tournament news

The 2016 TOC was, by all measures, a really tough tournament. Prettyboy reservoir has been very challenging for the past few weeks. The TOC was no different. There were only 3 limits caught by the 9 team field during the two day event. The team of Rob Bertazon and Ron Broadwater claimed the victory with two of those limits. Rob and Ron weighed a total of 25.04 Lbs. of Prettyboy bass.
Second place honors went to the team of Craig Gordon and Holden Wolfe. Their strong second day performance propelled the team into 2nd place with a total of 23.50 Lbs.
The team of Ian walker and Larry Bertholdt were on BIG fish both days, claiming 3 of the 4 lunkerRon & Rob's 2016 TOC victory, after claiming the 2016 AOY title, punctuates Ron Broadwater’s official retirement from prizes. On day 1, Ian and Larry claimed 2 lunkers with a 4.62 Lb. Largemouth and a 3.33 Lb. Smallmouth. On day 2, Ian and Larry took a lunker prize with a massive 5.70 Lb. Largemouth. http://www.metroreservoiranglers.com/blogs/wmarchant/toc-day-2-lunker-la...
The Day 2 Smallmouth lunker was won by the team of Steve Allender and Mindy Clevenger, who weighed a beautiful 3.01 Lb. Smallmouth. http://www.metroreservoiranglers.com/blogs/wmarchant/lunker-smallmouth-d...
tournament fishing. The 12 year partnership between Ron & Rob has been the most consistently successful partnership in MRA history. Ron will be missed by all of us.
Congratulations to Rob, Ron, Craig, Holden, Ian, Larry, Steve, and Mindy!

Our friend and competitor Ron Broadwater has announced that the 2016 season is his last season of tournament angling. Ron is, by all measures, one of the finest anglers anyone could hope to meet. Ron has, for several decades, amassed a winning record that is unmatched by any angler that I can name. Closing the 2016 season with a victory at Loch Raven, Ron and his partner of 12 years Rob Bertazon, also claimed the Angler of the year title. This is their 4th year in a row claiming that most difficult AOY championship. I will leave it to Ron's partner Rob to make an appropriate tribute to Ron. I will simply close by saying that it has been a pleasure competing with Ron. He is a brilliant angler and, more importantly, a true gentleman and a fine person.
Read Rob's blog for more...
http://www.metroreservoiranglers.com//blogs/rbertazon

Our final Weekday Warrior tournament of 2016 featured a last minute push by the team of Chad Wisner and Mark Onheiser. With 20 minutes remaining in the tournament Chad and Mark upgraded their bag by an estimated 12 pounds to claim victory. Their 20.36 Lb 8-fish limit included the tournament lunker 4.14 Lb Largemouth. Second place honors went to the team of Don Kosdemba and Gary Ghangi. Don and Gary's 6 fish bag weighed a very respectable 16.00 Lbs. Congratulations to Chad, Mark, Don, and Gary. Thanks to all who participated. A special thanks to our tournament sponsor, Anglers Express, for providing a gift card for the tournament lunker and a gift card to the last place team. It pays to compete!

The team of Matt Elliott and Victor Rini shattered the previous record for largest catch with a bag weighing 35.14 Lbs., at our Liberty Reservoir tournament 9/17/16. The previous record of 32.90 Lbs. was caught at Prettyboy Reservoir by the team of Waino Anderson and Ron Wolfe. That record remained uncontested for more than 13 years. Matt and Victor took first place in the tournament and also claimed the largemouth lunker prize with a 5.52 Lb largemouth. The team of Chad Wisner and Leonard Wisner took second place with 25.57 Lbs. Third place went to the team of Waino Anderson and Ron Wolfe with 21.34 Lbs. Waino and Ron also won the Smallmouth lunker prize with a 3.19 Lb. smallmouth. Congratulations to all competitors.