THE BASS FEDERATION
2021 SEMI-FINAL SEASON
Some 2021 Semi-Finals have already taken place as of this printing , with more in the fall . The top boater and co-angler from each TBF-affiliated club – along with qualifiers from their state federation – will compete in these Semi-Finals .
• The District 1 Semi-Final tournament – which includes boaters and coanglers from Florida and Georgia – will take place October 9-10 on Lake Lanier in Georgia .
• North Carolina and South Carolina anglers will compete in the District 2 Semi-Final November 6-7 at Lake Murray , while District 3 ( Kentucky and Tennessee ) holds its tournament on Kentucky Lake October 16-17 . Alabama and Mississippi will also fish their Semi-Final October 16-17 on Sardis Lake for District 4 .
• Louisiana and Texas fished their Semi-Final September 25-26 for District 5 on Toledo Bend Reservoir , while Arkansas and Oklahoma wrapped up the District 6 Semi-Final on Lake Millwood on June 20 . District 7 also held its Semi-Final October 2-3 on Wilson Lake for Kansas and Missouri boaters and co-anglers .
District 6 boater winner Steve Tyson .
• South Dakota , North Dakota and Nebraska make up District 8 , which contested its Semi-Final on September 19 and District 9 , made up of Iowa , Minnesota and Wisconsin completed its Semi-Final on Sturgeon Bay September 26 .
• District 10 ’ s Semi-Final begins October 9 for Indiana and Illinois on Pool 19 of the Mississippi River .
• Michigan and Ohio completed their Semi-Final on the Detroit River September 26 for District 11 and the Semi-Final for District 12 – West Virginia and Virginia – was completed September 26 on Sutton Lake .
• Washington D . C ., Delaware and Maryland make up District 13 , which competed on the Potomac River October 2-3 . District 14 consists of New York , Ontario and Pennsylvania ; those anglers fished Lake George , New York in September .
• District 15 includes Connecticut , New Jersey and Rhode Island , which fished New York ’ s St . Lawrence River in September , while District 16 ( Massachusetts and Vermont ) fished Lake Champlain in mid-September .
• Maine and New Hampshire anglers fished Lake Winnipesauke in September for their District 15 Semi-Final . On the opposite coast , District 17 ( Oregon and Washington ) fished Tenmile Lake for its Semi-Final October 2-3 .
• Idaho and Montana completed District 19 ’ s Semi-Final in late September on Noxon Reservoir . District 21 is made up of Colorado , New Mexico and Wyoming . That Semi-Final was fished in July on Navajo Lake .
• Nevada and Utah anglers fished Starvation Reservoir in June for the District 22 Semi-Final and , lastly , Arizona and California will fish Lake Havasu October 23-24 for District 23 .
District 21 co-angler winner Amy Winegardner and first place boater Cody Miller .
District 22 first place boater Tucker Cappella .
THE PATH TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
The boaters and co-anglers who advance through the Semi-Finals will compete in the TBF National Championship where they can win cash prizes and qualify for the Phoenix Bass Fishing League All-American and the Living Your Dream prize package .
“ These Semi-Finals fill a niche that nowhere else in the fishing industry fills ,” Cartlidge said . “ We operate in every state besides Hawaii and Alaska , and we take a lot of pride in that . We give anglers from New England to the West Coast the chance to qualify for the BFL All-American , a tournament they couldn ’ t qualify for any other way .”
You can register for your state ’ s Semi-Final by visiting BassFederation . com . Good luck to all the boaters and coanglers competing and to those who have already advanced to the National Championship .
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