TBF Semi-Final Results

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Permalink Reply by Tag Watson on October 3, 2016 at 8:55pm

Congratulations, gentlemen!  Way to catch 'em!

Permalink Reply by BigBass Dez on October 4, 2016 at 11:57am

congratulations :

Matt Krumdiack who won the Angler Division and Kevin Higgins who won the Co Angler Division at the Inaugural TBF National Semi Final for Orgeon and Washington at Banks Lake and will advance to the TBF National Championship. 
 
Josh Marthaller was the top Oregon Angler and Todd Woolard was the top Co Angler for Oregon .  Both will advance to the TBF National Championship.

This was our first year Hosting the Semi- final here in our state with new TBF format . I appreciate the support from everyone involved ensuring that the event was a success . We look forward to Oregon Hosting next year

Permalink Reply by Jordan Doucet on October 4, 2016 at 5:00pm

I'm interested to hear feedback on this format, specifically how anglers feel about the boaters and non-boaters being in separate groups essentially. 

Permalink Reply by Matt Krumdiack on October 19, 2016 at 3:38pm

I want to start out first by saying that I qualified for this through my club (Borderline Bassin Contenders) and with out the help and support of them I would not have been there. The format of this event was a lot different than any other tournament I have done, and with that being said it was run very well and I had the chance to fish with a couple awesome guys from Oregon. The non boaters are in there own bracket but if a non boater has more weight than the highest boater of that state then the non-boater can go to nationals as a boater. You aren't in the same bracket but the non boater can come out on top. The registration and weigh ins went extremely well and the rules from TBF are stringent on all of the steps it takes to have this event. It was handled in an extremely professional manner.

This event for me was a learning experience. It started with taking enough tackle out of the boat to accommodate your non-boaters needs. Before the event you have to coordinate launch time, meeting place and all the fine details of just getting started. I could only imagine the feeling that a non-boater has getting in a high powered bass boat with someone they met only for a few minutes, that alone would make me a little nervous.

On day one I was fortunate enough to put together a decent limit so the last half of that day I ran my non boater through some spots were I thought he could put a decent limit together. I should add that the non boater in this format cant fish from the front deck and can only be on the front deck in case of emergency. On day two the temperature dropped on us and the fishing got a little tougher, I scratched together a limit and with a couple hours left I asked my non boater if he had any thing he wanted to hit. He said yes so we ran to one of his areas and I made three quick culls there which improved my limit a bunch. Long story short is that I learned from my non boaters during the event and if I hadn't asked my day two non boater if he wanted to go somewhere I wouldn't have come in with the weight that I did.

I hope that answers your question Jordan.

Permalink Reply by Willie Parsons on October 20, 2016 at 5:26pm

Without any reflection on who won etc, congrats to Matt and Kevin, but why have qualifier tournaments? Just send the top two from every TBF club and get on with it. This was the major reason I didn't join a club this year and participate in TBF qualifiers. Why should a "state team" be made up of people that committed to paying the entries, taking time to prefish etc when one person can have a good day on a lake and nullify the whole season? How do the guys feel that made the "state team"? I know I'll never make a living at this sport nor would I want to, I enjoyed the few times I participated in the qualifiers but I won't be back under these conditions. I'm sure there is something I'm missing but it sure took a turn south in my opinion. Again, no disrespect to the winners, just my opinion.

Permalink Reply by Keith Brooks on October 25, 2016 at 8:03pm

 This format is new and may need some tweaking. Federation states across the country are working out the kinks on what works and what does not. At this time each state can advance a maximum of 10% of their total TBF participation, plus each club may send their "Top Two". The idea in giving clubs the option to advance anglers directly to the Semi Final has two purposes, first is to give club members added incentive to fish club events, second is to add to the angler count at each Semi Final event. Having the format go from five or six state groups to only two state groups would make for small events with limited prize money, added anglers increase the available prize money. If we only allowed club anglers we would only of had seven boats represent Washington, instead of the fourteen we had. In the old format there was NO prize money other than an optional big fish pot. As far as why to still hold Qualifiers, and why would anyone fish them, their are big differences between advancing through a club and advancing as a State Team member. First off the Qualifiers are fun, relatively low cost tournaments that foster fellowship and offer a fairly unique draw format. Second, anglers who make the State Team have their Semi Final entry fees paid, hotel rooms paid for, receive travel expense reimbursements, are given team jerseys, and qualify for State Team member discount programs from our sponsors. Club anglers are fully on their own as to entry fees and expenses and will not be included in the team discount programs. Travel funds from WSBF for anglers advancing to the National Championship comes primarily from Qualifier entry fees, club anglers did not pay into that fund, and should not expect to benefit from it. As far as an angler advancing to the Championship who did not fish the Qualifiers, as happened in WA, all a tournament angler can control is their own catch, either you weigh enough to win or you don't... I am not sure it makes a huge difference the standing of an angler who made the right choices, and executed their plan well enough to win, if you win against this level of competitors you earned it. That said I would like to congratulate Matt Krumdiack on his huge win, and thank him for his great sportsmanship throughout the event. Congratulations also to Kevin Higgins on his win in the Co Angler division. TBF wanted to give more anglers a shot at bigger events, bigger prize money, and at the same time lessen the cost, travel, and time off work to participate. This is a big change from the old established Divisional format, and some changes may be made going forward, but I think giving more people a chance to participate is a real opportunity for growth. I would love to get some feedback from anglers on this topic, or anything else regarding WSBF or TBF... Please feel free to email me at washingtontbf@gmail.com

Willie Parsons said:

Without any reflection on who won etc, congrats to Matt and Kevin, but why have qualifier tournaments? Just send the top two from every TBF club and get on with it. This was the major reason I didn't join a club this year and participate in TBF qualifiers. Why should a "state team" be made up of people that committed to paying the entries, taking time to prefish etc when one person can have a good day on a lake and nullify the whole season? How do the guys feel that made the "state team"? I know I'll never make a living at this sport nor would I want to, I enjoyed the few times I participated in the qualifiers but I won't be back under these conditions. I'm sure there is something I'm missing but it sure took a turn south in my opinion. Again, no disrespect to the winners, just my opinion.