North GTA Bass Anglers

Don't miss out on the remaining NGTA Opens this year:
Sat. Oct. 10th, 2026 NGTA Rice Lake Bass Open - Golden Beach Resort (Rice Lake)
Sat. Oct. 24, 2026, 2026 NGTA Fall Pike Open - Orillia (Lake Couchiching)
Feel free to message us at [email protected] to be added to the mailing list. Registrations will usually open up about 3 weeks in advance.

Congrats to Wayne & Chad Nelson, the 2026 NGTA Lake Erie Bass Open Champs with 25.80 lbs. of Lake Erie Smallies! Here are the full results, we look forward to seeing everyone next year on opening day:
1/ WAYNE NELSON & CHAD NELSON 25.80 lbs.
2/ GASPARE COSTABILE & ROB LAFLEUR 24.90 lbs. 5.25 lbs. (2nd BF)
3/ DAVE CHONG & STEVE NEVEU 24.10 lbs.
4/ JASON CLAY & ETHAN CLAY * 24.08 lbs.
5/ JOSH BROUWER & GRANT LONEY 23.90 lbs.
6/ MIKE BLAIR & DYLAN BLAIR 23.32 lbs.
7/ RICH NELSON & RICHARD BROUWER 23.30 lbs.
8/ MARTIN SZOMOLANYI & ALEX ZAMMIT 22.95 lbs. 5.70 lbs. (1st BF)
9/ BRENT WAY & DONNIE LOCKHART 22.70 lbs.
10/ LANDON WIESKE & ROCKLAND WIESKE * 21.75 lbs.
11/ ED JANS & AREN JANSEMA 21.55 lbs.
12/ JOEY DI CIENZO & PATRICK ZAJDEL 20.76 lbs.
13/ TYSON ENDEMAN & TYSON BLOKKER 20.75 lbs.
14/ NICK TERPSELAS & CHRIS TERPSELAS * 18.73 lbs.
15/ AL BOLDUC & BASIL TSORATOS 18.58 lbs.
16/ FLOREN LUKATSKY & DANIKA LUKATSKY * 17.85 lbs.
17/ SHANE CASHMORE & MATT SANDLAC 16.45 lbs.
18/ JOE RODRIDGUES & BARDIA KAMALI 5.10 lbs. 5.1 lbs.
18/ MIKE PELCHAT & KYLE JOHNSTON DNW
18/ MARIO PALERMO & MIKE ALBANESE DNW
18/ NEIL DELEEUW & EASTON DELEEUW * DNW
18/ JOHN YANCOULIS & FRANK JANZEN DNW
18/ JOHN SUK, TIM & JOSH SUK * DNW
18/ RYAN SUSANNA & COLE SUSANNA * DNW
18/ MIKE WATSON & SUE WATSON DNW
CONGRATS to all the top finishers!

WOW, what a day! Anybody who knows Lake Erie Bassin’ understands there are not many days like this weather-wise! Winds were calm, sun was out & for most of the field, the fish were chewing! We did have to deal with a little fog in the AM but everyone played it safe and we had no issues! Congrats to our 2026 NGTA Lake Erie Bass Open Champs, Wayne & Chad Nelson who took home a cool $2,800 for a great day of fishing! Thanks to American Baitworks Co. for providing prize packs to the 1st team out of the money (Mike & Dylan Blair) & highest finishing youth angler (Ethan Clay)! Kudos & thanks to Mike & Sue Watson plus my partner, Steve Neveu for all their help during the event!
A cool feature of this event is that we had 8 teams that consisted of a father & child!
Full standing will be in a separate post!

A REMINDER for all participants in this Saturday's NGTA Lake Erie Bass Open, there are several fish sanctuaries that must be avoided:
NO FISHING - June 1 to July 15
Town of Fort Erie - bounded by lines starting at Stonemill Road (42°52'31.47"N, 78°59'57.76"W), 750 metres south into Lake Erie to a point at 42°52'11.17"N, 78°59'57.11"W, 1.25 kilometres east to a point at 42°52'12.49"N, 78°58'46.02"W, north to Rosehill Road (42°52'46.83"N, 78°58'47.12"W) and following the water's edge back to its original point of origin
Port Colborne - bounded by lines starting at Cassaday Point (42°52'1.79"N, 79°13'4.8"W), 500 metres south into Lake Erie to a point at 42°51'45.71"N, 79°13''4.19"W, 1 kilometre east to a point at 42°51'46.72"N, 79°12'14.73"W, north to Weaver Road (42°52'17.66"N, 79°12'15.88"W) and following the water's edge back to its original point of origin.
Gravelly Bay - from the breakwall on the east side of the Welland Canal, eastward 500 metres to a point at 42°52'7.9"N, 79°14'9.87"W, straight northward to the water's edge at 42°52''32.48"N, 79°14'10.81"W, then following the water's edge back to the east side of the Welland Canal (also includes the inlet north of Nickel's Beach)
Gravelly Bay - the waters of that part of Gravelly Bay of Lake Erie (City of Port Colborne) lying northwest of a line drawn from the southerly point of Sugar Loaf Point in a northeasterly direction to the southwest corner of the H. Knoll Lakeview Park Marina breakwall
Please respect these sanctuaries, anyone caught in these areas will be disqualified!

Less than 2 weeks until the bass opener for Canadian waters on Lake Eriw & the NGTA Lake Erie Bass Open!
The long range forecast is looking good at this time, so get your entry fee in and we look forward to seeing everyone there!
Don't forget about the DOUBLE DOWN Bonus Tournament which is only $100 per team! Please contact us for more info or a registration form - [email protected]

With two events remaining in the 2026 Fishing Clash Angler of the Year race on the Bass Pro Tour, Oklahoma pro Zack Birge Fishing finds himself in the lead position by the slimmest of margins: 1 point. His nearest pursuers? The two-time-defending/four-time AOY champ, Jacob Wheeler, followed by 2024 AOY runner-up Drew Gill Fishing and 2018 Elite Series AOY Justin Lucas.

🔗LINK IN COMMENTS🔗 for a thorough breakdown of Birge, Wheeler, Gill and Lucas' histories on Grand Lake and Lake Erie, and what needs to happen for any of them to earn the AOY trophy.

We're less than 3 weeks from the NGTA Lake Erie Bass Open held on Lake Erie out of the Crystal Beach ramp.
Date: Sat. June 27, 2026 Wind Date: Sun. June 28, 2026
Check-in: 6:00 AM
Tournament Hours: 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Blast-off Procedure: Trickle Start
Limit: 5 Smallmouth or Largemouth Bass
Lake Erie-Canadian Waters Only-Note Sanctuaries are off-limits
1 rod per angler
Entry Fee: $170 per team includes "BIG" Bass
* DOUBLE DOWN Bonus Tournament - $100 per team 100% payback to highest finishing team entered!
Contact: [email protected]
Should be a fun event fun of giant fish on opening day on Lake Erie.
Please DM or e-mail us for a registration form & a copy of the rule!
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On this latest North GTA Bass Anglers weekend trip, although we caught lots of bass but it was fun multi-species time!

Hopefully this will be the first of many more of these events! The North GTA Bass Anglers gathered for a trip down to Lake Chautauqua & Lake Erie for a fun filled weekend! This event encompassed what our club is all about, it was all about camaraderie, fishing, food and having a great time!
We’re sure that everyone who attended this awesome trip will agreed that we all got to know each other a bit better & learned a lot about fishing!
Thanks to Jim for hosting us for our 2 dinners where there was no shortage of food & drink! We’ll post some more pics from the weekend shortly!