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10/20/1966

Chad Morgenthaler

Chad Morgenthaler

Info

Hometown Coulterville, Illinois
Age 58
Former Occupation Firefighter (13 years)
Height 5' 10''
Weight 195 lbs.

Stats

Years Pro 21
Top 10 Finishes (Wins)* 17 (2) As of 1/19/2015
Career Earnings* $668,121 As of 1/19/2015
Current World Rank 325
Last 3 Finishes 56 - Pickwick Lake, 6/2/2022
89 - Lake Fork, 5/19/2022
94 - Lake Chickamauga, 4/7/2022
Bassmaster Classics Fished (Won) 4 (0) As of 1/19/2015
REDCREST Championships Fished (Won) 1 (0) As of 1/19/2015

Angling Stuff

Angling Hero Kevin VanDam - "The guy is just unbelievable. He very seldom has 2 bad days in a row, he always seems to be around fish, and the way he fishes and can key in on things so quickly is just unbelievable."
Home Lake Crab Orchard (IL)
Favorite Lake Okeechobee (FL) - "I've got some of my best finishes ever on that lake. It just fishes well for me. I've never missed a check there."
Least Favorite Lake Lake Ouachita (AR)/Ft. Gibson (OK) - "Unfortunately when I visited those lakes it was after a fish kill, and I had a tough time putting things together."
Favorite Technique Flipping and pitching jigs and tubes
Primary Fishing Strength "Pre-spawn and spawn shallow-water power-fishing in crowds"
Secondary Fishing Strength Deep-water finesse
Biggest Weakness Post-spawn
Boat Phoenix
Motor Mercury
Fishing Sponsors Minn-Kota, Humminbird, Lunker Lure/Hawg Caller, Plano Molding, Frabill, Missile Baits, Toray, Bass Boat Technologies, Blackwater International (Toray line), Denali Rods, The Rod Glove, Amphibia (eyewear)
Non-Fishing Sponsors Jasper Engines and Transmissions, Svanda GM Motor Group (Sparta, IL)
Tow Vehicle (Sponsor) Chevrolet Silverado

