Steel City Members,
We hope that all of you and your families are staying safe and protected during the Covid-19 situation. To all of our members in “essential” jobs serving your community in law enforcement, fire fighters, emergency medical technicians, veterinary medicine, food service, etc., we appreciate your service to the community and wish you safety.
The Covid-19 pandemic directly affects all of us. Your Steel City Board of Directors continues to communicate and meet via conference call to discuss the situation and how it affects our ability to gather and compete on the water.
Due to the current shelter in place orders in Illinois and Missouri, along with the Corps of Engineers, Tennessee Valley Authority, and Moors Resort restrictions, the board has voted unanimously to cancel the scheduled Table Rock Lake, Kentucky Lake, and Crab Orchard tournaments.
Obviously all of us want to fish and to compete. The health and safety of our membership along with our responsibility to observe all restrictions imposed on the community are our priorities.
Rescheduling cancelled events is not possible at this time as the Missouri Water Patrol and Illinois Department of Conservation are not issuing new tournament/regatta permits at this time. Likely tournament locations also have previously scheduled permits in place, making rescheduling even more difficult for us once restrictions are eventually lifted.
Optimistically, we will look at future scheduled events on a case by case basis starting with Kinkaid Lake and the Cumberland River, depending on the Covid-19 situation and restrictions listed above.
Realistically, it is quite possible that Steel City will not be officially competing again until September at Lake Wappapello. We hope that is not the case but are prepared for that possibility.
We will update you as the situation progresses via email, Facebook, and the Steel City Bassmasters website.
Be safe, stay at home, take care of your families and keep those hooks sharpened.
Best regards,
Your Steel City Bassmasters Board of Directors
Larry Heagy
Mike Vallino
Ed Montgomery
Paul Davis
Brian Carlson
John Morris
Denny Beiter
Russ Rensing
Carl Gansner
Rudy Cardenas
