Steel City Bassmasters Home Page

Our bass club, the Steel City BassMasters, founded in Granite City and has been fishing the waters of Illinois, Missouri, and Kentucky since 1988.

Check out Steel City Bassmasters on Dock Talk featuring Larry Heagy and Angler of the Year Rocky Horrighs as they visited with The Dock Talk Crew

We are proud to be affiliated with the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society and the Illinois B.A.S.S. Federation Nation. The Steel City BassMasters conduct 13 tournaments per year throughout the months of March to November. Every year the club hosts two "Invitational Tournaments" at Table Rock Lake. These events are two-man team tournaments and are by invitation only where a non-member may participate without fishing with a current member of the club. The participation in these events is by approval of the board. For more information regarding our Table Rock Tournaments click on the

"Invitationals" link to the left. We also invite guests to fish with our members in one non-open tournament of their choice. Every member has the right to bring a different guest to each event.

In general, our club atmosphere is pretty relaxed, yet we are still competitive. All individual tournament weights are recorded for credit toward the Angler of the Year title. The Angler of the Year, Top 25 Season Weights, Rookie Of The Year, Most Improved Angler, and Big Fish are all recognized at our awards banquet held in January each year.

The shared appreciation for the outdoors and bass fishing in general makes for a genuinely good time. We try to balance overnight trips with close, one day events so that a member's club participation has less interference with his family or job. Our membership varies from retired individuals to high school students.

We conduct monthly winter meetings on Sunday afternoons at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Collinsville, IL. Otherwise, we meet at our tournament destination. Our annual membership dues grant each member full voting privileges and the rights to unlimited tournament participation. Please review our Rules/Bylaws for membership information and Contact Us.