An ominous forecast gave way to a surprisingly pleasant day of competition at Liberty reservoir. There were none of the predicted thunderstorms and very little rain to start the season. Twenty three of our 25 teams participated in the event. Congratulations to the tourney champions, Dale Davis and Tony Poblett, for their excellent 5-fish limit weighing 16.34 Lbs. Second place was captured by the team of Eric Holmes (owner of world renowned Anglers Express) and tourney partner Jason Eaton, with another solid 5-fish bag weighing 15.94 Lbs. Close behind grabbing third place honors was the father and son team of Rubin Holbrook and David Holbrook, (one of our new teams this season), with 15.65 Lbs. The Smallmouth lunker award was won by the father and son team of Carl Devor and Darren Devor, with a beautiful 2.84 Lb. Smallmouth. The Lunker largemouth prize was won by yet another father and son team, Walt Marchant and Max Marchant, with a 5.55 Lb. Largemouth. Congratulations to all of these winners. Thanks to all of our teams for excellent fish care. 105 fish were weighed in 104 of those fish were alive and in great shape when returned to the reservoir. Thanks go out to Holden Wolfe, Bobby Standiford, Matt Elliott, and Max Marchant for all of the help in tourney preparations, check-in and weigh-in. An additional thanks to our sponsor Anglers Express. We truly appreciate the support!

Our 2018 annual meeting is scheduled for Sunday, February 25th. 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.

2018 is looking like it will be a great year for BMRA. We expect another growth in membership this year. Our community outreach, our rule adjustments, and our continuing efforts to reach out to interested anglers, (simply by engaging in conversation at the ramps), are paying dividends in recruitment of a good group of new anglers. All of our club members should be aware that each of us has the ability to bring good people into the club simply by letting people know more about us.
For any club member who is interested in joining our board, please contact a current member and make your interest known. We could use the assistance of an additional board member.
Any club member who wishes to submit an idea for rule modification, please submit the idea (in writing) to a board member. The ideas will be discussed in our annual board meeting, and voted upon.
Also: We will again be the "Host Club" for the Electric Bass Angling National Championship (EBANC) in 2018. Recruitment of additional participating clubs and sponsors begins this week.