Honoring Dewey and Our Bass Anglers of the Year

At our annual planning meeting held earlier this month, we voted to show our respect for Dewey and all of our Bass Anglers of the Year with a perpetual plaque to be mounted in a prominent spot within the West Neck Marina Store. Pictured here is the plaque, which I just today picked up. As soon as I'm able to catch up with Steve, you'll be able to see it up close and personal for yourself in the store.

We only inaugurated our Dewey Mullins Memorial Bass Angler of the Year program last year, with Bob Glass laying claim to the 2013 honor with a grand total weight of 146.92 lbs. That's a whole bunch of nice fish, including the 6.89-lb. seasonal lunker, which Bob boated on Sept. 7. For everyone who envisions getting their name on one of the plaque's 24 engraved plates, just know that Bob is likely to remain a force to be reckoned with for a long time to come. It'll be in your best interests to plan to fish all or nearly all of each year's tournament schedule if you want to have a decent chance to dethrone him.

The winner of the AOY competition is that individual or team with the greatest accumulative total weight at the end of the year's regular tournaments--not including the season-ending two-day Classic. In case of a tie, the individual or team with the bigger fish for the year will be declared the winner or winners. So put on your best game face and plan to join us as we kick off our 2014 season on March 22--provided, of course, that conditions allow.