BASS Qualifiers and TBF Qualifiers.

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Permalink Reply by Gary Millard on August 27, 2010 at 4:57pm

Cody, for any angler wanting to learn more about their sport, you can’t go wrong fishing ether one of the state qualifiers.
I fish many years as a non-boater in BASS and TBF qualifiers, just to learn different techniques and improve my fishing skills. I haven’t fish the past couple of years because of family health issues, but the experience and techniques I learned from so many different boaters made me a better angler today. There was never a tournament that I didn’t walk away, without learning something new. Maybe I was lucky on the draws, but every boater I fished with was willing to point out things you might want to try or change. If you tell them before hand, what is your reason for fishing the qualifier, they will open up and give you some real good pointers.
One of my favorite’s came from Jeff Boyer on Lake Roosevelt. He had just landed this tenth fish to my “0” and I was changing lures to match what he was using as fast as I could tie them on.
It wasn’t working and I asked him, what I was doing wrong. He told me that when you are fishing in a tournament, you have to fish a lure that you have confidence in. And you gain confidence and ability to fish a lure by using them when you practice. (time on the water)
So, I looked in my box and put on a bait that I had confidence in. On the next five casts, I caught five really nice smallie's. The bait wasn’t even close to what he was using and that little piece of advice has worked many times over.

Good luck and see you on the water~~~ Gary~~~~

Permalink Reply by BigBass Dez on August 27, 2010 at 5:22pm

Cody , Im not sponsored by Nike so this statement 100% non bias , JUST DO IT !! lol

Dude i have fished both qualifiers in the same year just last year and i have fish the TBF 3years in a row now..
I would have to say from my personal experiences Both organizations put on a great venue PERIOD !
they are both kinda simular , only difference is that the B.A.S.S. qualifiers non boaters only compete against the other non boaters in all events reagardless of your overall standings ..

Now on the TBF side you have to compete against the entire field of anglers and you have to make the top 12 overall in order to advance too the divisionals .

On both sides you as the non boater still have full rights to half the day on that boaters T.M so that you can fish your water.

If you have never fished the Qualifiers before , your missing out man .
You get to fish with great sticks , learn tons of fishing knowledge , and possibly make it all the up to either the FLW CUP or BASSMASTER Classic .
I was "lucky" enough to make the state team last year and then went on too make it all the way up too the National team early this year at the divisionals in MT .
next year i will be fishing a tourney that could result in me getting a ticket stamped for the FLW CUP IN 2012..
So take it from lucky back seater when i say it's worth your time & money to fish BOTH !! .

Good luck bro !

Permalink Reply by cody hampton on August 27, 2010 at 7:43pm

Thanks man!! if i get the money then ill for sure fish both. It sounds pretty sick

BigBass Dez said:

Cody , Im not sponsored by Nike so this statement 100% non bias , JUST DO IT !! lol

Dude i have fished both qualifiers in the same year just last year and i have fish the TBF 3years in a row now..
I would have to say from my personal experiences Both organizations put on a great venue PERIOD !
they are both kinda simular , only difference is that the B.A.S.S. qualifiers non boaters only compete against the other non boaters in all events reagardless of your overall standings ..

Now on the TBF side you have to compete against the entire field of anglers and you have to make the top 12 overall in order to advance too the divisionals .

On both sides you as the non boater still have full rights to half the day on that boaters T.M so that you can fish your water.

If you have never fished the Qualifiers before , your missing out man .
You get to fish with great sticks , learn tons of fishing knowledge , and possibly make it all the up to either the FLW CUP or BASSMASTER Classic .
I was "lucky" enough to make the state team last year and then went on too make it all the way up too the National team early this year at the divisionals in MT .
next year i will be fishing a tourney that could result in me getting a ticket stamped for the FLW CUP IN 2012..
So take it from lucky back seater when i say it's worth your time & money to fish BOTH !! .

Good luck bro !

Permalink Reply by Chris Lambert on August 27, 2010 at 10:41pm

Cody,

I have fished TBF as well as BASS and I think they both have their positive sides. Here's a brief run down of the tournament structure. You may already know this but here it is:


WA State Team (moves on to the Western Divisional):
BASS - Top 8 boaters/top 4 non-boaters
TBF - Top 12 anglers regardless of boater/non-boater status

Anglers that move on to Federation Championship from the Divisional:
BASS - Top angler from each state
TBF - Top 2 anglers from each state (TBF Fed. Championship is a boater/non-boater)

Federation Championship:
BASS - Top angler from each division moves on to The Bassmaster Classic
The Federation Champion wins a fully rigged Triton Boat
TBF - Top boater/non-boater from each division moves on to the BFL All American.
The Federation Champion moves on to the FLW Cup and wins the Living the Dream
Package (entries to FLW Tour, wrapped truck/boat, travel expense) and gets a pretty
decent cash prize.

You will gain a ton of experience and can't go wrong either way.

Permalink Reply by Ben Holten on August 28, 2010 at 3:53am

I would check the schedule too. If one is say going to be on Chelan than Potholes it might work better for you than say Boardman and Washington.

Permalink Reply by cody hampton on August 28, 2010 at 11:47am

ya, that would work out better too.

Ben Holten said:

I would check the schedule too. If one is say going to be on Chelan than Potholes it might work better for you than say Boardman and Washington.

Permalink Reply by Ron Baugher on August 29, 2010 at 9:07pm

Just don't ask Lambert cause he's my date. LOL

Permalink Reply by Mark Byrne on August 29, 2010 at 11:03pm

The only thing Chris missed was the BASS Federation Nation Champion gets an invitation to join the Bassmasters Elite Series.
Gary (TBF) and Ken (BASS) both run first class operations, you would do well fishing either one or both!

Chris Lambert said:

Cody,

I have fished TBF as well as BASS and I think they both have their positive sides. Here's a brief run down of the tournament structure. You may already know this but here it is:


WA State Team (moves on to the Western Divisional):
BASS - Top 8 boaters/top 4 non-boaters
TBF - Top 12 anglers regardless of boater/non-boater status

Anglers that move on to Federation Championship from the Divisional:
BASS - Top angler from each state
TBF - Top 2 anglers from each state (TBF Fed. Championship is a boater/non-boater)

Federation Championship:
BASS - Top angler from each division moves on to The Bassmaster Classic
The Federation Champion wins a fully rigged Triton Boat
TBF - Top boater/non-boater from each division moves on to the BFL All American.
The Federation Champion moves on to the FLW Cup and wins the Living the Dream
Package (entries to FLW Tour, wrapped truck/boat, travel expense) and gets a pretty
decent cash prize.

You will gain a ton of experience and can't go wrong either way.