The U.S.A. Bassin 2009 season is in full swing. With most or all fall/winter tournament anglers getting a head start to the season. But, the spring season is just around the corner!

 

If you’re like me in the middle of a cool/cold winter; then you are getting cabin fever and ready to get back into the action! We’ll just have to suffer through a few more nasty weeks until we can get the lines wet, and get back into tournament action!

 

I would like to go over a few changes for the 2009 season and insure we have an even better tournament trail than that of last year!

 

Start thinking about what divisions/tournaments you will be fishing this season. Help out your directors and fellow anglers by sending in your membership dues before your first tournament starts.

 

Sending in your membership dues will be a great help for the director and fellow anglers not having to wait so long in the weather to get through the registering process. This also speeds up the time it takes the director to get results posted to our site. Also, it helps director answer the #1 question anglers ask. “How many boats are you going to have” The better idea an angler has as to the number of participants a tournament will have the more likely they will decide to fish.

 

Decide which tournament you will fish first. Then look under the Division tab on the home page of www.usabassin.com and get the directors address. Fill out the membership form found on the site under the Information tab. Make membership due checks out to the director. You can also make checks out to the director to pre-pay for any tournaments if you wish. Make sure to post date no later than 10 days before the event. The director can either send you your membership cards in the mail or if you prefer it can be handed to you on tournament morning. Just write a little note to them on how you want to receive your membership cards.

 

Please remember to checkout the www.usabassin.com for Rules, Updates, Schedule Changes, Exciting Angler Interviews and Division Pictures/news. Sign-up on our site to be able to view, post and receive our news letter. If you have trouble signing up for the site, email me at Hrootbeer1@aol.com with your Nick name, name, email and password so I can get you logged onto the system.

 

1. Participants: Tournaments are open to anyone over 18 years of age. Anyone less than 18 years of age you must be accompanied in the boat by someone over 18 years of age. Anglers currently fishing the Elite Series of B.A.S.S., the FLW Tour Events or FLW Series Events as a Boater are not eligible to participant in any USA BASSIN Tournaments, either as an angler or as a substitute. Co-anglers of the FLW Tour Events or FLW Series Events are eligible to the USA BASSIN Tournament Trail.

 

5. U.S.A. Regional Tournaments: All teams that finish the season with 250 points or more in a division or inthe Open Division shall be eligible to fish a U.S.A. BASSIN Regional Tournament of their choice and may fish in more than one Regional Tournament. All USA BASSIN Regional Tournaments are 1-day events. There is a $125.00 entry fee (plus an optional $10.00 Big Bass Pot) for all U.S.A. BASSIN Regional Tournaments.

 

The 2009 Season USA BASSIN Classic will be held on Kentucky Lakes, May 1st & 2nd, 2010. There is a $125.00 entry fee (plus an optional $20.00 Big Bass Pot) for the Classic. Tournament. All Entries Must Be Post Marked By April 1st, 2010. U.S.A. BASSIN Will Not Accept A Classic Entry At Registration. Boat numbers will be by draw at registration. See the www.USABASSIN.com  web site for more Classic information.

USA BASSIN will handout 500 Classic entries, to be distributed in the following manner:

·         The top 40 teams (by total weight) of each Regional Tournament will receive a Classic Entry. Example: 10 Regionals top 40 teams = 400 entries

·         100 bonus entries distributed in the following manner until we run out of entries:

1         To all Divisional Champions that didn’t finish a Regional in the top 40

2          All teams that caught fish in a Regional will be put into a draw.

3         All teams that fished a Regional but didn’t catch a fish will be put into a draw.

 

I wish everyone an awesome fishing season, and I look forward to another superb year with U.S.A. Bassin!