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The 2024 Tournament season is off and running! Boy does it feel good to be on the water again. The first BASS Nation Tournament of the year on Lake Martin had strong participation by our members, including 18th, 19th, and 20th place Co-Angler finishes by Will McRee, Alex Roberts, and Jacob G-Money George respectively. Nice job boys. Other members have been tearing it up in BFL's, ABT's, and other tournaments across the state. Keep representing the club well and hammer down out there! Now for the good stuff... We hosted our first tournament of the year on a cloudy, misty Sunday morning on Guntersville Lake. The lake has been fishing about as good as it has in the past 10 years, and I think everyone was ready to sling some over the gunnel on something that rattles, shakes, or vibrates. Despite favorable weather all week, the fishing was much tougher than expected for most of the field. Despite this, Lee Byrd managed to capture a solid 19# bag doing what he loves, winning the boater side by a wide margin. LJ Brown came in second, and Josh Gunnin third. Matthew Hebert had the big fish, a beautiful 5.60 Largehead he caught swimming a jig. Only 2 Co-Anglers brought fish to the scales, with Alex Roberts capturing the top prize by .2 of a pound over Lee Fowler, who had 2.30#. Rumors say he caught the winning fish (singular) on a chatterbait. Full results will be available on the 2024 Results page. Overall, while the fishing was tough, the company was excellent and we had great participation to start the year. Let's keep that rolling! Moving forward, please sign up/check in at the ramp prior to the Tournament and continue to bring cash. Next tournament: 3/24 - Smith Lake Dam Next meeting: TBD ~AR Happy new year, folks. Please take a minute to review a quick summary of last night's meeting. Foremost, a big thank you to Joey Aderhold for making your self available and stepping up to fill in the gap last year. Joey has answered the call again this year, and will serve as club vice president, and tournament director. The Schedule has been posted, so mark your calendars and make your plans now. Also, a big thank you to Bruce Sargent for hosting us at his place last night. If you have not had the privilege to visit the farm yet, I recommend you do so. It's a special place to my old hometown, and what Bruce has done out there to bring it back to life is truly amazing. Happy Birthday man, and thank you. Alongside Joey will be Josh Dees president, Bruce will run the financials again as the treasury, Nick Layfield will serve the club as secretary, Alex Roberts on media, and Thad Spates serving as membership director. With the council set, and the schedule posted, we are off to an amazing start. Overview:
ABN - 23 days and a wake-up until we kick off Lake Martin for the first ABN Qualifier of the year. Look forward to seeing you there. As a reminder, our first 2 derbs are on a Sunday, so please make sure you plan accordingly. Guys, check your rigs, running lights, air horns, tire pressure. pfd's on board, paperwork etc. Now is the time to ensure you're legal and safe. See you boys at the ramp! Author~tro Aight folks! We are officially underway in the 2023 season, and it just feels good. First and foremost, thank you for your quick communication on Facebook. This is how we plan to continue to conduct the derby participation so please keep it up. Alabama Bass Nation on Martin - We had 10 boats, and 3 Co's participating in this event, with Alex Roberts cutting a check coming in at 14th place. BBC continues to represent well. Speaking of Alex Roberts, how about that 10th place finish on Lake G this past Saturday with 17lb bag of the back of the boat! Keep up the great work hoss! ABT South on Martin - Quick turn around and right back at Martin some of you go. How about an epic 3rd place finish on the ABT south trail in his first debut, (que the intro music), Jacob G-Money George! Jacob, and Sweeny took 3rd place with 12.83, cashing fat checks, and breaking pencil necks. We see you lil bro. Big shoutout to the Lake Martin veteran Joe Aderhold representing as well with a 14th place finish. Great job guys. Alright alright, let’s get down to it shall we? Lake Jordan was primed and ready to show out. With nearly a week of highs in the upper 70's and lows in the 60's it was a promising sign that the fish were moving up shallow. The anticipation and excitement were in the air. The only problem is we started the morning off, loading on one lane of the boat ramp. Someone had sunk his truck and trailer at the ramp. Which is just a humble reminder it can happen to anyone folks. Never get complacent at the ramp. Lee Byrd took that top spot swimming a jig up shallow, followed by Charles Nowling, and Matthew Hebert. Lincoln Stewart made his long-awaited debut on the front of the boat with a 5 bass limit. It was great to see Chris Stockard in the playing field and Thad Spates out there doing his thing. On the co-angler side Charles Rosato separated himself with a fat 6.85lb bag. Shan Price and Wallace Williams finished 2nd and 3rd neck and neck with 5.55 lb's, and 5.15 lb's Stewart Vitollo fished this event as a prospect, and when Lee Byrd gives you, his blessing then consider yourself a part of the crew. A vote was made, and Stewart is now a Birmingham Bass Club member. Welcome aboard bud. Full results are up on the Schedule Page. Our next Meeting will be 3/16 - Hickory Tavern 6PM-8PM, and Cooter’s Pond on 3/18! Author~tro  Meetings At ease, and listen up. Below is the meeting cadence for the next few months, to include this week's meeting. We have a lot to discuss in our first meeting of the year, so please make every effort to attend if you can. I can't wait to see you guys and get this year kicked off. We have a few prospects planning to re-join, and if you still have not paid for 23' dues, let's expedite that ASAP.
