Tourney Information

Kent has provided some space to host the entry form. It is located on cache custom lures' site. More information regarding the first weekend:

1) I will be at the ramp Friday evening to take membership applications and tournament entry fees. I plan to be off the water and at the ramp at 4:00 p.m.

2) Check in Saturday morning will start between 5:00 and 5:15 a.m. The pre-tournament meeting will start at 5:45. Blast off will be at safe light (which will probably land somewhere between 6:10 and 6:15).

3) Early registration will give you an extra draw for launch position! Friday evening is the deadline for the extra draw benefit!

4) Kent Thomson worked out a reduced rate for the Budget Motel. Just mention American Bass when you call. Their number s (208)678-2200.

5) I'm getting excited as hell... the time is drawing near! Email me at brettonh@yahoo.com if you have any further questions.

6) Thanks in advance for your interest in these tourneys. I'm doing everything I can to make them great!

Some Payout Information

I've had a couple people ask me about payouts, so I'm posting this to provide some more detail.

Biggest Bass is a one spot payout. Big Fish pays up to five spots. Red/white/blue splits the optioners into three fields and pays the top team in each of the three fields. Options pay back 100%.

The entry fees pay back approximately 81%, but approx 11% of that goes to fund the team of the year from our region ($775 last year) and to fund the divisional classic, resulting in approx 70% payout at the tourney. An example, if we have 20 boats, approximate payouts for entry fees will be: 1st $700, 2nd$ 500, 3rd $395, 4th $225. These payouts are based on a one in five scale that is provided to me by American Bass. So, a total entry of $2600 (20 boats) with payout of approx $1820 = 70%, plus the approx 11% that goes to the classic and to the region anglers of the year.

I have added a weekend team anglers cash prize as well. I had been thinking that I would either pay $400 to the top team for the weekend or $250 to team #1 and $150 to team #2. As of right now, I have decided to go with the $250/$150. This is added money I obtained and I'm sending back into the mix. That pushes the "at tourney" payouts back toward 80% each day, getting closer to 90% for the total payout. I really want as much money as reasonable to go back to the winners.

Also, there is no entry fee for the classic once you qualify -- I wanted to state that again so it is clear. Just email me if you have any other questions on this.

Co-sponsor for second weekend!

My firm has agreed to be the co-sponsor for the second weekend of the Rocky Mountain Region tournaments (June 17 & 18). It was a pretty tough sell. Just kidding. I'm grateful to my partners for their support. Our website is located at www.bplaw.biz. We have attorneys licensed in Utah, Idaho and Wyoming. My firm has a focus in litigation. My primary specializations are estate (wills/trusts and probate) and business law, including collections.

Entry forms available

You can email me for entry forms specific for the May tournaments. You can also fill out the form on www.americanbass.com and then send it to me. The only options that are available for now are Big Fish (pays up to five spots), Biggest Bass and Red/White/Blue (pays top spot of three groups). Just email me if you have any questions.

Co-sponsor for first weekend!

American Northwest Outdoors has agreed to be the co-sponsor for the first weekend (Milner, May 6&7). I'd like to thank Jim Wells for his support. His website is at: www.americannorthwestoutdoors.com. We look forward to seeing him at our tourneys! He's a heck of a guy.