PROFILE :
KYLE
HALL
GRANBURY , TEXAS
In 2020 , then-23-year-old Kyle Hall finished 10th in points on the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit to earn Polaris Rookie of the Year honors , besting a crop of tremendous young rookies who have made names for themselves in the two seasons that have followed . Hall , now 25 , continues to build on his rookie success , first winning a Pro Circuit event at Lake Champlain to close out the 2022 regular season in early August and following up that victory with a second-place showing in the Toyota Series ( on the same fishery ) a week later .
Fast-forward a few months to Hall hoisting the Toyota Series Championship trophy at Lake Guntersville , $ 235,000 check at his side , and you ’ ll quickly realize the former Rookie of the Year no longer fishes like a rookie . In fact , he fishes like he might be next in a long line of young guns poised for future glory .
QA &
It ’ s been a hell of a year for you . You won on the Pro Circuit . You won the
By Justin Onslow
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Toyota Series Championship , and you came close to winning a couple other Toyota Series events , not to mention all the prize money you added to your resume this year . Can you put into words what 2022 has meant to you ?
I don ’ t really know . It ’ s a huge step going forward , and I hope it continues .
It ’ s not like this success has come out of nowhere . You won Polaris Rookie of the Year on the Pro Circuit at just 23 years old . You ’ re building quite the reputation as one of the top young guns in the sport .
It ’ s been unbelievable . I ’ m just trying to keep the momentum going forward .
Your professional career started on an inauspicious note with a 142ndplace finish at Rayburn to open the 2020 Pro Circuit season . Looking back on that first pro derby now , how much did that event galvanize what your career is becoming ?
I started that way the last three years , and I just think it ’ s something coming out of the winter that I ’ m not really thinking about fishing when I ’ m not fishing tournaments . This year , I ’ m hoping to fish a little bit more this winter , that way the first tournament isn ’ t a great big bust for me .
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