This week's Meeting: Jan 19th 6PM Cahaba Brewing Company Directions HERE Address: 4500 5th Ave S. Building C. Birmingham, AL 35222 Upcoming Meetings:
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Folks, the schedule is officially up! If you haven't already be sure to check it out. Tournement Director Matthew Hebert warned us to be on the look out for some new and different water, and he did not disappoint. This is going to be an exciting year. Secondly, please get those dues in. This allows us to finalize the contact sheet, and determine our capacity for the year for new prospects, among other things. If you are on the fence, call me. This year is going to be special. The best way to do this is via PayPal, to Bruce Sargent. Also, I really want to take a moment and highlight the Triple D event this year. This event has been moved to April. That's right! No blazing heat strokes, and summer lull bites. This is a chance for us to get together as a club for a couple of days and catch giants! Make room on your calendars now, and please coordinate through Matthew Hebert. He needs a head count ASAP. Finally, we are planning on meeting more frequently this year. More to come on that front when we gather next week, so make sure you are there. I look forward to seeing you all on the 12th. Jan 12th 6PM Cahaba Brewing Company Directions HERE Address: 4500 5th Ave S. Building C. Birmingham, AL 35222 ~tro  Hey Folks,
I trust you are all doing well during this black-hole of a week between Christmas and New Years. What day is it by the way? lol Just a quick update, we will be meeting on Jan 12th at 6PM to kick off the new year. Pass out the 2023 Fishing Schedule and discuss the meeting cadence for the year. If you have not paid your club dues yet for 2023 this would be a perfect opportunity to attend and square up on dues. I can't wait to see what this new year brings for us as a club. Happy New Year! I look forward to seeing you all on the 12th. Jan 12th 6PM Cahaba Brewing Company Directions HERE Address: 4500 5th Ave S. Building C. Birmingham, AL 35222 ~Tro Hello, Hello is this thing on??
Breaking radio silence on what has been an interesting and quiet year. COVID, flu, life changes, inflation, families growing, change of jobs, boats sold, boats bought, whatever this year has been for you, I want to wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Big shout out and thank you Josh Dees, Kyle Kimbrell, Scott Holmes, Jacob George, Bruce Sargent and all the others, that have served the club the past few years, and continue to serve. Congratulations to the new counsel. There is a lot of excitement for this upcoming year. So, get your body’s back in fishing shape, and your gear in order. We hope to have the schedule published the first week of Jan and potentially back on the water in Feb... stay tuned. I will be emailing out our yearly Club Contact List for the year 2023. Please take a minute to review the list and submit any changes of your information to Thad Spates: [email protected] Also, please if you have not already, send your 2023 dues to Bruce Sargent on PayPal through Friends and Family via his cell phone number. If you prefer to pay cash, let us know. We will plan on kicking the new year off with a meeting in mid to late January. Details will be posted ASAP. I'm really looking forward to serving this club in 2023, see you all next year! ~Tro  I'll be short and brief. Few things to go over with y'all. 1) Our meeting next week will be Thursday 20th, location at Hickory Tavern in Brookwood Village. Directions are here 2) The 22' Schedule is officially posted on the schedule tab, go check it out. Keep an eye out for an email for a State Wide schedule, and a printable schedule to put on your fridge! 3) 22' Contact List - We are working on finalizing the 22' contact list, BOLO for that email as well. Please review your information and make any edits to new phone numbers, email address, or provide any missing information that you see is not accounted for. 4) Warrior River - Feb 5th! If we can't all get along, then lets get it on! Kidding, seriously though, we are less than a month away, don't procrastinate. Get your gear in order, make sure your boats are safe, and working (nav lights - insurance - PFD's), get your bodies in fishing shape, stay healthy, and I look forward to seeing all of you at the ramp! giddy up Author~tro Happy New year BBC! I hope you all have had a good Christmas break. We wish you all a healthy, and prosperous new year, and plenty of good fishing for the 2022 year.
