Larry Nixon

Larry Nixon  is a professional angler whose career started at the 1977 Florida Invitational in Welaka, Florida. He has competed in more than 106 bass fishing tournaments since 1998; still competing in bass fishing tournaments to this very day. Nixon has won fourteen first place finishes in all the professional bass fishing events.  Nixon's career earnings in his entire bass fishing career add up to a grand total of $1,634,858.60; making him a millionaire in the sport. His biggest fish caught to win the Big Bass award was a black bass weighing 6 pounds (2.7 kg) at Lake Dardanelle in Arkansas on August 12, 2009. At the 2004 FLW Tour in Lake Okeechobee (Florida), Nixon managed to catch 28 pounds (13 kg) worth of fish. This would become his largest catch of his entire career.