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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…

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…