We will be getting a quick start to the year so please, if you have not paid your 22' annual dues yet, you need to do so ASAP. Dues are due to Bruce Sargent via cash, check, or PayPal. The sooner we can get the 2022 Roster firmed up the sooner we can get the Contact Sheet updated and published. This years schedule is already in the works and close to completion. It should line up to be an epic year of fishing. So get your reels spooled and start prepping your gear. We will get started in one month, I repeat one month. Here is a update from our President Josh Dees regarding our first meeting, and first derby. Stay tuned... BBC Members, We will have our first club meeting of 2022 on January 20th. We will be discussing the up coming year as well as giving out our complete schedule for the year. If you have not paid your membership for the year please do so as soon as possible. Contact Bruce Sargent to make payment. Our first tournament of the year will be on February 5th at the Warrior River. The launch will be announced at the meeting. We are looking forward to a great 2022. Thanks, Josh Congratulations to this years Angler of the Year winners, and also to our Club Championship winners. You guys showed up and fished hard all year. Very proud of our turnout, lets keep it going for next year. Club Championship Winners: Championship winner on the boater side was Kyle Kimbrell, and the winner on the Co side was Lincoln Stewart. Both of these guys fished great all year, but they where not going to be denied that top spot during the classic. The pot was sweetened this year, and they capitalized. Great job guys! Our Angler of the year winners: This year on the boater side we had a tie that went down to the tie breaker between Scott Holmes, and Chris Wiemar. Chris took the top spot by having total weight through out the year. Congratulations Chris, and to Scott! On the Co-Angler side, Alex Roberts, aka Axle Rod got it done, with Wallace and Lincoln putting up a good fight along the way. Big congrats Alex, and continue that momentum into next year. Alabama Bass Nation: It has been a decade since the Birmingham Bass Club didn't send someone to the Bass Nation State Team, and this year we keep that tradition alive. Big shout out and congratulations to Jeff Corley, and Will McRee for not only making the state team, but also winning the Team side during the championship, and advancing on to the Bass Nation Team Championship as well. Jeff also scored big fish catching a giant 6.57 lb Lake Martin large head. The Team Championship will be hosted on Lake Eufaula December 8th - 11th, and because they won last weekend they will be awarded the $500 entry fee. The regional will be hosted on Smith Lake next year in April. Good luck guys! As a whole, we had 3 boaters finish in the top 20, and 7 co-anglers in the top 20. Outstanding showing this year. In Other News: Also, big nod to Travis Culbreth. Travis fished the Bass Open trail along with the Bama Nation Trail. He took 6th place at Lake Norman, 3rd place at Smith Lake, and 2nd place at Grand Lake in the Opens. He also still finished top 10 on the Nation side. What a year! We see you big boy! Yeah bud! Coming up: Our Next Meeting will be on November 18th (Venue TBD). This will be a big meeting. We have a lot to discuss. Here are just a few items. We will be reviewing the Club Classic, the Nation Championship, paying out the winners, paying your dues for next year (bring cash money), tackle swap (bring cash money, and tackle), voting on next years officer slate and much more. The proposed Office Slate is President: Josh Dees Vice President: Kyle Kimbrell Treasurer: Bruce Sargent Secretary: Jonathan Trowbridge Author~tro |
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