Tiderunner Bassmasters Facts:
- The club is starting it's 20th year as an MBF club
- There are presently 8 members in the club
- There is still one Charter member left in the club
- 4 members have been in the club 15 years or more; 2 members over 8 years; 2 members for 6 years or less
- The club is the only club to never miss a Southern Region Meeting (since it's formation in 1989)
- The age of club members has ranged from the 20's to the 60's
- There has never been a Tx Director who has been Mr. Bass
- The club has had a set of brothers and three different sets of father's and son's as members
- The club has had members from the following professions:
Boat Mechanic and Service Manager;
Cable Installer;
Military (Army, Navy and Marines)(5);
Chef;
Telephone Company Engineer;
Auto Service Department (2);
Restauranteur;
TV Camera Man;
Record Disk Jockey;
Lure Maker (2);
Carpet Installer;
DNR;
Furniture Maker;
Trucking Dispatcher;
Real Estate Appraiser (2);
Truck Driver;
Crane Operator;
Teaching (2);
Coaching (3);
Sales (several);
and various members in Construction, Factory, Computer, and Supervisory positions.
- We have members who have come to us from as far away as Colorado and California,
but of the 54 total members that have been in the club:
- 42 have been from Anne Arundel County
- 7 have been from Baltimore County
- 2 have been from Prince George's County
- 1 has been from Howard County
- 1 has been from Harford County
- 1 has been from Queen Anne's County
- 18 have been from Pasadena (presently there are 10)
- Four of our club members or ex-club members have made the State Team (one has made it three times)
- We have 7 boats in the club; Most being18' to 21' fiberglass boats with 150 HP to 225 HP engines which
range in speeds from 60 to 75 mph
- Where some of our ex-members are:
- 3 now work at Bass Pro Shops
- 1 is the Head Football Coach at Arundel High School
- 3 are in other clubs
- 3 fish the MBF Tx Trail
- 4 moved out of the state
- 3 live on the Eastern Shore
- 18 have gotten out of competitive bass fishing all together
- The club has had:
- 4 different Presidents
- 4 different Vice Presidents
- 6 different Sec/Treasurers (plus 3 Secretaries & 2 Treasurers)
- 4 different Tx Chairmen
- 4 different Historians
- 5 different So. Region Representatives (for the year)
- 2 Safety Chairman
- 2 Co-Conservation Chairmen
- 1 So. Region Reporter
- 1 So. Region Secretary
- 1 So. Region Treasurer
- 1 So. Region Director
- 50% of the members have been in the club 15 years or more; 25% for 5 years or less
- The club has fished 13 different bodies of water over the years
- In the 19 years of the club's existence only one member has ever been asked to leave the club
- In the 19 years of club fishing and out of 52 different federation members, 6 have been Mr. Bass (1 is active)