6 New Districts for American Bass Anglers
American Bass Anglers is proud to announce 6 new districts. The 6 new ABA districts are in Pennsylvania, Texas(2), Minnesota, Washington State and Alabama.
The new Pennsylvania district is based in the Harrisburg area and the director is Jeff Longenecker. Jeffery is an energetic 28 year old father of two that loves bass fishing. Jeff’s district 92 will fish Pinchot, Blue Marsh, Raystown, and the Susquehanna River. You can contact Jeffery at 717-697-1245 or by email at [email protected] The district 92 web site with full schedule can be viewed at: By clicking here
Ron “Dawg” Daugherty who was the director in south Texas in the Alamo district has moved to Wichita Falls and will be running the new ABA district 112. Ron’s district will fish Bridgeport, Graham, Nocona, Amon-Carter, and Arrowhead. You can contact Ron at: (940) 692-5446 or by email at: [email protected]. To view the full schedule for district 112 Click here
Long time member Jeff Dixon of Delano, MN has started a new district in Minnesota. Jeff’s district will fish Mississippi River Pool 4, Waconia, Buffalo Deer Goose, and Lake Independence. You can contact Jeff at: (763)972-3531 or by email at: [email protected]. The full district schedule Click Here Also the Minnesota districts have their own website at http://www.abamn.com
From Michigan Martin Smith will run a new Alabama – West Central – District D110 centered in the Tuscaloosa area. Martin’s new district will fish Bankhead, Holt, and Tuscaloosa lakes. You can contact Martin at (205)413-8529 or by email at: [email protected]. You can view the complete district 110 schedule by Clicking Here
Many of you will remember Joe Paker. Joe was running a district in Texas several years ago and has now moved to Lubbock, Texas and has started a new district in “Cap Rock” area. The new district 109 will be fishing Lake Allen Henry. This lake has some real lunkers in it. In the first district 109 tournament a 13 pound bass was weighed in by Coy Callison. Joe can be reached at: (806) 252-1119. The full season schedule can be view by Clicking Here
We have had in the past a district in Washington State district 95 and it is back up and running under the direction of Shaun Starnes. The district will concentrate their events on Banks Lake, Liberty Lake, the Snake River, the Pend Oreille River, and Long Lake. You can contact Shaun at: 509-228-9579 or by email at: [email protected]. You can view the entire district 95 schedule by Clicking Here
There are also some changes in command in several districts. Dennis Brady has taken over the director role for district 57 located in east Oklahoma. Tim Arnold has taken over command of the Smith Lake district 25 and Michael Schulte has taken over command of district 61 in upper Kansas.
We want to welcome these new districts and directors to the best group of tournament directors for bass fishing tournaments in the US! The ABA director has great passion for the bass fishing. They each spend a lot of time and effort to run ABA tournaments run correctly and smooth is for the ABA members.
If you need schedule updates we can email them or fax them to you, simply call the ABA toll free 888-203-6222 and we will be glad to help.
Here is the schedule for the New ABA Minnesota District #111; 5/14/2005 Mississippi River, Pool #4. 6/12/2005 Lake Waconia. 6/26/2005 Buffalo, Deer,&Goose. 7/9/2005 Lake Independence. 8/6/2005 & 8/7/2005 2-day District Championship (Must Qualify) Day-1 Buffalo, Deer, & Goose, and Day-2 on Lake Pulaski. For more info, please contact me at, (763) 972-3531, or E-Mail