Iowa High School Fishing State Championship Set For July 1

PONCA CITY, Okla. (June 6, 2012) – The Bass Federation (TBF), in partnership with FLW Outdoors, and the University of Iowa Bass Fishing Team will host the 2012 Student Angler Federation (SAF) Iowa High School Fishing State Championship. The event will be held Sunday, July 1 on Pool 19 of the Mississippi River in Burlington, Iowa.

The championship is a two person team event for students in grades 9-12. Registration for anglers and their “coach,” who will provide the boat they compete in, is online at HighSchoolFishing.org. Check-in begins Sunday, July 1 at 5am CST at the Port of Burlington launch ramp.  A rules briefing will immediately follow before the anglers launch at first light.  We highly encourage all teams to preregister online or by phone in advance to avoid late registration fees. Continue reading

TBF DREAM TEAM RALLY SET FOR BANKS LAKE, OCTOBER 6

Ponca City, Okla. (June 4, 2012) — The Bass Federation’s brand new Dream Team Rally tournament trail is excited to announce the Washington Bass Federation is scheduled to host its first TBF Dream Team Rally event.  The event is scheduled for October 6, 2012 on Banks Lake, at Coulee Playland in Electric City, Wash.  The Washington Bass Federation Dream Team event is open to ALL TBF members, and non-TBF members wanting to join. Interested teams can go online at bassfederation.com; Dream Team; to enter, the tourney # is 1029.  ALL interested TBF clubs and state federations can go online and register to host their own event today!  Continue reading

TBF DREAM TEAM RALLY SET FOR PEWAUKEE LAKE, JULY 14

Ponca City, Okla. (May 30, 2012) — The Bass Federation’s brand new Dream Team Rally tournament trail is excited to announce the Belle City Bass Anglers, TBF club #5623 of Wisconsin is scheduled to host its first TBF Dream Team Rally event.  The event is scheduled for July 14 on Pewaukee Lake, at Pewaukee Lake Boat Ramp, Pewaukee, Wis.  The “Shootout on Pewaukee Lake” Southeastern Wisconsin TBF Dream Team Event is open to ALL TBF members, and non-TBF members wanting to join.    Interested teams can go online at bassfederation.com; Dream Team; to enter, tourney # 1030.  ALL interested TBF clubs and state federations can go online and register to host their own event today!  Continue reading

SC TBF Juniors & High School Clubs Championship

The Bass Federation of South Carolina hosted their Youth programs state championship on Lake Murray on May 19th. In all there were 98 young anglers from 17 schools and clubs from all around SC. at Dreher Island State Park ready to compete.

TBF is affiliated with FLW Outdoors and has been working with DNR of SC to expand the Juniors program to include school clubs. Lorianne Riggin of DNR and Roxanne Coleman of Berkley were on hand and were presented with certificates of appreciation by TBF of SC for all their help.
Two Juniors State Champions would be decided at this tournament, one in the 11-14 age group and one from the 15-18 group. They will go onto The Juniors World Championship sponsored by The National Guard at Lake Lanier, Ga. later this year and compete for $5000 in scholarship money. Also the club with the heaviest weight for their team of 6 would be crowned as State Champion Club and display the Champions Trophy for the coming year. Continue reading