It’s probably no coincidence that one of the most talented young pro bass anglers in the world right now was born with the last name Gill. Like a lot of bass fishing’s greatest anglers, Drew Gill just seems to have a natural intuition for making great decisions with perfect timing.
So, it’s probably not a chance happening the transmission totally failed in his older GMC truck the same week he acquired a brand-new Toyota Tundra.
Not only did his recent purchase of a Tundra a few weeks prior to the start of the 2024 season gain him a highly reliable tow vehicle, it also paid him a sizeable Toyota Bonus Bucks contingency check at his first-ever Bass Pro Tour event on Toledo Bend.
“A Bonus Bucks check is a pretty cool consolation prize for a third-place finish, but more importantly is knowing I’m now driving such a super reliable truck, with not only great towing power, but also a really incredible number of interior features too,” says an excited Gill.
He said his decision to buy a Tundra was not only based on Toyota’s unparalleled support of bass fishing, but also because he grew up in the shadows of their Princeton, Indiana manufacturing facility where Toyota’s reputation for quality is a celebrated part of the area’s culture.
Proof again of Gill’s mature-beyond-his-years decision making, much like knowing where to find four bass over 6-pounds en route to a third place finish in his very first Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour event, and what will probably be the first of many Toyota Bonus Bucks checks he cashes in the years ahead.
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Amid a fishing trip on the bass-starved Ohio River in the summer of 1987, Alan McGuckin’s Dad told a then 16-year-old “Guck” — “I don’t care what you do for a living, just promise me you’ll do something you love.”
Originally from Pittsburgh, McGuckin considers himself a blue-collar kid, who has been richly blessed to live-out the best piece of advice his dad ever gave him for many years now in the Tulsa area.
After earning a degree in ecology at Juniata College in Pennsylvania, where he placed radio transmitters in largemouth bass to track their habitat preferences, he moved his life to Oklahoma in 1992, where he earned a Masters in Zoology and Fisheries under the direction of Gene Gilliland at the University of Oklahoma, before then embarking on what’s now a nearly three decade long career as a marketing and media veteran in the fishing industry.
His career spans 28 years of wisdom-rich marketing experience working to strengthen brands and increase sales for Lowrance, Terminator Lures, Toyota, Yamaha Outboards, Boat U.S., Carhartt, Costa, Quantum, Vexus Boats, and Zebco.
- Member of the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame voting committee, as well as a Board of Directors member for Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful
- Co-piloted the Terminator brand of premium lures from its birth to more than 10 Million pieces sold between 1997-2006.
- Has authored and published more than 800 stories on Bassmaster.com, along with several other popular bass fishing websites.
- He has generated $3 Million dollars’ worth of branded digital media since 2020, as a content creator.
- Serves as emcee for hundreds of guests at the annual Toyota Bonus Bucks Owners event.
- Avid angler, who fishes nearly every weekend when not on the road working.
- 13,000 followers on Instagram @GuckFishing.
“Guck” lives just north of Tulsa, OK at Lake Skiatook with wife Sherrie, an elementary school principal who also loves her job, and has a genuine passion for slinging a Rapala Brat crankbait on shallow points and habitat-laden flats.
