Welcome to Chester County Bass Masters...

Picture
Our club is here to provide all bass fishermen of any skill level, from beginner to advanced, with a boat or as a rider, with the opportunity to competitively bass fish in local and some distant waters. We emphasize sharing of all information related to catching bass, honest and open communication amongst all members, adherence to all rules and regulations, as well as conservation and youth oriented projects.

If you like fishing for bass and tournaments sound like fun to you, but you just need someone's back seat to ride on, we're the club for you! Find out a little more about us here. We hope to see you soon.

2020 Top 7 finishers in AOY Race and Rider of The Year

Picture
Stan Horne, AOY_________ Sean Geerlof_______ Paul Sirochman________ Steve Manista_______ Steve Weimar________ Lou Croce_______ George Waeckel

2021 Chester County Bass Masters

News and Announcements

We would like to thank our Sponsors for 2021. Please check out their sites for information on great products!! Click on the logo to be taken directly to their site.

contingency Cash awards

sponsors

Picture
SERVPRO of Hunt Valley "Like it Never Even Happened" 410-229-0012
Picture
610-623-3760

  • Congratulations to Stan for winning 2020 Angler of the Year and a great season!
  • Check out our Facebook Group
  • Thinking about joining us? Ask questions on our message board or email one of our officers!
  • Join our mailing list and stay up to date on what is going on with Chester County Bass Masters. Receive big news and our Open Tournament reminders and results.  Fill out the Newsletter form below and get connected.   
  • Club meetings are usually the third Thursday of each month, however, the next meeting is July 8, 7pm. Location: We will hold a virtual meeting this month. Contact us to get the link: info@chestercountybassmasters.com. (normally we meet at Wegmans Market cafeteria at Route 202 and Route 1. )           

2020 Season Slide Show

Congratulations to Nate Brown and Larry Craighead for an outstanding 2020 season!!!
Top 5 teams shown based on best 4 txs
​(Complete results)

​​2020 CCBM AOY Results
​Top 7 anglers shown based on best 7 txs. 
(complete results)

2020 CCBM AOY
!! Stan Horne !!

Rider of the Year 2020
​!! Steve Manista !!


2021 Club Tournament Results
​CCBM Tournament #2
May 8, 2021
Sassafras Rver
​

Chester County Bass Masters held their 2nd club tournament of the 2021 season May 8th out of Duffy's Marine on the Sassafras River, Georgetown, Maryland.
Weather was cold at launch, around 42 degrees, partly cloudy, with a high for the day around 57 for weigh in.
Cold fronts during the week leading to the TX had dropped water temps about 4 - 5 degrees. Wind was 10 - 20 thru out the day.
Wind picked up with a storm rolling in right at the end of the day with Lightning and Hail.
25 club members fished the tournament. A few boats had to drop last minute due to mechanical problems and one had to leave early with TM issues.
It was a Sassafras River only tournament.
15" limit.
The club launched at 6:15 and the TX ended at 2:30.
High tide was around 8:00 am in Betterton with falling water thru the end of the TX.
18 members weighed in fish.
41 keepers were caught and released alive.
Catching was tough with most anglers only getting a few bites with the cold front. No limits were weighed in and only 2 people had 4 fish.
CCBM next next club TX will be on May 29th on the Northeast out of Anchor.
CCBM's 2nd Open TX in the Upper Bay Open Series will be May 15th at Anchor Marine
April 17th Top 7
Sean Geerlof took first place with 4 bass going 11.08 pounds. Congrats to Sean on a really tough day !
Bookend wins for Him as He also won our last TX of 2020 season on the Sass !
Second place went to Adam Harness off the back of the boat !
Adam brought 4 fish to weigh in that tipped the scales at 10.05 pounds. The 96 points will help him in in the AOY standings.
Third place was taken by Bob Donaldson with 3 fish for 10.01 pounds good for 93 points in AOY standings. Bob just missed 2nd by 4 hundredths of an ounce. His big bass weighed in at 4.32 Lbs.
Fourth place and 91 points was taken by Lou Croce , with 3 fish for 9.94 Lbs. good for 91 AOY points.
Fifth position was grabbed by Steve Zisk with 3 fish for 9.63 Lbs. The 90 points will push him up in AOY points. Steve's big fish went 4.15 Lbs.
Sixth spot and 89 AOY points went to rookie Jason Bailey with with 2 bass for 8.84 Lbs.
They were the right ones though as He took home the TX Lunker cash with a 5.50 Sass giant and also hit the Clubs Rolling Lunker Pot for another nice payday !
Seventh place was taken by Tom Wood with2 fish for 7.62 Lbs and 88 AOY points. Tom's big fish went 4.38 Lbs.​