Personal Stuff

Favorite Food Porterhouse steak (medium-rare)
Favorite Music Rock (not hard rock)
Favorite Book/Movie FLW Outdoors magazine(book)/Die Hard (movie)
When Not Fishing "I like to travel with my wife and spend time with my family."
Why He Fishes "I love the competition, I love the uncertainties that go with fishing and everybody is on a level playing field so there's always room for new talent to work its way into the sport."
Website www.chadmorgenthaler.com
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Tournament Finishes
(Only recent tournaments are included. Not necessarily a career listing.)
Date Tour Event Place
5/22/2003 BT Alabama River 34  
2/11/2004 FLW Atchafalaya Basin 136  
9/18/2014 BElite Bay de Noc (Lake Michigan) 39  
4/11/2013 FLWT Beaver Lake 60  
4/26/2012 FLWT Beaver Lake 106  
3/3/2011 FLWT Beaver Lake 31  
5/14/2009 FLWT Beaver Lake 56  
5/15/2008 FLWT Beaver Lake 91  
5/17/2007 FLWT Beaver Lake 6  
4/5/2006 FLWT Beaver Lake 131  
4/13/2005 FLW Beaver Lake 110  
3/31/2004 FLW Beaver Lake 34  
4/21/2016 BElite Bull Shoals/Norfork Lakes 86  
4/3/2003 BT California Delta (San Joaquin River Delta) 89  
8/22/2019 BElite Cayuga Lake 37  
6/23/2016 BElite Cayuga Lake 61  
8/21/2014 BElite Cayuga Lake 56  
2/9/2017 BElite Cherokee Lake 98  
8/13/2015 BElite Chesapeake Bay 83  
4/10/2003 BT Clear Lake 44  
8/7/2014 BElite Delaware River 75  
7/10/2008 FLWT Detroit River 88  
7/12/2007 FLWT Detroit River 144  
4/21/2010 FLWT Fort Loudoun/Tellico Lakes 125  
3/29/2007 FLWT Fort Loudoun-Tellico 18  
6/19/2008 FLWT Ft. Loudoun-Tellico 119  
6/6/2013 FLWT Grand Lake 68  
3/4/2016 BElite Grand Lake O' the Cherokees 52  
2/3/2005 BT Harris Chain 22  
2/17/2022 BElite Harris Chain of Lakes 61  
2/22/2018 FLWT Harris Chain of Lakes 56  
1/29/2004 BT Harris Chain of Lakes 144  
1/9/2003 BT Harris Chain of Lakes 129  
5/17/2018 FLWT Kentucky Lake 39  
6/3/2015 BElite Kentucky Lake 77  
6/7/2012 FLWT Kentucky Lake 23  
6/16/2011 FLWT Kentucky Lake 99  
6/11/2009 FLWT Kentucky Lake 115  
5/10/2006 FLWT Kentucky Lake 163  
5/12/2004 FLW Kentucky Lake 35  
7/8/2021 BElite Lake Champlain 38  
7/30/2020 BElite Lake Champlain 33  
7/27/2017 BElite Lake Champlain 61  
6/28/2012 FLWT Lake Champlain 22  
9/15/2011 FLWT Lake Champlain 96  
7/9/2009 FLWT Lake Champlain 87  
6/21/2006 FLWT Lake Champlain 148  
6/23/2004 FLW Lake Champlain 171  
4/7/2022 BElite Lake Chickamauga 94  
10/16/2020 BElite Lake Chickamauga 46  
6/11/2014 BElite Lake Chickamauga 55  
6/27/2013 FLWT Lake Chickamauga 53  
4/14/2011 FLWT Lake Chickamauga 83  
9/28/2012 TTBC Lake Conroe 47  
4/12/2018 FLWT Lake Cumberland 90  
5/3/2006 FLWS Lake Cumberland 103  
6/2/2017 BElite Lake Dardanelle 64  
5/15/2014 BElite Lake Dardanelle 40  
5/18/2005 E50 Lake Dardanelle (Arkansas River) 13  
6/10/2020 BElite Lake Eufaula 76  
3/18/2004 BT Lake Eufaula 69  
3/6/2003 BT Lake Eufaula 115  
5/19/2022 BElite Lake Fork 89  
4/22/2021 BElite Lake Fork 8  
11/5/2020 BElite Lake Fork 27  
5/2/2019 BElite Lake Fork 58  
5/23/2015 TTBC Lake Fork 23  
5/20/2021 BElite Lake Guntersville 20  
9/30/2020 BElite Lake Guntersville 10  
6/21/2019 BElite Lake Guntersville 63  
4/9/2015 BElite Lake Guntersville 10  
2/21/2014 BElite Lake Guntersville 23  
10/20/2011 FLWT Lake Guntersville 92  
6/23/2010 FLWT Lake Guntersville 112  
2/12/2009 FLWT Lake Guntersville 62  
2/24/2005 BT Lake Guntersville 45  
2/26/2004 BT Lake Guntersville 110  
5/1/2003 BT Lake Hamilton 41  
4/4/2019 BElite Lake Hartwell 52  
2/20/2015 BElite Lake Hartwell 45  
3/8/2012 FLWT Lake Hartwell 118  
3/24/2011 FLWT Lake Hartwell 116  
5/7/2015 BElite Lake Havasu 14  
2/14/2019 BElite Lake Lanier 24  
3/8/2018 FLWT Lake Lanier 90  
