Congratulations to Correy Petz and Joe Palmer, the 2017 Electric Bass Angling National Champions!!!!
The 2017 Electric Bass Angling National Championship, sponsored by ELCO Motor Yachts, is complete. This first of its kind National event included 173 teams, approximately 350 anglers from 7 clubs in 4 states, and 35 Events. The team of Correy Petz and Joe Palmer, fishing the Electric Elite Invitationals in NE Ohio (part of the DoBass.com electric only venues), are the first ever National Champions of electric bass angling. Thanks to ELCO Motor Yachts for their sponsorship in providing the 1st place prize of a new EP-20 electric outboard motor.
Enthusiasm for electric bass angling continues to grow throughout the nation, and internationally. This event has been a great step to promoting the world of electric angling.
Baltimore Metro Reservoir Anglers did extremely well, taking 2 of the top 5 places and five of the top 20 places. Congratulations to our top finishers including:
- Matt Elliott and Victor Rini 3rd Place
- Craig Gordon and Holen Wolfe 5th Place
- Kevin Hollasch and Jon Miller 13th Place
- Chad Wisner and Leonard Wisner 16th Place
- Don Kosdemba and Gary Gangi 18th Place
Thanks to ELCO Motor Yachts for their sponsorship in providing the 1st place prize of a new EP-20 electric outboard motor.
The attached photo is Correy (left) and Joe (Right) displaying part of a 22.60 pound bag that they weighed in this season.

Congratulations to the team of Chad and Lenny Wisner for their 18.92 pound victory at Prettyboy. Craig Gordon and Holden Wolfe captured second place with 18.86 Lbs. Craig and Holden's bag included the 4.58 pound tournament Lunker Largemouth. Ian Walker and Larry Bertholdt were in third place with 16.58 Lbs. Bob Standiford and Dana Seipp won the tournament Lunker Smallmouth award with a 3.56 pound Smallmouth.
Thanks to Bob Standiford, Holden Wolfe, and Gary Gangi for their help with tournament registration and weigh-in. Thanks to Max Marchant for his help with transporting all of the tournament equipment.

Congratulations to the team of Matt Elliott and Victor Rini for their massive 31.25 pound catch and victory at Liberty. Included in their catch was the 3.12 pound tournament lunker smallmouth. Matt and Victor's catch is the 3rd heaviest bag weighed at one of our events. Second place was captured by Steve Allender with substitute partner Sean Dobbs. Their catch weighed 23.96 pounds. Included in their catch was a record breaking 6.32 pound tournament lunker largemouth (Steve with lunker pictured below). This is the largest largemouth bass weighed in an MRA tournament at Liberty, and the second largest largemouth ever weighed in at our events on all three reservoirs. Third place was taken by the team of Waino Anderson and Ron Wolfe, with a 20.33 pound catch. Congratulations to all who participated and thanks go out to those who helped with the tournament.