...To improve skills as bass anglers through a Fellowship of friendly exchange of bass catching techniques and to preserve the future of Bass Fishing through conservation, youth and public awareness.
Hudson River Challenge Bergen's Open Tournament to benefit The USO of Metropolitan New York will be held on the Hudson River (Catskill – Dutchman’s Landing) on Sunday, September 27, 2009.
Planning ahead for the September 27th Hudson River Challenge Tournament, Bergen's Bill Vella and Nick Albano meet with our primary sponsor, Jason Pohl and Orange County Choppers. OCC will be funding two lunker awards (SMB and LMB) at $1,000 each. Jason will be fishing the tournament with Stren Pro and NJBF member Joe Sancho The Hudson River Challenge is an Open Benefit Tournament for the USO of Metropolitan New York. Due to outstanding sponsorship, cash and prize pay outs will be quite generous.
July 21, 2001 was a cool & breezy night and the Bergen Clan was set for a 10 hour all night point’s tournament on Greenwood Lake. Brian Mahoney had a good night with 5 chunky largemouth bass totaling 13-12. Many Bergen members had a hard time in locating active bass and in fact, given ten hours of time, many veterans could not even boat a limit. Brian’s tactics included tossing giant Jitterbug’s around surfacing sawbellies (alewife) and his decent bag earned him 2nd Place honors. Brian credits his success to using “Ironman” Jim Logan style Jitterbugs. The Ironman himself smoked the field with a five bass going 14-08. For his Bergen win, Big Jim used his modified Jitterbug and big spinnerbaits. Although this was the 3rd time that Jim enjoyed a Bergen win on Greenwood, the 7/21/01 event turned out to be his last victory. Jim continued to fish with Bergen through 2008 and even fished a few NJBF Team events. At 84, Jim decided to retire from active Bergen membership and in 2009; he will fish with us as an observer. I am glad that we will continue to hear his roaring laughter and I will always remember 7/21/01 and how Brian earned a check riding the Ironman’s coattails.
