State Lake Protection and Restoration Fund

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…

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Maryland B.A.S.S. Nation Announces the MBN Kayak Division

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…

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2018 Butch Ward Open Produces Big Bag

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…

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MBN Membership Highlight FYI’s

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…

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2018 SQT Trail # 2, Upper Bay, Sams and Kyle Win!

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…

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