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FLORIDA'S LARGEST & THE WORLDS LARGEST B.A.S.S NATION "BUDDY" TEAM TOURNAMENT TRAIL BASS FISHING CLUB DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR ANGLERS OF ALL AGES WITH OR WITHOUT EXPERIENCE.

Becoming a member of Bay Area Bassmasters opens many doors for all anglers. Regardless of age, you can compete for our Team Anglers of the Year (TAOY) awards. Anyone over the age of 18 also has the opportunity to qualify to fish in the upcoming Bassmasters Classic. Bay Area Bassmasters is a club that provides something for everyone, whether you're an avid experienced angler, or someone who is new to the sport, we want to invite you to join us and experience the sheer fun of tournament bass fishing at it's best. Please click on "New Members" and begin your new experience with Florida’s # 1 bass fishing club!

 

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Final Standings as of October 12th, 2019

 

TAOY Totals
Team Members # Fish   Weight     Points   # of Tourneys   Big Fish Dink
* 1st  Tom Craighead & Bob Grosso  48 133.48 661 10 7.83  
* 2nd  Greg Allen & Lee Allen  47 124.43 639 10 8.34 0.85
* 3rd  Steve Mekdeci & Ryan Mekdeci  49 121.70 631 10 8.09 0.99
* 4th  Casey Gonzalez & Eugene Terkoski  45 140.94 629 9 7.45  
* 5th  Clint Kummelman & Jared Young  46 115.98 617 10 7.48  
* 6th  Matt Smith & Alex Udwari  48 108.08 604 10 5.85  
* 7th  Jeff Crandon & Jared Crandon  45 109.96 596 10 5.50  
* 8th  Joe Hobson & Gary Ford  47 114.24 593 10 5.77 0.80
* 9th  Ken Whitlow & Stephen Whitlow  45 107.53 586 10 9.93  
* 10th  Jim Stillwell & Gwen Mills-Owen  43 100.79 586 10 7.74  
                 
* 11th  Mike Hardy & Pam Hardy  48 102.23 581 10 7.00 1.00
* 12th  Lewis Roberson & Calvin Boyette  49 100.59 578 10 6.19  
* 13th  Brian Stillwell & Fred Haus  48 104.57 575 10 5.22  
* 14th  Rodney Yavorsky & Aaron Yavorsky  49 100.83 568 10 8.15 0.64
* 15th  Chuck Redding & Fred Girvin  46 91.13 553 10 5.45 0.88
* 16th  Mark Kummelman & Keith Katrein  44 87.36 552 10 4.49 0.84
* 17th  John Simmerman & Tony Mere   43 81.60 549 10 6.10 0.96
* 18th  Greg Shamblin & Newt Hill  42 89.70 546 10 5.70 0.63
* 19th  Tom Mahoney & Carol Mahoney  42 84.84 534 10 5.15 0.93
* 20th  Ron Stoker & Greg VanMeter  36 83.30 511 10 5.87 0.86
* 21st  Joe Craighead & Dylan Casazza  41 85.92 500 9 5.65  
* 22nd  Jeff Baker & Blain Carter  44 103.77 495 9 3.71  
* 23rd  Paul Gregory & Darren Raney  36 72.21 495 10 6.14 0.71
* 24th  Charles Bridges & Cody Hayes  35 85.65 485 9 5.29  
* 25th  Michael Medina & David Mangrum   33 65.77 460 9 3.52  
* 26th  Chris Neatherly & Steve Gallette   25 81.10 445 8 6.05  
* 27th  Don Garand & Kenny Garand  35 76.92 428 7 7.29  
* 28th  Brian Hofmann & Steve Paynter  33 70.42 426 8 6.81 1.48
* 29th  Steve Sapp & Gordon Guinn  35 59.32 415 9 10.95 1.01
* 30th  Vinney Picca & Thomas Morris  26 50.35 400 8 2.24 0.64
* 31st  Gary Cox & Larry Tyson  30 56.97 398 8 5.74  
* 32nd  John Cincotta & Perry Cincotta  30 66.29 395 7 4.96  
* 33rd  Jimmy Thibeault & Austin Thibeault  33 67.77 392 7 6.86 0.76
* 34th  Jerry DeWitt Jr & Paul Sharp  20 44.33 392 9 7.89 1.15
* 35th  Michael Wojcik & Dan Burns  25 57.43 373 7 6.69  
* 36th  Frank Jones & Fred Liggett  28 66.82 370 7 5.87  
* 37th  Terry Wein & Cary Wien  27 52.75 369 8 4.06  
* 38th  Shawn Cartwright & Rick Borden  29 45.30 368 8    
* 39th  Jon Johnson & Milan Vujakovich  15 35.36 365 9 4.66  
* 40th  Chuck Pons & Mark Rees  23 51.67 352 7 5.18 1.19
* 41st  Paul Macchia & Ron Hebert Jr.  25 49.75 342 8 6.69  
* 42nd  Matt Norris & Elton Brewer  20 36.55 330 8 4.77  
* 43rd  Kyle Anderson & Andy Anderson  22 38.05 296 7 4.89  
* 44th  Chuck Gomez & Ryan Gomez   9 24.05 274 7 5.93  
* 45th  Ron Sr Hebert & Kevin Hebert  5 14.67 257 8    
  46th  Thomas McLinskey & Kolbi Morgan  17 35.61 216 4 3.77  
  47th  Eric Bachnik & Shelby Bachnik  13 28.25 165 3 4.15  
  48th  Jonas Riley & Joel Hoogewind  10 27.16 128 2    
  49th  Dave Simpson & Chris Hawker  0 0.00 88 3    
  50th  Bradley Boener & Zachary Gonzalez  3 8.14 80 2    
  51st  Bo Snively & Craig Kristof  0 0.00 31 1    
  52nd  Tony Office & Michael Blanchard  0 0.00 0 0    


