TBF Announces New Online Roster Management System

For Immediate Release

The Bass Federation, (TBF) announces its new TBF Web Services! TBF has now made it easier than ever for new clubs to join or for existing clubs to submit and update your club rosters both with your home state and with TBF, it is one stop shopping!

It is very easy!

Go online to www.bassfederation.com then to “member stuff” on the main menu bar There you will find a link to TBF’s new “online roster management system” simply click the link to go to the new and completely secure www.tbfwebservices.com site where you can submit new rosters for new clubs, update existing rosters, and maintain your clubs roster! All by a click of your mouse.

TBF understands the need to keep your information confidential and protected, so the www.tbfwebservices.com site is secure. No need to worry about your information getting loose. Only the club administrator that YOU determine and your home state federation administrator will be able to see or access it.

State and club administrators can now readily see membership data at a real-time mode and make changes instantly. Email address’s, and all other contact information for clubs and members can be maintained and updated all year long!

New member clubs can also join TBF online by clicking on the “Join today” logo on our website as well!
For all clubs, it’s as easy as 1, 2, 3.
1. Click any link on www.bassfederation.com that says “TBF Online Roster management”, or log on directly towww.tbfwebservices.com
2. Fill out the club registration information on the home page.
3. TBF verifies and approves the account and will send you back your password.
That’s it!
If you were a TBF club in 2007 your club roster is already there online waiting for you! You simply edit and update!
If your a new TBF club just joining simply log back on with your new password and enter your club data, then follow it with a check for your dues, a copy of your invoice and your all set!
Your administrator should be the individual responsible for updating rosters and should have a viable email address with access to the internet. Once the club registration form is filled out TBF receives a notice that a club has requested to set up an account with our system. For security reasons TBF will then verify the individual and information associated with the club and activate the account. Approval time can take 2-3 days but it is usually very quick, within 24 hours.
Log-on now and get your roster update started. Today is a great time since all the rosters for 2008 need to be in by the end of the year – so do it TODAY!

The Bass Federation Inc. (TBF) is owned by those it serves and is dedicated to the sport of fishing. TBF affiliated state federations and their member clubs conduct more than 20,000 fishing, youth and conservation events at the local level each year and have provided the foundation for the entire bass fishing industry for more than 30 years. For more information about The Bass Federation, visit bassfederation.com or call 580-765-9031.

Mid-Atlantic Finals..WEST VIRGINIA WINS! Weiland is Castrol Maximum Performer

Erie, PA – Friday September 27, 2008

Team West Virginia

Team West Virginia

West Virginia held on to the lead today to win the title of 2009 Mid-Atlantic Division Champions and take home the lion’s share of the prize purse. When today’s weigh-in started it looked for a while like West Virginia would let it slip through their hands, but a late rally by the last flight of anglers proved to be more than enough to best the other 6 states and win the Division Cup and the title. West Virginia is the 2009 host of this event and they are pumped it being in their home state next year. The West Virginia team finished the three day event with 278-5. Team Captain Jody Green said from the weigh-In stage, “This team worked together better than any team I have ever seen. I cannot tell you how proud of them I am.”

Finishing in second was the bride’s-maid team of New Jersey who has finished second three times in a row now and is hungry for a win. They finished the event with 253-15. The big mover of the day was the host state of Pennsylvania, who started day 1 in last place, then moved up one place to sixth on day 2 and jumped into third today with a strong finish and ended up with 247-15. Delaware, the defending champions gave up the Division Champions Cup and dropped two places to finish in fourth with 246-15. Virginia finished in fifth at 230-8, Nations Capitol wound up in si

Scott Weiland

Scott Weiland

xth at 218-2 and Maryland finished seventh with 185-12.

In the individual standings New Jerseys Scott Weiland continued his consistent catches by burning a chartreuse spinner bait with chartreuse blades, he weighed in the four fish limit each day and never had a bag under 15 pounds. His total three day weight was 48-13 and good enough by more than five pounds to claim the title of Mid-Atlantic Division Champion and the Castrol Maximum Performer $500 cash bonus. He is on his way to the 2009 TBF Federation National Championship as a boater. Joining him from New Jersey as a non-boater Nick Angiulo who finished second on the New Jersey team.

