My club had their first tournament on the Madison Chain while we were at Hartwell. They crushed it with the pre spawn fatties. Seven 20lb bags and several 5+lb bass. To put it in perspective on the Madison Chain, 3.5lbers win you tournaments and the record LM is 7lbs.

My first retreat and what an awesome experience of fishing and fellowship it was. It was really great to meet all of you and put names to faces. I learned a lot from everyone and made some new friends along the way. With Hartwell being my home lake, some of the local guys think you have to lock certain baits in to effectively fish this lake but seeing you guys come down with specific skill sets and still executing really well made me realize just how versatile it is.

Thank you to everyone who helps put these together and BLat for being such a great coach and ambassador for this community. I’ll see yall at the next one!

Just having a blast... 5..Bass day! 2.3lbs... was the largest... need to step up my weight class 😜👍🏽

New to the app.... joined like 1 week before the retreat... hope to make the next one... hit the water 2x this month... 7 fish over two dfferent days. Yesterday!!! 2.0.. and 1.8. I'm glad to be here and learning from you all!

JLUKE

N. Cali!

I had an awesome week with you guys.. Got home last night, charged all my batteries, and hit the Oconee river for about 12 hours.tiday..lol. Caught a variety too... catfish, striper, bream, Spotted bass and largemouth...and all I wanted was a big ole largemouth so I could post it for yall..!! 🤣

Many years overdue, but I finally made it to my first retreat this past weekend. It was great catching up with BLat and finally putting faces to names I’ve been talking with for a while.

As good as the weekend was, there was still a piece missing without my little brother Tron there. Being able to bring home his “Most Inspiring” award meant more than I can really put into words—because that’s exactly who he was and always will be.

I’m grateful for every single person in this community who showed him love along the way. That doesn’t go unnoticed.

Already looking forward to next year—this is definitely something I’ll be making a yearly tradition.

Tight lines, SUF fam 🎣

Ok, so I attended the 2026 Spring Retreat and BLat said “ Don’t be fancy or cool out there fishing”. Well, those that know me know that I have plenty of fancy and cool lures. So I listened for once and committed to techniques that I don’t usually fish.

Barde is master at the jig so I fished it often the past few days and caught several fish. Learning along the way.

I then caught most of my fish Sunday on a Carolina Rig. While I have fished the rig before , I had zero confidence or real experience in the rig. Now, I have confidence in the rig, learned a lot in several hours, refined my skills in the presentation and actual caught numerous fish. Moving forward I now have a tool that will enable me to catch fish in a confident manner. This was definitely outside my comfort zone and I am thankful that BLat encourages us to try something.