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On Sunday March 8 the Maryland Bass Nation held its annual President’s Conference at the Sykesville American Legion Hall. Representatives from all clubs were invited to attend and with the exception of a few it was a very satisfying turnout. Some clubs not present noted that they were not aware of the meeting so, in…

Fellow Maryland Bass Nation Members, We have all been following the latest news as it relates to COVID-19. In response to Governor Larry Hogan’s emergency mandates Smallwood State Park is cancelling all group events scheduled for April. This action will impact our April 5 Trail tournament as well as the April 26 High School Trail…

Herring Run is a stream system that runs through the Northeast section of Baltimore City and eventually ends up as the head water to Back River. For all intent and purpose it is in my backyard. With the exception of a couple of young adult years I have been a city resident all of my…

Are you interested in creating an MBN kayak club?  The process is easy. –          Step #1, Find at least 5 of your friends that would like to form a club. –          Step #2. If not already a member of BASS, join.  Here’s a link o   https://secure.palmcoastd.com/pcd/esv?iMagId=57000&i6Ky=TESTLL&iOrderType=ORD&iMemberType=H&iPromo=I**BMLL1 –          Step #3, Create a BASS Nation club via the BASS website.  Here’s…

At the October BBAS meeting Mike Naylor with the Department of Natural Resources outlined a program called the State Lake Protection and Restoration Fund. This is an annual 1 million dollar per year investment towards the improvement of these state owned lakes that will be funded for at least the next three years. The state…

At the January 2020 Maryland B.A.S.S. Nation executive board meeting, the board unanimously voted to create and support a new MBN Kayak Division. This effort supports and is in conjunction with the broader B.A.S.S. newly formed kayak tournament trail. See link: https://www.bassmaster.com/news/bass-announces-new-national-tournament-series-kayak-anglers Later this year on September 12th, there will be a Maryland B.A.S.S. Nation…

Article Submitted by Doug Zittle, MBN Western Region Director 2018 Butch Ward Open Produces Big Bag Deep Creek area resident Curtis Fink brought 16LBS. of largemouth to the scales on Saturday, September 29th to win the Butch Ward Open at Deep Creek Lake. Curtis had over 31/2 LBS. more than the second place team. Curtis…

MBN Membership, We wanted to bring the following MBN ‘highlights’ to your attention! – W/E SQT Application Deadline: Due to the numerous weather related changes, twists and turns to the 2018 tournament schedule, the deadline for submitting paperwork for the upcoming Weekend SQT has been extended to September 29th! – Executive Board Elections: It’s that…

First Place Boater was Team Outcast’s Andrew Sams with 16.50 lbs. Second place boater was Deep Run Bass Club’s Brian Trieschman with 16.12 lbs. and third went to Upper Bay II member Paul Gietka with 14.80 lbs. First Place Rider was Dave Kyle of Central Maryland Bassmasters. In second place was Antietam Bassmaster’s Gerald Brown…