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Our History
L to R (standing): Bob Marquart, Bernie
Marquart, Scott Emert, Clarence Bishop, Terry Stanek
L to R (kneeling):Bob Treadway, Greg Heinz
The Hawg Hawlers Bass Club of St. Louis, Missouri was founded by
Greg Heinz and Bob Treadway. When it first started the club was
know as the "Hussmann Bassmen", because Greg and Bob both worked for
Hussmann Refrigeration.
Other original contributors to founding the club included Dan Durbin, Steve Rhea
and Terry Stanek.
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. We grew to 16 members in 1989, and haven't stopped
growing since.
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