West Virginia’s Bob Harkness wound up the event with a three day total of 43-5, placing him in second overall and leading his team. He also is on his way to Branson, Mo for the 2009 TBF Federation National Championship. The non-boater at the championship from West Virginia will be Eric Stewart.

The top two anglers from each of the other states also earned a berth in the Championship. They are;

Pennsylvania; Boater Brent McNeal, and Non-Boater Steven Allard

Delaware; Boater Greg Alexander, Non-Boater Tommy Dadds

Virginia; Bobby Williams, Boater, Rueben Williams, Non-Boater

Nations Capitol(DC); Nate Routzahn, Boater and Danny Shanz, Non-Boater

Maryland; Dennis Pearl, Boater and Brandon Clark, Non-Boater

2009 TBF National Championship Qualifiers

2009 TBF National Championship Qualifiers

TBF Mid-Atlantic Division Championship, West Virginia turns on the heat.

Erie, PA. – Thursday September 25, 2008

Day 2 of the TBF Mid-Atlantic Division Championship received some of what they asked for…..light winds. For tomorrow’s final day more wind is now forecasted as a front approaches Erie, PA. Question is when will it get here and will it be bad enough to keep the anglers off of Lake Erie. We will find that out tomorrow.

Eric Stewart

Eric Stewart

This writer cannot overstate the support the TBF anglers has received from the community here and our hosts from “VISIT ERIE” Today no less than three local news channels covered the event for the anglers, if you have not fished on Erie out of Erie, PA, I suggest you come on up and give Presque Isle bay a try, you won’t be sorry. I know a group of West Virginians who are ecstatic about it.

In the State Team Standings:

The West Virginia team turned up the heat today and put some distance between themselves and the second place team and reining division champs from Delaware a distance of 32-11 to be exact. West Virginia leads, with one day to go, with a team total of 216-14 and Delaware remained in second at 184-3. Less than four pounds back at 180-5 is New Jersey, who moved up three places to hold down the third place spot today. Nations Capitol slid one spot to fourth and finished with 165-6, but only 2 ounces behind them in fifth is the team from Virginia at 165-4. The host state of Pennsylvania moved up one spot and into the hunt with 162-4 and Maryland sits in seventh with 143-6.

In the Individual Standings, there were some changes as well:

West Virginia’s Eric Stewart brought in the four fish Pennsylvania limit that weighed in at 19-13, that added to his day 1 catch of 14-12 for a total of 33-10 which was good enough to vault him to the top of the standings. Veteran Scott Weiland from New Jersey holds the second place spot with 33-10. Rounding out the top five is day 1 leader from Delaware, Greg Alexander with 29-13 at third, another West Virginia angler, Bob Harkness at 29-10, in fourth and Delaware’s Tommy Dadds, 25-6, in fifth.

Diaco wins TBF Eastern on his home lake

New Hampshire team wins race among the states

By Jennifer Simmons – 19.Sep.2008

GILFORD, N.H. – The Bass Federation Eastern Divisional wrapped up today with a local atop the final leaderboard. John Diaco of Rochester, N.H., caught 40 pounds of bass from his native Lake Winnipesaukee to earn himself a ticket to the 2009 TBF National Championship.

His 40-pound three-day catch also propelled the 12-man New Hampshire team to the winner’s circle, as TBF awards cash prizes to the state teams based on their team members’ total weight caught. The New Hampshire squad brought in 337 pounds, 3 ounces of bass over three days to top No. 2 Massachusetts, whose members caught 290 pounds, 15 ounces.

Seven 12-man teams competed in this week’s Eastern Divisional, representing New Hampshire and Massachusetts but also Maine, which finished third in the race among the states, followed by Vermont in fourth, Rhode Island in fifth, Connecticut in sixth and New York in seventh.

