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These are the member clubs of the South Jersey Bass Club Association. If you are thinking of joining a bass club, check out the ones that indicate they are actively seeking new members. If their profile information sounds interesting (or hasn't been submitted yet), get in touch with their club contact for more details.

Keep in mind that although a profile may say that a club is based in a particular location, it doesn't necessarily mean that they only accept members from that location or that they only fish near that location. In fact, most clubs draw their members from a wide geographical area and fish locations all over southern/central NJ and/or out of state.

Barrington Rod & Reel Club (Regular Member - SJBCA Member on & off since February 1996)
Based in: Barrington, NJ
Contact: ?.
Website:
Profile:
Actively Seeking New Members: No

Beavertail Bass Club (Regular Member - SJBCA Member since January 2008)
Based in: West Deptford, NJ
Contact: Scott West at 609-352-4062
Website:
Profile: This club was started in the 1960's by a group of guys that wanted to share the fun of fishing. The club has 15 active members that enjoy fishing 8 to 10 tournaments a year in New Jersey , Delaware and Maryland lakes and rivers emphasizing catch & release. They have a couple of members that are fishing the A.B.A. tournaments with success. Their meetings are on the first Thursday of every month .
Actively Seeking New Members: Yes

Big Bass Fishing Club of Maple Shade (Regular Member - SJBCA Member since March 2006)
Based in: Maple Shade, NJ
Contact: Rick Anderson at 856-667-5499 or Ray Lessard at 856-779-1023.
Website: www.eteamz.com/sites/bbfc
Profile: This club started 20 years ago just as an excuse to get a bunch of guys to go fishing. Now they have 50+ members, 3 club tournaments a year, and a year long tournament (by witness and picture) for the biggest bass and pickerel of the year. Their main concern is to "Just Have Fun".
Actively Seeking New Members: No

Bucketmouth Brigade (Regular Member - SJBCA Member since January 1995)
Based in: Burlington County, NJ
Contact: Dan Bozlet, President at 732-406-7466
Email: bozcollc@verizon.net
Profile: Bucketmouth is a bass club geared toward teaching members how to be competitive on a tournament level. Most members fish the NJ Federation Nation and TBF Federation trails, as well as other regional and national events. Bucketmouth is also active in conservation, such as doing lake habitat improvement projects around the state. They sponsor a junior chapter called Millennium Bassmasters for youth ages 9-16. That chapter fishes a regular tourney circuit and several members have gone to the youth BASS "Classic".
Actively Seeking New Members: Yes

Cape May County Bassmasters (Regular Member - SJBCA Member since September 2007)
Based in: Cape May County, NJ
Contact: cmbassmasters@yahoo.com.
Website:
Profile: Cape May County Bassmasters was formed in 2007 with the purpose of giving local bass anglers a chance to compete in Federation Nation tournaments with the possibility of having some lucky angler reach his dream of someday fishing the Bassmaster Classic. Their tournament rules are basicially the same as BASS. They promote "catch and release" and strive for good conservation.
Actively Seeking New Members: Yes

Cedarwater Bassmasters (Associate Member - SJBCA Member since 1995)
Based in: Atlantic County, NJ
Contact: Alex Anton at 609-641-2934 (work) or 609-927-5591 (home)
Profile: This club was founded in 1971 by six South Jersey fishermen. It has since grown over the years to an active roster of 16 bass fishermen, that are fishing a CWBM 10- tournament trail, as well as BASS & FLW tournament trails. Click here for more details on the Cedarwater Bassmasters.
Actively Seeking New Members: Yes

Cumberland County Bassmasters (Regular Member - SJBCA Member since May 2004)
Based in: Vineland, NJ
Contact: Albert Franchetta at 856-563-0393
E-Mail: ccbassmasters2004@yahoo.com
Website: http://ccbassmasters2004.com/
This club holds tournaments on local lakes on Wednesday evenings throughout the summer, and meetings are held after each tournament at the tournament location, except for the first meeting of the year, which is held at an agreed-upon location. Some of the lakes and rivers the club fishes are: Union, Sunset, Malaga, Rainbow, Parvin and the Maurice River. The club also will be hosting four open buddy tournaments per year. The club consists of both NJ Bass Federation and non-Federation members, with the Federation members competing in the NJ State Federation tournaments. The club emphasizes good conservation and catch & release.
Actively Seeking New Members: No

