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Each year MBN awards the top boater and non-boater from our Trail events with the Angler of the Year award. This award is a great accomplishment for any angler in any organization because it is difficult to do when competing against many great anglers. The Trail events consist of four tournaments throughout the State and…

The 3rd SQT Trail event took place on Saturday, June 22nd at Conowingo on a very hot day. Wendell Potter won the boater division with an impressive bag of 16.22 pounds for his limit. Josh Torres was paired with Wendell as his non-boater. Josh would win the non-boater division with 9.61 pounds for his best…

I began my tenth term of service as president of the Maryland Bass Nation making what you might call a soft announcement that after twenty years of service I would not seek or except a nomination to continue serving as the organization’s president. I have spent the past year and a half debating that decision…

The second SQT event took place on Sunday May 19th at Dundee State Park. Joe McClosky won the event in the boater division. Joe’s paired rider for the day, Roger Trageser won the non-boater division. The day would end up being a great day to fish with sunny skies and light winds. Great conditions for…

Looking back at The Capital Clash Paralyzed Veterans of America (“PVA”) Bass Tournament event held on the Potomac River out of Smallwood State Park in Marbury, MD (Charles County), is filled with pride. This is the last stop in the PVA national trail, and their champion is crowned at the Capital Clash. Devoted Bass fishermen…

The first SQT took place on Sunday, April 7th at Smallwood State Park. The week leading up to the tournament brought heavy rains and wind. The weather would make for tough conditions on the river which showed out in the final results for many anglers. There were only 5 limits in the boater division and…

The Maryland Bass Nation Mr. Bass event was held at Smallwood State Park on Saturday and Sunday, April 20th and 21st. The top 2 boaters and top 2 non-boaters of this event will go on to fish the Maryland Bass Nation Championship on the Pokomoke River in October of this year. The Championship will determine…

The Maryland Bass Nation held it’s annual President’s Conference on March 10th at the Sykesville American Legion. The conference gives club representatives the opportunity to present questions or concerns face to face with Nation leadership. Membership Director, Dick Berich, provided membership numbers and club status information. Treasure, Tim McGlenn, developed and presented the proposed budget…

Way back when, a group of guys came together through their love for fishing, and from that theMaryland Bass Federation was born. Over the years, many changes came about, to include the changefrom the MBF to the Maryland Bass Nation as we know it now. It has become, for most, a sort of secondfamily. A…