UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS

LAST TWO QUALIFIERS!
Last opportunity to qualify for this years State Championship for every division.

Northwest Division
June 27th on Lake Talquin at Ingrams. Registration and Pairings meet will be held at the same location on Friday June 26th.

Central Division
Aug 29th on Lake Kissimmee at Camp Mack. Registration and Pairings meet will be held at the Camp Mack Stage on Friday Aug 28th.

FBFN Junior State Championship
State Championship will be held in Kissimmee, Fl. on August 14th thru August 16th.
It will be a Two Day tournament this year. Our host will be Kissimmee Convention And Visitor's Bureau Osceola County. Host Hotel: Clarion Resort Water Park And Conference Center.

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP UPDATE!!

Championship will be on Lake Okeechobee out of Roland Martin's Marina on Nov 7-8 with the pairing meeting to be held on the 6th. Mary Ann Martin has offered us a special rate of $69.00 a night. They have enough room for all of us, so call now for reservations.Call 863-983-3151 or 800-473-6766

Welcome to the Florida B.A.S.S. Federation Nation Web Site

Thank you for visiting our web site. The goal of this site is to make available as much information as possible to our members as well as provide a general understanding of the Florida B.A.S.S. Federation to new members and visitors.

B.A.S.S. chapter members are our grass-roots fishermen dedicated to the future of bass fishing. They furnish manpower, money and equipment for lake clean-ups, promote catch-and-release, encourage community involvement, lobby for and against proposed legislation, introduce youth to fishing and even conduct tournament creel census reports.

Our federation members also have another common interest, tournament fishing. Every weekend our anglers enjoy the B.A.S.S. National Federation Tournament Trail. It is the only amateur circuit that leads to the prestigious B.A.S.S. Masters Classic where they compete against the top 40 professional fishermen each year.

On this circuit, chapter members qualify through our state federation for a slot on our state team. Our state team then competes against other state teams at the B.A.S.S. Central Divisional Championships. At this tournament the contenders compete as a team for the prize money, but the top individual from each state team advances to the B.A.S.S. Federation National Championship. At this National Championship tournament the contenders compete against all of the other divisional qualifiers and against the other contenders in their division. The top individual from each division advances to the BASS Masters Classic.

Today our National Federation members are actively pushing for better conservation practices, introducing kids to fishing, conducting community service projects and promoting fishing throughout their communities. Because of the hard work and dedication of our federation members the future of fishing looks bright!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
FLORIDA BASS FEDERATION NATION
2008 AOY CHAMPIONS AND OUR 2009 STATE TEAM

2008 ANGLER OF THE YEAR CHAMPIONS

2009 STATE TEAM MEMBERS

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