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FLORIDA'S LARGEST & THE WORLDS LARGEST B.A.S.S NATION "BUDDY" TEAM TOURNAMENT TRAIL BASS FISHING CLUB DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR ANGLERS OF ALL AGES WITH OR WITHOUT EXPERIENCE.

Becoming a member of Bay Area Bassmasters opens many doors for all anglers. Regardless of age, you can compete for our Team Anglers of the Year (TAOY) awards. Anyone over the age of 18 also has the opportunity to qualify to fish in the upcoming Bassmasters Classic. Bay Area Bassmasters is a club that provides something for everyone, whether you're an avid experienced angler, or someone who is new to the sport, we want to invite you to join us and experience the sheer fun of tournament bass fishing at it's best. Please click on "New Members" and begin your new experience with Florida’s # 1 bass fishing club!

 

 

Month Mtg Date Tourn Date Lake/Weather Sponsored By Ramp/Directions Update
TEAM NUMBERS TO BE USED THROUGHOUT SEASON
January 11 Harris Chain  ArmorGuard Small Hickory Point Ramp  Results
February 4 8 Lake Kissimmee  Allstate Camp Mack River Resort     Results
March 10 14  Lake Weir  Hamilton Image Carney Island Rec Ramp  Results
April 7 11 Lake Toho       Southport Ramp No-Launch
May 5 9 Harris Chain CarShop Small  Hickory Point Ramp  Results 
June 9 13 Lake Istokpoga CartwrightWide  98 Ramp  Results
July 7  11 Lake Tarpon  Richards Small Anderson Park Results 
August 4 8 Winter Haven Ch.   TAMahoney 150 Lake Shipp Park  Results
September 8 12 Lake Kissimmee walpole  Camp Mack River Resort  Results
October 6 10 June in Winter   Lewis Roberson  HL Bishop Park Public Ramp Results

* location or date change

CLUB CLASSIC
November 10 14,15 Lake Okeechobee  walpole  Clewiston Launch 

 

Meetings to be held at Beef O Bradys - Seffner at 7:00 PM
Address: 812 W Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Seffner, FL. 33584. Phone (813) 661-7343

 

The Bay Area Bassmasters have put together this page of research tools, links and helpful information to assist our members in being able to research area bodies of water, fishing tips/techniques, reports, etc. If there is a tool that you use that you would like us to put a link to please email us directly.
 

Fishing Social Media

BassGold - Bass patterning tool. Free to B.A.S.S. Nation members for 1st year (Promo code: NATION13)

Fishidy - Fishing social media site with Tips/Techiniques, Fishing Log, Maps, etc.

 

Lake Information

Lake Level Graphical Plots - Provided by the US Army Corps of Engineers

 

Message Boards

Bass Boat Central - message board with all kinds of interesting stuff relating to all things fishing

Florida Bass Network - message board specific to Florida with fishing reports, etc.

 

Tournament Information

Florida Bass Tournaments - #1 Source for Bass Tournaments in Florida - has monthly information on all upcoming tournaments around the state

 

Weather

ScoutLook - weather site with all kinds of other cool information

 

 

The following are the many of the All-Time marks established by the Bay Area Bassmasters members through the seasons:

All Time Records
Year Team Weight Record
2013 Casey Gonzalez & Eugene Terkoski 159.13 Most Weight For Season
2010 Joe Hobson & Karl Sunstrum 44.82 Most Weight Classic - Okeechobee
2022 Don & Kenny Garand 10.86 Largest Lunker - Istokpoga
2020 Greg Shamblin & Newt Hill 0.57 Smallest Dink - Winter Haven
       
