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| Winter 2007 The club finished another successful year with a "down to the wire" finish. Roy Bolling eased past Adam Bolling in the very last tx after Adam lead most of the year. Chuck Doran came in a close third. Check out the stats pages to see final results for the year. The club is in the process of forming the 2008 schedule and winter banquet. The officers for 2008 are: Walt Lechert - President & Treasurer; Mark Wilhite - Vice President; Scott Dunlop - Secretary; and Denis Schanberger - Tx Director & Historian/Website. The Safety Chairman is yet to be decided. |
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| September 2007 Update On August 25, 2007, Tiderunner Bassmasters, along with Crofton Meadows Home Owners Association, sponsored the annual Crofton Kid's Tournament. All participants were treated to a morning of fishing, hot dogs and sodas, and fishing tackle donated by Tiderunner members. Biggest Catfish winner was a 4 lb 9-1/2 oz brute caught by Tommy Maporka. Top Bass weighed 1 lb 1-1/2 oz and was caught by Justin Bajor. Abbie Sabota took top panfish prize with 18 fish. Tiderunner co-sponsors this event each year as a way to give something back to the community, and to introduce youngsters to the sport of fishing. The Nanticoke Tx started with some apprehension since the river was inundated by fishermen pre-fishing all week for the Regional TBF tx the following week. But, all went well with Roy Bolling pulling off a close win with Mark Wilhite, Denis Schanberger and Adam Bolling all within 1 1/2 lbs of the leader. Roy ended up with 8 lb 11.5 ozs with Mark bringing in a 1 lb 12 oz lunker. Needless to say, there were a lot of small fish around, but not many big fish. |
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| August 2007 Update The Crofton Kid's Tx is coming up on Saturday, August 25th. It runs from 8 to 4 and will have interactive activities for the kids as well as the tx itself. There are two age groups and everyone wins something. The event is held at the Crofton Meadows pond on Aberdeen Drive off of Liedel Road. The Wicomico Tx went off without a hitch. Adam Bolling had 5 keepers by 7:30, but got edged out for the top spot by Dickie Whitacre who had 11-01. Adam, who had the lunker of 3-06, came in second with 10-15. Walt Lechert was third with 7-09. There were 36 fish caught for 66-11. |
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| July 2007 Update Not much going on this month with vacations and such. Only one tx in July and it was on the mighty Choptank. Not many fish and most were small. Good thing that the DNR is giving the Maryland Bass Federation 5,000 bass to raise and put in the river. On August 25th, Tiderunner is again assisting the Crofton Meadows Homeowners Association with their annual kid's tournament. The club which donates many give-away prizes will help the kids during the tx, run the weigh-in and give away prizes at the award's ceremony. |
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| June 2007 Update Jim Adair, the Southern Region Conservation Chairman issued a challenge to all of the region's clubs to come up with a conservation project. Tiderunner rose to the occasion by deciding to do a trash clean-up of the Belle Grove Ponds in Patapsco State Park. Nine members showed up Wednesday night at 6pm on June 13th. After waiting thirty minutes for a storm to pass the guys got to work and collected twelve large trash bags full of trash. Also included in the trash were three tires, parts of a lawn chair and a metal frame. See the pictures |
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| May 2007 Update How many times have you seen it happen --- a guy has boat trouble during a tx and is stuck fishing close to the ramp and he wins the tx. Well that's what happened to Adam on the flats. On his way to the Sassafras his water pump started to go and he had to fish close to the ramp by fishing in the back channel. He ended up with 14+ lbs. Good luck to the guys fishing in the SQT --- Andy, Adam and Chuck. Because of the SQT and Mr. Bass there are no club tx's in May. The next tx is June 2 on the Potomac. Kudos to Andy for the fine effort in his very first Mr. Bass Tx. |
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| April 2007 Update Weather has not been a friend to Tiderunner. After having bad weather at Falls Lake, the last thing the club wanted was bad weather for our second tx. But, you can't always get mother nature to oblige and as it turned out we had to postpone our Potomac Tx until later in the year, if possible. Everyone will be "biting at the bit" by the time the next tx arrives on the Susquehanna Flats. |
