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Congratulations to Rick Svoboda and Mark Pryal who will represent Maryland in the National Championship on the Ouachita River in Monroe Louisiana on November 3 – 5, 2021. The 2021 Maryland Team consisting of boaters; Rod Eshleman, Tim McGlenn, Paul Reter, Mike Roselle, Rick Svoboda, Richie Martin, Joe Tinsley, Mike Nutter, Bret Winegardner, Andrew Sams,…

Beginning with our 2021 season the Maryland Bass Nation will be receiving all tournament applications and payments through our online payment platform. Upgrades to our web site last year have provided us with the means and the security to make this possible. Tournament applications are now in the process of being modified and approved for…

The 3rd SQT Trail Event was held for the first time ever at Youghiogheny Lake in the Western Region. The lake proved to be challenging considering the fact that the lake was very low but, as always there were those who caught them. Brandon Pyles won the boater side by a good margin with 10.27…

Brett Winegardner won the Boater Division in the Last Chance Shootout at Deep Creek Lake with a mammoth 16.71 lb. bag and also had the big fish of the Event with a 5.11 pound largemouth. Brett said he started out fishing grass with a buzz bait and had his limit by 9:00. The rest of…

With the unfortunate cancellation of the 2020 Northeastern Regional states were left with the responsibility of qualifying their own champions to represent at the Bass Nation Championship (BNC) on Pickwick Lake in November. In an effort to create a more level playing field the Maryland Bass Nation Tournament Committee selected the Choptank River as the…

Saturday, August 8th the second SQT Trail Event was held out of Marshyhope Creek in Federalsburg and man was it a difficult tournament. Half of the field on the boater side and half the field on the rider side blanked in this tournament. I do not remember ever seeing that many Fisherman zero in a…

The 2020 MBN Mr. Bass Event had to be rescheduled due again to the Covid- 19 pandemic. This event is usually a 2-day event but, this year the event was reduced to one day because of the pandemic. The tournament took place out of Smallwood State Park on Sunday June 14th. Rodney Eshelman won the…

May 31st at Smallwood State Park the first SQT Trail Tournament for the 2020 season finally kicked off after tournaments had been shut down due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Mike Roselle won the Boater Division with 15.44 pounds. Mike said he stayed in one creek that was loaded with grass the entire day. He caught…

By- Grayden Scibilia On Saturday, August 3, 2019 I hitched up our freshly polished bass boat to the back of my dad’s truck. It was 2:00 am and time for my family to load up and head to Tennessee. I was excited and proud to be representing, Maryland, the state I have lived in my…

Fellow MBN Members, First of all, I hope you and all your family are safe and virus free. It is certainly an unusual time we are living in. Back in February, I made a promise to my fellow Board members that I would place at least one article or update a month on the web…