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Officers
President
Steve Streeter
P.O. Box 7267
Monroe, LA 71211
Phone: 318.381.5811
Email: ssel_colla.com
BIO:
Steve has been an officer of the Louisiana Bass Federation since 1975 and currently been President for the last 3 years. More information will be posted in the near future.
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Vice President
David Sherrer
372 Leland Ave.
Shreveport, LA 71105
Phone: 318.286.3696
Email: david_kingelectric.biz
David has been the Vice President of the Louisiana Bass Federation since 2006. David fished the 2008 Bassmaster Elite Series and will fish the 2010 BASS Central Opens as well as LBF qualifiers. David qualified for the LBF state team in 2009 and 2006.
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Secretary
Mike Baker
12393 Old Bonita Rd.
Phone: 318.283.2865
Email: jmikebaker_suddenlink.net
Mike has been the Secretary of the Louisiana Bass Federation since 2006. More will be posted on Mike in the near future.
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Treasurer
Alice Baker
Email: alicembaker_suddenlink.net
Alice has been the Treasurer of the Louisiana Bass Federation since 2006. More will be posted on Alice in the near future.
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Youth Director
Eugene Morris
216 Cypress Lane
Farmerville, LA 71241
Phone: 318.282.7470
Email: N/A
Eugene has been the Youth Director of the Louisiana Bass Federation since 2006. More will be posted on Eugene in the near future.
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Conservation Director
Announced Soon!
12345 Any Street
Any City, LA 70000
Phone: 318.
Email:
District 1 Director
Ernest Smoak
9516 Hwy 5
Keatchie, LA 71046
Phone: 318.349.2466
Email: ernestsmoak_hughes.net
Ernie has been the District 1 Director of the Louisiana Bass Federation since 2006.
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District 2 Director
Steve Cagle
9365 Hwy. 2
Phone: 318.372.5500
Email: scaglefish_yahoo.com
Steve has been the District 2 Director of the Louisiana Bass Federation since 2006.
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District 3 Director
Robin Moody
1234
Natchitoches, LA 71241
Robin has been the District 3 Director of the Louisiana Bass Federation since 2006. More will be posted on Robin in the near future.
District 4 Director
M. Scott Guinn
3351 Don Redden Ct.
Baton Rouge, LA 70820
Phone: 225.766.8356
Email: msguinn_cox.net
Scott has been the District 4 Director of the Louisiana Bass Federation for the last year.
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District 5 Director
Gary Graffagnino
82 Live Oak Dr.
Slidell, LA 70461
Phone: 985.646.2456
Cell: 985.290.6251
Email: gary_homeaccentsource.com
Gary has been the Louisiana Bass Federation Director for District 5 for several years now.
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April 8, 2010
Fellow fishermen, please look and see on the photo gallery page the winner of our 2010 voucher boat. The winner is Chris Ponce de Leon. He had the winning bid on the boat. One of the pictures is Chris and is son Ethan. Ethan was very excited about the new Ranger Z521. Chris winning bid was for the 208. He received his certificate for the 208 and went to Ludwig Brothers Marine in Farmerville and upgrade the 208 to the Z521. The motor is a Yamaha HPDI 250 that was also upgraded from the 225. The electronics on the boat are HDS-10, HDS-7, HDS-5, and a Structure Scan unit.
As you can see with our partners, our state Ranger Dealers, Ranger Boats, Yamaha Motors, Evinrude Motors, FLW, and Lowrance Electroincs we are able to offer to our members the best product available on the market. If you are not a member of Louisiana Bass Federation then I encourage you to contact the Director in your area. Join us and become a member of the best fishing, youth and conservation organization out there.