Delaware River Fishermen's Association (Regular Member - SJBCA Member since ?)
Based in: New Jersey & Pennsylvania
Contact: Pete Antoniewicz at 609-466-7719
E-Mail: DRFA_TheRiverNews@hotmail.com
Address: P.O. Box 25, Langhorne, PA 19047-0025
Website: www.drfishermen.com
Profile: The Delaware River Fishermen's Association is a fishing club whose 400 members fish, boat, live, and play on and along the Delaware River. Although their main emphasis is to be a fishing club, their concern for the river extends to an interest in any environmental problems, governmental regulations, and excess development that could affect the natural integrity of the river and the surrounding lands. Membership is open to the public. Meetings are held on the last Thursday of every month, at 7:00 PM in the back upstairs meeting room at The Sportsmen's Center on Route 130 North (north of Route 206) in Bordentown, NJ. All interested sportsmen and women are invited to attend and join the organization. The club publishes a monthly newsletter and has eight fishing tournaments a year for members only. The DRFA also holds two open "Big Cat Shootout" tournaments annually.
Actively Seeking New Members: Yes

4th Ward Bass Anglers (Regular Member - Original SJBCA Member - November 1994)
Based in: Cumberland County, NJ
Contact: Call the Fourth Ward clubhouse at 856-455-0902
Profile: This club meets on the first Thursday of each month at their clubhouse in the Bridgeton area.
Actively Seeking New Members: No

Five Alive Bassmasters (Associate Member - SJBCA Member since March 2004)
Based in: Ocean County
Contact: Dave Burket at 732-363-8653 (E-mail -- daisydoodledave@aol.com)
or Dave Garbie at 732-240-1787 (E-mail -- mavmetsss@aol.com)
Website: www.fivealivebassmasters.com
Profile: Five Alive Bassmasters fishes for the love of the sport and friendly competition. Meetings are held at the Jackson VFW on the third Thursday of every month at 8:00 pm.
Actively Seeking New Members: Yes

Garden State Bassmasters (Regular Member - SJBCA Member since November 1995)
Based in: They currently have members from the southern New Jersey and Philadelphia areas.
Contact: Fred Serge at 609-319-4876
Profile: This club was founded in 1973. They have 17 active members as of January 2003. They generally have 8~12 club tournaments a year and 2~3 open buddy tournaments depending on the lakes and/or rivers that they choose to fish. Some of the waters they fish may include, but are not limited to, Lake Anna, Potomac, Greenwood, Wallenpaupack, Delaware, Hopatcong, Union, and Maurice. Some of their members also participate in the New Jersey Bass Federation tournaments and are very willing to share their experiences with new members.
Actively Seeking New Members: Yes (boaters and non-boaters)

Happy Hooker Basssers (Regular Member - SJBCA Member since November 2001)
Based in: Cape May County, NJ
Contact: Carmen Bersani, President, 609-729-2504
Profile: This club has approximately 12 tournaments each season. Entry fees are $20.00 per tournament. Club dues are $30.00 per year and they meet on the first Thursday of every month (7:00 to 9:00 pm) in Wildwood Crest.
Actively Seeking New Members: Yes

Kickin' Bass Fishing Club (Regular Member - SJBCA Member since May 2008)
Based in: Woodbury Heights, NJ
Contact: Sean Flynn at 856-845-8866
Website: http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeefw9l/ (still under construction)
Profile: Kickin Bass currently is a new/small club made up of ten guys who like to fish competitively for fun. Some guys aspire to kick bass at a higher level while others just want to fish for fun. Either way, they fish once a month at local lakes, rivers and canals. They are also organizing a youth club and host a fishing derby on Glen Lake (Woodbury Heights) each June.
Actively Seeking New Members: No

