The Eastern Iowa American Bass Anglers will be holding their next tournament this weekend on Saturday May 14th. Launch is from Spruce Creek Park just north of Bellevue, IA. Late registration runs from 4 to 5am.
For more information give me a call or click the East Iowa ABA site in the signature.
On Sunday there is another ABA event on pool 17 launching from Muscatine, IA. For more info on that one visit the National ABA site.
Do these tournaments have a payback? I see the entry is low and they do a points system not weight, so whats the objective of this circuit? I understand theres a championship and so on…
The payback is based solely on turnout. We pay one spot for every 7 anglers. At the ramp payout is around 65% with a portion going toward the National Championship where 3 fully Rigged Triton TR-21’s are given away as well a a great deal of other prized which add up to over $340,000. By the end of the year the payout approaches 100%. By the way, last year the Big Bass pot paid $5600.00 each day at the Championship.
The outcome of each tournament is based on weight like every other organization and the point standings are setup to level a national playing field as the top 500 are invited to the National Event. The only way to make the points system fair across a national field is to award only based on finish. Northern anglers couldn’t compete with Florida anglers if weight was considered. Also, we are setup where you can always travel to other districts and the points still count. We don’t try to tie you down to a single district. This allows us to be flexible. If you had a conflict and couldn’t make a tournament in you regular district you can make one up elsewhere without blowing the whole season and still qualify for the Championship as long as you fish the required 4 single day and 1 two day event.
The American Bass Anglers is by far the largest tournament trail in the nation. The last I heard we will be running around 1200 tournaments in 40 states this year and we have more active tournament anglers than BASS ansd FLW combined. If you have the time give us a try and I think you’ll enjoy yourself. Also, with this years Championship on the Red River in Shreveport, LA I think us river rats will do well.
Give me a call if you want to talk more specific about ABA or visit the websites and get a feel for who we are.
How many are you expecting in Wabasha this weekend?
I’m not sure but I know the ABA has had a big presence in MN for a long time. I know that district is new but it should pull from the old district as well as new people. To get a better idea you should contact the director, Jeff Dixon directly.
In general, we never have a great idea as so many people sign up at the ramp who we’ve never heard from. For their info see the MN web site http://www.abamn.com
Once again the water was cool and the weather didn’t cooperate but we still had a good turnout and fish were caught.
1st Place went to Waterloo angler Ryan Christoffer with 10.39lbs wich squeeked by 2nd place by only 0.09lbs.
For full results click here
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