Hamilton Wins on the Potomac River

9/7/2019 Bill Hamilton of Huntingtown, MD. takes the Maryland AFT D11 tournament win on the Potomac River launched from Smallwood State Park near Marbury, MD.

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Ezerski takes the win on Potomac River

August 4th, 2019, Smallwood State Park, MD. Shawn Ezerski of Mt Airey, MD won the Bass Pro Shops Fishing Tour Maryland Division 11 Two Day Divisional Championship tournament presented by American Bass Anglers.  Running out of Smallwood State Park near Marbury, Maryland Shawn brought back five-fish on day one that locked in the scales at 9.97 pounds and three fish on day two at 12.08 pounds for a total two-day limit of 22.05 pounds anchored by a 4.72-pound kicker. 

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Bill Hamilton wins the D11 Championship on the Potomac River

William Hamilton of Huntingtown, Maryland takes the win on the Potomac River for AFT D11 on September 22nd and 23rd, 2018. On day one he weighed a respectable limit of five-fish that went 13.63 pounds with a 4.03-pound kicker. He went into the second day in second place less than a quarter pound behind the leader. On Sunday Bill caught the second largest limit of the tournament that went 15.70 pounds and the tournament, Big Bass of 4.99 pounds for a tournament, winning weight of 29.33 pounds. He sealed a margin of victory of 3 1/4 pounds over second place and won the $1000 first place prize.

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AFT D11 Reschedules Two-Day

For the safety of all our anglers, the Maryland AFT D11 Two Day Divisional Championship on the Potomac River scheduled for this weekend September 15 & 16 has been rescheduled due to Hurricane Florence. The tournament has been rescheduled for September 22 & 23 out of Smallwood State Park.

For more information on this Division, event or any future event please contact Scott Randall at (540)421-1120.

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Bill Hamilton Takes the win on the Potomac

Bill Hamilton of Huntingtown, MD won the RAM American Fishing Tour, presented by American Bass Anglers Maryland Division 11 tournament held September 23rd, 2017 on The Potomac.  Running out Smallwood State Park in Marbury, MD Bill brought back a five-fish limit that topped the scales at 15.04 pounds.  He anchored his catch with a 4.01-pound kicker.  He took home $406 dollars for his victory. 

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Loewy wins AFT D11 Championship on the Potomac

Pat Loewy of Bowie, MD won the American Bass Anglers RAM American Fishing Tour Maryland D11 2-day tournament held Aug 19th and 20th 2017 on the Potomac River.  Running out of Smallwood State Park near Marbury, MD Pat brought back a five-fish limit on day 1 that locked in the scales at 13.91 lbs.

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Bateman wins on the Potomac

Tom Bateman of LaPlata, Maryland wins the May 7, 2017 Maryland AFT D11 tournament held on the Potomac River running out of Small Wood State Park near Marbury, MD. Tom weighed in a five fish limit weighing 13.75 pounds to take the win. 

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Hall Wins on The Potomac River

Hart Hall of Alexandria, VA. wins the April 23rd Maryland AFT D11 tournament on the Potomac River. Hart brought a five fish limit to the scale that weighed 18.23 pounds.

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Randall Takes Win on Potomac

Scott Randall of King George, VA takes first place in the AFT D11 tournament held on the Potomac River on April 15th. Scott brought a five fish limit weighing in at 21.06 pounds. "I fished a community hole using a Bill Hamilton Custom swim jig on a Denali Kovert rod. I had to fish slow letting the jig get down in the grass the rod gave me the right amount of backbone to get the fish out of grass," stated Randall.

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Gloden Takes Win on Potomac 

Charles Gloden of Laplata, Maryland takes first place for the AFT D11 event held on April 1st on the Potomac River. 

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Thompson Wins on Potomac

Tom Thompson of Falls Church, Virginia takes the win on the AFT D11 Potomac River event that was held on September 17th. Tom topped the competition with a five fish limit weighing in at 14.60 pounds. "We fished two general areas on the day. One near the launch and the other a few miles away. Fished seemed to be active early even with the high water. First two in box came on frog.  Third on senko. fourth and fifth on pop r. Oddly enough fishing got worse as the tide got lower, for us at least. Did not make a cull all day," stated Thompson.

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Bateman Wins Divisional Championship 

Tom Bateman of Laplata, Maryland wins the D11 two day Divisional Championship on the Potomac River held on August 20th and 21st. Tom out fished the rest of the field with a two-day total of ten fish that weighed 27.12 pounds. “I targeted bass in shallow water feeding on crayfish most my fish came in a strong incoming current if the water wasn't moving I didn't catch anything. Most of my fish came on senkos and poppers I had about 7 bites each day but they were good ones I didn’t catch my 5th fish on Sunday until 2:50. I’d like to thank Fred’s sports ardent outdoors and Bill Hamilton custom baits," stated Bateman.

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Clark Takes Win on Potomac

Patrick Clark of Spotsylvania, Virginia topped the field with a five fish limit that weighed in at 14.82 pounds for the AFT D11 July 31st event. High heat and humidity as well as locally heavy rains leading up to the event made for a tough bite. Pat only managed five bites the whole day with his kicker of 5.51 pounds. Denali’s Lithium Series rods strength and sensitivity helped Pat pull his fish from the grass mats on the main river.

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Roselle Takes Win on Potomac

Mike Roselle of LaPlata, Maryland takes the Ram AFT D11 win on the Potomac River on July 10th with a five fish limit weighing in at 15.02 pounds. He also took Big Bass with a 3.73 kicker. "I fished main river grass beds protected from the wind with two different colors of the BHF custom lures swim jigs. Also caught a fish late on a spro frog in matted grass that helped cull up. The lower end of the tide seem to produce the better quality bites. The new st criox avid x series rods was a big key to catching the fish because they are sensitive enough where you can feel if there is any grass on the bait fowling it up." Roselle said.

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Randall Takes Win on Potomac 

Scott Randall of King George, Virginia wins the Maryland AFT D11 event on July 9, 2016 on the Potomac River. He fished a river community hole using a Bill Hamilton Custom swim jig in the grass to fill his 16.26 pound limit to take the win. He also had the Big Bass of the tournament at 4.88 pounds. Scott took home $651 for his efforts.

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