Bassmaster - Tommy Hall and wife, Karen Hall!

Ridiculously entertaining as ever, today’s episode of Back To The Lodge will break Nick from Matt and Patrick’s jokes. With the cancellation of the SHOT Show in Las Vegas, our team will further discuss their plan of coming up with a 2021 dad bod calendar featuring their awesome friends, their trip to Cincinnati to help a veteran friend, and some skydiving facts and techniques.

Today’s guests are UK Bassmaster coach Tommy Hall and wife, Karen Hall. Driven by their passion to give kids the opportunity to experience the outdoors, they are dedicated to teaching them the knowledge that is helpful in the development of their future career. With Tommy’s love for the waters and Karen’s fascination with quilt, moving to Tennessee has definitely given them the best of two worlds.

The University of Kentucky Bass Fishing Team is an official organization representing the University of Kentucky. They fish all major collegiate fishing series including, College FLW Series, Bassmaster Collegiate Series, Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship, as well as any invitationals, opens, and local tournaments. Their mission is to make the world better, one angler at a time.

Don’t forget to grab a cold one, kickback, and relax as you listen for the next few hours of Back To The Lodge Podcast.

Enjoy!

Favorite Quote

“Our motivation is to just open their eyes to the entire industry, not just the professional angler part of it. And we want to support that and we want them to succeed. It's a fantastic industry to be in and you don't have to just be the angler. It’s to see them hang in there, get it done, get a degree and succeed whether it will be catching fish or getting a nice job in the industry. And that’s the biggest thing.” 

                                                                         - Tommy and Karen Hall

In This Episode

10:02 - Funny joke about the crows in Vegas

22:13 - Matt, Patrick, and Nick's Halloween escapades

38:23 - What’s Bassmaster doing with the colleges and universities

42:07 - The mission of UK Bassmaster

45:55- How to donate and support their organization

51:24- Interesting story of how Tommy and Karen got into fishing

56:57- Their honeymoon-tournament scenario

59:28- Their second go-to sport

1:00:27- What they loved about West Tennessee

1:01:29 - Tommy's biggest takeaway in educating high school and college kids in terms of bass fishing

1:04:15 - What got Karen into the collegiate world relative to fishing

1:08:46- Karen and Tommy's advice to anyone who's thinking about getting outdoors

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