FLW Federation Tourneys

[fishinman]

When and where do they start in the southern cal area ? Also whats the URL if there is one?

[CZ]

Here is the link to the California Federation site.

http://www.californiabass.org/

[bassinDerek]

how good do you have to be to fish those? just curious im thinking about fishing Future Pro Tour next year

[CZ]

They are a great place to start fishing tournaments. There will be a few guys that compete in the larger flw type tournaments that fish the federation as well, but that just makes the events better in my opinion, it is fun competing against those guys(or even better if your a non boater and get to be paired up with one). Most of the participants in the federation tournaments are weekend fisherman that just like to fish.

They are a lot of fun and can be great way to meet a bunch of other people since it is a draw tournament you get the opportunity to fish with lots of different people.

You should definitely at least try a fed event once either as a nonboater or a boater.

Another bonus if your just getting into tournament fishing is they are relatively inexpensive to fish vs. a lot of the tournaments out there.

I know a lot of people like the future pro, i just haven't fished any events so I can't comment on a comparison.

[tunaman]

Fed events are 'boater on boater', non-shared weight tournaments. Great tournament series regardless of your level. In Southern California there is Regions 6 & 7... I fished Region 7 before moving up here, and Ray Layerly was the tournament director. Ray does a GREAT JOB - can't go wrong there!

Roger

[bassinDerek]

yeah i want to fish as a non boater. but is there a certain age you have to be to fish the tournaments? how much is it per tournament? my dad said he will pay for half but i got to pay the other half and he said i can only go up to 100 bucks for a tournament

[tunaman]

I haven't seen this year's entry form, but last year the basic entry was $70, there were two $20 options and a $10 big fish option.

You must be 16 year or older, a member of TBF (through either a regular club or a ghost club) and FLW... the rules and information is all available on the web site, so go pull it up and educate yourself and hopefully we'll see you at the State Championship soon!

Roger

[bassinDerek]

yeah i just pulled it up and read the rules i got another year before i can fish there ill try and fish there next year or the year after

[tunaman]

Cool... glad you're interested, and keep it in mind when you become eligible as it really is a great avenue to begin your tournament bass fishing.

Roger

[bassinDerek]

yeah i want to try just a tournament out soon so i can see what i got to work on though. ive been doing better at slow fishing. yeah ill try and get in those federation tournaments.

[Jim V.]

Where do you live?

[scottsweet]

Derek,

I don't know where you live or how old you are. We have a few junior clubs in California. A couple in Norcal in the Delta area and one in Socal in the Inland Empire area.

Does this help you?

[scottsweet]

We have 3 regions on Southern California...LA, San Diego and Inland Empire. There is also a Junior club in the Inland Empire.

[scottsweet]

Jeff,

The schedule will be posted very soon. We are in the process of pulling it together.

The first tournament of the 2010 season will be Nov 15th in Region 7 at Castaic.

The rules as they are posted are not finalized. We will be making an update finalizing them after the State Championships in a couple of weeks.

[bassinDerek]

i live in Delhi,Ca and im 15

[scottsweet]

Derek, contact Archie Steele of the Federation if you are interested in the Junior club based out of the Delta. I know that is a bit far for you, but unfortunately that is the closest Junior club.

[bassinDerek]

yeah but i cant fish the federation yet because im still to young i got another year before i can fish it thanks