# Matt Robertson wins record $1.25 million fishing prize, declares ‘trailer trash for life’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/matt-robertson-wins-record-1-25-million-fishing-prize-declares-trailer-trash-for-life/
- Published: 2026-11-01T11:22:43+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-01T13:20:19+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Far right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/matt-robertson-wins-record-1-25-million-fishing-prize-declares-trailer-trash-life
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Matt Robertson won a record $1.25 million bass fishing prize.
- His final-day catch weighed 20 pounds, 2 ounces.
- He plans to stay in his trailer and buy two more.

## Summary

Matt Robertson won $1.25 million at The Champions bass fishing tournament on Old Hickory Lake in Tennessee, setting a record for the largest first-place prize in professional bass fishing. His victory followed days of confident remarks, but Robertson said the win had not yet fully sunk in and stressed that he wanted the trophy as much as the money.

Robertson weighed in 20 pounds, 2 ounces on the final day, after the weights reset for the championship round. Pake South placed second with 13 pounds, 7 ounces and won $500,000; Wesley Strader took third and $300,000. Robertson said he plans to stay in his trailer, buy two more trailers and get his wife a new vehicle; he credited growing up with financial hardship for helping him handle the pressure. His winning strategy involved fishing for smallmouth below Old Hickory Dam, where fellow competitor Ron Nelson had also found productive water.

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