Eastern Shore Bassmasters: Welcome

Eastern Shore Bassmasters of Delaware  

Welcome to the Eastern Shore Bassmasters of Delaware website. We are a bass fishing club located in central Delaware, dedicated to promoting the sport of bass fishing. As a club, we are committed to generating public awareness to the sport of bass fishing, volunteering our efforts for the protection and conservation of our natural resource areas. We strive to improve the opportunities available to young boys and girls interested in the enjoyment this great recreation has to offer. Our club is also a member of the Delaware B.A.S.S. Federation Nation and the Delaware Bass Federation (FLW/TBF). These affiliations offer our members the opportunity to fish state qualifying tournaments, divisional and regional qualifying tournaments, and a shot at the highest level national championships in all of bass fishing. 

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The Eastern Shore Bassmasters concluded their 2nd tournament of the Fall season or otherwise known... "Die Hard" season, named for good reason. The club launched at around 6:45 AM and weighed in at 1PM. The weather was mostly cooperative with air temps hitting near 60 degrees and a light wind on the lake later in the day. The water temps were chilled from last nights low of 39, but maintained a solid 52-53 degrees.

The bite was off for the most part but a few anglers with the patience, were able to coax a fish into biting. The patterns leading up to the day of the tournament held true with fish hanging on the deeper structure during the frontal conditions, and just days prior, fish were located with spinnerbaits in shallow water in wood cover.

Bob Moody, formerly a guest and now the one of the club's newest members, held true to fashion by catching one fish, a very large fish. Bob enticed this lunker with a really slow presentation working soft plastics around the submerged stumps. Bob's fish placed well enough for a 1st place finish with 4.38 pounds.  Welcome to the club Bob!

In 2nd place and making his early bid for the 2010 AOY lead was Josh Wich. Josh put together a solid plan during practice, but with the conditions getting tougher...only managed the one fish, a 2.88 largemouth bass found eating a crankbait on deeper structure.

Rounding out 3rd was a hopeful Bob Wallace. When Bob heard guys were only bringing in one fish he was liking his chances. Unfortunately, the scales had him postpone the celebration as he only managed a keeper fish weighing in at 1.75 pounds, but it was good enough for a 3rd place finish, plus the points on a pretty tough afternoon. Good job Bob!

The club's next Die-Hard series tourney will be on the Nanticoke River on December 13th. Bundle up!

Bob Moody had the lunker with a 4.38 largemouth bass...