2008results

HawgWild Bassmasters held its second tournament of the season and of the month on 26 April 2008. The tournament launch site was moved from Smallwood State Park to Ft Washington Marina due to the large number of events scheduled at Smallwood. Bill Easter made it two-for-two with another win. His win on the Potomac was by less of a margin than his first win. Barely beating out Craig Womack by .05 lbs. Bill and Craig both had a 5-fish limit. Bill's limit weighed 13.65, while Craig's weighed 13.60. Bill's limit was anchored by the tournament lunker, 5.26 lbs. Ken Melton had 4 fish and finished third with 10.93 lbs. Fourth place went to 2007's Mr. Bass, Travis Crowder with three fish and 7.50 lbs. For complete results click on file to left of photos.

HawgWild Bassmasters started its 2008 season at Lake Anna out of Sturgeon Creek Marina. Bill Easter captured the top spot with only three fish. His catch weighed 8.64 lbs. Bill edged out Tournament Director, Rob Reid, by less the half a pound. Rob has three fish which went 8.34 lbs. Third place and lunker went to Craig Womack who had two fish anchored with the 4.86 lbs lunker. For complete results click on file to left of photos.

Craig Womack took 1st Place honors at the HawgWild Bassmasters tournament on the Upper Chesapeake Bay. Craig crushed the other club members with a 5-fish limit that went 16.15 lbs. The closest angler to Craig was newcomer, Danny, who had two fish that went 5.29 lbs. Only 6 club anglers were able to land a fish that met the 15" minimum length. Ed Parker finished behind Danny, followed by Bill Easter, Arvelt Cook and Travis Crowder. The club launched from Tydings Marina at Harve de Grace. Craig and a couple of club members chose to make the trip across the Bay to the Eastern side of the Bay. The ride over was smooth and uneventful. However, as the winds increased throughout the day, they knew that things would be rocky on the trip back. Sure enough, there were right. Ed suffered damage to his trolling motor, Easter lost his butt seat ( and almost his nerves), and Craig speared a wave and had to spend 5 minutes pumping water before he could get back on plane. In the end, all returned safely. For complete results click on file to left of photos.

Travis Crowder won his first tournament of the 2008 season with a victory on John D. Kerr Reservior. Travis's two-day total was a little over 12 lbs. Craig Womack took 2nd Place with a total of 9.13 lbs. Craig's father, Edward Womack finished third with 7.63 lbs. For complete results click on file to left of photos.

The hawg wild bassmasters held their 5th Tx of the season

which was held on the Potomac river. Thanks to the high temperature it made fishing rather on the tough side, but Craig Womack was still able to bring in 5 bass that weighed 18.25lbs to capture first place and win lunker that weighed 5.25lbs. Bill Easter was the next closest with 11.41lbs,3rd LaMont Vernon 10.44, 4th Bill Green 10.24, and Chris Latimer who is new to fishing weighed in a 5 bass limit with 10.11 for a 5th place finish. to see the rest of the results click on photo.

Ken Melton won the Club's sixth tournament on the Chick River. It was Ken's first tournament win since joining the club in late 2006. Ken was able to catch 4 keepers on a very hot and tough day of fishing. Ken's catch weighed 7.28 lbs, but suffered a .31 lbs penalty for one dead fish. Travis Crowder took second place with only two fish that went 3.47 lbs. Lunker and third place went to Rob Reid. Rob's lunker was only 2.15 lbs and his total was 3.15. Fourth place went to Howard Williams, fifth - Craig Womack, sixth - Rick Barnette. Only 11 keepers were brought to the scales on this hot September day.

The club's last tournament of the season saw Tournament Director, Robert Reid, with his first win as a club member. Rob was the co-angler with second place finisher, Bill Easter. Rob had four fish for a total weight of 7.45 lbs. Bill had three fish for 6.81 lbs. Howard Williams finished in third place with 4.98 lbs with 3 fish, Travis Crowder finished 4th with two fish, and Edward Parker had one fish for fifth place. The win brought Rob within a few points of overtaking Travis Crowder for the third place finish for the season.