Limits & Lunkers Bass Club (Regular Member - Original SJBCA Member - November 1994)
(formerly Atlantic County Bass Anglers)
Based in: Camden County, NJ
Contact: Russel Dunnings, President at 973-801-09293
E-Mail: rcdunnings@comcast.net
Profile: Small club that fishes about a dozen club tournaments a year throughout South Jersey & Delaware and usually hosts two open buddy tournaments at Union Lake each year. They are very interested in hearing from any interested potential new members.
Actively Seeking New Members: Yes

Philadelphia Bass Busters (Associate Member - SJBCA Member since September 2007)
Based in: Philadelphia, PA
Contact: .
Email: pbb.club@comcast.net
Website: www.philadelphiabassbusters.net
Profile: The Philadelphia Bass Busters club was formed in 1987 to further the sport of freshwater angling. The goals of their club are to educate and support the sport of angling. Through this goal they encourage the members to learn all they can about this sport and to share the knowledge and love of this sport with fellow anglers of all ages. They are a family oriented club and encourage all family members to participate in all of the clubs many functions. The club holds tournaments about every two weeks during the season.
Actively Seeking New Members: Yes

Pine Cone Anglers (Regular Member - SJBCA Member since May 1999)
Based in: Burlington County, NJ
Contact: Steve Steinmetz at 609-868-4216
Profile:
Actively Seeking New Members: Yes

Rising Sun Bassmasters (Regular Member - SJBCA Member since 1995)
Based in: Burlington County, NJ
Contact: Rick Phelan at 609-261-0305
E-Mail: BetterOutlook@aol.com
Forum: www.risingsunbassmaster.com
Profile: Rising Sun Bassmasters aims to improve their members' skills as bass fishermen through a fellowship of friendly exchange of expert bass catching techniques and shared ideas. They fish small and large lakes in New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland. They also fish the Northeast and Potomac Rivers in Maryland and the Delaware River. They try to fish different lakes and rivers each year so their members can fish a lot of different places. The club has a 25 member limit and as of January 2007 had 16 active members.
Actively Seeking New Members: Yes

Riverside Bass Club (Regular Member - SJBCA Member since December 2005)
Based in: Riverside, Burlington County, NJ
Contacts: Charles Sickels (VP/Tourn Director) at bassindaddy3076@aol.com
Website: www.riversidebassclub.net
Profile: This is a relatively new club , which started in 2006. It was founded because they didn't want the pressures of a long tournament schedule and having to fish every week to stay competitive in a points race. They hold between 9-13 regular season tournaments from April to September and a Classic Finale in October. They fish an individual-based format. They have one mandatory meeting per year, held in January and a short, informal meeting at the end of each tournament. Not a lot of politics, just a bunch of buddies having a good time fishing.
Actively Seeking New Members: Yes

South Jersey Bassers (Regular Member - Original SJBCA Member - November 1994)
Based in: Gloucester County, NJ
Contact: Art Rittershausen at 856-227-7214
Address: 12 Ivy Court, Turnersville, NJ 08012
Website:
Profile: The South Jersey Bassers, an established bass fishing club, is a club whose members bass fish for the sport and fun of fishing without all the pressures of club fishing rules and regulations. We are a small club that fishes local waters in South Jersey. We have nine six hour tournaments a season from March to November. Eight of the tournaments are individual with one open buddy tournament. The club is an information and technique sharing club whose members like to grow and see others grow as fishermen.
Actively Seeking New Members: Yes

South Jersey Bass Stalkers (Regular Member - SJBCA Member since November 2004)
Based in: South Jersey
Contact: Joe Hoban at 856-692-2807
E-Mail: jhoban1115@comcast.net
Website: www.sjbassstalkers.org
Profile: This club was founded in September of 2004 to provide fellow bass anglers with an opportunity to compete without pressures of a long tournament schedule. They hold only 10 individual tournaments (on Saturdays) from March through November. Paper tournaments are held during the closed season. This allows those who have active family lives or want to fish public tournaments without conflicting with their club tournaments to do so. No politics, just good old fishing. Non-Boaters are welcome as long as space is available.
Actively Seeking New Members: No

