{"id":67,"date":"2011-04-04T21:57:38","date_gmt":"2011-04-05T02:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faithanglernetwork.com\/arbc\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-04-16T15:27:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T20:27:50","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/austinreel.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>2025 Texas Top 6 Team Champions<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2373\" src=\"https:\/\/austinreel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_1171-576x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/austinreel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_1171-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/austinreel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_1171-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/austinreel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_1171.jpeg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>About us<\/strong><br \/>Austin Reel Bass Club (ARBC) was founded to provide fellowship, friendly competition, and to bring more people into the sport we love. \u00a0We&#8217;ll catch the big fish, but also tell you how and where (like somewhere in the lake \ud83d\ude42 ) we did it. \u00a0\u00a0You may win some money, but because our entry fees are a low $20 an angler it won\u2019t buy you a new boat.\u00a0\u00a0 But it will cover your tackle for next weekend. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Those low fees also allow many of our club members to be active in other tournament trails where high dollar payouts take priority. Ranger, Bass Cat, Nitro, SeaArk, Triton or Tracker\u2026our members have boats of every make, color and vintage, though half of us don&#8217;t have one at all. \u00a0\u00a0Like you, we just enjoy fishing.\u00a0 \u00a0If you are interested in a Christian inspired bass club where members decide what lakes to fish, ARBC may be right for you.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1412642530465_15089\"><strong>General Information<\/strong><br \/>Our tournament\u2019s are on the first Saturday of every month and club meetings are once a month on the Monday following a tournament except where a holiday is close by at 6:30 at Round Rock Orthotics or by Zoom meetings to get good club participation. \u00a0Consult our club calendar for exact meeting dates by clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/austinreel.comaustinreel.com\/?page_id=901\">here<\/a>. \u00a0 We fish local Central Texas lakes 10 time a year including Lake Austin, Belton, LBJ, Travis, Fayette, Buchanan, Stillhouse and more. Twice a year we&#8217;ll have a two day travel tournament which has included Amistad, Falcon, Choke, O.H. Ivie and more. \u00a0Lakes are voted in by members attending club meetings each month in an effort to fish the lakes that are fishing the best.\u00a0\u00a0 We award for Top 8, Angler of the Year, and Back of Boater of the Year, Largest fish caught during year, and lastly Sportsman of the Year at our annual awards banquet.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1412642530465_17624\"><strong>Becoming a Member<br \/><\/strong>Most members began as guests, invited through other members or they simply contacted one of our Club Officers (see Contact Us page) and asked to try us out by joining an upcoming tournament.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 After a couple of tournaments, if you like what you see let\u2019s discuss becoming an active member.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Current members vote new members in, and dues average about $12 a year, which is prorated if you join mid-season.<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #ff0000;\">News Flash<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check out our Facebook page for pics and other club member happenings <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/pages\/Austin-Reel-Bass-Club\/393596947333575\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Meetings are once a month on the Monday following a tournament except where a holiday is close by at 6:00pm via Teams\/Zoom; see club calendar<a href=\"https:\/\/austinreel.com\/?page_id=901\"> here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Updated Bylaws &#8211; click <a href=\"https:\/\/austinreel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Docs\/2021_bylaws_ARBC.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>New Club Calendar -click<a href=\"https:\/\/austinreel.com\/?page_id=901\"> here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025 Texas Top 6 Team Champions About usAustin Reel Bass Club (ARBC) was founded to provide fellowship, friendly competition, and to bring more people into the sport we love. \u00a0We&#8217;ll catch the big fish, but also tell you how and where (like somewhere in the lake \ud83d\ude42 ) we did it. \u00a0\u00a0You may win some &hellip; <a class=\"read-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/austinreel.com\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-67","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinreel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinreel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinreel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinreel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinreel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/austinreel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2394,"href":"https:\/\/austinreel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67\/revisions\/2394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinreel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}