The 2015 NBAA fishing season has come to a close.  Every division has completed their scheduled events and all the number have been tallied for this year.  At the end of every season, all the anglers are shooting for one goal.  That is, to do well enough in the tournaments to hopefully accumulate the most points in their division and win the Team of the Year (TOY) award from their division.  The Team of the Year award is special because it means they were the most consistent and best team in their division for the entire season.  As a reward for that, NBAA would like to recognize these teams for their accomplishments for 2015 in their respective divisions.

Here are the 2015 Team of the Year Winners from this year’s NBAA Divisions:

Illinois – Central Illinois Summer Series – Charles Allen & Tyler Allen

Indiana – Tanners Creek Division – Rob Duncan – Dave Kendall

Louisiana – LA Bass Snatchers – Rusty Matthews & Jeremy Matthews

Michigan – Division 02 – Easton Lovell & Colton Lovell

Michigan – Division 03 – Bryan Doyle & Joshua Kolodzaike

Michigan – Division 14- Steve Hess & Kyle Hess

Michigan – Division 30 – Brandon Mollette & Cody Baldwin

Michigan – Division 38 – Ron Fasel & Thomas Heminger

Michigan – Sunday Showdown – Rich Craven & Robert Reisbig

Montana – Eastern Weekend Challenge – Kent Stingley & Michael Bradley

Nebraska – Division 54 – Royce Hershberger & Steve Brinkerhoff

New Jersey – Northeast Military Division – Sean Combs & Joe Phillips

Each team received a goody bag of NBAA sponsored products for their achievements.  Congratulations to all the 2015 TOY winners!

Registration is now open for the qualified teams from the 2015 NBAA events, for the upcoming 2016 NBAA National Championship on KY Lake.  Registration will remain open, until close of business on Monday, February 29, 2016.

All memberships expired at the end of December 2015.  So, if you are planning on fishing in the National Championship in April, each angler must have a current NBAA membership.  Memberships can be renewed online or by calling the home office and renewing by phone.  You must have a valid membership before the system will allow you to register.

The NBAA National Championship is a “No Entry Fee” event&  there will also be a Big Bass pot each day of the event.  The event is scheduled to be held on KY Lake out of KY Dam Village State Park Resort.  Registration is set for Wednesday afternoon at the KY Dam Village Conference Center and all teams will compete on Thursday, Friday & Saturday, April 7-9.

For complete details of the championship, look on the home page of the NBAA website and look for the National Championship tab and then look for the Fact Sheet that will give you all the times and places for all the weeks events.

Register for the event here: Registration

Fact Sheet

Montana is on board again for 2016.  Benny Wiles will once again be the NBAA tournament Director for the Montana Weekend Challenge series for 2016.  This division is a Weekend style division, consisting of several tournaments, which are eight to nine hours in length for each event.  It is a pick your own partner series.  Find someone you enjoy fishing with and come have some fun this year.  All of the events are listed below for the coming season.

Here is the 2016 NBAA Montana Weekend Challenge Division schedule for 2016.

April 30th at Tschida, North Dakota at North Shore in Glen Ullin, ND

May 1st at Tschida, North Dakota at North Shore in Glen Ullin, ND

May 14th at Yellowtail at Barry’s Landing in Lovell, WY

May 15th at Yellowtail at Barry’s Landing in Lovell, WY

May 21st at Fort Peck at Hell Creek in Jordan, MT

May 22nd at Fort Peck at Hell Creek in Jordan, MT

July 16th at Yellowtail at Ok-a-beh at Ft Smith, MT

July 17th at Yellowtail at Ok-a-beh at Ft Smith, MT

Sept 24-25 Montana State event at Fort Peck at Hell Creek

If you would like to know more about this division, send Benny Wiles an email at bvodacom@hotmail.com

Last year, Sean Combs joined the NBAA group as a new NBAA tournament director.  After getting his feet wet in 2015, he has already jumped in with both feet for 2016.  Sean has big plans for this year’s events. The Northeast Military Division is a Weekend style division, consisting of several tournaments,open to any and all NBAA members, which are eight to nine hours in length for each event.  It is a pick your own partner series where you find someone you enjoy fishing with and come have some fun.  Sean is even having a couple of OPEN events for 2016 as well.

Here is the 2016 NBAA Northeast Military Division schedule for 2016.

May 7th on Lilinonah Lake at the Steel Bridge Ramp

June 4th on Squantz Pond at the Main Ramp

June 18th OPEN EVENT at Manasquam at the Main Ramp

July 3rd on Salem Canal at the Salem River WMA

Aug 13th at Hopatcong at Lee’s County Park Main Ramp

Sept 3rd the Delaware River 1 at Gloucester City Ramp

Sept 24th State Championship event – Champlain 1 at the Ticonderoga Ramp

Sept 25th State Championship event – Champlain 2 at the Ticonderoga Ramp

October 8th OPEN EVENT at Assunpink WMA at Assunpink WMA Ramp

October 22nd EARLY BIRD EVENT for 2017on the Delaware River 2 at Gloucester City Ramp

If you would like to know more about this division, send Sean Combs an email at director.nbaanemd@gmail.com