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| March 2007 Update The club for the first tx of the year took their annual trek to Falls Lake, North Carolina. As usual, we had a major weather change the day after most of us arrived. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday were in the 80's, but Thursday we woke up to driving rain and falling temperatures. It rained over 2" and the temperature dropped over 30°. Only Dickie and his guest braved the elements and even they came in at mid-day. Mid-day Saturday the wind picked up to 20+ mph. Needless to say the bite became tough, but even so, several nice fish were brought to the scales. There was a 6-14.5; a 6-14; a 6-05; and a 5-01 among the 13 fish weighed-in. Our next tx is April 7th out of Smallwood. |
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| February 2007 Update The Annual Award's Banquet held at the Woodfire Restaurant in Severna Park was a big success. All members and their significant others were in attendance. Plaques were awarded to Andy Zamostny for "Mr. Bass", Adam Bolling for "Second Place", Scott Dunlop for "Heavy Stringer", Chuck Doran for "Lunker" and to all of the individual tournament winners. The club is accepting applications for non-boaters for 2007. With most of the fishing shows in the past and the cold weather keeping most of us off of the water, everyone is anxiously awaiting the March tournament on Falls Lake. |
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| January 2007 Update Officers & Chairs President/Treasurer: Walt Lechert Vice President: Jeff Coppage Secretary: Chuck Doran Tx Chairman: Tom Welsh Safety Chairman: Roy Bolling Historian/Website: Denis Schanberger 2007 Tx Schedule 3/17-18 (2-day) -- Falls Lake (NC) 4/7 -- Potomac (SM) 4/21 -- Susquehanna Flats (HDG) 6/2 -- Potomac (FW) 6/23 -- Middle River (WPP) 7/28 -- Choptank (D) 8/11 -- Wicomico 9/15 -- Nanticoke (S) 10/6 -- Sassafras (DM) 10/27 -- Potomac (SM) |
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| August 2006 Update On 8/26/2006, Tiderunner Bassmasters and Crofton Meadows Homeowners Association held the annual Crofton Meadows Kids Tournament at Crofton Meadows Pond. A total of 58 youngsters participated, ranging in ages from 2 to 15 years old. Mother nature came through with a beautiful day for us. Live bait was once again donated by Mike’s Bait House, and hot dogs and sodas were also provided to the participants by Crofton Meadows HOA. Cash prizes were given by the Crofton Meadows HOA to the tournament winners, and all participants were given fishing tackle donated by the Tiderunners Bassmasters. Top prize winners were Michael Bowman (1 lb 10-1/2 oz Largemouth Bass), Brandon Robinson (4 lb 7-1/2 oz Catfish), and Jacob Peters (10 oz Crappie). This tournament is held each year, and everyone has a great time. I’m not sure who has the most fun – the kids or the Tiderunner members! There’ s nothing so satisfying as the pride and excitement on the boys’ and girls’ faces when they bring a fish to the scales. We’re already looking forward to making next year’s event even better! |
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| October 2006 Update What beautiful weather for fishing on the Sassafras River . It was a cloudy, cold, rainy, breezy day with wind gusts up to 30 miles an hour. It couldn’t get any better than that. But a few still managed to find fish. Andy Zamostny won the tournament with five fish weighing 11 lbs and 10 oz. Andy won the lunker as well with 4 lbs 14.5 oz bass. Tom Welsh finished in second with five fish weighing 8 lbs. Adam Bolling wrapping up third with four fish weighing 7 lbs 10.5 ozs. The rest of us were able to find a few. Our next tournament, which is our last tournament for the year, will be on the Rappahannock River in Virginia on October 21st,. Andy also is the leader in the club in points for Mr. Bass, with Scott Dunlop and Tom Welsh in tied for second. Good luck to all three in the last tournament |
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| November 2006 Update Here are the highlights for Tiderunner’s last 2006 tournament. The tournament was located in Virginia on the Rappahannock River. The weather was agreeable except for a little wind; the river handles it well, although it can be tough fighting the strong current and the wind at the same time. Along with Tiderunner two other small Virginia clubs were fishing their Classics on the river. The only glitch of the day was that Denis forgot to bring his cameras, so we had to shoot the winner’s pictures with a cell phone. Everyone caught fish and Adam ended up winning the battle for the 2006 second place plaque. The winner of the tournament was Walt Lechert with a total of five fish weighing 13 lbs 1.5 oz. He also had the lunker of 3 lbs 1 oz. Adam Bolling finished second with five weighing in at 8 lbs 3 oz. And, third was Andy Zamostny with five fish weighing in at 7 lbs 10 oz. Andy Zamostny wrapped up the Mr. Bass title for Tiderunner for the 2006 season. Congratulation to Andy for winning Mr. Bass and having a great year (see his fish for the year by clicking on his picture on the “home page”The club is now gearing for next year and is making plans for our award’s banquet at the Woodfire restaurant in Severna Park on February 3rd. |
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