PROFILE :
DEREK
MUNDY
BROADDUS , TEXAS
If you ’ ve followed Major League Fishing tournaments on Sam Rayburn Reservoir over the last few years , you ’ ve likely seen the name Derek Mundy somewhere near the top of the leaderboard . In fact , you almost certainly saw it at the top of the Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Marine and Toyota Series results back in 2021 when he dropped monster bags of fish ( 40 pounds , 10 ounces in the BFL and 39-7 on Day 2 of the Toyota Series ) in each event to claim wins from each circuit just a month apart .
Fast forward to 2022 and Mundy nearly defended his title on the Toyota Series event on Rayburn ( finishing second to Glen Webb ), and though he didn ’ t drop any mammoth bags in that event , the Texas pro is quickly becoming a name to remember . Fishing just 15 events with MLF so far in his young career , the 33-year-old ace has five Top 10s – with two of them being wins . Weighing a few 10- pounders in those events ( and a 13-10 behemoth during his 2021 victory in the Toyota Series on Rayburn – the third-largest bass ever weighed by a pro in Toyota Series history ) Mundy is also making a name for himself as a guy whose supreme talent is to locate and catch Texas-sized bass in competition .
QA &
You live in Broaddus , Texas , currently . Is that where you grew up ?
Actually , up until about eighth grade , I grew up on the other side of the 147 bridge in Zavalla , Texas . I was
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really close to the lake there . I had a little ol ’ flatbottom with a little ol ’ 2- horsepower Suzuki on it . I made my rounds in it for a while . Then , in high school , I lived in Louisiana for a bit , close to that Red River area around Black Lake . I live in Broaddus now , and I ’ m close enough to the lake I can hear boats run down the lake .
It sounds like fishing has been in your blood since day one growing up that close to Rayburn .
Yes , sir . I don ’ t know how early it was when I first got on the water , but I do know I was with my grandpa when he caught his biggest bass he ever caught . It was a 9.39 ( pounder ). I actually have it on the wall here at my
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