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2014 Campaign Tourney 5

Submitted by wmarchant on Wed, 10/01/2014 - 04:04

Loch Raven is in the books. It was certainly the toughest day on Loch Raven that I have witnessed, with only 3 limits from 24 boats. Max and I finished in 11th place with 3, count-em, 3 fish for 8.48 Lbs. The best positive that I can take from this tourney is that the tournament was won on the exact spot that Max and I identified in practice as our primary location that we wanted to fish for this tourney. We just couldn’t get to the spot fast enough. A couple of great fishermen arrived first and spent a very productive day there. Congratulations to Rob and Ron! Note to self: get a bigger motor (or two) or identify more productive spots next time. Prettyboy is next. I sit in a Chicago hotel room having not fished Prettyboy since our last tourney there. I have received two Prettyboy practice reports from Max, who put a lot of effort into searching the reservoir and developing an approach for the last tourney. As always, we will fish hard and try to make the best decisions we can. I know we’ll have fun and grow as fishermen, whatever the outcome.

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Bertazon and Broadwater Find the Key to Un-Loch Raven

Submitted by tcgordon on Sun, 09/21/2014 - 08:14

The team of Rob Bertazon and Ron Broadwater found the key, again, to un-Loch Raven Reservoir at the 5th stop of the season on Saturday, September 20th, 2014. Following up their win at Liberty Reservoir 6 days ago, their winning limit of fish topped the scales at 24.84 pounds. On this extremely tough day of fishing, the other 2 registered limits took 2nd and 3rd place. Second place went to the team of Mike Bruening and Tommy Kobus with a weight of 23.70 pounds. Third place went to the team of Craig Gordon and Holden Wolfe with a weight of 21.33 lbs.

For big fish honors of the day, the team of Mike Krahl and Jeff Wise boated the lunker largemouth of 5.01 pounds and the father-son team of Ralph Davis and Kyle Davis found that needle in the haystack by catching a 2.54 pound rare Loch Raven smallmouth. See Results.

With one tournament remaining, the Anglers of the Year race tightened a bit at the top but the team of Chad and Lenny Wisner still hold a 5 and 7 point lead over the nearest competition. That will make the regular season-ending tournament at challenging Prettyboy Reservoir a little interesting. Teams will also be jockeying to qualify for the 2-day Tournament of Champions at Loch Raven. See Anglers of the Year Standings.

Bertazon and Broadwater Find the Key to Un-Loch Raven
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Liberty for Bertazon, Broadwater and All

Submitted by tcgordon on Wed, 09/17/2014 - 20:42

While the nation celebrated the 200th anniversary of our national anthem at the Star Spangled Spectacular in Baltimore, defending Anglers of the Year Rob Bertazon and Ron Broadwater celebrated another tournament win, this time on Liberty Reservoir on Sunday September 14, 2014. Their winning limit of 25.94 lbs. was anchored by the tournament lunker largemouth of 5.38 lbs. Second place went to the team of Gary Gangi and Don Kosdemba who had some last minute heroics in the boat ramp by catching a 3.5 pounder to raise their weight to 24.78 pounds. Gangi/Kosdemba also took lunker smallmouth honors with a 3.58 "brownie". Third place went to the team of Craig Gordon and Holden Wolfe who posted a weight of 23.31 lbs. See Results.

In the Anglers of the Year race, the team of Chad Wisner and Lenny Wisner created more breathing room with 2 tournaments to go by posting their 4th, 4th place this year! THAT is consistency and on pace to be one, if not THE best year in MRA history. See Anglers of the Year standings.

Bertazon and Broadwater Win at Liberty Reservoir 09-14-2014
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The 2014 campaign Tourney 3 Liberty

Submitted by wmarchant on Tue, 08/12/2014 - 07:31

Congratulations to the top performers in this tournament, Matt & Al with 29.66 lb, Butch & Larry with 24.27 and Davis & Spera with 21.61lbs. Fantastic effort! As for Max and me, it was good team effort. Unfortunately, this was only my third time on Liberty this year and the second for Max. This put us at a big disadvantage, as the vegetation has changed a lot since last year. We were fortunate to have a small limit before 7:30 AM. It’s interesting how an early limit changes ones fishing perspective, allowing us to fish very hard but in a more focused and un-rushed manner than if we were chasing a limit all day. The bite slowed dramatically for us by 10:00 AM, but we fished our plan and made some adjustments throughout the day, leading to Max catching two good upgrades. We had our final 8 fish, 18.26 lbs, limit at 12:30 PM, with two small (easily upgradeable) fish in the livewell and 3.5 hours to fish. Unfortunately, there were no upgrades to be found. Finish place was 9th. Team Marchant & Marchant has a lot of room for improvement, but Fishing MRA helps us enormously. We look forward to future tournaments.

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Deja Vu All Over Again - Elliott and Farace win at Liberty

Submitted by tcgordon on Mon, 08/11/2014 - 19:01

This is probably not the last time that we can just cut and paste the headline and results. Again, Matt Elliott and Al Farace easily bested the field - this time at Liberty Reservoir on Aug 10, 2014. Their eight fish limit weighed an eye-popping 29.66 lbs to take their 2nd of 3 MRA 2014 tournaments. (As a refresher, Matt with partner Bill Constantine took 3 of the 6 MRA 2013 tournaments.)

