| Personal | |
| Name: | Bob Urchike |
| Home Town: | Flint, Michigan |
| Birthday: | June 20, 1941 |
| Occupation: | Retired school teacher |
| Hobbies: | Bass fishing |
| Stats | |
| Year’s tournament fishing: | 1st. Bass tournament 1978 @ San Carlos Tempe Marine |
| Titles/honors: | Several championships with: All Star, American Bass, Anglers Choice, Won Bass, West Coast Bass, FLW, Sun Country and Wild West Bass |
| Career highlights: | Fishing charity tournaments and Taking kids fishing |
| Angling stuff | |
| Favorite Bait: | Sammy |
| Favorite Method: | Walk the dog |
| Angling Hero: | Art Price |
| Home Lake: | Roosevelt |
| Favorite Lake: | Clear Lake |
| Least favorite Lake: | Pleasant (not so pleasant to me) |
| Favorite Technique: | Top water |
| Primary fishing strength: | Split shot |
| Secondary fishing strength: | Top water |
| Biggest weakness: | Swim baits |
| Boat: | Nitro 898 |
| Motor: | 200 Mercury |
| Tow vehicle: | Chevy 2500 HD |
| Fishing sponsors: | Nitro, Mercury, & Tracker Boating center |
| Personal Stuff | |
| Favorite food: | Italian |
| Favorite Movie: | Magnificent Seven |
| Favorite Music: | 50’s & 60’s |
| Non-Angling hero: | |
| When not fishing: | 3 part time jobs |
About me: Started fishing with my father and grandfather about the age 10. We fished the Great Lakes for perch (best eating). We used spinning combos and line with a weight on the bottom with two hooks above, many double catches. We started fishing for walleye on the Detroit River (great eating still like perch). A friend in college hooked me on trout fishing. I was into trout, until we moved to Arizona in 1972. Started bass fishing in 1977 and fished my first tournament 1978, won $100.00 and thought that easy (HA HA). I have fished tournaments from Eastern New Mexico to Northern California and every where in between. Hard to beat Clear Lake California and the California Delta. Both are big fish water.