Wisconsin Bass Federation

Grand Lake Recap

Practice Day 1:

We spend the morning fishing some of the main lake pockets and secondary points with little results.  It was a 30 mph south wind and fishing the areas effective proved difficult.  We then ran into Honey Creek and began to start catching some smaller spotted bass and largemouth.  After watching the graphs and seeing all the bait suspended out in front of the docks, we started catching them on a regular basis on jerkbaits over 30 ft. of water.  We probably caught 25 or so all day, but we did not get any good tournament fish. Read the rest of this entry »

Sunday, June 9th 2013
Lake Waubesa on the Madison Chain of Lakes

all boats will launch from Babcock Park starting at 6:30am

Babcock Park

2909 US 51
McFarland, WI. 53558

Fishing time is from 7:30am – 11:30am

Veterans Memorial Party will start at 12:00 noon at McDaniel Park

McDaniel Park

4904 McDaniel Lane
McFarland, WI. 53558

Festivities will begin at 12:30pm with a flag ceremony honoring our entire active and retired US Military Veterans

Food will be served starting at 1:00pm. All families of participating military personnel are welcome to join the Veterans Memorial Party starting at 12:00 noon.

A Veteran Recognition Tribute will immediately follow lunch at 2:00pm. EACH VETERAN who participates in the event will be recognized with gifts, give a ways, and raffle prizes – all donated by our sponsors.

Space is limited! All entries will be on a first-come first-served basis!

Please contact Jay Garstecki at (847) 921-0760 or jgarstecki@yahoo.com with any questions Read the rest of this entry »

By Chad Richardson

Let me start this story by saying how honored and privileged I was to represent all of the Wisconsin Bass Federation members.  I truly felt as if we had the entire state pulling for us in this tournament and it was our duty to represent the WBF and show the rest of the country what Wisconsin could do at the national level.

Day one official practice:

Ben and I fished an area of the lake called Honey Creek.  We spent time fishing points and cuts in 10 to 40 feet of water trying to determine what stage the fish were in.  This area of the lake was approximately 55 degrees and the water was somewhat dirty with about 2 feet of visibility.  We tried many different baits and techniques but ultimately ended up with only some small spotted bass in 30 feet of water on jerk baits.  We spent 11 hours on the water that day and I did not have a single bite nor did Ben catch a keeper bass.  It was a long day. Read the rest of this entry »

The 2012 Wisconsin Bass Federation State Championship presented by the City of Oshkosh and the Oshkosh Tourism Bureau was held August 17th, 18th & 19th on Lake Winnebago.

Nick Smyers from Last Cast Bass Club was crowned State Champion by bringing in a limit each day, with a two-day total weight of 31.60 lbs. He edged out former federation President Jim Jones by less than one pound, Jones from Belle City Bass Club, finished 2^nd overall with a two-day total of 30.73 lbs. Jason Loewe from Beaver Dam Bass Anglers finished 3^rd overall with a two-day weight of 29.38 lbs. 4^th place went to Jim Tomsovic from River Road Bass Club with 29.32 lbs and rounding out the top five was Dan Ehman from Northern Illinois Bassmasters with 29.06 lbs.

Earning spots on the 12 Man Wisconsin Bass Federation State Team are

Back L-R Dan Ehmen Northern Illinois Bassmasters, Jason Loewe Beaver Dam Bass Anglers, Doug Blank Lake Ripley Lunkers, David Loewe Beaver Dam Bass Anglers, Dennis Ansell Racine County Bass Addicts, and Jim Jones Belle City Bass Anglers.

Front L-R Kevin Herlitzke River Road, Rick Bosshard Heartland Bass, Jim Tomsovic River Road, Alan Mecikalski Statewide Bass, State Champion Nick Smyers Last Cast Bass and  Josh Grams  Last Cast Bass. Read the rest of this entry »

Ponca City, Okla. – November 16, 2012  The Bass Federation (TBF), the national leader in NO cost or low cost tournament fees, announced today the dates and locations of the seven 2013 No Entry Fee Division Championships.  This year’s hosts are the state federations of Washington, Arizona, Tennessee, Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island and New Jersey.   Read the rest of this entry »

La Crosse, Wisc. (Sept. 7, 2012) – The race was tight between the top three finishers this week at the 2012 TBF Northern Division Championship, presented by Cabela’s. La Crosse native and Shawano High School business and marketing teacher, Ben Otto made a clean sweep on his hometown waters this week on the Mississippi River and was named the 2012 TBF Northern Division Champion today. He finished strong bringing in 16 lbs 2 oz today to finish out the week with a 3 day total of 47 lbs 8 oz. Read the rest of this entry »