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Baltimore Metro Reservoir Anglers Tournament #6
Location: Liberty Reservoir 10/6/19
Participating Teams: 21
Fish brought to the scales: 87
Immediate Fish Mortality: 0 (0%)
Lunker Largemouth Bass: 4.76 Lbs.
Lunker Smallmouth Bass: 4.86 Lbs.
Weather: Cloudy, 62 low to 72 degree high temp. Occasional light rain. Light morning breezes growing to 15+ mph, in the afternoon.
Twenty one of our twenty Six teams participated in this event. Only 13 teams were able to catch their 5-fish limit. The average bag was comparatively low in this event, and only two fish over 4 pounds were caught.
The team of Chad Buckland and Rocky Peranio grabbed 1st place honors with their dominating 16.13 pound limit of 5 bass. Rocky and Chad also brought the tournament lunker smallmouth to the scales, a beautiful 4.86 Lb beast. In second place, the team Eric Holmes and Jason Eaton had a nice limit weighing 13.13 Lbs, clinching the Anglers of the Year title! Third place was captured by the team of Greg Bell and Chris Brown with another nice limit weighing 12.55 Lbs. The tournament lunker largemouth weighing 4.76 Lbs, was caught by Tom Kobus, fishing without his partner (and additional lunker magnet) Jason Yu, who was unavailable to fish Sunday. This is yet another in a long line of big fish heroics from Tom “lunker” Kobus.
As always, our appreciation goes to the fans that attended the weigh-in. Thanks to Gary Gangi, Max Marchant, Holden Wolfe, and Bob Standiford for helping with Check-in and Weigh-in for the tournament. Thanks go out to all our participating members. We are grateful to our sponsors, Batteries Plus bulbs and Elco Motor Yachts Electric Bass Angling National Championship (founding sponsor).

Baltimore Metro Reservoir Anglers Tournament #5
Location: Loch Raven Reservoir 9/14/19
Participating Teams: 23
Fish brought to the scales: 79
Immediate Fish Mortality: 2 (2.5%)
Lunker Largemouth Bass: 5.67 Lbs.
Lunker Smallmouth Bass: 2.77
Weather: Cloudy, 67 low to 80 degree high temp. Light morning breezes grew to 9 mph, in the afternoon.
Twenty three of our twenty Six teams participated in this event. Only 11 teams were able to catch their 5-fish limit. While the tournament was extremely tough for most, Loch Raven provided some very big healthy bass and one huge limit.
The team of Tom Kobus and Jason Yu posted an extraordinary performance taking the champion's prize with a 21.11 pound limit of 5 bass! Included in Jason and Tom's bag was a 5.67 pound largemouth, which captured 1/2 share of the tournament lunker largemouth prize. Beyond all calculable odds, there was a second largemouth that weighed exactly 5.67 pounds. That lunker was caught by the team of Waino Anderson and Ron Wolfe, earning them the other 1/2 of the LM lunker prize.
Congratulations to the second place team of Dan Champness and Eddie Beder. Their great effort yielded a big limit weighing 17.47 pounds.
The team of Waino Anderson and Ron Wolfe earned third place accolades with 16.74 pounds. Their bag included the second lunker largemouth weighing 5.67 pounds.
The team of Rubin Holbrook and David Holbrook won the lunker smallmouth award with a healthy 2.77 pound smallie.
Congratulations to Tom, Jason, Dan, Eddie, Waino, Ron, Rubin, and David. Great job!
As always, our appreciation goes to the fans that attended the weigh-in. Thanks to Max Marchant, Holden Wolfe, and Bob Standiford for helping with Check-in and Weigh-in for the tournament. Thanks go out to all our participating members. We are grateful to our sponsors, Batteries Plus bulbs and Elco Motor Yachts Electric Bass Angling National Championship (founding sponsor).

Baltimore Metro Reservoir Anglers Tournament #3
Location: Liberty Reservoir 8/3/19
Participating Teams: 23
Fish brought to the scales: 82
Immediate Fish Mortality: 6 (7 %)
Lunker Largemouth Bass: 5.06 Lbs.
Lunker Smallmouth Bass: 4.89
Weather: Sunny, 85 degree high temp. & calm.
With a predicted threat of thunder showers, the weather for tournament 3 evolved into to be a very pleasant sunny day, yielding only one very short period of rain 15 minutes before the finish. Twenty three of our twenty Six member teams registered for this event. Twenty two teams participated. By most accounts, this was a very difficult event. Only 13 teams were able to catch a 5 fish limit.
Congratulations to the champions of this event, Tommy Kobus and Jason Yu! Their dominating 17.64 pound bag included the tournament lunker 5.06 pound largemouth. The team of Don Kosdemba and Gary Gangi captured second place with an official weight of 16.50 pounds. Taking third place was the team of Larry Bertholdt and Tim Jones with a very nice limit weighing 15.90 pounds. The beautiful tournament lunker smallmouth weighing 4.89 pounds was brought to the scales by the team of Chad Buckland and Rocky Peranio. Congratulations to Tommy, Jason, Don, Gary, Larry, Tim, Chad, and Rocky. This is truly a group of talented anglers.
As always, our appreciation goes to the fans that attended the weigh-in. Thanks to Max Marchant, Holden Wolfe, Bob Standiford, and Mike Atwood for helping with Check-in and/or Weigh-in for the tournament. Thanks go out to all of our members for participating. Thanks to our sponsors, Batteries Plus bulbs and Elco Motor Yachts Electric Bass Angling National Championship (founding sponsor).