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HawgWild Bassmasters held its first tournament of the 2007 season on 28 April 2007. The tournament was launched from Smallwood State Park, along with about 100 other boaters. The weather was almost perfect and the fishing was great. Travis Crowder captured the top spot with a healthy bag that weighed 18.50 lbs. He anchored his catch with a 5.06 lunker. Two other anglers weighed in a 5-fish limit and finished 2nd and 3rd. Bill Easter's 13.75 lbs was good enough for second and Craig Womack's 12.75 lbs placed him in third. For complete results click on file to left of photos. We had 11 people fish, 3 5-fish limits were caught, a total of 32 bass were caught and the total weight was 87.54 lbs. all 32 fish were alive and released in the channel of the Potomac River.

HawgWild Bassmasters held its second tournament of the 2007 season out of Sturgeon Creek Marina on Lake Anna. Bill Easter captured the top spot with a 5-fish limit that weighed 12.54 lbs. Bill anchored his stringer with a 5.10 lbs lunker; .04 lbs heavier than the lunker weighed in by Travis at last month's tournament. Craig Womack was also able to catch a limit of fish and finished in second place with 10.19 lbs. Third place finisher, Travis Crowder, was the third angler to weigh a limit which went 8.85 lbs. Doug Stanton finished 4th; and David Albritton finished 5th. There were a total of 37 fish weighed in by the 14 anglers participating. With the exception of a little wind in the early afternoon, the weather was beautiful For complete results click on file to left of photos.

Travis Crowder wins his second tournament in three starts. Travis barely edged out Edward Parker. Travis weighed in 3 fish with a 4.48 lbs lunker. The lunker enabled him to best Ed's 4 fish by 0.20 lbs. Ed had a great showing fishing as a rider with Bill Easter. While Ed was able to land 4 fish, Bill was unable to land a keeper. Craig Womack finished in third place with 4.34 lbs. Others who weighed 1 fish were: Tony Pilot - 2.50 lb; Ken Melton - 2.30 lbs; and Robert Reid - 1.74. This was not a typical Upper Chesapeake Bay outing. It is one of the smallest number of fish brought to the scale of any tournament held on the Upper Bay. There were a total of 12 fish weighed in by the 8 anglers participating. For complete results click on file to left of photos.

Craig Womack gets his first win of the 2007 tournament season with a 10.10 lbs, 5-fish limit on the Nanticoke River. The fourth tournament of the Hawg Wild Bassmasters season was held on 21 July 2007 out of Cherry Beach Park Ramp. Craig used a varity of lures and patterns and was culling early in the day. Travis Crowder was also able to catch a limit (7.03 lbs) and finished second. Two other anglers also had limits: Doug Stanton and potential member Sam Smith. Doug finished 3rd with 6.95 lbs and Sam finished 4th with 4.75 lbs. Other members finished as follows: Bill Easter - 5th (4.17 lbs); Howard Williams - 6th (4.15 lbs); Ken Melton - 7th (2.69); Dave Albritton - 8th (1.66); Bill Green - 9th (1.00 lbs); Rob Reid - 10th (.70 lbs). For complete results click on file to left of photos.

Bill Easter was able to capture his second win of the season on the Potomac River. Hawg Wild Bassmasters' second tournament was a tough one. Easter was able to win with only 2 fish. Although, one of the two was over 5 lbs. Easter's two fish weighed 6.43 lbs. Travis Crowder came to the scales with three fish that weighed in at 6.06 lbs, however a problem with his livewell after taking his boat out of the water killed his catch and cost him 5 ounces per fish (.93 lbs). The penalty put Travis (5.13 lbs) in a tie with Doug Stanton (5.13) for second. Per club rules, in the case of a tie, the first tie-break is the angler with the most fish and the second tie-break is the angler with largest fish. Travis had the largest fish. Fourth place went to Edward Parker with three barely legal fish that went 3.18 lbs, Dave Albritton - 5th (3.00 lbs); Craig Womack - 6th (2.50 lbs); Rob Reid - 7th (2.12 lbs); Tony Pilot - 8th (2.10 lbs); Tim Parker - 9th (2.10 lbs); Ken Melton - 10th (1.44 lbs); Howard Williams, Bill Green, and Sam Smith were unable to catch a keeper. For complete results click on file to left of photos.

Bill Easter was able to capture back-to-back wins and his third of the season on the Wicomico River. Despite his three wins, Easter still trails Angler of the Year leader Travis Crowder by 3 points.

Due to other commitments, only 8 club members participated in the tournament. Easter was the only angler able to land a 5-fish limit. Ed Parker manages 3 fish and finished in second place. New member, Sam Smith had lunker (3.70 lbs) with his only catch of the day. Fourth place went to Howard Williams with two fish that went 2.73, Craig Womack - 5th (2.41 lbs); Robert Reid - 6th (1.34 lbs); Tim Parker - 7th (1.28 lbs); and Travis Crowder - 8th (0.95 lbs). For complete results click on file to left of photos.

Craig Womack won the Club's last tournament of the 2007 season on the Chesapeake Bay. On a day with heavy morning rain and high winds, Craig was able to manage a little over 7 pounds with 4 fish. Howard Williams was also able to catch 4 fish and finished second with 5.13 lbs. Other catches were: Ken Melton 2 fish for 3.13 lbs; Bill Easter 1 fish for 1.93 lbs; and Tony Pilot, 1 fish for 1.85 lbs.

Bill Easter and Travis Crowder were battling for the Club's Angler of the Year with Travis holding a 3 point lead. Neither placed well enough in this tournament to replace one of their other five tournaments. As a result, Travis Crowder captures his first Angler of the Year for the Club. complete results click on file to left of photos.