  

 
 If you have any questions about this list, please contact your club officers
(*) Qualified to fish Classic
 

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Month Mtg Date Tourn Date Lake/Weather Sponsored By Ramp/Directions Update
TEAM NUMBERS TO BE USED THROUGHOUT SEASON
January 8  12 Harris Chain   Hickory Point Ramp  Results
February 5 9 Lake Kissimmee Allstate Camp Mack River Resort     Results
March 5 9 Lake Istokpoga Richard Automotive 300a 98 Ramp  Results
April 9 13 Lake Toho CartwrightWide Southport Ramp  Results
May 7 11 Lake Istokpoga Hamilton Image 98 Ramp Results 
June 4 8 Henderson Lake TAMahoney 150 44 Ramp Results
July 9  13 Harris Chain  walpole Hickory Point Results 
August 6 10 Winter Haven Chain        TheCarShop Lake Shipp Park  Results
September 10 14 Lake Kissimmee mirrolure Camp Mack River Resort Results 
October 8 12 Lake Okeechobee 13Fishing 1 Okee-Tantie  Results

* location or date change
CLUB CLASSIC
November 5 9, 10 Lake Okeechobee    Clewiston Results 

 

Meetings to be held at Beef O Bradys - Seffner at 7:00 PM
Address: 812 W Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Seffner, FL. 33584. Phone (813) 661-7343

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Month Mtg Date Tourn Date Lake/Weather Sponsored By Ramp/Directions Update
TEAM NUMBERS TO BE USED THROUGHOUT SEASON
January 7  11 Harris Chain  ArmorGuard Small Hickory Point Ramp  Results
February 4 8 Lake Kissimmee  Allstate Camp Mack River Resort     Results
March 10 14  Lake Weir  Hamilton Image Carney Island Rec Ramp  Results
April 7 11 Lake Toho       Southport Ramp No-Launch
May 5 9 Harris Chain CarShop Small  Hickory Point Ramp  Results 
June 9 13 Lake Istokpoga CartwrightWide  98 Ramp  Results
July 7  11 Lake Tarpon  Richards Small Anderson Park Results 
August 4 8 Winter Haven Ch.   TAMahoney 150 Lake Shipp Park  Results
September 8 12 Lake Kissimmee walpole  Camp Mack River Resort  Results
October 6 10 June in Winter   Lewis Roberson  HL Bishop Park Public Ramp Results

* location or date change
CLUB CLASSIC
November 10 14,15 Lake Okeechobee  walpole  Clewiston Launch 

 

Meetings to be held at Beef O Bradys - Seffner at 7:00 PM
Address: 812 W Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Seffner, FL. 33584. Phone (813) 661-7343

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The Bay Area Bassmasters have put together this page of research tools, links and helpful information to assist our members in being able to research area bodies of water, fishing tips/techniques, reports, etc. If there is a tool that you use that you would like us to put a link to please email us directly.
 

