Two Exciting Opportunities Coming for Student and Junior Anglers

We have a lot of news to share with you about our upcoming youth events.

First of all if the news hasn’t gotten to you or your junior anglers yet the site has been determined for the NGJWC. Our Junior Anglers will be fishing on legendary Lake Lanier right along side all the top FLW pro’s!

Well not exactly fishing the same spots! Our junior anglers will be fishing in Little River and Wahoo Creek which will be the designated area for the TBF Junior Anglers during the NGJWC and it will be off limits to the pros during the Forrest Wood Cup.

Now stop and think about that for just a minute, when has any other organization ever put a section of a major lake off limits during the biggest event of the year to support the TBF Junior Program???

 The answer is never and I would like to thank the FLW Outdoors and all of their touring pro’s for making that possible.

We are still nailing down exactly where our group will be housed and where events like the legendary National Guard Pizza Party will be held. But we will share that info with everyone as soon as the contracts are signed.

We have a good fundraising program available to you to help fund your anglers travel to this event and if you have any questions on how to get started with that you can contact me at: mark@bassfederation.com or call our office at 580-765-9031.

We will be working very hard to continue to provide a first class event for our Junior Anglers in Atlanta and we will have more details on the event coming your way soon.

Next I’m sure by now you have seen the press release for the High School World Championship Finals that will be held in July in Russellville Arkansas. This is the first step in building what promises to be the premier event in High School Fishing and hopefully the stimulus that gets State’s moving on their efforts to bring High School Fishing in as an approved sport.

This event is a no entry fee event and we’ve got a plan that will allow us to eventually handle a 1000 boat field so anyone can participate with just a little effort.

To come to this event you only need to be a member of a SAF sanctioned 6 person school club. Anglers will fish as a two person team so a 6 member club can send three boats.

Now if you are a TBF Youth premium member ($25 membership) you don’t need to join the SAF and pay again. You only need to get 5 other members from your school to join and then register your school club.

Also, FOR THIS YEAR ONLY, if you can’t get your school club formed by the time school ends you do have an option.

You can join a nationwide SAF Club for this year only. Now to do this the cost is $50 each or $100 per boat.  We would much rather you get 6 members and raise $150 rather than taking this route but if you can’t get that done then this is an option for you to participate.

We will ask you to take one of our school start up packets home with you and get your school club ready for next year so be prepared to make that happen when you get back home! The more school clubs we get formed across the country the bigger and better this event will become each year so be prepared to do your part.

As you can see we are dedicated to growing our youth programs across the country and getting more young adults off the couch and back into the great outdoors.

Until next time don’t forget to take a kid fishing today!                                                                                

Mark Gintert

TBF participates in the NASP Championship Event

The Bass Federation representatives Mark Gintert and Tisha West traveled to Louisville, Kentucky to watch the largest archery event ever held.

Almost 7,000 student archers representing 33 states participated in the event that filled one wing of the Lo

uisville Convention center.

The TBF booth was a popular spot as Tisha West, TBF eMarketing Director, manned the interactive booth with all kinds of information on our School Fishing programs and our TBF Junior Angler Programs.

The response was very good from both students and parents as many saw the potential to add fishing to their program just as archery has grown through their schools.

NASP has approximately 1.4 millions students participating around the world in physical education programs across the country.

Watch out archery! Fishing is on its way to a school near you!

BRP EXPANDS EVINRUDE PROGRAM WITH THE BASS FEDERATION (TBF) ORGANIZATION

Sturtevant, Wis., May 5, 2010 – BRP and Evinrude announce the renewed partnership with The Bass Federation (TBF), the oldest and largest organized grass roots angling organization in the United States. TBF members are eligible for product rebates as well as contingency tournament funds through the expanded program.

The 2010 program offers an expanded voucher program, incentivising potential engine purchasers to buy an Evinrude E-TEC outboard engine. The lucrative voucher program is available to current federation members in each state chapter and is in addition to any current Evinrude retail incentive programs. A cash contingency has also been added to state federation winners running Evinrude E-TEC product at each state championship event.

“The TBF is the perfect match for our grass roots marketing efforts,” stated Yves Leduc, vice president – general manager for BRP’s North America Division. “The 30,000-plus membership and their participation in more than 20,000 fishing, youth and conservations events each year is a direct line to our core consumer target. It’s a win-win relationship for Evinrude and TBF,” Leduc concluded.

The TBF voucher program will be available from April 1, 2010 through March 31, 2011. State federation members who purchase an Evinrude E-TEC outboard engine or a Ranger/Evinrude package during the promotional period will accrue $1 per horsepower which will be added to each states voucher program total. State groups can redeem the voucher money for an assortment of Evinrude products. For official voucher rules, please visit www.bassfederation.com.

Evinrude engines’ reputation for dependability, quality and reliability coupled with the fact that Evinrude E-TEC is the only outboard with no dealer scheduled maintenance for 3 years or 300 hours makes the decision to power with Evinrude E-TEC an easy one. Having the lowest operating costs of any outboard engine means that powering with an Evinrude E-TEC can save consumers up to $1,600 per year in fuel and maintenance costs.

BRP’s Evinrude E-TEC engine line-up now includes 98 engine models from 15- to 300- horsepower. All engines are available at Evinrude dealerships worldwide. Visit www.evinrude.com for more information. Follow us on www.facebook.com/BRPEvinrude.

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TBF Conservation Directors Meet in Knoxville

Twenty two state Conservation Directors from across the country met for three days of meetings during the 2010 TBF National Championship presented by the National Guard.

The group took field trips to a habitat site constructed by the Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency along with the Tennessee Bass Federation and observed new techniques for building nursery habitat structures utilizing donated Christmas Trees from the Knoxville area community.

They also visited a warm water hatchery where facility manager Mike Smith explained the purpose and operation of this great facility.

Day two brought in Dr. Philip Moy from The Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute who explained the Asian Carp dilemma that threatens the great lakes ecosystem if its path of migration continues on its present course.

Dr. Moy is also an expert on other invasive species such as the Zebra Muscle and the Quaggi Mussel. He shared his thoughts and experiences with the group on the efforts to control the spread of all invasive species and where he thinks efforts should be made by our membership to facilitate this goal.

On the Final day the group heard from representatives from both the TVA and the TWRA on their combined efforts to restore habitat and species to the Streams and Reservoirs of East Tennessee.

Add those events to handling the Fish Care duties for the National Championship Tournament and these hard working ladies and gentleman had a full week of activities.

The group ended the sessions with some guidance on constructing and distributing a Conservation Survey and a few topics and projects for next years program.

Thanks again for all of those who attended and provided the much needed and appreciated manpower required to conduct and event of this caliber.

Mark Gintert

National Youth And

Conservation Director