Inland Empire Bass Club
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Spokane’s Inland Empire Bass Club Wins Big Sweeps Washington State’s 37th Annual Bass Club Jamboree Banks Lake, Washington – May 24, 25, 26 Spokane’s own Inland Empire Bass Club swept a statewide club bass fishing competition Memorial Day weekend on Banks Lake. The event was the 37th annual Washington State Bass Club Federation Jamboree and drew 170 adult and 35 youth anglers from 17 clubs state wide. In the end the Inland Empire Bass Club dominated the competition with the team victory, first and second place in individual adults and first and third place in individual juniors. The team competition is an average performance weight for all anglers fishing for a particular club. Inland produced an average 18.85 pounds over the 3 days beating Chelan Bass Club with 17.93 pounds and third place Puyallup Hawg Hunters with an average of 14.39 pounds. The individual adult competition was exciting with Jimmy Louie (45) of Inland placing first with a 3 day total of 32.95 lbs (15 fish – 5 per day daily limit) and Joey Nania (17) of Inland placing second with a total weight of 31.83 pounds. Inland also placed Martin Bixby and Bobby Forster in ninth and tenth overall respectively. In all 170 adults fished the competition. In the Juniors Tyler Wilson (15) of Inland took first in the 12-15 year old group with a total weight of 21.04 lbs and Dakota Kentner (12) of Inland took third with a total of 16.52 pounds. Garrett Nelson (14) and David Slater (14) of Inland also placed in the top 10 of juniors. Gabe Hatelberg (10) placed 3rd in the 7-11 group with 16.37 lbs. Joel Nania, President of the Club was ecstatic raising his arms and cheering at the announcement of the final team results. Nania commented, “We really wanted to get this trophy back after a two year absence. We had won it three consecutive years prior to that and take great pride winning against such a fine group of competitive fishermen and women. Our objective was to win the team and win both the adult and juniors. We did it and I am proud of how hard all of our anglers worked to get it done. This is truly a great team victory and a credit to the Spokane area.”(www.inlandempirebassclub.com) The Inland Empire Bass Club team consisted of the following adults Jimmy Louie, Joey Nania, Martin Bixby, Bobby Forster, Charlie King, Mike Kentner, Dan Conrath, Greg Hatleberg, Joel Nania, Linda Louie, Art Acuff, Larry Fulcher, Willie Nelson, Heather Stiegelmeyer, Gary Morris, Michael Conrath; and Juniors: Tyler Wilson, Dakota Kentner, Garrett Nelson, David Slater and Gabe Hatelberg. The Washington State Bass Federation hosted the event with key sponsor support from Spokane based Conrath’s Spokane Valley Marine and Ranger Boats. For complete standing visit www.wabass.org and www.inlandempirebassclub.com.
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