East Texas Bass Crashers
Congratulations
2007 Southeast Texas B.A.S.S. Federation Angler of the year
Mr. William Perego 
The strength and notoriety of our club was due in large part by the outstanding performance of William Perego. As club president "Willie" put in countless hours talking with potential sponsors, or guest speakers to come in and talk at our club meetings. He also had to deal with B.A.S.S. Southeast Texas Federation Nation to organize Casting Kids Events and host Federation tournaments. And to top it off William won Angle of the Year 2007.
The History of ETBC
We were looking to start a club that helped all the club members develop into better fishermen. Most clubs that I've been associated with have been very "click" oriented. The same guys fish together, no (true) information was shared and everyones fishing ability seemed to stagnate. The whole reason for a club in my opinion is to become a better fishermen. Now this is not to say you go steal your buddy's spot, but to learn and share techniques. We all have strengths and weaknesses so as club members if we can utilize someones strong points to make us all better fishermen then we have accomplished what we set out to do.
After disillusionment with the local club several of us decided to start our own club. In 2006 the East Texas Bass Crashers were started. It was a slow start we had to work to get the six people needed to qualify for a B.A.S.S. Federation charter. For me personally I worked so much that year that I didn't even meet half of the guys in the club. Our club president was having a good start until falling ill and missing some key tournaments. We were off to a slow start.
The next year (2007) we seemed to get our act together. We were up to eight club members and all seemed to be good fishermen. We brought in our first sponsor Orange County building materials (OCBM). This was mostly due to the efforts of William Perego and Troy Mercer. We also got sponsorship from Mr. Blitz Bait Co. Our club was on the map. Our Tournament shirts were always an eye catcher at the tournaments and by the end of the year everyone in the Southeast Texas B.A.S.S. Federation new of our club.
I see a bright future for our club the membership continues to grow, we are currently about twelve members. I believe almost everyone learned and grew as a fishermen and I'm looking forward to a great year in 2008. ETBC are the ones you need to watch out for in the future.
We welcome our newest sponsor
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