Team Anglers of the Year   
Year Team Weight  
2023 Who's Next ?  
2022 Jeff Crandon & Jared Crandon 134.37  
2021 Jeff Crandon & Jared Crandon 139.81  
2020 Tom Craighead & Bob Grosso 136.33  
2019 Tom Craighead & Bob Grosso 133.48  
2018 Jeff Crandon & Jared Crandon 139.20  
2017 Jeff Crandon & Jared Crandon 158.58  
2016 Steve Mekdeci & Ryan Mekdeci   130.57   
2015 Casey Gonzalez & Eugene Terkoski 129.64  
2014 Jeff Crandon & Dan Richardson 158.39  
2013 Casey Gonzalez & Eugene Terkoski 159.13  
2012 Clay Garrett & Jeff Baker    
2011 Chuck Metheny & Rodney Marks 104.82  
2010 Clay Garrett & Jeff Baker 157.00  
2009 Clay Garrett & Don Hanchett 145.19  
2008 Clay Garrett & Don Hanchett    
2007 Clay Garrett & Don Hanchett    
2006 Joe Hobson & Karl Sunstrum    
2005 Clay Garrett    
       
Classic Winner
Year Team Weight Lake
2022 Mike & Pam Hardy 28.14 Okeechobee - Clewiston
2021 Don & Kenny Garand 31.91 Okeechobee - Clewiston
2020 John & Perry Cincotta 38.91 Okeechobee - Clewiston
2019 Jeff Crandon & Jared Crandon 31.34 Okeechobee
2018 Ron Stoker & Greg VanMeter 29.99 Okeechobee
2017 Mark Kummelman & Kyle Stokes 30.63 Okeechobee
2016 Tom Craighead & Bob Grosso  27.38  Okeechobee 
2015 Casey Gonzalez & Eugene Terkoski 33.04 Okeechobee
2014 Tom Mahoney & Carol Mahoney 30.30 Okeechobee
2013 Casey Gonzalez & Eugene Terkoski  27.13  Okeechobee 
2012 Clay Garrett & Jeff Baker 32.60 Okeechobee
2011 Casey Gonzalez & Eugene Terkoski 35.40 Okeechobee
2010 Joe Hobson & Karl Sunstrum 44.82 Okeechobee
2009 Joe Hobson & Karl Sunstrum 23.82 Okeechobee
2008 Kenny Britt & Chuck Metheny 24.32 Harris Chain
2007 Tom Mahoney & T.A. Mahoney 15.40 Kissimmee
2006 Joe Hobson & Karl Sunstrum 20.40 Kissimmee
2005 Elton Brewer & Gary Ford   Kissimmee
       
Lunker of the Year
Year Angler Weight Lake
2023 ?    
2022 Don & Kenny Garand 10.86 Istokpoga
2021 Chuck Redding & Fred Girvin 9.69 Lake Istokpoga
2020 Jeff & Jared Crandon 10.16 Lake Weir
2019 Steve Sapp & Gordon Guinn 10.95 Winterhaven Chain
2018 Casey Gonzalez & Gene Terkoski 10.95 Lake Kissimmee
2017 Chris & Rick Walter 9.05 Lake Toho
2016 Eugene Terkoski  10.37 June in Winter
2015 Jeff Baker 10.17 Kissimmee
2014 Steve Gallette 10.28 Istokpoga
2013 Carl Powers 10.12 Tarpon
2012 Garrett Rocamora 10.10 Istokpoga
2011 Tom Craighead 8.72 Lake June
2010 Keith Ziegler 9.64  
2009      
2008 Bob Grosso 9.12 Tarpon
2007 Joe Hobson 10.08 Istokpoga
       
Dink of the Year
Year Angler Weight Lake
2023 ?    
2022 Tom & Carol Mahoney 0.63 Easrt Lake Toho
2021 Greg Shamblin & Newt Hill 0.61 Clermont Chain of Lakes
2020 Greg Shamblin & Newt Hill 0.57 Winter Haven Chain
2019 Greg Shamblin & Newt Hill 0.63 Lake Henderson
2018 Chuck Pons & Mark Rees 0.68 Harris Chain
2017 Richard & Stacie Carter 0.63 Lake Harris
2016 Elton & Dennis Brewer   0.73  Clermont Chain of Lakes
2015 Tom Mahoney 0.75 Kissimmee
2014 Tom Craighead 0.67 Lake Shipp
2013 Corey Bump Sr. 0.64 Tarpon
2012 Ryan Mekdeci 0.72 Kissimmee
2011 Allen Powers 0.60 John's Lake
2010 Brian Hoffman 0.78 East Lake Toho
2009      
2008 Brian Hoffman 0.74 Kissimmee
2007 Casey Gonzalez 0.65 Kissimmee

