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2019 annual meeting 2/24/19

Submitted by wmarchant on Fri, 02/01/2019 - 12:52

Our 2019 annual meeting is scheduled for Sunday, February 24th. Location: Casa Mia's restaurant 17417 York Road, Parkton MD 21120. We will start at 1:00 PM, so come hungry, Casa Mia's has a great menu. We hope to see all Baltimore MRA members and anyone interested in joining the club. Don't miss it.
We are having a RAFFLE with some fantastic prizes, so bring some cash to purchase tickets. All proceeds go to the club.

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2018 Tournament of Champions is a wrap!

Submitted by wmarchant on Wed, 11/21/2018 - 13:00

The 2018 Tournament of Champions (TOC) capped off an excellent season for the Baltimore Metro Reservoir Anglers. The fishing was pretty tough on Liberty Reservoir, for most (if not all) competitors. The team of Craig Gordon and Holden Wolfe had a strong 2-day showing, with biggest bags each day for a total of 21.98 Lbs and the championship victory. Bobby Standiford and Dana Seipp took a strong second place with a total of 17.12 pounds. The Day 1 Largemouth lunker was won by the team of Waino Anderson and Ron Wolfe with a 3.01 pound largemouth. The Day 1 Smallmouth lunker was won by the team of Martin Cribb and Ken Denbow with a 2.70 pound smallie. The Day 2 Largemouth lunker was won by the team of Don Kosdemba and Gargy Gangi with a 3.96 pound largemouth. The Day 2 Smallmouth lunker was won by the team of Craig Gordon and Holden Wolfe with a 1.72 pound smallie.
Congratulations to the winners and to all competitors.
Thanks go out to our sponsors, including Anglers Express, The Finishing Touch, and Lew's fishing (through Matt Elliott) who donated 3 rods and 2 reels for our annual meeting raffle. Thanks to Craig Gordon for his work on our web site. Thanks to the members of the board, Bobby Standiford, Holden Wolfe, Max Marchant, Matt Elliott, and Dan Champness, for all of the help that makes this club possible.
The annual Icebreaker Open tournament big fish will be held at Liberty reservoir on Sunday December 2nd. We expect to have a big showing at this event. More information to come.

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Anderson and Wolfe are AOY Champions 2018

Submitted by wmarchant on Mon, 10/22/2018 - 07:54

Congratulations to the team of Waino Anderson and Ron Wolfe for winning the Angler of the Year Championship 2018. With 578 points for the 6 regular tournaments, Anderson & Wolfe with a total of 89.00 pounds for the season, won the top spot with the tie breaker rule over the second place team of Craig Gordon and Holden Wolfe, also with 578 points and 87.04 pounds. This was a fantastic effort by both teams. Waino and Ron also did very well in the Electric Bass Angling National Championship, finishing in 3rd place this season, against 7 clubs (150 + teams) in 4 states. Fantastic effort!

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2018 Season Sets a New Standard for Excellent Fish Care!

Submitted by wmarchant on Mon, 10/08/2018 - 08:48

I am extremely happy to report that in the entire 2018 regular tournament season Baltimore Metro Reservoir Anglers was able to keep fish mortality to only 2 fish. That represents 6 tournaments, each with 23 teams competing. There were 533 fish weighed in. That represents an immediate mortality rate of 0.375 percent (roughly 1/3 of a percent). I can confidently predict that delayed mortality was also extremely low, having weighed all of those fish, the weigh-in team saw extremely healthy fish, almost exclusively. GREAT JOB to our anglers for taking excellent care of their fish this year!!!!!

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The 2018 Regular Season is a wrap!!

Submitted by wmarchant on Mon, 10/08/2018 - 08:22

Our tournament at Loch Raven reservoir on 10/6/18 brings our regular season to a close, leaving only the TOC (Tournament of Champions), and our Icebreaker Open tournament.
Twenty three teams competed on 10/6/18. Loch Raven was a little tough for all contenders but 9 of our 23 competing teams were able to fill their 5-fish limit. The team of Eric Holmes and J. R. Eaton were the champions with a fine 17.27 pound limit of five bass. Craig Gordon and Holden Wolfe earned second place with a nice limit weighing 16.03 pounds, propelling them to a points tie for Anglers of the year with Waino Anderson and Ron Wolfe. Capturing third place honors was the team of Kevin Hollasch and Jon Miller, with a 15.53 pound limit. The largemouth lunker, weighing 4.55 pounds was cought by the team of Larry Bertholdt and Ian Walker. The smallmouth lunker was a behemoth weighing .88 pounds weighed in by Carl Devor.
Thanks to Holden Wolfe, Bobby Standiford, and Max Marchant, for all of the help in tourney preparations, check-in and weigh-in. Thanks to Matt Elliott for securing valuable rod and reel donations from Lews corporation, that will be used as club prizes. Special thanks to all those who helped through the year. As always, an additional thanks to our sponsor Anglers Express. We truly appreciate the support!

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