South Jersey Hawg Hunters (Regular Member - SJBCA Member since November 1997)
Based in: South Jersey
Contact: Fred Lentz at 856-358-6073
E-Mail:   SJHHclub@comcast.net
Website:   www.sjhhclub.110mb.com
Profile: The original South Jersey Hawg Hunters is a club focused on competition, fun, low costs and minimal bureaucracy. They began fishing competitively in 1994 and now fish most of the ponds and rivers in South Jersey. All of their club tournaments are "buddy" format tournaments. They also schedule long-weekend camping/fishing trips to out-of-state locations. The Hawg Hunters had 38 members as of September 2008. (This club is not related to a newer club from Willingboro that adopted the same name.)
Adopt-a-Lake Location: Rainbow Lake WMA
Actively Seeking New Members:   No

South Jersey Hook This! (Regular Member - SJBCA Member since November 2004)
Based in: South Jersey
Contact: BN06, President & Secretary
Website: http://www.southjerseyhookthis.com
Profile: Originally begun as South Jersey Hook One!, South Jersey HOOK This! is a small to mid-size bass club wich prides itself on sportsmanship, courteous anglers, and the open sharing of tips & techniques in which all members can benefit from. They fish 19 tournaments a year, weekly, from March to October. South Jersey Hook This! had 19 active members as of October 2008. This club has members ranging from teenagers, father/son combos, women, and even those that live in other states. A great club for beginners and those wishing to fish various Central and South Jersey bodies of water. Their credo is "A bass club is only as good as its members and without them... there can be no club.
Actively Seeking New Members: No

South Jersey Kayak Bass Fishing Club (Regular Member - SJBCA Member since February 2010)
Based in: South Jersey
Contact: Jeff Shaw (President) 609-889-2318
Email: shaw13@comcast.net
Website: http://sjkbfc.webs.com/
Profile:South Jersey’s first and only Kayak freshwater bass fishing club! They were created in January 2010 by a group of individuals that wanted to utilize kayaks and canoes as a means of catching large and smallmouth bass. Their club was founded on the conservation and preservation of South Jersey lakes, catch and release practices, sportsmanship, education, and fun. They fish 12 tournaments throughout South Jersey, between March and October. Their membership is growing rapidly as more and more people become interested in this relatively new form of bass fishing. They invite you to become a member.
Actively Seeking New Members: Yes

Tidewater Bassers (Regular Member - SJBCA Member since 1995)
Based in: Cumberland County, NJ
Contact: Greg DiPalma at 856-207-6184
Tournament Contact: Mike Sims at 856-207-1297
Email: info@tidewaterbassers.com
Website: http://www.tidewaterbassers.net
Profile:
Actively Seeking New Members: No

Top Rod Bassmasters (Regular Member - Early SJBCA Member (1995) that rejoined December 2002)
Based in: Gloucester County, NJ
Contact: Dave Butenewicz Sr at 856-881-2884
Website: http://www.toprodbassmasters.com
Profile: Small boat club formed in 1993 by BASS touring pro Mike Iaconelli and friends. They fish South Jersey waters only, on every other Saturday. They share their fishing knowledge and information amongst all members. Meetings are held at 7:30 pm on the first Monday of the month at the Runnemede VFW (located behind the former American Appliance). A great club for beginners and anglers who are looking to learn more.
Actively Seeking New Members: Yes (boaters)

Tri-State Bass Assassins (Regular Member - SJBCA Member since January 1997)
Based in: Gloucester County, NJ
Contact: Al Davis at 856-629-8313
Website:
Profile: Tri-State Bass Assassins was founded in 1995 by Al Davis and Tom Maier in order to bring together bass fishermen to share and experience the sport of bass fishing. Members of Tri-State Bass Assassins pride themselves in sharing their bass fishing knowledge. They are a South Jersey based bass fishing club and had 18 members as of December 2002. They have team and individual club tournaments, schedule club trips, host public bass tournaments and hold an annual awards banquet.
Actively Seeking New Members: ?