th in Bass Champs Open Tournament April 9th, 2003
· Placed 12th in Bass Champs Open Tournament April 16th, 2003
· Media Bass Texas Individual Trail Feburary 22, 2003
· Media Bass Texas Individual Trail March 29, 2003
· Media Bass Texas Individual Trail April 26, 2003