ABOUT CHAD

Chad Morgenthaler was a firefighter for 13 years before becoming a professional angler. As an arson investigator, he handled the city of Carbondale, IL accelerant detection K-9 unit. Chad is also a certified GM master technician. In his rookie season, the Top 150, he double qualified for the Bassmaster Classic. Since then, he has qualified for 7 Bassmaster Classics and 6 Toyota Texas Bass Classics. Chad has fished in both professional tours - B.A.S.S. & FLW. His career winnings total over 1.5M.

Chad is a USCG Merchant Marine and was one of three people to establish the first high school fishing team in existence in Pinckneyville, IL. He prefers to power fish but loves to structure fish, and he is OCD about equipment maintenance and organization. Chad’s personal best was a 13 lb, 7 oz largemouth from Lake Toho, FL. He has a love-hate relationship with smallmouth. Chad was the first professional angler to sign with Phoenix Bass Boats and has one of the longest standing non endemic sponsors - Jasper Engines and Transmissions. In addition to his love of fishing, Chad likes cats as much as dogs! He even took his cat Mufasa on tour for 18 years.