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Michigan Wins Back-to-Back Division Titles,
Jason Knapp Is Castrol Maximum Performer
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The 2009 Northern Division Champions from Michigan made a statement last week in Iowa that they will be the team to beat. They led the event wire to wire and finished up back to back division champions. Can they make it three in a row?
Next year’s event will tell that story, but the Michigan team fished a nearly flawless event out of Fort Madison, Iowa on the Mississippi river this year and finished with 171 pounds even, besides  the lion’s share of the nearly $25,000.00 in prize money, they also took home the Team Standings Ranger Cup money.
While there was not a single angler in the 72 angler championship field that weighed in a five fish limit all three days in a row, it was Michigan angler Jason Knapp that proved that a steady hand will prevail as he fished his way through a crowd to the Division Champions title, the Castrol Maximum Performer Bonus award and a $600.00 Ranger Cup bonus.
The top two anglers from each state team progress to the 2010 TBF Federation National Championship, Presented by The National Guard. That event will be held in Knoxville, TN the week of April 19th. The top angler from each state progress as the Boater and the second place angler on each team progresses as the co-angler. Here are the 12 who will advance from the Northern division.
Michigan - Jason Knapp- Boater, Tommy Robinson - Co-Angler:
Wisconsin - James Tomsovic- Boater, Jim Dick – Co-Angler;
Illinois - Lee Lewis – Boater, Darin Reed – Co-Angler;
Ohio - Tony Waugh – Boater, Kevin Wells - Co-Angler;
Minnesota - Tim Domaille – Boater, Nate Carlson – Co-Angler;
Indiana - Aaron Ault – Boater, Steve Quiggins – Co-Angler
For the full story, photos and results, be sure and check out BassFederation.com.
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TBF Members-Only Discount Store to Open Nov. 1st
TBF has partnered with many companies that support the work that you do at the grassroots level and are willing to reward you for that support of the industry by offering you MEMBERS-ONLY discounts. The store is strictly TBF members ONLY!
ALL proceeds from the store will go to support TBF Youth and Conservation, so with every purchase you are helping to improve the next generation of anglers and angling opportunities. Read More
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Multi-Year Premium Memberships Now Available for Purchase on BassFederation.com
With Upcoming Members-Only Store, Premium Membership Can Pay for Itself!
 The Bass Federation has added a series of premium membership packages that give a new meaning to “membership has it’s privileges.” Members can sign up for a silver (two-year), gold (three-year) or five-year platinum plan and receive deeper discounts with each level on such things as hotels, rental cars, cruises and online shopping. The idea is not only to encourage members to sign up for longer periods, but to give those members who make a commitment to the Federation a reward by providing a mechanism for them to use and have the opportunity to save more money than the Premium Membership costs. In effect, making membership in TBF “No Cost”. Learn More
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1 Down, 2 to Go!
The 2009 TBF Eastern Division Championship Tournament is this week, September 13-18, 2009, fishing days being the 16th, 17th & 18th. Anglers will be fishing on Lake Champlain. Daily Launch location is Ticonderoga State Ramp, New York.
The last week of September, immediately following the Eastern is the 2009 TBF Mid-Atlantic Division Championship in Morgantown, WV - September 20-25. Qualified anglers will be fishing the Monongahela River & taking off daily at Fort Martin Boat Ramp. Official tournament days will be September 23, 24, 25.
The top angler from each state advances as a boater and the second place anglers on each team advances as a co-angler. These top two from each state will compete in the 2010 TBF Federation National Championship, to be held in Tennessee next April, and fish for their share of nearly a quarter of a million dollars and the ultimate "Living the Dream" package.
You can also visit our Calendar of Events and see what's coming up next with The Bass Federation!
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Become a Fan on Facebook!
TBF now has a Facebook page! You will stay up-to-date on events, news and activities going on with TBF and see more photos! If you don't have a Facebook account, you'll have to sign up, but it is free! You can also help out and tag the people you know, add comments and write on our wall!
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Be Patient - Changes are Being Made!
BassFederation.com has recently changed designs. We have changed to the design we had in May 2009. We are currently in the process of adding more information to the site, such as photos and updated stories. Please bear with us! If you see anything that needs changed, feel free to email us at webmaster@bassfederation.com.
We are working on a new look for the site to go along with the much-awaited members-only store. Keep checking back with us for more updates.
If you have news-worthy information about your club that you would like to see on the TBF site, please email your info to hofmann@bassfederation.com.
Make sure we have your current email on file so you won't miss any of our eNews!
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Tips for Successfully Receiving TBF eNews
After sending out our first official newsletter using Benchmark, we noticed we had numerous 'bounces', definitely more than we would like to see. That means many of our members did not receive last week's eNews. We want everyone to be able to receive updates via email.
What is a 'bounce'
Soft Bounce: When the email has bounced with a reason indicating short term issues with the recipient, they are flagged as soft bounce. These email addresses could later be available in future newsletters. They include reasons like "Quota exceeded", "Too much sessions in a connection", "Temporary local problem", "Out of Office AutoReply"
Hard Bounce: When the email has bounced with a reason indicating permanent issues with the recipient, they are flagged as hard bounces. The reasons for such bounces could be : "Mailbox not found", "unknown user", "mailbox is no longer active", "incorrect domain".
With the hard bounces, that means TBF needs your new email address. Please contact us so we can make sure we have your correct email.
No Spam
We will be doing everything we can on our end to try to make sure our eNews doesn't end up in your inbox as spam. We have a spam checker that will help us make sure our eNews isn't 'spammy'.
Here's what you can do:
Add tisha@bassfederation.com to your address book.
Most email providers will allow you to successfully receive email in your inbox from anyone who is in your address book. But this still doesn't guarantee you will receive it.
We are striving for a better 'open rate' as the eNews progresses. If you still haven't received it, email or call us and we will make sure we at least have your correct email address.
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