May all your weigh bags be heavy
February 13, 2010
Fellow Fishermen,
I would like to talk to you about some of the things that are happening in our state and what is coming up in the future. In December the board had their annual meeting in Alexandria. The board talked about what had happened during the year and what it needed to do for the year 2010. The number one thing that the board talked about was membership, how to improve it and how to make sure that we grow each year. The board had a lot of ideas on how to improve on what we have been doing but, the one thing that came up the most was how to improve our qualifying tournament. We talked about different tournament locations, number of tournaments each year, and number of people participating in our qualifying tournament. We have moved the tournament site around in the state for the first 4 tournaments. We had about the same number of fishermen at each of these events, about 30 fishermen. One of the board members made a motion that we try three qualifying tournaments for 2010. There would be two one day tournaments and have our third tournament on the date that we have had in the past ( third weekend of September ). Each of these tournaments would be held in a different district each year. The board discussed this motion at length and added that if there was a poor response from the members and a small number of entries we would go back and talk about what to do. There were less than twelve members who sent in their money for the first qualifier and the board received a large number of complaints about the format. I called an executive board meeting and we did this by conference call. We talked about what was going on in each district. The first thing was how much growth or decline in membership. Then each director was asked about his district on membership. There was only one district that showed any growth. The other four had from 50% to 80% decline. The number one reason for the fall of membership in the four districts was the three tournament format. I made a motion that we table the three tournament format for this year and go to our membership and ask what they would like to see in the future. Again this was discussed at length and the motion passed. So for 2010 we will fish only one qualifier and it will be in district five, the third weekend of September. You, as members, will be receiving letters about what you would like to see happen with our qualifier. These letters will be mailed out later in the year. Whether we have one, two, three, or more than that. We will always have one tournament the third weekend of September because of the agreements with other tournament groups.
We will sign our agreements with Ranger Boats, Lowrance, ( at this time Lowrance has not made any offers yet. Will probably have theirs at the Presidents meeting in March), Evinrude, and Yamaha Motors. We already have our agreement with Pure Fishing. If you want anything from Pure Fishing please e-mail me and we can put your order together.
We now have this wonderful web site up and running. We are asking that you communicate with your director in your district on anything that you feel will help with our growth and make us a better organization in our state. Please e-mail them with your comments.
In closing, I would like to thank each of you for your support of this organization. If we are going to grow, support youth events, and conservation programs in our state and in other states then we need you. You are our most important resource.
February 18, 2010
Fellow Bass Federation Members,
I am writing to inform you that the Executive Board had a meeting about membership and decided in this meeting that due to low participation the 3 tournament format would be tabled for this year. We are going back to the one qualifying tournament in September; the entry fee will be $150.00.
The fall tournament is a 2-day tournament that will be held September 18th & 19th on East Pearl River. The launch site will be the public launch at HWY 90 Bridge. Dead water will be Sept. 13, 14 & 15th. Official practice days will be September 16th & 17th. Pairing will be at 5:00pm on the 17th at the Launch site. Gary Graffagnino is the tournament director, 985-290-6251-Cell 985-646-2456- Home. Applications for the fall tournament will be mailed to you at a later date.
We have a web site, to check out our web site go towww.louisianabassfederation.com
Mike Baker Secretary
December 14, 2009
I am writing to let you know some of the things that are coming up this year. We have a complete boat & motor package that we are going to auction off. It is a 2010, 208 single console Ranger boat with a 2010 Yamaha 225 HPDI series-2 motor w/prop. Trolling motor, electronics, batteries & built in charger are not included. All upgrades from these are extra. The retail price is $47,000.00. The minimum bid is $33,000.00 in increments of $100.00. Send your bids to PO BOX 1629, Bastrop, LA. 71221-1629. Due to the Gen -Mar corp. buy out, Ranger told us that we have to order the boat on the 28th of Jan. We have to have all bids postmarked by Jan. 8th. We will let the winner know by Jan the 12th and the winner will have 14 business days to get the money to us. You can contact President, Steve Streeter atssel_colla.comor 318-343-2957 at his office if you have any questions.
The National Championship is coming up in March. Billy Graves & Eugene Morris will be representing the state of Louisiana for us in Knoxville, TN.
The 2010 State Team is:
Britt Jones
Barry Fallon Jr.
Billy Graves
Ross Cagle
Bobby Templet
Logan Sherrer
Seth Carson
Craig Elmore
Robert Robertson
Gary Leitz (1st Alt)
Click herefor final results of the qualifying tourament.