Fishing Social Media

BassGold - Bass patterning tool. Free to B.A.S.S. Nation members for 1st year (Promo code: NATION13)

Fishidy - Fishing social media site with Tips/Techiniques, Fishing Log, Maps, etc.

 

Lake Information

Lake Level Graphical Plots - Provided by the US Army Corps of Engineers

 

Message Boards

Bass Boat Central - message board with all kinds of interesting stuff relating to all things fishing

Florida Bass Network - message board specific to Florida with fishing reports, etc.

 

Tournament Information

Florida Bass Tournaments - #1 Source for Bass Tournaments in Florida - has monthly information on all upcoming tournaments around the state

 

Weather

ScoutLook - weather site with all kinds of other cool information

 

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The following are the many of the All-Time marks established by the Bay Area Bassmasters members through the seasons:

All Time Records    
Year Team Weight Record
2025 Mike Hardy & Tom Mahoney 159.49 Most Weight For Season
2010 Joe Hobson & Karl Sunstrum 44.82 Most Weight Classic - Okeechobee
2019 Steve Sapp & Gordon Guinn 10.95 Winter Haven Chain
2020 Greg Shamblin & Newt Hill 0.57 Smallest Dink - Winter Haven
       
Team Anglers of the Year       
Year Team Weight  
2025 Tom Mahoney & Mike Hardy 159.49  
2024  Mike Hardy & Tom Mahoney 134.21   
2023 Don and Kenny Garand 147.03  
2022 Jeff Crandon & Jared Crandon 134.37  
2021 Jeff Crandon & Jared Crandon 139.81  
2020 Tom Craighead & Bob Grosso 136.33  
2019 Tom Craighead & Bob Grosso 133.48  
2018 Jeff Crandon & Jared Crandon 139.20  
2017 Jeff Crandon & Jared Crandon 158.58  
2016 Steve Mekdeci & Ryan Mekdeci   130.57   
2015 Casey Gonzalez & Eugene Terkoski 129.64  
2014 Jeff Crandon & Dan Richardson 158.39  
2013 Casey Gonzalez & Eugene Terkoski 159.13  
2012 Clay Garrett & Jeff Baker    
2011 Chuck Metheny & Rodney Marks 104.82  
2010 Clay Garrett & Jeff Baker 157.00  
2009 Clay Garrett & Don Hanchett 145.19  
2008 Clay Garrett & Don Hanchett    
2007 Clay Garrett & Don Hanchett    
2006 Joe Hobson & Karl Sunstrum    
2005 Clay Garrett    
       
Classic Winner    
Year Team Weight Lake
2025 Dylan Casazza & Kenny Garadnd 38.57 Okeechobee-Scott Driver
2024 Ron Stoker & Greg Van Meter 32.18 Okeechobee - Clewiston
2023 Pam & Mike Hardy 38.93  Okeechobee - Clewiston
2022 Pam & Mike Hardy 28.14 Okeechobee - Clewiston
2021 Don & Kenny Garand 31.91 Okeechobee - Clewiston
2020 John & Perry Cincotta 38.91 Okeechobee - Clewiston
2019 Jeff Crandon & Jared Crandon 31.34 Okeechobee
2018 Ron Stoker & Greg VanMeter 29.99 Okeechobee
2017 Mark Kummelman & Kyle Stokes 30.63 Okeechobee
2016 Tom Craighead & Bob Grosso  27.38  Okeechobee 
2015 Casey Gonzalez & Eugene Terkoski 33.04 Okeechobee
2014 Tom Mahoney & Carol Mahoney 30.30 Okeechobee
2013 Casey Gonzalez & Eugene Terkoski  27.13  Okeechobee 
2012 Clay Garrett & Jeff Baker 32.60 Okeechobee
2011 Casey Gonzalez & Eugene Terkoski 35.40 Okeechobee
2010 Joe Hobson & Karl Sunstrum 44.82 Okeechobee
2009 Joe Hobson & Karl Sunstrum 23.82 Okeechobee
2008 Kenny Britt & Chuck Metheny 24.32 Harris Chain
2007 Tom Mahoney & T.A. Mahoney 15.40 Kissimmee
2006 Joe Hobson & Karl Sunstrum 20.40 Kissimmee
2005 Elton Brewer & Gary Ford   Kissimmee
       