 

Final Standings as of 10/08/16
(*)Qualified to fish Classic

 

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Bay Area Pool Service Top 10 TAOY Teams

 

    Team Members # Fish Weight Points # of Tourneys Big Fish Dink
* 1st Steve Mekdeci & Ryan Mekdeci 49 130.57 536 10 8.1  
* 2nd Jeff Crandon & Jared Crandon 50 138.4 530 10 7.45  
* 3rd Tom Craighead & Bob Gosso 46 106.04 502.5 10 6.3  
* 4th Lewis Roberson & Calvin Boyette 50 107.55 495 10    
* 5th Alex Udwari & Kyle Anderson 47 96.76 475 10 7.15  
* 6th Gary Ford & Joe Hobson 46 104.37 474 10 4.47  
* 7th Chris Neatherly & Steve Gallette 45 106.39 474 10 5.23  
* 8th Mike Hardy & Pam Hardy 47 96.37 469 10 6.27  
* 9th John Cincotta & Perry Cincotta 47 99.45 463 10 5.05 0.91
* 10th Brian Stillwell & Fred Haus 46 96.31 461 10 6.15  
* 11th Casey Gonzalez & Eugene Terkoski 38 103.12 447 9 10.37  
* 12th Justin Richards & Jeff Richards 47 90.52 440 10 5.69  
* 13th Dave May & Jeff May 39 88.11 440 10 7.7  
* 14th Bruce Young & Jared Young 43 80.86 435.5 10 4.56  
* 15th Rodney Yavorsky & Chuck Gomez 40 79.04 419.5 10 4.58  
* 16th Jim Stillwell & Glenn Bailey 43 77.97 402 10 4.51 0.8
* 17th Mark Kummelman & Kyle Stokes 37 63.73 377 10    
* 18th Clint Kummelman & Matthew Bender 36 74.69 375 9 6 0.77
* 19th Tom Mahoney & Carol Mahoney 31 62.88 373 10    
* 20th Joe Craighead & Carl Powers 34 73.86 368 9 6.45 1.25
* 21st Greg Shamblin & Newt Hill 34 60.3 367 10   0.84
* 22nd Chuck Redding & Art Stevens 29 59.09 365 10 4.71 1.94
* 23rd Chuck Pons & Mark Rees 35 84.94 352 8 6.57 0.91
* 24th Keith Katrein & Dalton Katrein 30 67.44 342 8 8.92  
* 25th Leon Henson & Steve Beach 31 53.17 339 10   1.42
* 26th Ron Herbert Jr & Paul Macchia 38 80.82 323 8 7.94 1.28
* 27th Greg Allen & Lee Allen 34 63.67 310 7    
* 28th Jeff Baker & Darren Betts 30 64.13 309 7   1.02
* 29th Brian Renshaw & Bobby Squires 23 77.55 297 7 7.08  
* 30th Ron Hebert Sr. & Kevin Hebert 25 45.19 296 9    
* 31st  Elton Brewer & Dennis Brewer 25 56.92 294 7   0.73
* 32nd Mike Elliott & Frank Jones 29 44.95 285 8   0.85
* 33rd Roy Raulerson & William Drawdy 29 52.59 281 8 4.15  
  34th Chris Walter & Rick Walters 25 62.78 278.5 5 6.27 0.91
* 35th Shawn Cartwright & Brian Tutich 23 40.56 271 9   1
* 36th Jon Johnson & Milan Vujakovich 23 40.3 257 8    
* 37th Matt Smith & Michael Reid  15 32.37 236 7    
* 38th Michael Press & Alan Press 14 30.57 194 7 6.3  
* 39th Dan Burns & Mike Wojcik 20 32.99 164 7   0.98
  40th Bill Noriega & Adam Noriega 5 17.68 111 4 7.9  
  41st Richard Carter & Stacie Carter 8 14.7 86 2    
  42nd Matt Norris & Tim Grimes 6 14.19 81 3 6.33 1.43
  43rd Derrick Del Rosal & Steve Heisler 3 4.89 78 3    
  44th Bradley Boerner & Charles ates 2 2.31 77 3    
  45th  Mike Everritt 4 9.61 65 2    
  46th Eric Bachnik & Shelby Bachnik 5 13.35 45 1 4.95  
  47th Travis Grimes 1 4.86 27.5 2    
  48th Trevor Campbell & Brandon Boyett 1 1.04 22 1    
  49th Mike Blanchard & Tony Office 0 0 12 1    
                 
