2012 Federation National Championship kicks off on Bull Shoals Lake; 94 TBF champions fight for the chance to “Live the Dream”

March 29, 2012 – Marc Snyder from St. Johns, Mich., bags a whopping 20lb 5ounce sack to snag the lead on day one of the 2012 Federation National Championship, presented by the National Guard.  94 of North America’s best bass club anglers faceoff this week on Bull Shoals Lake, in Flippin, Ark.  The bite’s on, and should get better the next two days, as the 2012 TBF National Champion titles and all the glory are up for grabs.  This week, the TBF national champion boater will earn the esteemed $100,000 “Living the Dream” prize package, including cash and prizes, fully paid entry fees into the FLW tour, travel funds and use of a wrapped Ranger Boat and Chevrolet truck for the year.  The 14 division champions will receive berths in the 2012 BFL All-American and the national champion boater and non-boater will also receive berths in the 2012 Forrest Wood Cup.  There’s a lot on the line for these anglers and the competition is tight.  Tomorrow, it’s all or nothing as the final cut will decide the top 14 division champions, seven on the boater and non-boater sides, who will vie for the 2012 Federation National Champion titles. Continue reading

Junior Anglers Take Center Stage!!

Date:    May  19,  2012

On  May  19,  2012 The Bass Federation -Arizona will be holding the Arizona State Junior Angler Championship on  Lake Pleasant at The Hook-Up.

At this special event junior anglers from all over the state will compete in three age groups for the Arizona State Championship. Our first age group is our “10 and under” age group. Their parent takes them out to compete for the state championship. Our next two age groups 11 to 14 and 15 to 18, compete for the state championship and the ultimate prize of qualifying for the National Guard Junior World Championship! Contestants that are 18 years old,  must be 18 until August 31. Continue reading

FoxNews.com Poll – Should Bass Fishing Be a Varsity Sport?

Hey bass fishing fanatics, FoxNews.com has posted a poll yesterday regarding bass fishing as a varsity sport. Go let them know how you feel!

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/03/22/should-bass-fishing-be-varsity-high-school-sport/

 

2012 Federation National Championship to showcase North America’s best bass club anglers on Bull Shoals Lake, March 27-31

PONCA CITY, Okla. (March 20, 2012) – 94 of The Bass Federation’s best are packing their bags and heading to Flippin and Bull Shoals, Ark., next week for the 2012 TBF Federation National Championship, presented by The National Guard on Bull Shoals Lake. This will mark the first time in the federation’s 44 year history a championship event has been held in the backyard of the legendary founders of Ranger Boats, Forrest and Nina Wood, who got their start guiding on the white river and helped birth a multi-billion dollar bass fishing industry.

Anglers from seven TBF divisions competed locally in a no-entry fee 2011 TBF Division Championship to qualify for the event. From the division championships two anglers, the first place angler as the boater and the second place angler as the co-angler, from each TBF affiliated state federation in the U.S. and Canada advance to compete in the no-entry fee 2012 Federation National Championship. The field also contains the reigning Association of Collegiate Anglers (ACA) National Champions. All 94 championship anglers will face-off on Bull Shoals Lake out of Bull Shoals Lake boat dock, just down the road from the Ranger Boats plant, in the premier national contest of federation anglers. Continue reading