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THE BASS FEDERATION(TBF) AND FISHING LEAGUE WORLDWIDE (FLW) EXTEND PARTNERSHIP
FLW to Debut 24-event High School Fishing Open Series
MINNEAPOLIS (Dec. 14, 2016) – Fishing League Worldwide (FLW) and The Bass Federation (TBF) today announced a multi-year extension to their strategic partnership, bolstering the relationship between the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization and the nation’s oldest broad-based grassroots fishing, youth and conservation organization. Terms of the agreement were not released.
As part of the extended partnership FLW will undertake the largest expansion of the co-managed High School Fishing program since launching the state-championship series of High School Fishing events in partnership with TBF in 2011. The expansion includes facilitating a new series of 24 High School Fishing Open tournaments to complement the existing State Championships and High School Fishing World Finals coordinated by TBF. TBF will also debut two High School Fishing Challenge events to meet growing demand from the more than 15,000 young anglers that participated in the program in 2016. All told, students will now have 76 FLW and TBF High School Fishing events in which to compete in 2017.
“High School Fishing is the foundation on which our sport will continue to grow,” said FLW President of Operations Kathy Fennel. “With the continued erosion of traditional pathways into fishing, the industry is taking note of High School Fishing’s recruitment, retention and reactivation potential. All it takes is one visit to a High School Fishing tournament to see that FLW and TBF have tapped into something special that unites generations in a way our sport has never seen before.”
No changes will be made to the existing program for adult TBF anglers. Fourteen TBF anglers (seven boaters and seven co-anglers) will advance to the BFL All-American from the TBF National Championship. The TBF National Champion boater will also advance to the Forrest Wood Cup and continue to receive the life-changing “Living the Dream” package to fish the entire season as an FLW Tour pro using a TBF-wrapped Ranger boat and tow vehicle without paying a single entry fee. TBF members will also continue to receive priority entry into all FLW tournaments.
“TBF is proud to partner with FLW in providing the nation’s most extensive network of grass-roots fishing opportunities from our TBF junior program through high school and college to the TBF National Semi-Final Series for adult anglers and ultimately our ‘Living the Dream’ package on the FLW Tour,” said TBF President Robert Cartlidge. “No two organizations work more closely to provide more fishing opportunities for more anglers nationwide than FLW and TBF. We are proud of that tradition and what it means for future generations.”
Veteran Bass Fishing League (BFL) tournament director Dave Maxfield has been tapped to lead the new series of High School Fishing Opens as FLW High School Fishing tournament director. Working closely alongside Maxfield will be Scott Ellison, who has been promoted to FLW Youth Director and Promotion’s Manager.
Going forward, High School Fishing will operate on a school calendar with the National Championship being held in the summer in conjunction with the High School Fishing World Finals. The top 10 percent of teams in each State Championship, Challenge and Open will advance directly to the High School Fishing National Championship. The High School Fishing national champions will each receive a $5,000 college scholarship to the school of their choice.
All participants must be Student Angler Federation (SAF) members to participate. SAF membership includes both TBF and FLW membership plus a digital subscription to FLW Bass Fishing magazine, online training courses and more.
SAF members never pay an entry fee to participate in FLW or TBF High School Fishing tournaments and all clubs are covered by SAF insurance, which means there is no added expense for schools with sanctioned High School Fishing clubs.
2017 High School Fishing Open & Challenge Schedule:
Jan. 15 – Lake Okeechobee Challenge, Lake Okeechobee
Feb. 19 – Lake Hartwell Early Bird Challenge, Lake Hartwell
March 4 – South Carolina Open, Lake Murray
March 11 – Mississippi Open, Columbus Pool
March 25 – Arkansas Open, Lake Hamilton
April 1 – Texas Open, Lake of the Pines
April 22 – Alabama Open, Logan Martin Lake
April 29 – North Carolina Open, High Rock Lake
May 6 – Wisconsin Open & Iowa State Championship, Mississippi River @ La Crosse
May 13 – Missouri Open, Truman Lake
May 14 – California Open & State Championship, California Delta
May 20 – Virginia Open & State Championship, Claytor Lake
June 3 – Minnesota Open, Mississippi River
June 10 – Michigan Open & State Championship, Detroit River
Sept. 9 – Louisiana Open, Ouachita River
Sept. 16 – Maryland Open, Potomac River
Sept. 23 – Pennsylvania Open, Raystown Lake
Sept. 30 – Indiana Open, Lake Monroe
Oct. 7 – Illinois Open, Lake Springfield
Oct.14 – New York Open, Oneida Lake
Oct. 21- Oklahoma Open, Grand Lake
Oct. 28 – Ohio Open, Caesar Creek
Nov. 4 – Kentucky Open, Lake Cumberland
Nov. 18 – Tennessee Open, Norris Lake
Dec. 2 – Georgia Open, Lake Lanier
Dec. 9 – Florida Open, St. Johns River
2017 High School Fishing State Championship Schedule:
Jan. 29 – Texas State Championship, Sam Rayburn Reservoir
Feb. 11 – Georgia State Championship, West Point Lake
Feb. 26 – Florida State Championship, St. Johns River
March 25 – Louisiana State Championship,Cross Lake
April 1- Kentucky State Championship, Lake Cumberland
April 1- Mississippi State Championship, Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
April 2 – Illinois State Championship, Clinton Lake
April 9 – North Carolina State Championship, Kerr Lake
April 9 – Missouri State Championship, Table Rock Lake
April 29 – South Carolina State Championship, Lake Murray
May 6 – Ohio State Championship, Alum Creek Reservoir
May 7 – Arkansas State Championship, Lake Dardanelle
May 7 – Idaho State Championship, C.J. Strike Reservoir
May 7 – Tennessee State Championship, Norris Lake
May 20 – Arizona State Championship, Lake Pleasant
May 21 – Alabama State Championship, Lake Neely Henry
June 3 – Indiana State Championship, Brookville Lake
June 3 – Massachusetts, Rhode Island & Connecticut Tri State Championship, Mashapaug Pond
June 11 – Colorado & New Mexico Dual State Championship, Lake Pueblo
July 8 – Wisconsin State Championship, Lake Winnebago
July 9 – Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland & New Jersey Quad State Championship,Chesapeake Bay
July 15 – New York State Championship, Mohawk River
July 15 – South Dakota State Championship, Lake Cochran
July 16 – Minnesota State Championship, Mille Lacs Lake
July 16 – Ontario Province Championship, Georgian Bay
July 22 – Nebraska State Championship, Lake Merritt
Aug. 13 – Washington State Championship, Potholes Reservoir
High School Fishing World Finals and National Championships:
June 3, 2017 – National Championship, Wheeler Lake
(2016 qualifiers)
June 27-July 1, 2017 2017 World Finals/National Championship, Pickwick Lake. (qualifiers from events held Jan. 1 – June 10, 2017)
June 26-30, 2018 2018 World Finals/National Championship, TBA. (qualifiers from events held June 11, 2017 to June 9, 2018)
Complete rules can be found online at FLWFishing.com and Highschoolfishing.org.
For State Championships, each team must compete in the state in which their school is located. Teams from all states can participate in Open tournaments and Challenge events. Entries for State Championships and Challenge events should be made at Highschoolfishing.org or by calling TBF at (580)-765-9031. Entries for Opens should be made at FLWfishing.com or by calling FLW at (270)-252-1000. Entries for all events will be accepted beginning January 3. There is no limit to the number of teams accepted into a tournament from each school or club.
Full schedules, including additional state championships, and latest announcements will be available on Highschoolfishing.org and FLWFishing.com.
About FLW
FLW is the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, providing anglers of all skill levels the opportunity to compete for millions in prize money in 2017 across five tournament circuits. Headquartered in Benton, Kentucky, with offices in Minneapolis, FLW conducts more than 235 bass-fishing tournaments annually across the United States and sanctions tournaments in Canada, China, Mexico, South Africa and South Korea. FLW tournament fishing can be seen on the Emmy-nominated “FLW” television show, broadcast to more than 564 million households worldwide, while FLW Bass Fishing magazine delivers cutting-edge tips from top pros. For more information visit FLWFishing.com and follow FLW at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Snapchat: @FLWFishing.
About The Bass Federation
The Bass Federation Inc., (TBF) is a member of the Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame. TBF is owned by those we serve and dedicated to the sport of fishing. The Federation is the largest and oldest, organized grassroots fishing, youth and conservation organization there is. TBF, our affiliated state federations and their member clubs conduct more than 20,000 events each year and have provided a foundation for the entire bass fishing industry for more than 45 years. TBF founded the Student Angler Federation and the National High School Fishing program in 2008 to promote clean family fun and education through fishing. Visit bassfederation.com or highschoolfishing.org and “LIKE US” on Facebook.
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KYFW Brood Stock Program
Trophy Bass Propagation Program Restarts
Department seeks angler donations of big bass for broodstock
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Oct. 7, 2016) — Now that water temperatures are settling downward for the fall, the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources is resuming its trophy bass propagation program.
The program only accepts trophy-sized largemouth bass from anglers. In return, anglers receive a free replica mount of the fish. Bass accepted for the program are used as broodstock to grow a new generation of large fish.
“By pairing male and female largemouth bass that have already shown the ability to grow to larger-than-average size, we hope to produce offspring with the same genetic growth potential,” said Jeff Ross, assistant director of fisheries at Kentucky Fish and Wildlife. “Stocking these offspring across the state could provide anglers a better chance at catching a memorable fish or even a new state record.”