3/8/2006 FLWS Lake Lanier 45  
2/8/2006 FLWT Lake Murray 128  
3/24/2010 FLWT Lake Norman 77  
4/23/2009 FLWT Lake Norman 99  
4/24/2008 FLWT Lake Norman 162  
4/26/2007 FLWT Lake Norman 51  
3/17/2005 BT Lake Norman 107  
10/11/2006 FLWS Lake of the Ozarks 95  
1/25/2018 FLWT Lake Okeechobee 7  
2/23/2017 BElite Lake Okeechobee 56  
2/7/2013 FLWT Lake Okeechobee 57  
2/9/2012 FLWT Lake Okeechobee 40  
2/3/2011 FLWT Lake Okeechobee 23  
1/18/2006 FLWT Lake Okeechobee 21  
1/19/2005 FLW Lake Okeechobee 20  
1/21/2004 FLW Lake Okeechobee 51  
1/16/2003 BT Lake Okeechobee 5  
5/26/2010 FLWT Lake Ouachita 40  
8/2/2007 FLWT Lake Ouachita 24  
7/21/2011 FLWT Lake Pickwick 52  
6/11/2021 BElite Lake Ray Roberts 36  
3/13/2014 BElite Lake Seminole 15  
2/6/2003 BT Lake Seminole 62  
8/20/2020 BElite Lake St. Clair 14  
9/28/2019 BElite Lake St. Clair 26  
6/28/2018 FLWT Lake St. Clair 63  
8/24/2017 BElite Lake St. Clair 50  
8/27/2015 BElite Lake St. Clair 102  
9/19/2019 BElite Lake Tenkiller 50  
6/8/2016 BElite Lake Texoma 4  
2/9/2005 FLW Lake Toho 28  
1/27/2005 BT Lake Toho 125  
2/28/2008 FLWT Lake Tohopekaliga 128  
2/24/2006 BElite Lake Tohopekaliga 31  
2/15/2007 FLWT Lake Travis 55  
6/15/2005 E50 Lake Wissota 23  
4/3/2008 FLWT Lewis Smith 47  
3/7/2013 FLWT Lewis Smith Lake 36  
11/15/2006 FLWS Lewis Smith Lake 22  
6/1/2005 E50 Lewisville Lake 20  
8/1/2003 BT* Louisiana Delta 35  
9/8/2016 BElite Mississippi River 33  
5/6/2021 BElite Neely Henry Lake 90  
7/29/2005 BT Ohio, Monongahela, Allegheny Rivers 25  
5/31/2006 FLWS Old Hickory Lake 81  
3/10/2004 FLW Old Hickory Lake 187  
3/9/2005 FLW Ouachita River 184  
6/2/2022 BElite Pickwick Lake 56  
3/18/2021 BElite Pickwick Lake 51  
3/1/2006 FLWT Pickwick Lake 78  
8/11/2016 BElite Potomac River 33  
5/17/2012 FLWT Potomac River 103  
6/2/2011 FLWT Potomac River 9  
6/14/2007 FLWT Potomac River 159  
6/22/2005 FLW Potomac River 74  
5/19/2011 FLWT Red River 42  
4/27/2017 BElite Ross Barnett Reservoir 13  
4/8/2021 BElite Sabine River 94  
3/19/2015 BElite Sabine River 80  
4/30/2015 BElite Sacramento River 65  
5/17/2017 BElite Sam Rayburn Reservoir 97  
3/20/2003 BT Santee Cooper 5  
3/17/2022 BElite Santee Cooper Lakes 13  
10/8/2020 BElite Santee Cooper Lakes 36  
3/25/2004 BT Santee Cooper Lakes 56  
4/26/2018 FLWT Smith Lake 165  
4/20/2005 E50 Smith Lake 6  
2/5/2004 BT Smith Lake 9  
2/10/2022 BElite St. Johns River 18  
2/11/2021 BElite St. Johns River 70  
2/6/2020 BElite St. Johns River 54  
2/7/2019 BElite St. Johns River 13  
3/17/2016 BElite St. Johns River 92  
3/20/2014 BElite St. Johns River 20  
7/15/2021 BElite St. Lawrence River 51  
7/23/2020 BElite St. Lawrence River 4  
8/15/2019 BElite St. Lawrence River 40  
7/20/2017 BElite St. Lawrence River 89  
7/30/2015 BElite St. Lawrence River 96  
3/3/2005 BT Strom Thurmond Reservoir (Clarks Hill) 122  
4/3/2014 BElite Table Rock Lake 46  
3/29/2012 FLWT Table Rock Lake 41  
3/3/2010 FLWT Table Rock Lake 39  
3/12/2009 FLWT Table Rock Lake 9  
3/31/2005 BT Table Rock Lake 45  
3/4/2004 BT Table Rock Lake 4  
2/25/2021 BElite Tennessee River 42  
2/20/2003 BT Toledo Bend 28  
4/6/2017 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 96  
5/12/2016 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 32  
5/1/2014 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 2  
4/28/2016 BElite Wheeler Lake 66  
5/11/2005 FLW Wheeler Lake 83  
4/11/2019 BElite Winyah Bay 60  
4/7/2016 BElite Winyah Bay 68  


*BASS events (all events because BASS does not report Tour and Open earnings separately) and FLW Tour.

Biographical data last updated: 2/8/2013

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