2020 - 2021 Officers
President - John Vickers
Vice-President/Entertainment Chairman - Les Shope
Tournament Director - Mike Thomas
Secretary/Membership and Rules Chairman - Billy Owens
Treasurer - Dick Durbin
Les "Frogman" Shope takes home the bragging rights once again as the Tallahassee Bass Anglers Angler of the Year. Wins on the Apalachicola River at Apalachicola, Lake Talquin, and two on Lake Seminole led to a seven point win over John Vickers. Marty Spears followed John by only two points to finish third. Congratulations, Les.
2020 Angler of the Year
Les Shope
Classic at Camp Mack
June 12, 2021
Seven members of the club made the trek to Camp Mack on the Kissimmee River to fish our annual non-points Classic on Saturday, June 12. What made the tournament unusual was that this was a no permit event, so each member could only weigh in one fish over 16 inches. The result of this restriction was that some members were culling fish over five pounds and looking for fish under sixteen inches to fill out their limit after catching a kicker.
Kevin Copland's 7.73 pound kicker was big fish of the tournament, but Dustin McCormick's five fish, including the 5.83 pound specimen pictured below, weighed 13.07 pounds and won the day. Rick Johnson finished second with 12.22 pounds, and Kevin Copland finished third with 12.17 pounds.
Lake Talquin
August 21, 2021
Kevin Copland - center -16.95 pounds
Les Shope - right - 11.34 pounds
Rick Johnson - left - 7.53 pounds
Big fish
Kevin Copland - 6.09 pounds
