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Welcome to The Bassin Bandits Homepage

Bassin' Bandits is a realitivly young club with only a few members but always looking for more. Bassin' Bandits is going into its forth year. Over the last three the club was known as Echostar Bassmasters.

Members

Gene Owens - President & Event Cordinator & Federation Member

David Lively - Secretary & Vice President & Federation Member

Adam Smith - Tressurer & Weigh Master & Federation Member

Robbin Scarberry - Event Cordinator & Federation Member

Mary Owens - Event Cordinator & Federation Member

Ron Smith - Federation Member

Smith Moutain Lake Tournament

First tournament of the year was a pretty good day. We a beautiful day for fishing and everyone all boats caught fish, It was great to be out on the water and fishing finally. Congrats to Gene and Mary for the winning weight of 4.03 with Adam and Robbin comming in second w/ 1.75 smallmouth.

Club News

Gene Owens and Adam Smith make the nice little trip down to Douglas Lake Tennesse to fish in the federation tournament. The tournament got off to a late start due to fog rolling in. When it cleared up a little everyone was able to take off. Gene and Adam went to the cove that they had a lot of luck on the previous day. This is were gene caught a 4.1 lbs moster. They also got three more out of there but only one was a keeper. Gene ended up catching one more keeper later in the day giving them a total of 6lbs 3.5oz and putting them in 25th place. The bassin Bandits would like to congratulate Wayne Burchett and Raymond Secrest for winning the federation tournament on Douglas.

Claytor Lake Night tournament

The next tournament will be the one and only tournament on Philpott Resivior. This could be the best tournament of the year. It does hold our record for biggest winning weight at 12 lbs. We should be getting to the lake during or just after the spawn. It should be a great day down at Philpott.

Bandit Tip of the Week

Topwater Fishing Tip:

Always have a follow-up bait lure for missed strikes (such as grubs, gitzits and worms). Sometimes a bass will strike at a topwater several times without connecting. When this happens, a plastic worm or jig immediately cast to the same area will often hook the fish.

2007 Tournament Schedule

Date Lake Ramp

3/22 Smith Moutain Lake Saunders Ramp

4/5 Claytor Lake Hardee Bridge

5/10 Philpot Resivior Dam Ramp

5/31 Claytor Lake Public Ramp

6/14 Smith Mountain Lake Hardee Bridge

7/19 Claytor Lake Public Ramp (Night)

8/2 Claytor Lake Public Ramp (Night)

9/13 Philpott Resivior Dam Ramp

10/11 Claytor Lake Public Ramp