TBF’s Elite Gearing Up for 2013 Federation National Championship on Grand Lake

Ponca City, Okla. – April 5, 2013 Ninety-four of TBF’s best grassroots anglers are heading to Grove, Okla.,

2012 TBF National Champion - Gilbert Gagner, VT

2012 TBF National Champion – Gilbert Gagner, VT

this week for the 2013 TBF Federation National Championship on Grand Lake.  The national field includes the top two state champions from 45 states, the top two Canadian Bass Anglers Federation champions and the Association of Collegiate Anglers national champions.  The national championship is the culmination of two years of competitive fishing for most, and at least a year of fishing on the local, state and divisional levels for others.  This week, one TBF boater and co-angler will be crowned 2013 TBF Federation National Champions on the waters of Oklahoma’s Grand Lake O’ the Cherokee’s.      Continue reading

OKLAHOMA’S GRAND LAKE O’ THE CHEROKEES, WOLF CREEK PARK, TO HOST THE NATION’S BEST GRASSROOTS ANGLERS AT THE 2013 TBF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Ponca City, Okla. (Sept 13, 2012) – The Bass Federation announced today the Grand Lake Association and the city of Grove, Okla., will host the 2013 TBF Federation National Championship. The event will be held April 8-13, 2013 on Grand Lake and launch out of the new Wolf Creek Park in Grove.  It’s the culmination of more than two years of work for most of these anglers, competing against the nearly 25,000 members in TBF clubs across the United States and Canada to earn their invitation. Only the best anglers from each US state federation, the Association of Collegiate Anglers National Champions and the Canadian Champions earn a slot at the national contest.  There they’ll test their skills against the Grand Lake fish and each other, in the nearly quarter of a million dollar event. Continue reading

There’s Still Time! Register a Dream Team Event to Qualify for the 2013 Dream Team National Championship!

Summersville Lake Dream Team Event Scheduled for April 28DreamTeam

 

Ponca City, Okla. (March 11, 2013) — The Bass Federation, (TBF) is excited to announce the Summersville Lake Dream Team Rally is scheduled for April 28 on Summersville Lake at Battle Run Ramp in Summersville, W.Va.  The event is hosted by the West Virginia Bass Federation.  The Summersville Lake event is open to ALL TBF members and non-TBF members wanting to join. Interested teams must go online at bassfederation.com; Dream Team; to enter, the tourney # is 1043. Continue reading

Legislators Act to Maintain Fishing & Boating Access on Cumberland River

February 28, 2013

U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield of Kentucky, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Energy and Power, yesterday announced he has formally introduced legislation to prevent the United States Army Corps of Engineers from installing permanent blockades along the Cumberland River. This measure, known as the Freedom to Fish Act, enables boating access to river tailwaters to continue for sportsmen and recreational fishermen. In December, the COE announced a plan to eliminate tailwater fishing on several Cumberland River dams in Tennessee and Kentucky.

Last week, Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander also said he is planning to take action to halt the corps’ plan. Alexander said his legislation would require the corps to conduct an environmental impact review before it could restrict public access to the fishing waters below 10 dams on the Cumberland River.