Bass Clubs

[SCUMFROG]

How can I find out about joining a bass club, and doing some tournaments? I don't have a boat so I would need a partner or do they pair you up with someone with a boat?

[locolocal]

Do you want to fish 'money tourneys' or 'club tourneys'?

Are you looing for a Federated club or non-federated?

[SCUMFROG]

Money ones would be nice. What's the difference in them? How much do they cost to join. (clubs, tournaments?)

[SluggoMaster]

I would like to find one around Wright county that does not have a 100+ person waiting list.

[SCUMFROG]

Is there any clubs on this site? Or can you tell me how to find them?

[locolocal]

http://fishingminnesota.com/ubb/Forum77/HTML/000116.html

Check this forum out...

[SCUMFROG]

Thanks... Are you in a club?

[locolocal]

Yep, and I love it. As someone who too does not own a rig, it's the best possible scenario.

I do find that if you take care of the guys that own boats (ie..you're generous with gas money, let them catch the first fish etc...), they're very accomodating and really enjoy getting non-boaters on the water.

It's a pretty cool deal.

[bass-o-matic]

SCUMFROG-
Shoot me an e-mail and I'll give you the info. on our club. I think we may have an opening for another non-boater.

[email protected]

[Lost]

bass-o-matic, is the Jared that I've been e-mailing? Did you get the phone number that I e-mailed to you?

[SCUMFROG]

Thanks Bass-o-Matic.
And you got mail.

[EBass]

A FM bass club sounds cool. Where do I sign up? The only thing that sucks is that I have a jon boat and no live well. A Henn county club would be great.

Indy
Sara
Medicine
Tonka (given)
Toss in Pool 2

Go by points or something. I've never fished in a tourney except with my friends, and we really didn't keep track except who caught the most.

[SCUMFROG]

That does sound cool. How would we get that started? Hay Ebass do you use that jon boat for all the little ponds around the metro?

[Mark Christianson]

I have often considered finding a bass club too. I finally got into a fishing league last year, and it is just a gas!

[SCUMFROG]

Bass-o-Matic
you got mail.

[EBass]

scumfrog, I use that puppy all over, but it's not a carry in. I have a 25H on there. It's 14' long with a 48" beam. She doesn't like waves - LOL.

A cooler you say. Hmm, maybe but it's not a big boat and has those bench seats going across. I'd have to see the dimensions.

Oh well, my next boat (whenever that will be) will be a bass boat of some sort.

[bass-o-matic]

Lost, I am the same person you have been e-mailing. I did get your phone number and you will be the first person I call with an opening.

Scumfrog, you now have mail, actually 2. I forgot the attachment on the first one. Please let me know if this sounds like something you are interested in.

E-Bass, I used to fish plenty of club tourneys out of a flat bottom and small v-bottom boat. Just get yourself a 48-54qt. cooler and an aerator system out of Bass Pro or Cabelas. Quick and easy to install, hooks up to your battery, and you now have yourself a livewell and able to fish tourneys. To make it easier, just remember to leave enough slack in the wires so you can dump the pump over the side of the boat and fill the cooler. It works slick.

[SCUMFROG]

Hay Ebass, I've got a 12 footer I'm trying to put back together. The wife says get it out of the yard. lol. So i hope to have that in the water soon.

[bass-o-matic]

E-bass,
As long as your boat isn't extremely narrow, which it shouldn't be if you have a 25 on the back, I think you'll find there will be more than enough room for a cooler. Like I said earlier, I fished out of many smaller flat bottoms and v-bottoms that had the cooler livewells over the years. They may take up a little room, but as long as the guy in back has the bench to stand on and you have a casting deck or bench to stand on in the front, you'll be ok. Quick, easy, and inexpensive solution to not having one or buying a different boat!