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June 19th 2006 National Bass Anglers Association Payout Tops 10000...

National Bass Anglers Association (NBAA) announces that the Lake St. Clair Open Draws more then 60 boats and pays out $10,000



In a conversation earlier today Jack Horning NBAA's8217;s national director he said what a great opening day on Lake St Clair. The weather was right, the fishing was on, and great small mouth action was abundant with over 50 limits brought to the scales. With all that great smallmouth action only one team was able to break the 18 pound mark Ron Spittler & Frank Lepera. Ron & Frank brought in 18.40 pounds to claim first place and a check for $4000. Following behind Ron & Frank was the team of Ted Prisbe & Linda Bennett with 17.49 pounds of smallmouth which was worth a cool $1000 and following in a close race for third was Darren Lear and Kent Miller with 17.40 pounds. The huge smallmouths of Lake St Clair didn's8217;t seem to be hitting on this fantastic day but the 4.59 pound smallmouth that the team of Mike Chamberlin & Thomas Ledingham brought to the scales was good enough for big bass honors and a check for $800. The team of Ted Prisbe & Linda Bennett also took 2nd place big bass honors with a 4.51 pound smallmouth which was worth an additional $420 to this team.



Everyone who fished this first Annual NBAA St Clair Open received a great tackle pack with products from our sponsors which included Strike King Plastics, Eagle Claw Hooks, a bottle of Please Release Me, Stopper Jig Heads and more. Other great prizes given away at this event included a trolling motor, clothing package and battery from Minn Kota, Humminbird graph, Xtools clothing package, Supreme Marine products, KD Outdoors gift packages, Gander Mountain products, Solar Bat sunglasses, Red Dragon Tackle, Bass Pro Shops clothing, Auto Value Hats, MIS Race tickets and much much more. We want to give a special thanks to all of our sponsors and all of the NBAA pro-staff who stepped up to help make this such a great event. We are looking forward to coming back here next year and making this event bigger and better than ever.



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

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