membership

Membership application is currently open for the 2026 Season! 

 Hawghunters is always looking for new OWNERS and CO-ANGLERS. You don’t need a boat to join! An OWNER has a boat and fishes off the bow, a CO-ANGLER (RIDER) is a non-boat owner who fishes of the back of an OWNER'S boat.

Membership into Hawghunters of Allentown is simple. In order to apply for membership, one must simply attend a meeting and express an interest in becoming a Hawghunter. The requirements for membership are:

(a) Demonstrate a genuine interest in learning and teaching the sport of bass fishing

(b) Attend a monthly meeting

(c) Pay your dues: Our dues are $120/year.  This includes membership with TBF (The Bass Federation) & MLF (Major League Fishing), which provides insurance coverage for all club events, as well as other regional, state, and national tournaments listed below.

HOA benefits include the ability to fish club tournaments for tournament win trophies, lunker of the year trophies and qualification to the PA Bass Federation Eastern Regional Tournament.

PA Bass Federation Benefits include the ability to fish district tournaments, MR. BASS and advance to the State Championship as well as discounts from the state sponsorships.

How do our club tournaments work?

1. Boat owners and co-anglers are randomly paired for each club tournament with a drawing.  Drawings typically occur during monthly meetings.  

   1. When a drawing is scheduled, you will be notified by email with a request to opt-in.  

   2. Co-anglers & anglers will not be paired together more than twice a year, and never back-to-back tournaments.  If this occurs in a draw, then the co-angler name will be re-drawn.  

2. Things a Co-angler must bring for tournament day:

   1. Rods/reels/tackle/lures

   2. An appropriate and correctly fitting PFD (lifejacket)

   3. Cash for tournament entry (currently $25/day)

   4. Extra cash to split expenses with Boater

3. Prizes

   1. Cash prizes are given out on a daily basis.  IE in a 2-day weekend tournament, there will be 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and Lunker cash prizes each day of the tournament.  The amount of these prizes will be based on the number of entries.

   2. Points for Angler of the year and Co-Angler of the year are given out on a per-tournament basis.  IE in a 2-day weekend tournament, there will be a 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc in total points, separate from the cash prizes.  

Participation in monthly club meetings & tournaments is highly recommended, but not required.  

Our club meets at Stahley’s Cellarette at 1826 Hanover Ave., Allentown, PA on the first Sunday of every month at 7:00pm (except for Holidays and the Super Bowl) and is open to any person wishing to attend.