Indiana Bass’N Gals Catch & Connect

The Indiana Bass’N Gals are hosting a recruiting tournament on Summit Lake on Saturday, May 10th from 8am to noon. It will be a team tournament. Boaters and non-boaters will be fishing together against other boater and non-boater teams. There is no cost to attend this event however you do …

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2025 Winners from the IBF raffle

Shotgun: Kaleb Bennett 9mm Handgun: Kevin New Rod +Reel: Levi Nordmeyer   Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all who bought tickets.

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New IBF Trail Sponsor for 2025

Foster Wealth Management to award $500 for Big Bass of the Year to both angler and coangler in the 2025 IBF Trail regular season! Just one more reason to fish the 2025 IBF Trail. Thank you, Foster Wealth Management!

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2024 IBF Awards

General Membership Meeting Saturday, February 15, 2025 Youth Club of the Year Mitchell Blue Jackets Club Of the Year Indiana Bass’n Gals Hall of Fame recipient Karen B Welty Hall of Fame recipient Frank Walka

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2024 IBF Members Fishing Party Results

The 2024 Indiana Bass Federation Members Fishing Party was held at historic Lake Chickamauga in Dayton Tennessee, on Friday and Saturday November 8th and 9th.  Activity started with a dinner hosted by RHEA county Economic and Tourism Council on Thursday evening.  22 Teams from Indiana competed and as always a …

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ATTENTION INVITATIONAL TRAIL ANGLERS

SOLARBAT is running a  sales promotion through Oct 31 named Halloween Blow Out Sale.  The  sale is 20% off everything with 30% off hunting, golf and tennis with discount taken at checkout.  Includes a free vintage Solar Bat shield ($100 value) and a hard case for every $100 spent.  Go …

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District 10 National Semi Finals Report

High winds caused a move of launch sites which disappointed and aggravated the 192 anglers due to a Small Craft advisory. For safety reasons the launch site was moved from The Selfridge ramp on Anchor Bay to the ramp at Algonac on the North Channel. Despite the change good weights …

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Lake St. Clair Info

Do not enter the Walpole Indiana Reservation. It is duck season and closed to fishing. We have been told the Walpole Indians can get very aggressive and the area should be avoided. The reservation is the to east of the channels at the north end of Lake St Clair. Some …

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2024 Riley Children’s Hospital Benefit Tournament Results

Lake Syracuse/Wawasee 07/28/24 Clay Sterling and Drew Coffel win the 2024 Riley Children’s Hospital Benefit Tournament with a total weight of 14.11 lbs. Place Name # of Fish Big Bass Total Weight  1 Clay Sterling Drew Coffel 5   14.11 2 Bill Sutton Sr Bill Sutton Jr 5   12.87 …

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The National Guard Goes Fishing with the IBF

 The Indiana Army National Guard has joined forces with the Indiana Bass Federation. To show their support, the Guard refurbished the Invitational Trail trailer with their logo and giving the trailer a new clean appearance. They have also put their resources behind both the North and South IBF Youth Trails. …

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