Sponsor Announcement: Mountain Road Trading Post

January 11, 2025 0 Comment

We are very excited to announce Mountain Road Trading Post, one of the longest-running and best outfitters in the Northeast, as a new sponsor this season!!

Troy and MRTP have graciously donated a $50 gift card to all 24 of our 2025 divisional events and a $100 gift to our championship. In addition, our members will receive $100 off any boat priced $1,000 or more, plus 10% off everything else (excluding gift cards, motors, and electronics).

MRTP will also host a gathering after the Northern Division’s Pawtuckaway Lake event on August 30!

We happy to have them on board! Please give them a like and follow on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

2025 Schedule Announcement

January 2, 2025 0 Comment

For those who missed the live stream (or just don’t want to watch it), here is the current 2024 schedule!

Remember, most of these are members-only events. You can find all of the event pages and become a member here on Fishing Chaos!

In chronological order…

DIVISIONAL EVENTS

Apr 12 – Long Pond Harwich (Eastern)
Apr 12 – Richmond Pond (Western)
Apr 19 – A-1 (Central)
Apr 26 – Charles River Boston (Northern)
May 3 – Lake Cochituate (Central)
May 10 – Otis Reservoir (Western)
May 17 – Lake Attitash (Northern)
May 24 – South Watuppa Pond (Eastern)
Jun 8 – Whitehall Reservoir (Central) *
Jun 14 – Johns Pond (Eastern)
Jun 21 – Connecticut River (Western)
Jun 29 – Sudbury River (Northern) *
Jul 5 – Lake Nippenicket (Eastern)
Jul 12 – Sudbury River (Central)
Jul 19 – Pontoosuc Lake (Western)
Jul 19 – Merrimach River New Hampshire (Northern)
Aug 2 – Barton Cove (Western)
Aug 3 – Charles River (Eastern) *
Aug 9 – Singletary Lake (Central)
Aug 30 – Pawtuckaway Lake New Hampshire (Northern)
Sep 6 – Knops Pond (Central)
Sep 13 – Mashpee-Wakeby Pond (Eastern)
Sep 14 – Chebacco Lake (Northern) *
Sep 20 – Littleville Reservoir (Western)
Sep 27 – Merrimack River (Championship)

* Sunday events

ONLINE EVENTS

Mar 1–28 – Monthly Online Challenge
Apr 1–28 – Monthly Online Challenge
May 1–28 – Monthly Online Challenge
Jun 1–28 – Monthly Online Challenge
Jun 15 – River Rumble: Spring Team Series *
Jul 1–28 – Monthly Online Challenge
Jun 30 – The Catch ‘Em All Summer Brawl
Aug 1–28 – Monthly Online Challenge
Aug 17 – River Rumble: Summer Team Series *
Sep 1–28 – Monthly Online Challenge
Oct 1–28 – Monthly Online Challenge
Oct 19 – River Rumble: Fall Team Series *

* Sunday events

KNOCKOUT SERIES

Apr 1–Oct 28

Like last year, we were able to de-conflict most divisional events, giving everyone plenty of opportunity to go for the 2025 MAKB Angler of the Year title. We’re also trying a new series called the River Rumble Team Series, which takes the place of our Catch ‘Em All Brawl Series. And of course, we’ll have plenty of Tuesday and Thursday Night Throwdowns, plus some Cold Water Series events in the first few and last few months of the year.

We’re also hosting a pre-season event on Webster Lake on March 29. No qualifications, no Angler of the Year points, just fishing, food, and fellowship!

And don’t forget our annual potluck gathering and awards banquet, which will be held at the Bristol Lodge in North Attleboro, 2–6 PM. Everyone is welcome!

It’s gonna be a great season. JOIN NOW!

2024 Season Stats

December 20, 2024 0 Comment

Winter is hitting a bit different this year, and with Christmas just around the corner, it seems we’ve wrapped up tournaments for the season.

For those interested in some stats, here you go…

In 2023, we hosted a total of 51 events, including 24 divisional events, one championship, 10 Tuesday/Thursday Night Throwdowns, four Cold Water Series events, eight monthly online challenges, three Catch ‘Em All Brawls, and the Knockout Series.

We awarded $49,893 in payouts throughout the year! Here’s the breakdown:

Eastern Division: $8,784
Western Division: $6,020
Central Division: $9,094
Northern Division: $9,024
Championship: $3,960
Monthly Challenges: $3,936
Catch ‘Em All Brawls: $2,441
Thursday Night Throwdowns: $2,574
Knockout Series: $2,400
Cold Water Series: $2,094

In total, 955 competitors participated across these events (with many competing in multiple events, of course), and 4,397 fish were submitted (excluding the Knockout Series).

