tournament news

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.

Our Weekday Warrior at Prettyboy Reservoir was won by the team of Kenneth Hobbs and Chad Buckland with an 8 fish limit weighing 16.31 Lbs. Their catch was anchored by the 4.27 Lb tournament lunker (largemouth). The team of Michael Weinstein and Robert Hemstetter took second plae with a 6 fish bag weighing 11.12 Lbs. Thanks to all who participated, and a special thanks to Anglers Express for providing gift cards to our 3rd and 4th place finishers. Pictured is Riley Kobus holding the 3.37 Lb largemouth that she and her dad Tom Kobus caught and brought to the scales, along with their 3rd place bag, weighing 10.69 Lbs.

Craig Gordon and Holden Wolfe are the Champions of this fantastic Loch Raven smack-down. With seven…count-em… SEVEN bags weighing over 20 Lbs, Craig and Holden’s 24.39 LB bag stood above the rest. Their victory moved from truly admirable into the category of heroic, in light of the fact that their carefully strategized game plan included 5 hours of running (and not fishing)! Included in their catch was the 2.27 LB tourney Lunker Smallmouth. Claiming second place honors was the team of Don Kosdemba with substitute partner Ron Floyd (substituting for Gary Gangi) with a 23.12 LB bag. Included in their bag was the 4.44 LB Lunker Largemouth of the tournament. Third place was claimed by the team of Matt Elliott and Victor Rini with 23.08 LBs of Loch Raven bass. Congratulations to Craig, Holden, Don, Ron, Matt, and Vic. Great Job! My thanks go out to all those who help to make this and all of our tournaments possible. Bobby Standiford and Holden Wolfe work hard at every registration and weigh-in. Thanks to Max Marchant for helping with transport of all of the tourney equipment. Special thanks to Lenny Wisner and Rob Bertazon for stepping in to help with the weigh-in at this event. Thanks go out to Anglers Express for their support and sponsorship of our club. Finally, I want to recognize the incredible fishery that Loch Raven provides to all of us who love bass angling.

Wednesday 28th revealed itself to be a beautiful day to be on the water. Fishing was excellent and so was fish care.
Every fish caught and weighed in was released in excellent health. Congratulations go to the team of Craig Gordon and Sam Campbell for their first place finish. Their 8-fish bag weighed 20.42 Lbs. Congratulations also go to the team of Chad Wisner and Mark Onheiser for their second place finish with a bag of 8-fish weighing 19.66 Lbs. Chag and Mark also captured the Lunker award with a 4.88 Lb Largemouth.
Thanks to all who participated!

Below is Sam Campbell with a few from the winning bag.