Our History
The Hawg Hawlers Bass Club of St. Louis, Missouri was founded by
Greg Heinz, Bob Treadway, Dan Durbin and Terry Stanek. When it first started the club was
know as the "Hussmann Bassmen", because Greg, Dan and Bob all worked for
Hussmann Refrigeration.
The first tournament was
held July 17, 1988 at Mark Twain Lake with a total of four boats.
It was over 100 degrees and the only keeper was caught by Terry
Stanek weighing just under two pounds.
There were only two
tournaments held the first year. The second tournament was
September 18, also at Mark Twain Lake. Again only four boats
participated, and again only one keeper was caught. This time it
was caught by Greg Heinz, and it weighed 2.3 pounds. We ended 1988
with 8 members.
In 1989 there was a full schedule of 7
tournaments, from May through October. 1989 also saw the name of
the club changed to Hawg Hawlers (a Bob Treadway suggestion). There
were a total of 41 fish caught during the year.
