Julius and Smith Open Team Trail Season with a Win at Quaboag Pond

The first Massachusetts Bass Federation Team Trail tournament was held Saturday April 16th on Quaboag Pond. Congratulations to the team of Steve Julius and Joe Smith with a bag that locked the scales at 29.66! Awesome bag guys! Second place went to the team of Dave and Seth McNary with 23.29 lbs. Third place was Bruce Burns and Dave Miller with 20.85 pounds. Bob Rivet and Billy Sullivan Jr. brought 17.42 pounds to the scale for 4th place. Congratulations to all! 

Two Young Massachusetts Bass Federation Anglers Headed to TBF National Championship

Two Massachusetts Bass Federation young anglers that came up thru the Federation youth programs are headed to The Bass Federation National Championship at Lake Conroe in Texas at the end of February. Romano Duncan finished first for Massachusetts in the boater division at the district 16 National Semi-Final held at Lake Champlain, South Hero.  Romano was second overall in the boater division with 38.02 pounds of smallmouth bass.  Romano is a member of Wildside Bass Club and came up thru the Federation High School Division.  Romano is currently attending Plymouth State College.  The Co-Angler representative for Massachusetts at this year’s TBF National Championship will be Mike Morrissey.  Mike won the Co-Angler division with 33.45 pounds.  Mike is a member of Northeast Bass Anglers and came up thru the Federation Youth program as well.  We want to wish both of these anglers good luck at this year’s TBF Championship!

Consolini and Jacques Win Team Trail Tournament of Champions

Mark Consolini and Tim Jacques from Northeast Bass won the Massachusetts Bass Federation Team Trail Tournament of Champion on Lake Wentworth. Mark and Tim Weighed in 17.90 LBS of bass to take the win. Second place went to Alan Kaprelian and Armand Swajian with 17.01 LBS. Third place went to Bruce Burns and Dave Miller with 16.74 LBS. Bruce and Dave also had Lunker Smallmouth 2.22 LBS. Lunker Largemouth went to Jarrod Spice and Rich Snow 3.89 LBS.

Congratulations to all that fish both the TOC and the Team Trail in this difficult year. With all the changed tournament locations and dates you all hung in there and showed a passion for fishing. Big shout out to Dave McNary and his Tournament Committee for all the hard work to make this Trail happen. Hope to see you all back in 2021!

2020 Massachusetts Bass Federation National Contenders

Congratulations to all those that competed in the TBF District 16 National Semi-Final at Lake Champlain at South Hero, Vermont. The Massachusetts Bass Federation anglers going to the National Championship are boater Brian Carmichael and co-angler Joey McKinnon. They will be competing on the Red River in Shreveport, Louisiana March 10th-12th for the TBF National Championship.