Second place with a distant but huge bag of 24.27 went to Larry Barger and Butch Wilson. Third place with a 21.61 lb. limit went to the team of Davis and Spera.

Big fish honors went to the teams of Elliot/Farace and Martin/Novak for a 4.56 lb. largemouth and 3.90 smallmouth, respectively.

The Anglers of the Year race remains tight with the teams of Wisner/Wisner and Davis/Spera tied atop the leaderboard. Full Results

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The 2014 Campaign Tourney 2 The Ugly

Submitted by wmarchant on Wed, 07/23/2014 - 06:06

I promised the Good, bad and ugly. Here is, what I hope will be, the ugliest. First, another congratulations to the top three finishers. With weights over 20 Lbs., they really got the job done. Our team had a significantly different performance. Two keepers for just over 3 lbs. total, and lots of undersized fish. This was our worst performance on our worst reservoir, Prettyboy, in 5 years. This was particularly disappointing to our team because our practices were pretty encouraging. Mid-day, Max and I discussed a change in strategy, and we made a few adjustments. Unfortunately, there was no change in results. Late in the day, we did find one big fish. A rookie mistake caused me to lose it. My drag was set too light, causing a poor hook-set. Fish lost after a 30 second battle. Heartbreaking because it would have been the only really good fish in the livewell. In the end, it was another day of fishing with my son, which is a good thing. Next we begin preparations for Liberty. Hope to have a happy report to come.

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Ahlfeldt and Lawson Win at Prettyboy

Submitted by tcgordon on Sun, 07/20/2014 - 07:44

Mike Ahlfeldt and Shane Lawson triumphed at the second stop on the 2014 Metro Reservoir Angler's 2014 Invitational Tournament Trail. Their limit of 8 fish weighed 21.24 pounds to take first at Prettyboy Reservoir on July 19th, 2014. With several lost good fish that would have given them first, coming in second was the team of Waino Anderson and Ron Wolfe with a 20.54 pound limit. Eeked out of 2nd by .14 pounds and coming in third was the team of Brian McQuaid and Bobby Standiford.

For big fish honors, the largemouth lunker award went to the team of Chad and Lenny Wisner for a 5.42 largemouth. Larry Barger and Butch Wilson had the largest smallmouth at 2.82 lbs.

Full results of this tournament and the 2014 Angler of The Year standings can be found in the Tournaments section on this site.

Ahfeldt and Lawson Win at Prettyboy
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Hollasch and Chamberlin Champions at Liberty WW

Submitted by tcgordon on Sun, 07/13/2014 - 20:32

Kevin Hollasch and Hunter Chamberlin bested the field to win the second 2014 Weekday Warrior Tournament which was held on July 9th at Liberty Reservoir. Their winning limit of 8 fish weighed 22.46 lbs. The team of Allender and Clevenger took second with 21.01 while the team of Martin and Herigan took 3rd with 20.32 lbs. The team of Anderson and Isaac took the daily lunker award with a 4.76 lb. largemouth.

Hollasch and Chamberlin Champions at Liberty Reservoir
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The 2014 Campaign Tourney 1

Submitted by wmarchant on Wed, 07/02/2014 - 05:33

I promised the good, the bad and the ugly. Here it is: From the standpoint of fun, this was a great tournament. They all are. It was great to talk with other club members before and after the tourney, and it is always a pleasure to spend time fishing with my son, Max. Max and I were happy with our practice efforts, which helped us to identify several locations that were holding 3+ Lb. fish. As important, our practices helped us to identify lures and presentations that were very productive. As far as the results go, we finished with a limit of 8 fish weighing 18.78 Lbs., which was 1 Lb. short of our goal for this tourney. Our only regret is that we had one dead fish, due to gill injury. We were a little less than thrilled with 10th place, but hats-off to the competition. Nine teams really produced some great weight ahead of us. The action was sporadic for us. We didn't complete our limit until nearly 2:00 PM, with our final culls at 3:15. The next tourney is Prettyboy. Our goal is an 8 fish limit. Sadly we haven't weighed an 8 fish limit at Prettyboy in our previous 4 years with MRA. It will be a challenge, but that's what makes it fun! Congrats to everyone who fished Loch Raven!

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Bigger fish, Better fishermen?

Submitted by Bstandiford on Tue, 07/01/2014 - 19:38

I was asked this question after the Loch Raven tournament weigh-in. " Bob do you think the bass have gotten bigger or have the fishermen gotten better?"It did not take long to give my opinion. The fisherman have definitely gotten better. Armed with the latest electronics and the knowledge to get the most out of them, technique specific rods, high speed reels,and so many choices of line that let them detect even the slightest bite. These are just a few things available to today's fisherman or fisher woman. Just buying these items will not make someone a better angler, they have to put the time on the water to to understand how to use them to get the most out of them.Today's angler has to keep up with the latest trends and techniques to be able to compete at a tournament level.The best anglers know how and where to catch the better quality fish. I started reservoir tournament fishing in 1982 and today's weights are higher with an 8 fish limit then they were with a 10 fish limit. Catch and release has also had a beneficial impact as well. How would you answer the same question?

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