    Totals 1411 3010        
                 
    Avg Fish   2.1332        

If

you have any questions about this list, please contact your club officers

 

Final Standings as of 10/14/18

 

    TAOY Totals            
    Team Members  # Fish   Weight   Points   # of Tourneys   Big Fish   Dink 
* 1st Jeff Crandon & Jared Crandon 50 139.2 684 10 5.27  
* 2nd Casey Gonzalez & Eugene Terkoski 50 149.59 682 10 10.95 0.7
* 3rd Tom Craighead & Bob Grosso 50 148.49 680 10 7.29  
* 4th  Matt Smith & Alex Udwari 49 137.67 663 10 7.34  
* 5th Joe Hobson & Gary Ford 46 127.09 657 10 9.53 1.03
* 6th Mike Hardy & Pam Hardy 48 136.66 648 10 8.2 0.89
* 7th Elton Brewer & Dennis Brewer 43 116.84 622 10 8.04  
* 8th John Cincotta & Perry Cincotta 49 116.108 614 10 7.98 0.88
* 9th Steve Mekdeci & Ryan Mekdeci 44 112.3 602 10 7.93  
* 10th Chuck Pons & Mark Rees 43 107.36 576 10 7.83 0.68
                 
* 11th Gary Cox & Larry Tyson 49 98.09 575 10 5.9 0.94
* 12th Roy Raulerson & Ryan Cooper 38 110.61 567 9 7.68  
* 13th Brian Hofmann & Rick Cortina 41 88.5 554 10 8.07  
* 14th Brian Stillwell & Fred Haus 43 100.6 544 9 6.8  
* 15th Greg Shamblin & Newt Hill 42 84.84 544 10 5.8  
* 16th Lewis Roberson & Calvin Boyette 42 109.21 543 9 6.12 0.88
* 17th Joe Craighead & Dylan Casazza 38 83.72 541 10 5.32  
* 18th Rodney Yavorsky & Aaron Yavorsky 40 80.78 536 10 4.56  
* 19th Jon Johnson & Milan Vujakovich 34 83.51 536 10 5.45  
* 20th Don Garard & Kenny Garard 38 79.59 535 10 4.46  
* 21st Bruce Young & Jared Young 42 91.18 524 9 5.86 1.62
* 22nd John Simmerman & Tony Mere 30 68.04 491 10 7.63  
* 23rd Tom Mahoney & Carol Mahoney 39 83.74 486 9 8.04 1.25
* 24th Ron Stoker & Paul Gregory 35 58.28 469 10 6.1 1.06
* 25th Greg Allen & Lee Allen 40 82.83 468 8    
* 26th Jeff Baker & Blain Carter 29 76.55 458 8 6.25  
* 27th Paul Macchia & Ron Hebert JR   36 75.59 455.5 9 8.62  
* 28th Shawn Cartwright & Rick Borden 33 54.72 439 9    
* 29th Jim Stillwell & Gwen Mills-Owen 32 60.05 434 9 5.42 1.04
* 30th Jimmy Thibeault & Austin Thibeault 28 63.46 419 8 4.98 1.16
* 31st Kevin Hebert & Ron Hebert SR. 23 42.62 402.5 9    
* 32nd Chris Neatherly & Steve Gallette 21 49.69 395 9 7.5  
* 33rd Matt Norris & Tim Grimes 27 65.74 390 7 7.95  
* 34th Terry Wien & Gary Wien 29 67.93 387 7 8.28  
* 35th Frank Jones & Fred Liggett 17 52.45 372 8 6.62  
* 36th Chuck Redding & Ginger Redding 19 40.01 360 8 5.24  
* 37th Bradley Boerner & Charles Bates 29 54.42 354 7 7.18 0.86
* 38th Charles Gomes Jr & Ryan Gomez 20 61 344 7 6.52  
* 39th Brian Renshaw & Bobby Squires 23 43.6 340 7 3.17 1.49
* 40th Charles Bridges & Greg Mouradian 16 21.9 340 9   1.01
* 41st David Mangrum & Michael Medina 20 45.63 334 7 6.5  
* 42nd Bo Snively & Craig Kristof 11 28.66 318 8 6.75 0.83
* 43rd Tony Office & Mike Blanchard 22 43.06 308 7   1.88
                 