Complete results HERE

​CCBM Tournament #3
June 5, 2021
Wicomico River

​Chester County Bass Masters held their 3rd club tournament of the 2021 season June 5th out of Riverside Ramp on the Wicomico River in Salisbury Maryland ( May 29th TX was moved out )
Weather was hot at launch, around 70 degrees going up to 90 with no cloud cover and very little breeze.
22 club members plus one guest fished the tournament.
15" limit.
The club launched at 5:45 and the TX ended at 2:30.
Low tide was 7am with high around 1 pm.
10 members weighed in fish.
16 keepers were caught and released alive.
Catching 15" keepers was tough, there were reports of plenty of 14+ inch bass being caught. No limits were weighed in and only 2 people had 3 fish.
CCBM next next club TX will be on June 26th on the Northeast out of Anchor.
CCBM's 3rd Open TX in the Upper Bay Open Series will be June 12th at Anchor Marine
June 5th Top 7
Ryan Sweeney won off the back of the boat to take home his first ever CCBM tournament win !
Ryan took first place with 3 bass going 7.39 pounds. His big fish weighed in at 2.52 lbs.
Congrats to Ryan on a really tough day !
​Second place went to James " Woo " Hauck.
Woo brought in 2 fish that tipped the scales at 6.43 pounds.
Jimmy also had the tournament lunker, a Wicomico giant at 4.52 lbs.
The 96 points will help him in in the AOY standings.
​Third place was taken by the local favorite Adam Harkness with 3 fish for 5.47 pounds good for 93 points in AOY standings. His big bass weighed in at 2.30 Lbs.
Fourth place and 91 points was taken by Tom Wood with 2 fish for 5.38 Lbs..
​Fifth position was grabbed by Greg Arrowood with 1 fish for 3.16 Lbs. The 90 points will push him up in AOY points.
Sixth spot and 89 AOY points went to Steve Manista with with 1 bass for 2.83 Lbs.
Seventh place was taken by Paul Sirochman with 1 fish for 2.14 Lbs and 88 AOY points.

​Complete results HERE

CCBM Tournament #4
June 26, 2021
North East River

​Chester County Bass Masters held their 4th club tournament of the 2021 season June 26th out of Anchor Marine on the Northeast River.
Weather was hot and humid at launch, around 70 degrees going up to 90 with some light rain in the early morning followed by a steady 15 mph wind with gusts to 20+.
25 club members plus one guest fished the tournament.
The club launched at 5:30 and the TX ended at 2:30.
Low tide was 6 am with high around 12:30 pm
23 members plus 1 guest weighed in fish.
75 keepers were caught for 180 pounds.
CCBM next next club TX will be on July 24th on the Nanticoke River in Seaford, De.
Steve Manista won his first TX in his new Bass Cat with a great limit weighing in at 19.68 Lbs.
TX Lunker also went to Steve with a hefty 5.05 largemouth to anchor his winning bag.
Congrats to Steve on a fantastic day !
Steve's 19.68 bag is the 3rd largest caught in CCBM records :
https://chestercountybassmasters.weebly.com/top-bags...
​Second place went to Lou Croce with a limit of bass for 14.78 Lbs and a big fish of 4.91 Lbs.
The 96 points will get him in at 3rd place in the CCBM AOY standings.
​Third place was taken by Tom Wood with 5 fish at 14.25 Lbs and a big fish of 3.94 Lbs.
His 93 points earned will push him into first place in AOY standings.
​Fourth place and 91 points was taken by Ryan Sweeney off the back of the boat. Fresh off a win at the Wicomico River, Ryan backs it up with a 5 fish limit for 13.52 Lbs Lbs.
The 91 points will push him up the AOY board, with one TX less than the leaders He'll move into one of the top spots once He gets enough TXs in.
___________
Fifth position was grabbed by Paul Sirochman with 4 fish for 9.03 Lbs.
The 90 points will push him up into 5th place in AOY points.
___________
Sixth spot and 89 AOY points went to another angler fishing off the back deck.
Wes Johnson brought 4 bass to the scales for 8.64 Lbs.
___________
Seventh place was taken by George Waeckel with 4 fish for 8.30 Lbs and 88 AOY points.

​Complete results HERE

Join us on Facebook!!