tournament news

Our 2016 tournament season got off to a fine start at Prettyboy reservoir on Sunday. Congratulations go out to our top 3 finishers. The team of Matt Elliot and Vic Rini claimed first place with a 6 fish bag weighing an impressive 20.32 Lbs. Second place was claimed by Craig Gordon and Holden Wolfe with an 8 fish limit weighing 16.62 Lbs. Mike Atwood and Jess Weeks won the third place prize with an 8 fish limit weighing 14.59 Lbs. The 4.92 Lb. lunker largemouth was brought in by Matt Elliot and Vic Rini. Chad Wisner and Leonard Wisner claimed the lunker smallmouth prize with a 3.68 Lb. smallmouth.
With only three 8-fish limits brought to the scales, this was certainly a challenging day of fishing for all. Congratulations to all who competed!
Thanks to the spectators who came to our weigh-in. Your participation is appreciated and enjoyed.

In the past few weeks, MRA has received a number of submissions from anglers who want to fish with us. They are offering to become a co-angler for a member (or prospective member) who wants to complete, but needs a partner.
If you need a co-angler, respond by email to: feedback@metroreservoiranglers.com and we'll supply contact information, so you can talk to the candidates.

Thirty two anglers in eighteen boats participated in our annual Icebreaker Tournament. The cold 29 degree foggy start was quickly followed by a beautiful warm sunny day. Unfortunately, for most of the competitors, the big bass were not in a mood to come out and play. The team of Waino Anderson and Ron Wolfe broke through with a 5.57 Lb lunker largemouth to win the tournament. Ron caught the winning fish after masterfully employing a 20-minute dead sticking approach that required a level of patience that most mere mortals simply don't possess. You'll have to get the rest of that story from Ron or Waino. It's a good laugh.
Thanks to Anglers Express for generously providing coffee and donuts prior to the start of the tournament, and for their generous awards of tackle discounts to the top three teams in the tournament. I suggest that all MRA members should check out their Timonium store.
Congratulations to Ron and Waino for a great finish on a challenging day.

Our 2016 tournament schedule is as follows:
Regular Season Tournaments:
6/26 Prettyboy (Sun)
7/17 Liberty (Sun)
8/6 Loch Raven (Sat)
8/28 Prettyboy (Sun)
9/17 Liberty (Sat)
10/8 Loch Raven (Sat)
Tournament of Champions:
10/29 Prettyboy TOC (Sat)
10/30 Prettyboy TOC (Sun)

Weekday Warrior Open Tournaments:
7/6 Liberty (Wed)
8/10 Liberty (Wed)
9/21 Prettyboy (Wed)

Special Open Tournament
12/4 Liberty Icebreaker (Sun)
Note: This schedule was made in a way that minimizes any interference between MRA and EBA tournaments and practices.