  44th Eric Bachnik & Shelby Bachnik 22 43.17 274 5 3.25 1.03
  45th William Mickles Jr & Terry Dixon 7 12.18 127 3    
  46th Kyle Harden & Lonnie Harden 6 13.38 106 2    
  47th Dan Duchesne & Rodney Hunter 5 10.81 68 1 4.52  
  48th Dennis Lewis & Jason Bringhurst 0 0 51 2    
  49th Leon Henson 1 1.22 39 1    
  50th Ricky Teschendorf & Samueal Moore 0 0 0 0    
                 
                 
    Totals 1539 3622.668        
                 
    Avg Fish   2.35391033        


(*) Qualified to fish Classic

 

 

If you have any questions about this list, please contact your club officers

 

 

 

Month Mtg Date Tourn Date Lake/Weather Sponsored By Ramp/Directions Update
TEAM NUMBERS TO BE USED THROUGHOUT SEASON

 

Jan

 

5

 

9

 

Winter Haven Chain

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Lake Shipp Park

 

Results

 

Feb

 

9

 

13

 

Lake Istokpoga

Allstate Small

 

98 Ramp

 

 Results 

 

Mar

 

8

 

12

 

Harris Chain

 

 

Venetian Gardens

 

Results 

 

Apr

 

Mar 29

 

2

 

Lake Kissimmee

walpole small

 

Camp Mack River Resoirt

 

Results 

 

May

 

10

 

14

 

Lake Okeechobee

CartwrightWide

 

Okee-Tantie

 

Results 

 

Jun

 

7

 

11

 

Lake Tarpon

SLTOY Small

 

Anderson Park

 

Results 

 

Jul

 

5

 

9

 

Clermont Chain

TheCarShopLogo 225pix

 

Minneola Ramp ($5)

 

Results 

 

Aug

 

9

 

13

 

Lake June in Winter

Baldor/Richards Power & Motion, Inc.

 

HL Bishop Park

 

Results

 

Sep

 

6

 

10

 

Lake Kissimmee

TAM Small

 

Camp Mack River Resort

 

Results

 

Oct

 

4

 

8

 

Lake Istokpoga

Richards Small

 

98 Ramp

 

Results
* location or date change
CLUB CLASSIC
Nov 8 & 15 12-13 Lake Okeechobee      Results

 

Meetings to be held at R J Wings and Things at 7:00 PM
Address: 5025 E Fowler Ave. Tampa, FL 33617. Phone (813) 443-5380

Subcategories

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2024 Leader for " Dink " of the Year

Congratulations: Shawn Cartwright & Christopher Moore
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Lake Harris     0.80 lbs                    Date:  May 11th, 2024


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2024 Leader for "Lunker" of the Year

Congratulations: Chip  Pinner & James Cheek (ALT)
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Kissimmee   8.36lbs                Date:  March 9th, 2024

 

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