The program launched in spring 2016. Department officials shut down the program for the summer because higher temperatures are stressful for fish being transported to hatcheries.
This fall, the department will accept largemouth bass exceeding 7 pounds. In spring, when fish are preparing to spawn, the department will accept male largemouth bass weighing more than 6 pounds and female largemouth bass weighing more than 8 pounds. The swollen bellies of egg-laden fish make it easier to separate the males from female bass in the spring.
Anglers donated four trophy bass in the spring. Unfortunately, only one was caught early enough for the hatchery spawn it. Offspring from that fish will be stocked in Fishpond and Greenbo lakes, where the adult trophy fish were caught. Trophy bass offspring will eventually be stocked at lakes across the state.
For more information about how to donate fish to the program, visit the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife website at fw.ky.gov and search under the keywords, “trophy bass.”
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How to Qualify for the KBF National Semi-Finals
This section is copied from the KBF Tournament Rules. Rule # 5
- BUYING A DIVISIONAL TOURNAMENT AND TOURNAMENT POINTS:
There are a total of 6 Divisions hosting 4 Tournaments per Division for a total of 24 Tournaments.
Methods to qualify for the State Championship, Angler of the Year,
& Divisional Winners are listed below.
Buying of the single Divisional Tournament must be done at least 5 days prior to the tournament date. The Tournament Director for that tournament must have your cash money in his hand to be included in the payouts or your buy in won’t count.
At all 24 Divisional Tournaments 1st and 2nd place in points due to total fish weights in both the Angler and Co-Angler divisions will qualify for the State Championship. If the 1st and 2nd place finishers in both Angler and Co-Angler have already qualified we will move down the list to the next Angler or Co-Angler that hasn’t qualified yet.
Anglers and Co-Anglers who have not qualified at one of the Divisional Tournaments and has fished in a total of 4 Divisional Tournaments derived from any of the 24 Divisional Tournaments available for a total 4, one of which may be Bought will be eligible to fish in the State Championship.
Division 1st Place Winners Angler And Co-Angler: At the end of the year the overall 1st place winners for each Division in both the Angler and Co-Angler categories are determined by fishing any or all 4 tournaments within that Division and finishing with the most points accumulated by fish weights for that Division only. (A Tournament that is bought and not fished will not be eligible for points toward the Divisional 1st Place winners).
Angler and Co-Angler of the Year Tournament: This will be held in conjunction with the State Championship. There will be a total of 16 Anglers and 16 Co-Anglers eligible to fish this tournament. To qualify for this tournament the KBF takes the 1st place finisher in points from each of the 6 divisions in both the Angler and Co-Angler divisions. In addition the top 10 Anglers and Co-Anglers with the overall point totals for the year accumulated from all Divisions will also be eligible. The 10 Anglers and Co-anglers does not include the 1st place divisional Anglers and Co-Anglers winners already eligible. You may fish as many of the 24 Divisional Tournaments available and acquire points from each one that will count towards your total points for the year. (Points from your Top 4 tournaments will be added together to get your best score) (A Tournament that is bought and not fished will not accumulate any points towards the top 16 eligible for Angler or Co-Angler of the year).
Methods to qualify for the TBF National Semi-Final
From the KBF State Tournament
Primary Method
The top 12, using the KBF Boater / Co-Angler formula, will be eligible for what was formally called our State Team for our Sponsor Program. In addition too, and including the top 12, the number of participants throughout the year at all of the Divisional Qualifiers and State Tournament will be totaled together. 10% of that number will be eligible to attend the TBF Semi-Finals. The same Boater / Co-Angler formula will be used to select that number and your angler of the year points will determine your pairing position. We have to send an equal number of Boaters and Co-Anglers so depending on your Angler of the Year points some Boaters may have to go as Co-Anglers just like we have been doing on the State Team. The KBF will pay for the entry fee to the Semi Finals for all participants who qualify using this format. (In 2015 we had 384 total entries. Rounded up we would have sent 40 fisherman to the Semi Final, 20 Boaters and 20 Non-Boaters).
Each Club can send their Top Sticks to the TBF Nationals Semi-Finals
If you are a member of a KBF Club in good standing, said club may send 2 members who haven’t qualified in one of the Primary ways to qualify.
These members must have at least 301 Angler of The Year Points and fish in the State Championship.
One of these will be the Boater and the other the Co-Angler and both must arrive at the TBF Semi Finals together.
These participants will be determined by the clubs administrators, and their names MUST be submitted to the KBF 2 days after the State Championship to be added to the Semi Final tournament roster . These participants must pay their own entry fee of $100 for Co-Angler and $200 for Boater into the TBF Semi Finals. These members will be eligible to move on to the TBF Nationals just like the other members that qualified the Primary way.
The Semi-Finals and beyond are run by TBF rules.
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