THE BASS FEDERATION
Edited by Mason Prince
2020 TBF National Championship winner Lance Freeman .
2021 TBF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP READY TO ROLL ON RED RIVER
Depending on when you read this , The Bass Federation will have either : 1 ) Just made another grassroots angler ’ s dream come true with a $ 130,000 “ Living Your Dream ” prize package ; or 2 ) Made final preparations for one of the longest-running , most prestigious , lucrative amateur bass tournaments in the world . How lucrative ? Nearly $ 400,000 in total cash and prizes . The 2021 Bass Federation National Championship – which runs March 11-13 on the Red River out of Shreveport , Louisiana – brings 102 of the country ’ s best grassroots anglers and co-anglers to the Pelican State with the same goal : to make their mark on a fishery that returns to the TBF Championship schedule for the first time since 1999 .
“ The Bass Federation National Championship is the premier event we host every year ,” says TBF President Robert Cartlidge . “ We ’ ll have anglers from every state in the United States , plus some anglers from Canada . This is an event that these competitors have been working hard to make for a long time .”
With a slate of more than 20,000 events divided across seven major geographic areas in the U . S . and Canada – and a membership base more than 30,000 strong – it has taken months of effort and hustle ( and a lot of fish catching ) to trim the TBF field down to the championship field of boaters and co-anglers representing the 50 different states , as well as Canada . The TBF National Semi-Final events were held throughout the second half of 2020 on close-to-home lakes for the competing anglers .
After the districts finished their respective tournaments , 51 boaters and 51 co-anglers qualified for the Federation Championship .
A HISTORICAL GRASSROOTS CHAMPIONSHIP
The Bass Federation National Championship has been contested since 1968 , making it one of longest-running events in the bass fishing world . The winner of this tournament takes home the top “ Living Your Dream ” prize , which
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