Lunker of the Year  
Year Angler Weight Lake
2025  Tom Mahoney & Mike Hardy 9.09  Lake Kissimmee
2024 Chip Pinner & James Wilson  8.36  Lake Kissimmee
2023 Joe Hobson & Gary Ford   9.34 Lake Kissimmee
2022 Don & Kenny Garand 10.86 Istokpoga
2021 Chuck Redding & Fred Girvin 9.69 Lake Istokpoga
2020 Jeff & Jared Crandon 10.16 Lake Weir
2019 Steve Sapp & Gordon Guinn 10.95 Winterhaven Chain
2018 Casey Gonzalez & Gene Terkoski 10.95 Lake Kissimmee
2017 Chris & Rick Walter 9.05 Lake Toho
2016 Eugene Terkoski  10.37 June in Winter
2015 Jeff Baker 10.17 Kissimmee
2014 Steve Gallette 10.28 Istokpoga
2013 Carl Powers 10.12 Tarpon
2012 Garrett Rocamora 10.10 Istokpoga
2011 Tom Craighead 8.72 Lake June
2010 Keith Ziegler 9.64  
2009      
2008 Bob Grosso 9.12 Tarpon
2007 Joe Hobson 10.08 Istokpoga
       
Dink of the Year  
Year Angler Weight Lake
2025 Matt Miller & Carl Powers 0.63  Lake Weir
2024 Shawn Cartwright & Chris Moore 0.80 Harris Chain
2023 Shawn Cartright & Rick Borden  0.78 Winter Haven
2022 Tom & Carol Mahoney 0.63 Easrt Lake Toho
2021 Greg Shamblin & Newt Hill 0.61 Clermont Chain of Lakes
2020 Greg Shamblin & Newt Hill 0.57 Winter Haven Chain
2019 Greg Shamblin & Newt Hill 0.63 Lake Henderson
2018 Chuck Pons & Mark Rees 0.68 Harris Chain
2017 Richard & Stacie Carter 0.63 Lake Harris
2016 Elton & Dennis Brewer   0.73  Clermont Chain of Lakes
2015 Tom Mahoney 0.75 Kissimmee
2014 Tom Craighead 0.67 Lake Shipp
2013 Corey Bump Sr. 0.64 Tarpon
2012 Ryan Mekdeci 0.72 Kissimmee
2011 Allen Powers 0.60 John's Lake
2010 Brian Hoffman 0.78 East Lake Toho
2009      
2008 Brian Hoffman 0.74 Kissimmee
2007 Casey Gonzalez 0.65 Kissimmee

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Final Standings as of 10/08/16
(*)Qualified to fish Classic

 

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Bay Area Pool Service Top 10 TAOY Teams

 

