July 5th 2006 National Bass Anglers Association Announces Championship is Coming Back to Michigan



National Bass Anglers Association (NBAA) Announces that the NBAA championship week for the 2006 season is coming back to Michigan.

In a conversation earlier today Jack Horning NBAA's8217;s national director he said You's8217;ve been asking for it now it has happened. The National Championship Week for the 2006 classic will be held at beautiful Houghton Lake Michigan the first week of June in 2007. We gathered up all the information from our latest survey at our classic in May and polled anglers at several events. Then we determined that this is something that the majority of the anglers we's8217;re in favor of. We did what you wanted and brought it back to Michigan. As a matter of fact 75% of our members are less than a 4 hour drive from this fabulous fishery. Houghton Lake has hosted various other major NBAA events in the past, including classics and fish offs with great success. The community is really getting behind this exciting event with special rates for the anglers and major prizes to be giving away at this once a year mega event. The format will be similar to last years classic except we will be giving away 3 fully rigged Skeeters instead of two. Three days of fishing with 3 boats given away, it doesn's8217;t get much better than that. Plus, all of our major sponsors will be stepping up with great prizes too. We will be sending out all the details later but we's8217;re looking forward to a bigger and better classic than ever. Good luck and hope to see you in Houghton Lake for Championship Week 2007!!

Founded in Michigan 12 years ago by Karen and Skeeter Warner, NBAA has spread to several other states. In fact, the latest division to join with NBAA is based in Maine. 's8220;This is a great example of how NBAA is growing through the support of our great staff.'s8221; Horning said, 's8220;Don Watts recently had a seminar in Bangor, Maine. While he was out there, he had a chance to talk about the NBAA program to some of the local anglers and ended up signing on over 50 new members. One of these anglers has started a new division and we's8217;re up and rolling in Maine for this spring.'s8221;

's8220;We's8217;d like to thank all of the directors, sponsors and members for all they have done to make NBAA the circuit it is today,'s8221; said Jim Sprague, owner and Executive Director of NBAA 's8220;It's8217;s the members that are driving this incredible growth. They's8217;re spreading the word and letting us know what they want in a grassroots tournament trail. We's8217;ve introduced a number of new programs and incentives and a lot of these ideas come directly from the anglers. Jack and I have spent a lot of time at sport shows and open houses listening to what anglers have to say. We's8217;re looking into a number of new programs already for next year, so be sure to stay tuned.'s8221;

This grassroots approach to tournament angling has caught fire with anglers. The numbers show NBAA as the fastest growing tournament circuit in the nation. Just three years ago, NBAA had around 800 members and 27 separate divisions. Today, NBAA boasts well over 100 divisions, a director staff of nearly 200 avid anglers and a membership expected to approach 4000 tournament anglers. These numbers have also caught the eye of several national level sponsors including Skeeter, Yamaha, Solar Bats, Polaris, Minn Kota, Humminbird, Auto Value, Aqua Vu, and many more national, local, and regional sponsors.

About NBAA
National Bass Anglers Association is one of the largest and fastest growing grassroots tournament trails in the nation. All NBAA tournaments are designed to give the grassroots tournament anglers a shot at qualifying for big time tournaments by fishing locally. NBAA recognizes that not all anglers have the time to fish as much as they's8217;d like to, so a format was designed that lets anglers fish their local bodies of water to qualify for the NBAA National Championship Week held each spring. By fishing as few as 5 tournaments, local anglers can qualify to fish for one of the largest tournament payouts in team tournaments anywhere in the nation. Local tournaments offer a wide range of times and days to work around anglers busy schedules. Tournaments are offered in the weekends, during weekday evenings and even during the weekdays for 2nd and 3rd shift workers.

To learn more about National Bass Anglers Association call or visit:
Jim Sprague
www.nbaa-bass.com
269-948-4245





July 5th 2006 National Bass Anglers Association Announces Championship is Coming Back to Michigan