The highest number of fish submitted during a divisional event was 225, recorded at the Eastern Division’s Mashpee-Wakeby event. On the other hand, the fewest submissions for a single event were 48, during the Central Division opener at Webster Lake. Ironically, just a week later in 2023, Webster Lake set the record for the year with the highest number of fish submitted in a single event—252!

Collectively, we submitted a total of 18,948.75 inches of bass in 2024 (also excluding the Knockout Series).

The biggest limits of the year:

Northern Division: Patrick Brown – 96.00 (Lake Attitash)
Eastern Division: Ken Wood – 95.00 (Upper/Lower Mill Pond)
Western Division: Ryan Stager – 94.25 (Quaboag Pond)
Central Division: Lee Kennon – 92.75 (Sudbury River)
Monthly Challenge: Benjamin Hallowell – 101.25 (July)
Thursday Night Throwdown: Jerry Howes – 56.50 (Buckley Dunton Reservoir)
Cold Water Series: Matthew Conant – 91.00 (Santuit Pond)

The biggest largemouth of the year:

Northern Division: Patrick Brown – 22.25 (Lake Attitash)
Eastern Division: Domenic Eno – 22.00 (Snipatuit Pond)
Western Division: Noah Fahmy – 21.75 (Congamond Lake/Connecticut River)
Central Division: Lee Kennon and Cory Walker – 21.00 (Sudbury River and Flint Pond)
Monthly Challenge: Gregg Fritchey – 21.50 (July and August)
Thursday Night Throwdown: Ken Wood – 20.50 (Winnecunnet Pond)
Cold Water Series: Nate Chagnon – 21.25 (Santuit Pond)

The biggest smallmouth of the year:

Western Division: Justin Gallo – 20.50 (Ashmere Lake)
Eastern Division: John Ferreira and Jim Silva – 19.75 (Mashpee-Wakeby Pond and Upper/Lower Mill Pond)
Northern Division: Adam Rourke – 16.75 (Lake Attitash)
Central Division: Carl Hartwick – 15.75 (Webster Lake)

Some other stats:

Lee Kennon, Matthew Conant, and Ken Wood each secured the most divisional wins, with three victories apiece.

Steve Petkevitch led the pack with the most top-five finishes across all divisions, with 11 overall. Close behind were Matthew Conant and Ken Wood, each with 10 top-five finishes, followed by Mike Morcone with nine.

Benjamin Hallowell dominated the online division, with six wins out of 11 events. He also secured a win in the Cold Water Series, earning him the most overall wins across all events.

All in all, it was an incredible year! Fifty-one events—a bit fewer than last year, but still more than enough opportunities for anglers to get out on the water and compete. And now, we’re gearing up for something special: our tenth season next year—the big 1-0!

Thanks to everyone who continues to fish with us; and an even bigger thank-you goes to Kevin Amaral, Jeremey Andrews, Donald Davis, Bruce Levy, Michael Williams, Anthony Campbell, Jonathan Medina, and Patrick Brown, all of whom have played their part in transforming this little trail into something far beyond what we ever imagined.

Enjoy the holidays! We’ll be announcing our 2025 schedules and more very soon.

Todd Brothers Wins Big at Mashpee-Wakeby

June 30, 2024 0 Comment

Yesterday, the Eastern Division hit Mashpee-Wakeby for its third event of the season! Thirty anglers were met with pretty good conditions, even after the wind kicked up.

The bass in Mashpee-Wakeby see a lot of pressure from tournament anglers, so early on it was shaping up to be a grind, which is common there. Around midday, though, the fish became more active and anglers started making moves up (and down for some) the leaderboard.

It wasn’t an epic day of fishing that sometimes happens there, but it was a good day.

We paid out five spots, three lunker side-pots, and the Double Down…

Pickerel lunker came from the aptly-named Pickerel Cove, a 24.50-incher caught by Chip Dufault; while John Ferreira’s 19.75-inch smallmouth nabbed the smallmouth lunker prize.

There was a tie between Valber Santos and Mike Morcone for overall lunker, with each catching a mondo 20.25 largemouth. Mike’s bass was physically longer on the board, though, so he won the tie-breaker.

Chip got off to a fast start, holding down the lead for a good part of the day. But while the bite picked up for others, Chip struggled to find upgrades. He finished in fifth with 79.50, which was enough to take home the Double Down prize as well.

Mike Morcone’s late-day surge—which included that 20.25 and a smallmouth upgrade caught with about three and a half minutes to go—earned him a fourth-place finish to go along with lunker.

Between 11:24 and 11:58 AM, Neal Rapoza upgraded five times, culling out four of his five bass. Then he topped it off with another upgrade with less than twenty minutes to go. What would have been a seventeenth-place finish with 68.50 turned into 81.75 and third place!