As the overall winner, Diaco earned a $500 Wal-Mart gift card as the Castrol Maximum Performer. He will also represent New Hampshire as a boater at the 2009 TBF National Championship alongside New Hampshire’s No. 2 Alan Denise of Haverhill, Mass. Each state team’s winner advances as a boater, while each state’s runner-up advances as a co-angler.

Diaco avoids the “choke”

Diaco led the New Hampshire team as well as the overall field on day two, and he retained his lead by bringing in another limit of five bass today that weighed 12 pounds, 2 ounces.

“After yesterday I felt good about my chances, but last night I got a little worried I’d choke,” he said. “But everything worked out and it feels great. I’m psyched!”

This marks Diaco’s first foray into national championship competition, and he can thank a healthy Winnepesaukee largemouth bite for the chance.

“I decided to go right for largemouths today because of the wind,” he said.

Diaco targeted largemouths in the Lee’s Mills area of the lake, fishing 5 to 10 feet of water with a 3/8-ounce pumpkin jig tipped with a soft-plastic trailer. He caught seven keepers today.

His 40-pound catch gave him the overall victory by a 1-pound, 8-ounce margin and the win in his state by 6 pounds.

Gildea returns to nationals

Returning to the national stage from Massachusetts is Jim Gildea of Weston, Mass., whose two-day total of 38 pounds, 8 ounces put him in second overall and first on his state team. He competed in the 2008 nationals and looks forward to another chance.

“I’m so pumped,” Gildea said. “Last year I fished the championship, and FLW put on a great show. I am so happy to go back.”

Fishing a style he calls “nothing fancy,” Gildea managed to end the tournament in first place in Massachusetts by a 5-pound, 7-ounce margin over Pete DeMoya, who advanced to the nationals as a co-angler.

“I just fished slow and did my thing,” Gildea said. “I got around bait and fished slowly and patiently. My fish came from little out-of-the-way spots I found recently.”

To catch his bass, Gildea used a drop-shot featuring a 5-inch Yamamoto Kut Tail worm with a 1/4-ounce tungsten weight.

Gagner goes all the way

After 14 divisional appearances, Gilbert Gagner of Highgate Springs, Vt., has at last made it to the big show. He will represent Vermont at the 2009 National Championship as a boater thanks to a three-day catch totaling 36 pounds, 3 ounces. That put him ahead of Matthew Applebaum of Johnson, Vt., by 2 pounds, 3 ounces and landed him in third place overall. In fact, Gagner and Applebaum were also back-to-back on the overall list, as Applebaum ended that race in fourth. Applebaum advanced to the nationals as a co-angler.

“I am so excited!” Gagner said. “I missed the nationals (before), and I’ll give it 100 percent when I’m there.”

Gagner was particularly thrilled that his method of fishing for bigger fish but fewer bites panned out. His presentation of choice was dragging a green pumpkin tube rigged on a 1/4-ounce jighead as well as a War Eagle spinnerbait with a gold skirt and gold blades.

Best of the rest

Representing Maine at the 2009 nationals will be Laurence Hogue in the boater spot and Jason Mitsin in the co-angler spot. Hogue led the Maine team all three days and ultimately won with a three-day catch of 34 pounds, 2 ounces.

With a 32-pound, 8-ounce three-day catch, Mike Mantha of Charlton, Mass., took the Rhode Island crown and that state’s boater spot at the nationals. He is followed by William Hopkins of Rockville, R.I., who advances as a co-angler.

Taking the Connecticut crown is Mike Kane of Clinton, Conn., with a three-day catch of 29 pounds, 4 ounces. That edged No.2 Christopher Blanc of Cos Cob, Conn., who caught 22-6.

Rounding out the state winners is Rob Lamoy of Chazy, N.Y., who led the New York squad for three days running, ultimately weighing in 23 pounds, 14 ounces of bass. That bested No. 2 Derrick Martineau of Au Sable Forks, N.Y., by a pound.