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A Tournament of Firsts!

Submitted by wmarchant on Sun, 06/23/2019 - 17:53

Baltimore Metro Reservoir Anglers Tournament #1 Director’s report:
Location: Loch Raven Reservoir 6/22/19
Participating Teams: 25
Fish brought to the scales: 112
Immediate Fish Mortality: 1 (0.892 %)
Lunker Largemouth Bass: 5.50 Lbs.
Lunker Smallmouth Bass: NA (None brought to the scales)
Weather: Sunny, 83 degree high temp. & breezy
Baltimore Metro Reservoir Anglers happily reports the addition of 6 new teams tor 2019, 5 of those teams participated in this, our first event of 2019. Twenty five of our twenty Six teams participated in tournament #1. Tournament 1 was truly a day of firsts!
First BMRA WIN: Congratulations to the team of Kevin Hollasch and John Miller for capturing their first BMRA tournament win in this event with a 5 fish limit weighing 19.70 pounds. Included in this bag was the 5.50 pound tournament lunker largemouth. Kevin and Jon have rapidly climbed the ladder since joining the club in 2014. By 2018 this team was well recognized as top performers. This fantastic performance, and win, is well deserved.
First Ever BMRA Tournament: Congratulations to the team of Seung Lee and Eric Miller who captured 2nd place in this their first tournament ever with BMRA. Their 17.66 pound limit of bass gave them an exceptional finish for these first-year members.
First Ever BMRA Tournament: Following closely behind in 3rd place, with a 17.65 pound limit was the team of Andre Sturkey and William Olfus. This is yet another remarkable performance by a team competing in their first ever BMRA tournament.
Fourth place was taken by long standing BMRA members, the team of Martin Cribb and Ken Denbow. Congratulations to Ken and Marty for their 17.05 pound 5 fish limit.
Thanks to Max Marchant, Holden Wolfe, Bob Standiford, and Matt Elliott for helping with Check-in and Weigh-in for the tournament. Thanks go out to our membership for participating.

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What’s in a name!

Submitted by Bstandiford on Tue, 04/23/2019 - 19:28

Finally! My new boat is about ready. I’ve been working out the gremlins the past few weeks. I have the electronics dialed in and there is “no limit” as to what I can see below the water. Next getting my batteries balanced after some charging issues, ( due to charging in series) lithium batteries are funny that way,(not really) lol. Now there is “no limit” as where my new boat can go! I’m really excited for the upcoming season and to see how my new boat performs! This is probably my last reservoir boat and I thought about giving it a name! The first one that came to mind was “No Limits”. Well that one was stupid, especially for a tournament fisherman’s boat! I may as well call it “The Great White Nope”!! Who needs to name their boat anyway? Maybe the next boat LOL. See you on the water.

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2019 Schedule

Submitted by wmarchant on Sat, 03/02/2019 - 13:10

2019 Baltimore Metro Reservoir Anglers
Tournament Schedule
MEMBER EVENTS
Regular Season
1) 6/22/19 Loch Raven Reservoir - Saturday
2) 7/14/19 Prettyboy Reservoir -Sunday
3) 8/3/19 Liberty Reservoir -Saturday
4) 8/25/19 Prettyboy Reservoir -Sunday
5) 9/14/19 Loch Raven Reservoir -Saturday
6) 10/6/19 Liberty Reservoir –Sunday
TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS
7) 10/26/19 Prettyboy Reservoir -Saturday TOC
8) 10/27/19 Prettyboy Reservoir –Sunday TOC
OPEN EVENT
“ICEBREAKER” Lunker Tournament
9) 12/1/19 Liberty Reservoir -Sunday EN EVENTS (open to all)

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2019 annual meeting 2/24/19

Submitted by wmarchant on Fri, 02/01/2019 - 12:52

Our 2019 annual meeting is scheduled for Sunday, February 24th. Location: Casa Mia's restaurant 17417 York Road, Parkton MD 21120. We will start at 1:00 PM, so come hungry, Casa Mia's has a great menu. We hope to see all Baltimore MRA members and anyone interested in joining the club. Don't miss it.
We are having a RAFFLE with some fantastic prizes, so bring some cash to purchase tickets. All proceeds go to the club.

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“Good bye old friend”

Submitted by Bstandiford on Sun, 01/27/2019 - 06:36

I’ve always heard “ two of the best times are when a man buys a boat and then when he sells a boat.” I sold my boat after 17 great years! That’s longer than most marriages. The buyer picks it up and is heading out of my driveway, and then I go running down the driveway after it! Just like a ending of a movie! I’m waving my arms frantically and hollering STOP! The guy is probably thinking what now,I hope he hasn’t changed his mind. I had left the “fins” attached to the boat! They probably would have came off down the road and through someone’s windshield. If anyone had seen the boat on the water it looked like a 1957 Chevy! So I take the fins off and lay them in the back of his truck. Now as the boat is heading out of sight I’m thinking of the all of experiences I had with it. It was the very first reservoir rig done by Bass Pro shops in Arundel Mills! Winning a tournament with my Dad on the first year with it! He was so excited he burned a small hole in the carpet! Every time I saw that burn it made me smile. It seemed like every trip when I would take someone fun fishing,it really was fun and created a lot of memories! Then there was the time it was in the newspaper! Big color picture of it on the ramp at Loch Raven reservoir!,only my fishing partner got the credit for it being ”HIS” boat. He still wants the money for the sale! Even the last trip out was memorable. The Live-well magically made my fish look bigger LOL! Now I’m waiting on the new boat to arrive and to start the memories all over again!

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