Matthew Conant is always a threat. Like Neal, Matt had a small limit of 61.25, then upgraded twice in six minutes. An hour later, he upgraded two more times in thirteen minutes, moving him up from not even the top ten to second place. But when Neal caught his final bass at 1:40:51, this bumped him up into second place.

For less than two minutes!

Because Matt caught his final upgrade at 1:42.29, which pushed him back up into second place with 82.50. Crazy!

Todd Brothers came all the way from western Massachusetts, and it paid off! Fishing the same general area as Matt, Todd hauled in a mixed bag for 84.75, landing him in first place!

Great job out there, fellas! Congrats!

A big shout-out to our sponsors, as always. Especially Reacton Tackle, Yakrods, Nocqua, and YakAttack for the giveaways!

Thanks to everyone who came out! Our next event is on the mighty Charles River, Sunday, June 14. It’s a weekend of river events, with the Central Division hosting their next event on the Sudbury River the day before.

See you then!

YakAttack LeaderBoard Approved!

June 25, 2024 0 Comment

As of June 24, 2024, the new YakAttack LeaderBoard is approved for use in Massachussetts Kayak Bassin’ events.

If you have any questions, please let us know.

Lee Kennon Flips Again…and Wins Again

June 24, 2024 0 Comment

On Saturday, June 15, the Northern Division crossed the border into southern New Hampshire and hit Pawtuckaway Lake for the third event of the season!

Going into the event the anticipation was high. One reason was because it’s MAKB’s first tourney north of the border, so we couldn’t wait to see how it turned out. And secondly, the week prior at the Mountain Road Trading Post tournament on Pawtuckaway, there were some very good bags put up. To everyone’s surprise, however, the lake fished a little tougher than the week before…

But as always a lucky few put up some good numbers!

No stranger to being in the money (or flipping his kayak like he did once again), Lee Kennon clinched the top spot for the second time this season with a 92 inches anchored by a 21.25-inch largemouth!

In second place, and in the hunt for the 2024 Northern Division Angler of the Year title, was Steve Petkevitch, who put up 88.75 inches.

Following up a second-place finish the weekend prior, Ken Wood landed in the money again, taking third place with 84.50 inches.

Sean Renfroe had a solid fourth-place finish with 82.25, and Cory Walker rounded out the top five with 80.75—and this, after getting off the water an hour early by accident!

Event lunker went to Lee with his 21.25 largemouth, while lunker smallmouth was won by Jon Bandi with a 15-incher. Surprisingly no one caught a pickerel, so that lunker pool rolled over the the main lunker pool. Crazy!

Ken also won the Double Down.

It was a super-fun day out there and me and Pat were happy to see that the interest/feedback in fishing up in New Hampshire was great. We’ll definitely be doing it again next season!

As always thank you to all of our sponsors for making this trail possible! And can’t forget to thank Mountain Road Trading Post and Troy Brown for hosting us for a grill-and-chill after the event. We all had a blast and left with full stomachs!

Our next event is on July 27 on Lake Attitash, which should fish well that time of year. But if you can’t wait until then to scratch that competitive itch, we are hosting a Tuesday Night Throwdown tomorrow night at Johnson’s Pond in Groveland! And we’re looking to put another one together between now and the Attitash derby, so keep an eye out!

Check out the full results here.

Andrew Heath Conquers Lake Ashmere

June 10, 2024 0 Comment

The Western Division held its third event of the season at Lake Ashmere in Hinsdale, MA, on June 8.

Mother Nature gave us some wind and rain to deal with and cooler temps than expected, but we were treated to a pretty good day of fishing. Sixteen anglers entered 129 fish to the event. We paid out four spots, and the results were as follows…

4th – Ethan Bartlett (82.00)
3rd – Richard Keefe (82.25)
2nd – Matthew Conant (86.25)
1st – Andrew Heath (87.75)

Lunker Bass – Kevin Senecal (19.75)
Lunker Pickerel – Justin Gallo (20.50)
Double Down – Jeremey Andrews (69.50)

Check out the full results here.

Lee Kennon Takes Down Singletary

June 4, 2024 0 Comment

This past Saturday, MAKB Central Division held our third event of the season on Singletary Lake. The day started with nearly perfect weather and surprisingly no boat traffic until after 11 AM. It seemed that we had the lake mostly to ourselves, with only a few fellow paddlers around. Many small fish were seen, but some anglers were fortunate to come across multiple bigger fish and make it pay out for them.

Lee Kennon clinched the first place in his Hobie pedal kayak with five fish measuring an impressive 81.50 inches. Lee could be seen all over the lake at different times, which must have added up to around ten miles! Congratulations, Lee!

