Ky Bass Federation

[Bigtim68]

For the 2012 Season the KBF decided to alter its qualifying format. Each of the 4 regions will host 4 qualifying tournaments. To qualify for the state championship, you must either win or place second in any of the tournaments OR fish ANY 4 of the 16 tournaments listed. The state championship location will be determined by the region with the most participation.

Also no meetings. Just show up at the ramp with your KBF dues $67 (includes FLW membership) & entry fee (I belive its $75 for boater & $50 for non). Pairing & boat numbers will be determined on 1st come 1st serve basis, but if you bring a boat, you'll use it. No boater-boater draws. For more info gimme a holler.



Sunday, March 04, 2012
Barren River Lake
Port Oliver ramp

Sunday, March 25, 2012
Green River Lake
Lone Valley ramp

Sunday, March 25, 2012
Rough River Lake
State Park ramp

Sunday, April 15, 2012
Cumberland Lake
Conley Bottom ramp

Sunday, April 22, 2012
Barkley Lake
Kuttawa ramp

Sunday, April 29, 2012
Green River Lake
Lone Valley ramp

Saturday, May 19, 2012
Ky Lake
Ky Dam Village ramp

Sunday, May 20, 2012
Yatesville Lake
State Park ramp

Sunday, May 20, 2012
Nolin Lake
Moutardier ramp

Sunday, June 03, 2012
Barkley Lake
Kuttawa ramp

Sunday, June 10, 2012
Barren River Lake
Port Oliver ramp

Sunday, June 10, 2012
Ohio River Craigs Creek
Craigs Crk ramp

Sunday, June 24, 2012
Ohio River Maysville
Maysville City ramp

Sunday, July 15, 2012
Ohio River Big Bone
Big Bone ramp

Sunday, August 05, 2012
Ohio River Hawesville, KY
Tar Creek ramp

Sunday, August 12, 2012
Ohio River Paducah, KY
Paducah City ramp


Modified by Bigtim68 at 7:33 AM 12/14/2011

[Bigtim68]

Correction $75 for boaters, $50 for non-boaters.

[Bigtim68]

Check out http://www.kybassfed.com for more info & starting times

[DanCard]

Sent you IM.

[ndmcdo00]

Can you link up with a co in this series or is it strictly a draw series?

[Bigtim68]

These are draw tournaments, just like BFL or weekend series but smaller scale.

[UkCatsBasser]

If I'm a already a member of FLW club (includes FLW membership TBF etc) how much is a membership. If im a co angler just show up at the ramp?

[Bigtim68]

Per a deal between the Federation & FLW, the fees are standard $67. If you're already FLW member, FLW will extend you're membership another year.

[besnyde]

Are you fishing the TBF college tournaments? Not sure the KBF has had this question before. Tim's answer above is if you have an FLW membership but not a TBF membership. To have a TBF membership, most people have to choose a state federation I thought. Not sure if you will owe $67, I'll try to find out.

To answer your other question, yeah just show up at the ramp the morning of the tournament. Registration will end 30 minutes before the posted start time of the tournament. After registration closes, the non-boaters will draw numbers to see who they're paired with.

[UkCatsBasser]

Im not fishing the college tournaments. no longer in college.

[UkCatsBasser]

For some reason I thought my FLW (affiliated club) club dues included FLW membership (100% sure) and TBF membership and $2 went to the KY state federation.

[besnyde]

If you're already in a club that is affiliated with KBF, then you should be covered. Just show up and pay the entry fee for the tournament.

[UkCatsBasser]

OK good deal. My club even has a link on the website mentioned above so I should be good. I guess ill show up and hope there is enough spots lol!

[RoughThumbBG]

I am pretty excited about fishing these events. I plan on fishing as a boater.

After doing some research it says the Ky state Championship is on September 21-23. But the past results show that the tournaments are 2 day events. I am assuming that there is just a meeting on friday night. Am i correct in assuming this?

Another question I have is about the divisional. It seems that the Southern Division will be held in Spring 2013 and in the State on Tennessee. Any idea where and when that is going to be??

[CP-ProCaster]

Never fished kbf but if its like bfls I may have found another trail to fish with my favorite lakes...a lot of bigger trails don't go to barren in early march so that def caught my eye

[besnyde]

You're right about the State Championship. There is an end of the year banquet and pre-tournament meeting on Friday night then the tournament is Saturday and Sunday. Also, I don't know where in TN the Southen Divisional will be but it is usually the first full week in June. May vary slightly, but it has been somewhere around there for a number of years.

[Bigtim68]

The state championship is a 2 day event (Sat & Sun) with a Friday night banquet & meeting.

I dont think the location for the Southern divisional has been announced yet, but they rarely do announce this early. As far as timing its always the first couple weeks in June.

If you know you're going to fish one of our tournaments, you can pre-pay your yearly membership by sending a check for $67 to KBF at President Cato's who address is listed on the website. But you have to send it a week before the tournament you want to fish. This will help cut down some of the paperwork in the morning at tournaments.

This is a fun circuit with a good core group of guys. Anyone coming to fish a region 2 tournament, make sure ya come and introduce yourself, as I will be helping to run these.
also keep in mind that tournament entry fees are cash.

[UkCatsBasser]

Im hoping to fish these as a co angler. another good circuit to fish espicially if you are already a member of an FLW club then you just pay the entree fee. Cant beat that!

[RoughThumbBG]

Thanks for the responses everyone. I will be signing up soon.

If any one is looking for someone to share lodging on Saturday night with for any of these events let me know, also if anyone is a co-angler interested in prefishing with me saturday let me know too:


March 4 - Barren
March 25 Green
April 29 - Green
June 10 - Barren

[RoughThumbBG]

I just realized that this Ky state championship is the same weekend as the BLF super tournament on Barren, Sept. 22 and 23. That is a bummer, but hopefully I can still make the BFL regional just fishing 4 events as a co-angler.

I don't think is going to stop me from fishing the KBF as a boater.