Southern Tier
Bassmasters was officially "born" on February 11th,
1998. A dedicated group of eleven tournament fishermen and
women decided to start something new in the heart of New York's
southern tier to serve the communities in which we live and
the youth in these communities.
We extend an open invitation for anyone
to join us. A boat and experience are NOT NECESSARY!
Abt
takes 2009 AOY award
Southern
Tier Bassmaster, Joe Abt, was honored at the club’s
annual banquet Saturday February 6, 2010 as the
2009 Angler of the Year. In doing so, he becomes
only the second angler to win the coveted award
more than
once since
the club’s inception in 1998. He
joins Noel Good,
who won it in back to back years in 2005 and 2006.
Abt accomplished the feat in a 3 year span with
the other coming in 2007.
The 2009 season didn’t
really look like the start of a championship year
with an opening tournament 6th place finish on
Honeoye Lake in June. But things made a quick
turnaround as Joe put together a 15.13 pound limit
on Silver Lake and a 20.25 pound limit on Chautauqua
Lake to post two consecutive first place finishes
in a 15 day span in August, leaving only Sodus
Bay in September to ward off a charging Bob Elliott
for the top honor. Elliott managed a solid 15.23
pounds for first place at Sodus but Joe finished
third and took the AOY by four close points. He
brought a full 5 fish limit to the scales in each
of the 4 points tournaments with a total weight
of 55.84 pounds and winnings of $522.03. His accumulated
a point total of 393 was tied with the second
highest amount of points (Ted Barth, 1999) and
ellipsed by only Noel Good’s 394 in 2005.
Congratulations on an honor
well earned and well deserved.
