tournament news

We have received confirmation that Elco Motor Yachts (the founding Sponsor of the Electric Bass Angling National Championship) will again participate as a major sponsor of EBANC in 2018. Baltimore Metro Reservoir Anglers (Metro), will again be the host club for this national competition, and our President will again be the EBANC Tournament Director. The 2017 EBANC was a great start to what will certainly grow into an even larger event for electric bass anglers in 2018. Our goal is to attract more clubs and sponsors throughout the U.S. to take part in this event.  EBANC celebrates the skills and achievements of the Electric Bass Angling community. Our club has several openings for new members in our annual tournament series. Everyone who competes in our club will automatically be included in the National Championship.
We look forward to a fantastic 2018 season!!!!

Our annual Icebreaker Tourney will be held at Liberty Reservoir on Sunday 12/3/17. Launch by 6:45. Tourney hours: 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM. $25 per angler Entry fee. Largest bass wins all!
We look forward to seeing you all there.

Baltimore Metro Reservoir Anglers will be a 5-fish limit tournament club, beginning in 2018. The club vote was a split decision, but it was a decisive decision, in favor of reducing our tournament limit to 5 fish.
As president of the club, I want to be clear that the reason for the rule change is simple: The majority of teams voted in favor of the "industry standard" 5 fish limit. Each team has their own reasons for their vote.
58.82% voted for 5 fish limit and 41.17% voted for an 8 fish limit. This is not an overwhelming margin, but by any measure, a 17.65% margin is considered decisive.
We will remain a team format club. This reduction in limit does not open the door to individual members joining with the intent to fish alone. A basic tenet of our club is, and will remain, the 2-person team concept.
Thanks to all of those who voted. I appreciate the show of good-sportsmanship by those who did not get the outcome they wanted. The show of respect and club consensus was a great thing to see.

Our regular season tournaments came to a close on Liberty Reservoir 10/1/17. Congratulations to the team of Chad Wisner and Leonard Wisner. Chad and Lenny caught a limit weighing 18.18 pounds and claimed the victory. They also claimed another victory, see AOY story! The team of Waino Anderson and Ron Wolfe captured second place with a limit weighing 16.61 pounds. Rob Bertazon and Mike Atwood finished the regular season with a limit weighing 15.76 pounds to grab third place in this tournament.
The tournament lunker largemouth was won by the team of Greg Bell and Nick Vito with a big beautiful 5.01 pound Liberty beast. The team of Don Kosdemba and Gary Gangi captured the smallmouth lunker with a monstrous 1.66 pound Liberty smallmouth. Of the 97 fish brought to the scales there were 0 dead fish. Excellent fish care.
Our thanks go out to Bobby Standiford, Holden Wolfe, Max Marchant and Gary Gangi for helping with registration and/or weigh-in. Thanks to our sponsor Anglers Express and to ELCO Motor Yachts for their sponsorship of the Electic Bass Angling National Championship, of which Baltimore Metro Anglers, Inc. was the host club.