Profile
Since I was a child I have always enjoyed the outdoors and fishing. Not until after high school did I start competitive bass fishing. I spent almost every weekend and several weeknights entering local tournaments. In 2004 I became a member of the FLW Outdoors. Since fishing in their circuits, I have won two tournaments, had 25 top 10 finishes, 53 top 30 finishes and competed in 153 events.
In 2023, the Tackle Warehouse Invitationals season opener was held on Lake Okeechobee in Clewiston, Florida. During the second day of the event, I was able to catch my biggest single day limit ever weighing in at 25-6 lbs. My three day total for the event was 63-12 and strong enough to secure second place in the tournament. During the FLW Tour event in 2019 held on SAM Rayburn Lake in Texas, I was able to catch a four day total of 70-7 lbs. This was enough weight to finish the event in 6th place and also capture my personal biggest bass weighing in at 8-14.
This season I will be again competing on the TWI. This tour schedule will be revisiting all previous bodies of water that I have fished in the past. Hopefully my experience on these locations will lead me to some solid finishes.
The 2025 season will be very busy as I will also compete in the Phoenix Boats BFL Illini Division again. The Illini Division is held at various lakes and rivers throughout Illinois and Kentucky.
This will be my tenth year fishing professionally and hopefully my most successful and consistent season.
Colby Dean Schrumpf
Equipment
2024 Phoenix XE
Powered by a Mercury Pro XS 250 HP
Quantum Smoke X Reels
G.L. Loomis Rods
Berkley Vanish Fluorocarbon line
Colby’s Records:
Largest Catch:
Large Mouth Bass: 8 lbs. 14 ounce
Small Mouth Bass: 5 lbs. 6 oz.
Kentucky Spotted Bass: 5 lbs. 11 oz.
Crappie: 2.5 lbs.
Tournament Awards
2025 All-American Qualifier
BFL 2011 All American Qualifier
153 Tournament Events Fished
53 Top 30 Finishes
1st Place FLW Outdoors Tournament
2010 BFL Illinois Division Rend Lake
2004 BFL Illinois Division at Lake Shelbyville
25 Top Ten Finishes in 160 Events
4th place - Ohio River 2022
3rd place - Rend 2023
5th place - Ohio River 2024
5th place - Mississippi River Regional 2024
5th place - Potomac River 2012 FLW Tour
6th place - Sam Rayburn 2019 FLW Tour
2nd place - Lake Okeechobee 2023 TW Invitations
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Colby was born of November 28th, 1982. He is a resident of Highland, IL where he lives with his wife, Lindsey and his daughter, Libbi.