You can help make Monroe Lake a better place for fish during a special volunteer day on May 19. The volunteer day is part of the DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife’s Reservoir Aquatic Habitat Enhancement Program (RAHEP). RAHEP builds fish habitat in reservoirs where natural structure is lacking. Volunteers …
Read More »IBF Bucks for Bass: $5000 to be spent to stock bass in Indiana lake
(Brazil, IN) The Indiana Bass Federation, a state organization with the purpose to assist and unite member clubs and to assist and cooperate with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in matters that are mutually beneficial to Indiana resources has announced they have allotted $5,000 to stock largemouth bass …
Read More »Angler Creel Survey at Sullivan Lake
DNR is conducting angler creel surveys at Sullivan Lake this spring. Sullivan Lake is a 461-acre lake in Sullivan managed by the Sullivan County Parks system, and is located just east of State Road 41. Fish survey work will include largemouth bass, crappie and hybrid walleye surveys in early spring. …
Read More »IBF Bucks for Bass Campaign
Here is your opportunity to be a part of the efforts to improve bass fishing in Indiana. The Indiana Bass Federation and the Indiana DNR have joined together in the Reservoir Habitat Enhancement Project that will be stocking largemouth bass in Lake Monroe and Patoka Lake and doing extensive biological …
Read More »Reservoir Habitat Enhancement Program update
This program is enhancing habitat through the placement of structures, shoreline stabilization and dredging. The structure map for Raccoon (Cecil M. Harden) has been uploaded to the reservoir habitat page.
Read More »2018 Scholarship Winners
Ashley Bortlein of Sunman, IN is the daughter of Chris Bortlein, a member of the Gad-A-Bout Bass Masters. She is a senior at East Central High School where she has a 3,947 GPA. She will be attending Cedarville University in the fall where she will study heath science with a …
Read More »2017 Indiana Bass Federation Club Awards
Community Service – St Joe Valley Bass Masters They were recognized for conducting a charity bass tournament. They were able to give $500 to a family which had a family member who had serious health issue to help cover medical expenses. They also worked with the St Joe County Sheriff …
Read More »Hardwick and Pardue inducted into IBF Hall of Fame
2018 Hall of Fame Inductees Gary Hardwick, Spiceland, IN Gary started fishing the Indiana Bass Federation in 1976 but the years from 1981 to 1994 is when he made his mark with the Federation. He was a member of the Bass Bandits of New Castle. They won the Top 6/Top …
Read More »IBF Membership Meeting
Be sure to make plans to attend the IBF Membership Meeting on February 17th, 2018. The meeting will be at 1:00 PM at Edy’s Grand Hall on the Indiana State Fairgrounds. This is the first Saturday of the Indianapolis Boat Sport and Travel Show. Drawings will be held for some …
Read More »Indiana Bass Federation is 2017 Mossback Grant Recipient
The Indiana Bass Federation, Kansas B.A.S.S. Nation and Wyoming/Cowboy B.A.S.S. Nation are the recipients of the 2017 are the recipients of the inaugural Mossback/Friends of Reservoirs grant program. Mossback provided 3-$1000 (wholesale) product awards to Friends of Reservoirs member organizations. The three recipients were selected from a pool of candidates …
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