    Team Members # Fish Weight Points # of Tourneys Big Fish Dink
* 1st Steve Mekdeci & Ryan Mekdeci 49 130.57 536 10 8.1  
* 2nd Jeff Crandon & Jared Crandon 50 138.4 530 10 7.45  
* 3rd Tom Craighead & Bob Gosso 46 106.04 502.5 10 6.3  
* 4th Lewis Roberson & Calvin Boyette 50 107.55 495 10    
* 5th Alex Udwari & Kyle Anderson 47 96.76 475 10 7.15  
* 6th Gary Ford & Joe Hobson 46 104.37 474 10 4.47  
* 7th Chris Neatherly & Steve Gallette 45 106.39 474 10 5.23  
* 8th Mike Hardy & Pam Hardy 47 96.37 469 10 6.27  
* 9th John Cincotta & Perry Cincotta 47 99.45 463 10 5.05 0.91
* 10th Brian Stillwell & Fred Haus 46 96.31 461 10 6.15  
* 11th Casey Gonzalez & Eugene Terkoski 38 103.12 447 9 10.37  
* 12th Justin Richards & Jeff Richards 47 90.52 440 10 5.69  
* 13th Dave May & Jeff May 39 88.11 440 10 7.7  
* 14th Bruce Young & Jared Young 43 80.86 435.5 10 4.56  
* 15th Rodney Yavorsky & Chuck Gomez 40 79.04 419.5 10 4.58  
* 16th Jim Stillwell & Glenn Bailey 43 77.97 402 10 4.51 0.8
* 17th Mark Kummelman & Kyle Stokes 37 63.73 377 10    
* 18th Clint Kummelman & Matthew Bender 36 74.69 375 9 6 0.77
* 19th Tom Mahoney & Carol Mahoney 31 62.88 373 10    
* 20th Joe Craighead & Carl Powers 34 73.86 368 9 6.45 1.25
* 21st Greg Shamblin & Newt Hill 34 60.3 367 10   0.84
* 22nd Chuck Redding & Art Stevens 29 59.09 365 10 4.71 1.94
* 23rd Chuck Pons & Mark Rees 35 84.94 352 8 6.57 0.91
* 24th Keith Katrein & Dalton Katrein 30 67.44 342 8 8.92  
* 25th Leon Henson & Steve Beach 31 53.17 339 10   1.42
* 26th Ron Herbert Jr & Paul Macchia 38 80.82 323 8 7.94 1.28
* 27th Greg Allen & Lee Allen 34 63.67 310 7    
* 28th Jeff Baker & Darren Betts 30 64.13 309 7   1.02
* 29th Brian Renshaw & Bobby Squires 23 77.55 297 7 7.08  
* 30th Ron Hebert Sr. & Kevin Hebert 25 45.19 296 9    
* 31st  Elton Brewer & Dennis Brewer 25 56.92 294 7   0.73
* 32nd Mike Elliott & Frank Jones 29 44.95 285 8   0.85
* 33rd Roy Raulerson & William Drawdy 29 52.59 281 8 4.15  
  34th Chris Walter & Rick Walters 25 62.78 278.5 5 6.27 0.91
* 35th Shawn Cartwright & Brian Tutich 23 40.56 271 9   1
* 36th Jon Johnson & Milan Vujakovich 23 40.3 257 8    
* 37th Matt Smith & Michael Reid  15 32.37 236 7    
* 38th Michael Press & Alan Press 14 30.57 194 7 6.3  
* 39th Dan Burns & Mike Wojcik 20 32.99 164 7   0.98
  40th Bill Noriega & Adam Noriega 5 17.68 111 4 7.9  
  41st Richard Carter & Stacie Carter 8 14.7 86 2    
  42nd Matt Norris & Tim Grimes 6 14.19 81 3 6.33 1.43
  43rd Derrick Del Rosal & Steve Heisler 3 4.89 78 3    
  44th Bradley Boerner & Charles ates 2 2.31 77 3    
  45th  Mike Everritt 4 9.61 65 2    
  46th Eric Bachnik & Shelby Bachnik 5 13.35 45 1 4.95  
  47th Travis Grimes 1 4.86 27.5 2    
  48th Trevor Campbell & Brandon Boyett 1 1.04 22 1    
  49th Mike Blanchard & Tony Office 0 0 12 1    
                 
    Totals 1411 3010        
                 
    Avg Fish   2.1332        

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Archived Results

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2025 Leader for "Dink" of the Year

Congratulations:                            Matt Miller & Carl Powers
Lake Weir:  0.63 lbs                        Date:  April 12th, 2025


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2025 Leader for "Lunker" of the Year

Congratulations:                            Tom Mahoney & Mike Hardy
Lake Toho SP   9.09lbs                Date:  July 12th, 2025

 

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