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BFL All-American Begins This Thursday, May 27
All TBF members need to be cheering on their favorites participating in this year's BFL All-American near Hot Springs, Arkansas on DeGray Lake (and the FLW Tour participants!). The BFL weigh-ins will begin on Thursday and Friday at 4pm CST. The final day will begin on Saturday at 3pm CST, where they will weigh-in before the FLW Tour Pros at the Hot Springs Convention Center.
TBF will have at least 14 members participating who just qualified through the TBF National Championship last month on Watts Bar Lake in Tennessee. The top 7 finishers on the Angler & Co-Angler sides of each division have earned their spot into the BFL All-American this week, where they will be guaranteed a check. The following will be fishing for their share of cash and prizes in Hot Springs, Arkansas:
| Anglers |
Co-Anglers |
| Jay Keith, SC (Southern Division) |
Matt Hartman, PA (Mid-Atlantic) |
| Jason Knapp, MI (Northern) |
Adam Williamson, SC (Southern) |
| Clint Farris, TX (Central) |
Randy Pierson, CA (Southwestern) |
| Ed Loughran, DC (Mid-Atlantic) |
Matt King, KS (Central) |
| Eric Guimond, ME (Eastern) |
Kevin Wells, KY (Northern) |
| Jason Rayls, AZ (Southwestern) |
Gilbert Gagner, VT (Eastern) |
| Brandon Palaniuk, ID (Northwestern) |
Boyd Golightly, ID (Northwestern) |
Got Your Fantasy Fishing Team Set?
Tonight is the deadline to have your Fantasy Fishing Roster submitted for this week's FLW Tour at Lake Ouachita near Hot Springs, AR. Deadline is 11:59 CST.
Who do you think will do well at this tournament? Active TBF members, check out your FREE Fantasy Fishing Player's Advantage tools to gather hints! www.FantasyFishing.com
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High School Fishing World Finals
Early Bird Registration - Drawing for
FREE Hotel Rooms Ends JUNE 1st!
Final Registration postmark is JULY 6th
Hurry and get your entries in for your chance at winning free hotel rooms!
Since we first announced the first ever High School Fishing World Finals in Arkansas, TBF has gotten an enormous amount of positive response and interest in this event! We're very excited about it and are looking forward to it!
TBF is offering an early registration drawing for 3 FREE Hotel Nights at one of the host hotels in Russellville. This is one of the larger expenses when traveling to an event like this, so we strongly encourage all interested to get your entry in by June 1st!
Entries can be faxed to 580.765.2890 or mailed to TBF, 2300 E Coleman Rd, Ponca City, OK 74604. We will accept entries with a postmark date of June 1st for the drawing as well.
The final deadline to enter this event is July 6, 2010.
If you would like more information about this event, feel free to visit our website www.HighSchoolFishing.org or call the TBF National Office at 580.765.9031.
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TBF RI Members Helping to Save Trapped Trout in Flooded Hatchery
The spring rains and flooding that took place in Rhode Island wreaked havoc on the local hatchery in Carolina, Rhode Island. The Hatchery is known as the Carolina Trout Hatchery where they also raise some warm water species, such as bass, there also.
 When the flood waters set in, a pond holding 30,000 trout overflowed and sent the majority of these fish, ranging from 14" in length to 4 lbs, into a black bass holding pond where they became trapped when the water receded.
This new resting place for them is not a big impoundment and these fish are in eminent danger of dying as the summer temperatures elevate the holding ponds water temperatures into the 70s and higher, which will most certainly kill all 30,000 of these trout.
If that happens, the resulting stench, bacteria and elevated ammonia concentrations from the dying fish threaten to wipe out this entire hatchery and portions of the river system below.
To the rescue come TBF members Mike Broggi and his associates along with TBF Partner, Pure Fishing and Berkley Powerbaits. The Rhode Island Federation heard of the dilemma and have organized three "Fish Out Days" where they would go in and catch as many trout as they possibly can and [10525] relocate them to another holding pond. Their first attempt was on a smaller scale, with only a handful of anglers who caught and saved approximately 300 fish in the first afternoon!
They are now gearing up for a mass "Fish Out", where they hope to bring in a host of TBF anglers and other volunteers to catch and transport as many of the trout from this pond as possible. Mike Broggi estimates that they will have between 100 and up to as many as 200 anglers involved in the next effort, which will take place on June 2nd.
A follow up event will take place one week later on June 9th if necessary.
The TBF and their partner, Berkley Powerbaits, are aiding in the efforts by supplying cases of Berkley Power Nuggets and able body anglers to help with the efforts.
Hopefully the anglers can remove and transport enough of the wayward trout to preserve the bulk of the 30,000 fish and also save the black bass population and the rest of the hatchery system in the process.
Stay tuned for the results as Mike and his crew gets after them in Rhode Island!
If you would like to help out or want more information, please contact Mike at mbroggi@coventrypd.org.
TBF Conservation - ‘Saving our fisheries together!’
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Upcoming Events
May
27-29: BFL All-American - Hot Springs, AR
27 & 28: BOAT U.S. COLLEGIATE BASS FISHING CHAMPIONSHIP at Lake Lewisville, Texas
30- June 4, TBF Northwest Division Championship, Yellow Tail Reservoir, Hardin Montana
June
6-11, TBF Southern Division Championship, Eufaula Lake, Eufaula, AL
13-18, TBF Central Division Championship, presented by Evinrude Outboard Motors, Truman Lake, Warsaw, MO
21-25, ACA Collegiate Bass Fishing Open Tournament: Kentucky Lake, Tennessee
July
19-24: High School Fishing World Finals - Lake Dardanelle, AR |
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