THE BASS FEDERATION
EARN A SPOT IN THE 2021 TBF CHAMPIONSHIP THROUGH THE TBF NATIONAL SEMI-FINALS
THE TBF NATIONAL SEMI-FINALS are close-to-home events . There is one held in almost every 500-mile circle across the United States , which means anglers need only travel as far as a neighboring state ( in most cases ) every other year to fish one .
TBF Semi-Finals boast affordable entry fees and 100 percent payback . Held on weekends – so working anglers can attend and attempt to advance to some of the biggest events with the largest prize purses in fishing – they ’ re extremely popular with members , and membership continues an upward trend as a result .
September marks the beginning of the bulk of these Semi-Finals events .
District 11 Semi-Finals ( held Sept . 11-12 on Mosquito Lake in Ohio ) pitted Ohio and Michigan anglers against one another in a dual-state matchup . Top anglers advance to the 2021 TBF National Championship .
Because of Ohio ’ s large membership total , the state advances its top two boaters and top two co-anglers .
Representing the state of Ohio as boaters will be district champion Nick Prvonozac and runner-up Ken Pond . The Ohio co-anglers will be Don Ary and Chris Langenfeld .
Representing the Michigan membership as its top boater is Chase Fennell and the Michigan co-angler advancing to the TBF National Championship is Randy Burr .
District 16 is Vermont and Massachusetts , also held Sept . 11-12 and hosted by the Massachusetts Federation this year on Lake Champlain . The first day went off without a hitch , but the second day had to be called off due to winds up to 40 mph on the lake . In the end , advancement was determined by day one standings .
Representing Vermont as its advancing boater is Tom Waltz and as co-angler , Andrew Goodrich .
Brian Carmichael led the Massachusetts team and advances as the state ’ s representative boater . Joe McKinnon took the Massachusetts co-angler top honors .
Good luck to all these anglers at next spring ’ s TBF National Championship .
Tom Waltz Andrew Goodrich
Brian Carmichael Joe McKinnon
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