Right behind Lee was Todd Brothers, who put up a strong performance and achieved a limit of 80.50, while Domenic Eno secured 3rd place with 79 inches.

John Dicenzo managed to lock down fourth place with 75.50. He recorded the two biggest fish of the tournament: a nice 20.75-incher, which was also the event lunker, and another measuring 20 inches even. Both largemouth.

Mike Morcone took the final payout spot—even though he had to paddle the entire event due to someone stealing his trolling motor—and still brought in five fish totaling 75 inches.

There are a million smallmouth bass in Singletary, but they are all really small. Khoa Dao caught the biggest of biggest of the day, a monster 14-incher, which earned him the smallmouth lunker pool.

The final optional lunker pool, this one for pickerel, went to Jeff Lin, who landed a 21.75. Many anglers reported catching huge pickerel but losing them at the boat.

Cory Walker was the only angler to enter for the Double Down. Not technically a win, but it looks good on paper.

Lastly, we would like to thank all the anglers who came out to fish with us at Singletary and cooperated during the parking predicament at that small launch. It was like a game of parking-lot Jenga, but we managed to park everyone in the lot successfully.

Congratulations to the winners, and we hope to see you at our next event in July at the Sudbury River.

Thank you to our sponsors for your support.

Check out the full results here.

An Epic Day on Snipatuit

May 28, 2024 0 Comment

On Saturday, May 18, the Eastern Division hit angler-favorite Snipatuit Pond for its second regular-season event of the year. At 5:45 AM, 26 anglers launched into the dreary morning hoping the rain kept its distance…

And it did—for about 20 minutes.

From then on out, it was a cold, windy, and wet day. In other words, a typical tournament day for MAKB East.

Christopher Nardi put the first bass on the board at 6:11 AM, and the bite remained consistent for him and many others throughout the day. Overall, 128 bass were submitted, as well as four pickerel.

When the tournament ended (as well as the rain, of course), Alex Weisheit sat in fifth place with 83.25 inches. Mirroring that score, in fourth place, was John Ferreira, who’s 17.50 was the tie-breaker between them.

In third place was Christopher Nardi, who landed 84.25 of Snipatuit largemouth; while Joe Fournier hauled in 87.25 inches, good enough for a solid second-place finish.

Despite the conditions, Ken Wood brought a frog rod with him. The cool water temps and lack of shoreline cover had him convinced it was too early in the season, but a few minutes in, he grabbed the rod and gave it a shot. Three casts later, he had a 19.50 in the net. Three minutes after that, he slapped a 17 down on the board.

Unfortunately, the frog bite was not as consistent as it started, but when something bit, it was a good one. All told, he managed 93.25, anchored by a 20-incher, which he was convinced was good enough for lunker and would have had him “hitting for the cycle”—lunker, pickerel lunker (a 23.75, also caught on the frog), Double Down, and first place.

Domenic Eno put an end to that dream with a mondo 22-inch donkey! Great fish! Who could be mad about that?

Congrats, everyone. Great job out there!

Check out the full results here.

Our next event is at Mashpee-Wakeby on June 29. That’ll be an interesting one for sure…

Tough Bite on the Nash

May 27, 2024 0 Comment

Saturday was stop two for the Northern Division on the Nashua River. The weather was great, which seems to be a rare situation for us here at MAKB come tourney day. The Nashua is known for holding some true giants, as we saw a few years ago when Bruce levy put up over 100 inches. But this year, the river wanted to be difficult when it came to bigger fish.

As always, though, anglers found a way to prevail regardless!

The standings were as follows…

The only angler to boat two fish that were 18 inches or longer took first place! Nice job, Steve Petkevitch!

Coming in second with another solid bag of 80.25 was Mike Morcone.

Christopher Nardi put up 78.75, which was good enough for a third place finish, winning a tiebreaker with an 18-incher. And on the other end of the tie, landing in fourth place was Russell Holmes who also had 78.75.

Rounding out the last paying spot was Reyluis Morales, who put up a respectable bag of 77 inches even.

Lunker bass went to Kevin Amaral with the only fish to break the 20-inch mark at 20.75! Lunker pickerel went to the man from Cape Cod! Gerard Elias managed a 21-incher to put some money in his pocket before the long trek home.

As always it was a great time. Definitely blessed to finally have a beautiful day on the water! We had 39 anglers for this event, and was awesome to see participation from guys in other divisions and from a few guys from up New Hampshire and Maine coming down to join us! Thank you to all!

And can’t forget to thank all of our great sponsors who make this possible!

Check out the full results here.

The next event is on June 15th at Pawtuckaway Lake in New Hampshire! Should be an awesome event with plenty of opportunities to win it however you like to fish! Tight lines everyone!