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21.7years 21.9years

74years 11days

· The youngest winner of an MLF tour-level event was Arkansas pro Stetson Blaylock : he was 21.7 years old when he won the FLW Tour event on Lake Norman in 2009 .
· Jacob Wheeler was 21.9 years old when he won the 2012 Forrest Wood Cup on Lake Lanier , making him the youngest-ever winner of a tour-level championship .
· On the flipside , 24-year MLF veteran Tom Monsoor was 74 years , 11 days old when he fished the first day of this year ’ s Okeechobee Invitational , making him the oldest tour-level pro fishing MLF tournaments in 2023 .

71.5years 24.2years 28.6years

· Monsoor holds the honor of being the oldest winner of an MLF tourlevel event : he was 71.5 when he won the 2020 Super Tournament on the Mississippi River out of La Crosse , Wisconsin .
· Kyle Hall became the youngest angler ( 24.2 ) to fish a Bass Pro Tour event when he competed in the third event of the 2021 BPT at the Harris Chain in Florida .
· Hall was part of the youngest Top 10 ever at the 2022 Toyota Series Championship : 28.6 average age . That ’ s 7 years younger than the previous youngest Top 10 ( 35.8 in 2020 ).

31.8years 44.3years

YOUNGEST ANGLERS TO FISH TACKLE WAREHOUSE INVITATIONALS *

* Formerly FLW Tour , Pro Circuit
· 31.8 : The difference in years of the average age of the 2001 Toyota Series Championship Top 10 ( 60.4 ) and the 2022 Top 10 ( 28.6 ).
· The average age of a 2022 Phoenix Bass Fishing League competitor was 44.3 . That ’ s virtually unchanged since 2012 ( in ascending order , 2012-2022 ): 44.2 , 44.4 , 44.4 , 44.6 , 44.6 , 44.6 , 44.2 , 44.9 , 44.4 , 44.2 , 44.3 .
ANGLER
Jared McMillan Kollin Crawford Stephen Anderson Joe Don Setina Elijah Meyers
AGE
17.00 @ 2013 FLW Tour 17.75 @ 2023 TW Invitationals 17.75 @ 2002 FLW Tour 18.83 @ 1999 FLW Tour 19.00 @ 2023 TW Invitationals
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