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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.

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!!!!!

A surprising bluebird sky and a breezy afternoon would have made a pleasant day on the water, if only the fish showed up to the party. Twenty three teams competed on 8/16/18. Prettyboy was hard for most and impossible for others. In this particularly tough day, there were only 9 limits caught. The team of Chad Wisner and Lenny Wisner were the champions with a very nice 16.13 pound limit of five bass. Their limit included the 5.65 pound tournament lunker largemouth. Waino Anderson and Ron Wolfe captured second place with a 14.37 pound limit which included the 1.77 pound tournament lunker smallmouth. Grabbing third place was the team of Don Kosdemba and Gary Gangi with a limit weighing 11.56 pounds. Congratulations to all of the winners. Thanks again to all of our teams for excellent fish care. Fifty six fish were weighed in and every one of those fish were returned to the reservoir alive and well. Thanks to Holden Wolfe, Bobby Standiford, Matt Elliott, and Max Marchant, for all of the help in tourney preparations, check-in and weigh-in. Special thanks to Gary Gangi for stepping in and helping with the weigh-in. As always, an additional thanks to our sponsor Anglers Express. We truly appreciate the support!