Maine Bass Challenge

BRANCH LAKE UPDATES - TOWN AND MBC FINALLY HOOKED UP

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CHAMPIONSHIP: The championship format has been altered a little and here are the rules outside what is already been posted as our current rules (please review them!):

-The event has been change to a ONE DAY only - to be held on May 12, 2012 at Branch Lake

-The State Launch is were boats will launch from and weigh-in completed

-This is a 100% payback with the entry fee of $125

-Registration the morning of the event at 6am, closing at 7am

-New - No boats in the water until the town and the tournament staff have inspected for weeds - Thanks!

-Payback one for every 7 boats

-The town will have personnel there to complete boat inspections and the town weed inspection form.

-Boats can be at the ramp as early at 5:30 am to begin this process. The town has this down pat and it will not be an issue. NEW - The Town has ask that boat owner complete a form before the arrive at the ramp. Here is a link to the page where the form is and the form is called "Boat Tag Application Form". Don't worry about the 2011 date. Link is here: http://cityofellsworthme.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=547:branch-lake-boating-inspections&Itemid=302

- New- Here is a link to information on Branch Lake and a very basic map: http://lakesofmaine.org/lake-overview.html?m=4328

Here are the teams that qualified in 2011:

Turnage/Cooper, Harris/Harris, Cousins/Karney, Holland/Carter, Fitzgerald/Laliberty, White/White, Tringali/Schwarz, Hinds/Watson, Pare'/Beer, Ball/Galloway, Parsons/Sousie, Kuehne/Clark, Estrella/Estrella, Townes/Austin (Townes), L.Hogue/Hogue, Janosik/Bouchard, Van Dougen, LaFlamme/Meyer, Jannarone/Lane, M.Hogue/F.Hogue, Worlick/Davis, Rutkiewicz/Casello, Stimpson/Stimpson, Smith/Manning, Grimm/Lowe, Elie/Chase, Houghton/Poitras, Austin/Tripp, Butler/Barr, Blais/Grover, Kimball/Smith, Guimond/Guimond, Walker/Calvert, Platt/Gray

MORE INFORMATION TO BE POST ON SUNDAY NIGHT OR MONDAY

DAMARISCOTTA LAKE EVENT

For a early spring tournament the MBC Damariscotta event went quite will. A few folks had boat issues which were unavoidable, and we can all attest to being confronted with them.

With temperatures starting out in the mid-twenties and winds in the forecasts several teams who called ahead never made it out to play, never the less MBC had a respectable number of boats at our first event with 37 teams. For some teams fishing was a challenge while other teams were able to produce 20 pound bags.

Congratulations to the team of Holland/Carter for the 24.66 bag of largemouth and top honors for this event. The largest bass brought to the scale came from the team of Estrella/Estrella with a 6.98 pound largemouth.

Here are all the teams that weighed fish - Results to be transferred to the result page soon:

1

Holland/Carter * PYS Top Finisher Winner *

24.66,

5.62 kicker

2

Cooper/Turnage

21.88,

5.78 kicker

3

Reiss/Skillen

21.26,

5.14 kicker

4

Austin

20.24,

5.42 kicker

5

LaFlamme Jr./Meyer

20.10,

6.14 kicker

6

Laliberty/Bucsh

20.04,

5.70 kicker

7

Ianrotti/Christner

19.40,

5.48 kicker

8

Bruce/Forbes

18.58

9

Hogue/Hogue

18.54

10

Stimpson/Stimpson

17.68,

5.96 kicker

11

Perron/Howland

16.62,

5.52 kicker

12

Platt/Gray

15.90,

5.02 kicker

13

Harrington

15.54

14

Estrella/Estrella

15.36,

6.98 Lunker

15

Ball/Gallay

14.62

16

Tringalli/Richards

14.28,

4.38 kicker

17

LePage/Bedell

13.44,

4.42 kicker

18

Deering/Deering

13.38,

5.36 kicker

19

Davis/Davis

13.34

20

White/White

12.92

21

Foster/Thayer

12.46

22

Jannarone

12.24

23

Turner/Pollis

11.50,

5.02 kicker

24

Thibault/Hicks

11.42

25

Ruckewicz/Cassello

10.18,

3.10 kicker

26

Burke/Barnes

10.12

27

Houghton/Saundars

9.74

28

Rose/OBrian

8.52

29

Walker/Calvert

8.02

30

Elie/Chase

3.60

31

VanDougen

2.38

32

Smith/Manning

2.10

Portland Yacht Services “PYS Top Finisher” Program

This program is a rewards program for all teams competing and to qualify you must be registered before an event starts. It is free to register. Click here to learn more.

2011-2012 Trail Championship

May 12 and 13, 2012 - Branch Pond -Details real soon

2012 Trail Schedule

April 29, 2012 – Damariscotta Lake - 8am to 4pm - DONE

June 30, 2012 – Sebago Lake - 8am to 4pm

July 29, 2012 – Cobbosseecontee Lake - 8am to 4pm

August 26, 2012 – Sebasticook Lake - 8am to 4pm

September 30, 2012 – Cobby Stream/Pleasant Pond - 8am to 4pm

I want to personally reach out to all the anglers who have followed this tournament committee over the years and given us the opportunity to grow our sport in this State and create a community around our events. I have come to know anglers in many states, and our secret (our big bass) is something special. Trust me when I talk to folks in Florida, California, Alabama etc. they all think we have giant smallies. I always say shhhhh, the largies are bigger. Let’s have a great year. Tell a friend who has stepped out of tournament fishing to comeback, we want to meet them.