2014 Michigan State Championship and NBAA One on One National Championship Dates Announced!

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2014 Michigan State Championship and NBAA One on One National Championship heads to Alpena, MI on Hubbard Lake, September 19-21, 2014

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PONCA CITY, Okla. (June 26, 2014) –The National Bass Anglers Association, (NBAA) in partnership with the Alpena Area Convention & Visitors Bureau are pleased to host the 2014 NBAA Michigan State Championship and the One on One National Championship.

Registration and Rules meeting for all NBAA MI State Championship qualifiers will be Friday September 19th from 3:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. with a mandatory rules meeting immediately following at 6 p.m. The MI State Championship is a one day event made up of the top eligible anglers from all NBAA division in the State of Michigan.  They will compete on Saturday, September 20 on renowned Hubbard Lake, launching from the North Boat Ramp at 7am with the first flight due back in by 3pm.  Registration and Rules meeting for the One on One National Championship will take place immediately following the MI State Championship weigh-in at the NBAA Trailer. One on One contender’s will compete for their National Championship title on Hubbard Lake, Sunday September 21st at 7 a.m. with the first flight due back in at 3pm. Continue reading

Increased Payouts at Ramp! Plus Membership/New User Back-End Updates!

For some, the NBAA season has already kicked off! Others, it is gearing up to start here in a few short weeks! We want to ensure everyone is as familiar with the new back-end system as possible, and are familiar with some changes for 2014!

         ALL NBAA PAYOUTS HAVE BEEN INCREASED!

To view and print Payout Information CLICK HERE

Also we ask all members to renew their membership ASAP!!  This will not only help your directors out, but it will help alleviate the membership rush, and get you into the new user back-end, and help shorten posting tournament results!

There are several ways to renew your membership!

CLICK HERE TO RENEW ONLINE

CLICK HERE to Print off Form and mail it in (with $40 Payment):

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5998 N. Pleasant View Road

Ponca City, OK 74601

 

                              **NEW BACK-END SYSTEM**

New for this year!  Each NBAA will have their OWN member profile! In this profile you have the ability to change your NBAA AOTY sponsors as they change for you under your very own account! When your NBAA membership is uploaded into the new user back-end system an automated email is generated and sent out to you with your log in information! MAKE SURE TO CHECK YOUR SPAM!

To change your sponsors simply log in, then click on the MEMBERS tab, then a drop down menu will appear with MY ACCOUNT. Click MY ACCOUNT to view/change your username/password, contact info, and AOTY Sponsor information.

If you have any troubles or need further information call the national office!

Phone: 580.765.9031

Reminder for Directors!!

We need your 2014 Schedules posted so that we can finalize State Championship Dates! We need schedules posted in the new back-end system no later than May 15th!!!

 

Also, if you haven’t submitted your division on the new website back-end system, you need to do so soon! If you have ran a NBAA Division in the past, simply click on the Start a Division drop down menu, then Register an Approved NBAA Division. Simply fill the form out, and once approved you will get an automated email with your NEW username and password for the new back end system!  You must also renew your membership yearly, so if you have not done that yet please do so!

To make things run a bit smoother once opening weekend arrives we encourage all NBAA members to renew their memberships before the start of the season! To do so simply click the link below:

***RENEW NBAA MEMBERSHIP***

 

NBAA 2014 National Championship Recap

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 A special thanks goes out to all participants, families (both present and at home) for coming and supporting the 2014 NBAA National Championship! The event was held on Grand Lake, OK by the City of Grove, OK in partnership with Grand Lake Association, and Indigo Sky Casino. All we can continue to say is THANK YOU for your continued support!
This National Championship event had a new format voted on by the anglers! We gave the anglers their choice to fish black and blue or everyone fish all three days this year 100% voted to fish all three days! So it was a shootout!   Even with a small field, the NBAA gave out over $36,000 in cash and prizes! The anglers also decided to pay the Top 3 Places Day 1 and Day 2, along with a daily big fish pot ($330 daily), with an overall tournament big bass to revived a $200 Cabela’s Gift Card! There was also over $36,000 in cash and prizes to be awarded for this event including a new Ranger RT178 Boat with Evinrude outboard and MInn-Kota Trolling Motor!  Also in the event there was 5 tagged fish weighed in!! No big money fish, but most were $50-$100 gift certificates to local restaurants/casinos!

**National Championship Final Results Click Here!!**

**National Championship Pictures Click Here!!**

Coming in 1st Place Overall with a 3 day total of 60 pounds 2 ounces was Jason and Jennifer Willbur! They walked away with Day 1 first place ($500), a new RT178 Ranger boat with a Minn-Kota Trolling motor, and powered by a Evinrude E-Tec Motor! For a complete first place package worth over $18,000.00
They also recived a $500 PAID entry to fish the Cabela’s North American Bass Circuits North divisions first event May 10th on Sturgeon Bay  where a 1st place win there could net them OVER $10,000.00 CASH !!

2014 NBAA National Champions

Coming in at 2nd Place, also with Day 2 big fish, and biggest weight of day 2 ($830 total winnings for day 2) with a 3 day total of 58 pounds 15 ounces, Brian Doyle and Josh Kolodzaike!

2nd Place

3rd Place went to Chris and Vaughn Capasso with a 3 day total weight of 56 Pounds 11 ounces!

3rd Place


Big Fish Overall went to Jim and Tom Wendt, with a 6 pound 6 ounce beauty! That fish also won them big fish for Day 1, and won them $530 overall!

Big Bass WInners

Here is a group photo of the top 10 finishers! Thanks again to all the anglers who made this event a success!

Top 10

 

Once again a big thank you to Grove, OK, Grand Lake Association and Indigo Sky Casino for being such a great host for the event, and to our anglers!

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