They will be going to Lake Truman in Missouri June 13-18, 2010 to fish against the other states in the Central Division.
If you are on the state team & you see that you will not be able to fish, please contact me as soon as possible _ 318-282-8064 or 318-281-9709 so I can get an alternate to take your place. We would also like to remind you that 2010 dues are due by Dec31st. The cost is the same $15.00 TBF & $20.00 LBF. Starting in 2010 all FLW dues will be paid through The Louisiana Bass Federation . All FLW membership dues will expire Dec 31st of 2010. If your membership expires in 2010 you will be charged the balance for the remaining part of the year. EXAMPLE: Say your membership expires in May you will only pay June Dec 2010.Then when you renew for 2011 it will be $35.00 each year. We will contact you in the near future on the amount of FLW dues. MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Tournaments
2010
Click on the link to the left to open the 2010 Louisiana Bass Federation calendar. It will open up a Google calendar on a new page, and the tournament dates are in September 2010. Tournament information will be posted soon after the September qualifying tournament.
2009
Louisiana Bass Federation held the 2-day qualifying tournament on the Red River in Pool 5 just south of Shreveport for September 19th-20th with Thursday and Friday as the official practice days. The tournament launched out of Red River South where the 2009 Bassmaster Classic was held. Conditions seemed to be pretty good for the practice days with most competitors reporting good catches. But that all changed in hurry when muddy and high water moved in the day before the start of the tournament. As the water conditions changed the catches fell drasitically with several competitors failing to catch a weigh fish either Saturday or Sunday, and several anglers failed to catch a single weigh fish for the tournament. It seemed most of the fish were found suspended on wood, and some were found around grass or pads in pool 4.
2009 Tournaments
2009 LBF Qualifying Tournament
2010 Tournament Schedule
2010 LBF Calendar (Click to open a new page).
Photo Gallery
Photos
Chris and son are enjoying their new Ranger Z-521 so much they don't need boat in water or rods in hand!
Chris's new Ranger boat with all new Lowrance electronics.
Chris's new Ranger Z-521 at Ludwig Brothers Marine with Lake D'Arbonne in the background.
President of Louisiana Bass Federation Steve Streeter standing with Chris's son reviewing the beautiful new Ranger Z-521 equipped with a Yamaha 225 HPDI Series 2 and Lowrance electronics.
Chris's new Ranger Z-521 setting in front of one of our sponsor Ranger dealers, Ludwig Brothers Marine.
Links
Tournament Circuits
FLW Outdoors
American Bass Anglers
Media Bass
Fishers Of Men
River Information
USGS River Stages
NOAA - NWS River Observations
Bass Fishing Information
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Louisiana Sportsman Magazine
Bass Fishing Resource Guide
Bass Fishing Home Page
The Bass Federation
Bass Fishing Forums
Ultimate Bass
Probass
Bass Boat Central
Downloads
General TBF Downloads
Suggested Bylaws for New Clubs
2009 TBF Brochure
TBF Insurance FAQ's
TBF Event Waiver
Premium Membership Flyer
Insurance Certificate Request
Youth Downloads
2010 Reel Kids Application
TBF Junior Club
TBF Student Angler Federation
Conservation Downloads
TBF Conservation Grant Application
Tournament Downloads
TBF Tournament Entry Form
2009 LBF Tournament Results
2010 LBF Calendar (Click to open a new page)
Sponsors &
Partners
Louisiana Bass Federation Supporting Dealers
Cabela's Wholesale, Inc.
2200 West Cabelas Parkway
Gonzales, LA 70737
(225) 743-3400
www.cabelas.com
Ludwig Brothers Marine, LLC
110 Old Highway 15
(318) 368-8922
www.ludwigbrothersmarine.com
Metro Boating
3028 4th Street
Harvey, LA
(504) 341-4852
www.metroboating.com
Bayou Outdoor Supercenter
1800 Barksdale Blvd.
Bossier City, LA
(318) 629-2628
www.bayououtdoor.com
Ranger Boats
Lowrance
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Yamaha
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