The 2015 Northshore Bass Series has come to a finish and the hard fought battle for the coveted Northshore Angler of the Year title is over. Covington angler Jason Pittman finished the 2015 season at the #1 spot in the NBS Power Rankings and has won the title for the second consecutive year! Along with his son Trenton, and father Floyd, Jason has managed to win first place in 12 of the NBS events in 2015 and has finished in the top 3 spots in 84% of the NBS Tournaments he has fished. Jason also picked up an NBS sponsor at the start of 2015 with Northlake Oral & Facial backing him. Jason served Dr. Nathan Brown's practice well by carrying his banner at the #1 spot of the NBS page for all of 2015. Not to mention numerous mentions in the Slidell Independent and Tammany West Publications and on The Northshore Fishing Report radio program on Saturday mornings. Jason talks about the NBS competition, “There’s nothing like it! I say this year in and year out - there are guys out here fishing that can go and hold there own on the national level. I would put these guys against anybody nationally. We joke about the river rats on the Pearl system and then you've got the bayou boys from Lacombe to Bayou Liberty and Bonfouca. Then you have the guys who know how to work the Tchefuncte which is really tough to fish. Once you get all these guys together on these bodies of water, somebody’s always going shine. These guys that finish in the top 10 of the power rankings are certainly the best of the best," Jason says. Below are the final standings for the 2015 NBS Power Rankings:
#1 Jason Pittman (Northlake Oral & Facial)
#2 Trenton Pittman
#3 Ronald Pierre
#4 Jimmy Dorris
#5 Paul Paille (Nutrishop Northshore)
T#6 Mark Mohr
T#6 Charles Dauzat
#7 Steve Ruschmeier
T#8 Clay Zeringue (Gator Powersports)
T#8 Wayne Richardson
#9 Tommy Cooper
#10 Lawrence Lemoine (Bayou Adventure)
Congratulations to all the anglers who finished in the top 10!
#1 Jason Pittman (Northlake Oral & Facial)
#2 Trenton Pittman
#3 Ronald Pierre
#4 Jimmy Dorris
#5 Paul Paille (Nutrishop Northshore)
T#6 Mark Mohr
T#6 Charles Dauzat
#7 Steve Ruschmeier
T#8 Clay Zeringue (Gator Powersports)
T#8 Wayne Richardson
#9 Tommy Cooper
#10 Lawrence Lemoine (Bayou Adventure)
Congratulations to all the anglers who finished in the top 10!
Big bass are the highlight of every bass tournament and in 2015 the NBS added a new feature to the page, the NBS Big Bass Board! Congratulations to Jason Pittman who sits atop the board with a bass he caught in January when competing in Scott Andrews' River Champs tournament. Jason hauled in a 6.54 lb. lunker and says, "It was a cold morning - I just happened to pick up my flipping stick and had a 1.5 oz tungsten weight with a Mister Twister Pocket Craw on. I was going down the bank, punching some dead hyacinths and next thing I knew, all heck broke loose under a mat. When I got it out through the mat, I thought she was about 4 lbs. - My dad netted her and we put her in the live well, when we put it on the scale in the boat it registered over 6 lbs. So it was definitely a treat to say the least,” Pittman says. The top 5 finishers on the NBS Big Bass Board are listed below. Congratulations to everyone in the top 5!
#1 Jason Pittman (Northlake Oral & Facial) 6.54 lbs. - Bayou Liberty
#2 Gerald James 6.5 lbs. - Tchefuncte River
#3 Clay Zeringue (Gator Powersports) 6.18 lbs. - Lock One
#4 Kevin Harrison 5.92 lbs. - Pearl River
#5 Barrett Brayson 5.14 lbs. - Pearl River
I want to thank everyone who competed this year and especially thank the NBS Sponsors for the 2015 year!
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Trainers Choice Off Leash K9 Training Gator Power Sports
Bayou Adventure Nutrishop Northshore Northlake Oral & Facial
#1 Jason Pittman (Northlake Oral & Facial) 6.54 lbs. - Bayou Liberty
#2 Gerald James 6.5 lbs. - Tchefuncte River
#3 Clay Zeringue (Gator Powersports) 6.18 lbs. - Lock One
#4 Kevin Harrison 5.92 lbs. - Pearl River
#5 Barrett Brayson 5.14 lbs. - Pearl River
I want to thank everyone who competed this year and especially thank the NBS Sponsors for the 2015 year!
Tasc Performance Air Dat Heating & Cooling Frog Bone Cajun Sauces
Trainers Choice Off Leash K9 Training Gator Power Sports
Bayou Adventure Nutrishop Northshore Northlake Oral & Facial
Special thanks goes out to the guys who run these tournaments. Chris Basey, Ronald Pierre, Charles Dauzat, Chad Hartzog, Lee Hillman, Scott Andrews, Cody Law, Kevin Fauntleroy, Patrick Engerran, and Kevin Williams. Thanks for your hard work as far as putting together these events and taking the time to announce the results. 2016 looks to be an even better year as the NBS continues to grow. In 2016 look for more NBS talk on NorthshoreFishingReport.com, The Slidell Independent Publication, The Tammany West Publication, and The Northshore Fishing Report Radio Program on 1350 am. The season will start back up in February but stay tuned to this page for announcements and sponsorships in the month of January as we get prepared for another great year!