Lake Wampanoag, MA.

Firstly, we would like to thank everyone that came out for the "First Annual Battle of the BASStards." Without the dedicated group of BASStards that were in attendance the site, the tournament, and all the great lip ripping would not be possible. In all 5 teams entered the tournament totaling 14 BASStards. Below are the teams in the order that they finished.

1st - Team "Balls Deep"

Left to right: "Slabseeker," "Derek," "Kaptain Kidd," Matt M.

2nd - Team "Tight Pants Wearing Bass Fishers"

Left to right: Chris Z, "Bassholio"

3rd - Team "BASStard Fishing"

Left to right: "Drunken BASStard," "Lucky BASStard," "Crazy BASStard," "International"

4th - Team "I Got One!.. Wait.. No It's Just Weeds"

5th - Team "Better Late Than Never"

Left to right: Meghan O'Neil, "Zatch"

BASStard Of The Tournament

Fishing for team "Balls Deep (your couch may pull out but we don't), "Kaptain Kidd" secured his spot as the BASStard Of The Tournament landing the largest bass of the day just 20 minutes into the tournament. The fish went 4.6 pounds on the scales and measured 20.75 inches in length. With this slab Kaptain Kidd secured the victory for his team and was named July 2010's BASStard Of The Month as well as 2010's BASStard Of The Year. For the title of BASStard Of The Tournament he won himself a $50 Bass Pro Shops gift card.

Water Coverage

A special thanks goes out to Jen Plume from Rhode Island for driving up and following our anglers around for the day and documenting the tournament.

Lake Wampanoag on the morning of the First Annual Battle Of The BASStards

International rolls up with his cursed gear ready for a day of lip ripping

Derek explains to Lucky BASStard how he plans to single handedly win the tournament for team "Balls Deep"

"Lucky BASStard" talks to Derek and "Slab Seeker." At this point Derek still thinks that he may land a single fish

Matt M. readies his flaming chariot while "Drunken BASStard" watches in envy

"Bassholio" explains to the crowd how he took 5 worm shots in preparation for the days festivities

Matt M. explains to the crowd that the flames on his boat add 15hp to his rig

"Drunken BASStard" gets ready to board his kayak while Derek continues to tell the crowd how many fish he will be catching

Team "Better Late Than Never" boards their canoe as the tournament begins

The tournament begins and the teams high tail it to their hot spots

Kaptain Kidd and Matt M. work along a shoreline looking for a limit

Should we throw the frog?

"Drunken BASStard" paddles his kayak to a new spot hoping to keep the skunk off

"Lucky BASStard" and "Crazy BASStard" look to boat a final fish for their limit

"International" boats his first fish of the day and the 4th for team "BASStard Fishing"

Team "Got One... Wait... No Its Just Weeds" pulls up to admire the flaming chariot

Team "Got One... Wait... No Its Just Weeds" looks to put together a limit in the final hours of the tournament

Still no tight pants, but the shirt has come off...

"Kaptain Kidd" casts along a laydown looking for another lunker as Matt M. maneuvers the boat towards the dock for the weigh in

"Lucky BASStard" pulls the boat close to admire the now shirtless Team "Tight Pants Wearing Bass Fishers"

Team "Got One... Wait... No Its Just Weeds" pulls up to team "Balls Deep" to discuss how The First Annual Battle Of The BASStards was the best day of their life

Team "Better Late Than Never" works over some deep water as the tournament winds to a close

"I can't believe I still haven't boated a fish" - Derek

"Lucky BASStard" and "Crazy BASStard" fish along the final shoreline before the weigh in

Weigh In

"Crazy BASStard" and "Lucky BASStard" award the winners, Team "Balls Deep"

Team "Balls Deep" pose in front of the BASStard Mobile after securing their victory

Again, we at BASStardFishing.com thank all of our fellow BASStards for making our first tournament a huge success and we look forward to seeing all of you at the 2nd Annual Battle Of The BASStards... even you, Derek...

BASStard Feedback

Below are some comments from our community of BASStards in the event.

"I'm sure I'm speaking for the majority of the board when I say you and Lucky did a hell of a job organizing everything" -International

"Great commentary and photos to go along with a great event. Again, I had a blast and everyone else seemed very happy with the day.

The one thing that can improve is for myself to donate something for the next event, be it monetary or my time or a combination." -Bassholio

"I just wanted to thank you all again. The event was run very well and everything went smooth. Nice job on the write up, I guess ill have to learn how to catch fish before the next one " -Derek

"A great re-cap to a great day.

Thanks again.
and AGAIN.

You guys do a great job with this whole place.
It is what it is and you guys make it better.
Keep it up." -Kaptain Kidd

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