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The River Ratz Bassmasters This club was founded in 1993. Since then we have made great strides in conservation. We were MD Bass Federation Conservation Club of the Year for 1998. And B.A.S.S. National runner-up for conservation in 1998. (Many thanks to the hard work of Paul Dubois) .

2007 River Ratz Mr. Bass

For the fourth time Tom Todd wins the River Ratz Mr. Bass title. He was consistant enough throughout the year to make this happen. He is the first in Ratz history to achieve four Mr. Bass titles. Tom also set another record this year. He caught the Largest bass in Ratz club tnx history, a big beautiful 7.72 pound Large Mouth Bass. His final stats are as follows. 24 bass, 51.40 pounds, and 8 tnxs fished. Tom had 2 first place, 3 second place and 2 third place finishes. Gary Linderborn caught the big stringer of the year and it weighed 14.33 pounds. Congratulations Tom.

Wayne Lauback Wins The Maryland Bass Federation Nation Mr. Bass Tournament

May 5th and 6th is a glorious day for Wayne and the River Ratz. Wayne made the Ratz very proud when he took the MBFN Mr. Bass Tnx by storm and won that darn thing. He enjoyed the second place spot after the first day with a 5 fish limit of 17lb 9oz. The second day of the tournament proved to be very challenging for all the contestants. Very high north winds blew the water out of the bay and made it difficult to find fishable waters. Wayne put his thinking cap on and figured it out. He caught another limit of bass that weighed 11 pounds for a total of 28-9 and won this prestigous tournament. Wayne's lunker for the tournament was 5 lbs 7 oz. For winning this tournament Wayne is awarded the Team Captain status on the 2007 MBFN State Team. They will go to Pittsburg in the Fall and compete against the other state teams in our region. This is the road that us amatures take to the Bass Masters Classic. We wish the team members and especially Wayne good luck in this upcoming tournament. Congratulations Wayne and we hope to see you in next years Classic.

Tom Catches a Lunker

During the second club tournament of the season Tom reels in a big one. 7.72 pounds is what she weighed on the Equilizer scale. She was caught on the Susquahanna River outside of the Marina's in Havre de Grace, MD. Tom used a Green Pumpkin Magnum tube from Bass Pro Shops to entice bubba to eat. He brought her to the net with Shimano spin tackle and 10 lb test Excel Fishing line. This is Tom's personnel best and a new club record. WTG Tom.

2007 Spring Open Winners

We had our spring open on May 26, 2007 this year out of City Marina in Havre de Grace, MD. The weather was perfect and 23 teams were ready to go fishing. We payed out 5 places and all top five teams caught a limit of 7 bass. Here's how they finished. Piscitelli & Hill ----------------24.01 Ash & Swearer---------------23.21 Gilpin & Muir -----------------22.49 Malczewski & Chatnacki --21.95 Wright & Connie ------------21.42 Harris & Adams -Lunker ----4.80 All the fish were large in size but kinda light in weight due to post spawn conditions. We would like to thank all the teams that participated and ask them to come back in the fall for our next open on Sept, 29th. Congrats to the winning team. Thanks all!!!!!!!

2007 Fall Open Winners

We held our Fall open on Sept 29th out of Tydings Marina in Havre de Grace. It was a really nice day but a little windy. We only had 10 boats compete this tournament. Some did well, but most struggled. It really was a tough day. Listed are the top three teams for the day. Ellis & Ellis -- 7 fish - 22.57 lbs. Clark & Devo -- 6 fish - 12.42 lbs Myers Purvis -- 2 fish - 4.35 lbs. Ellis & Ellis 4.44 lb. Lunker We would like to thank all those who fished. Congratulations to team Ellis on the win.