York Bassmasters
We are a chapter club of the Ontario B.A.S.S. Federation Nation,
part of the worldwide B.A.S.S. Federation Nation based in
Celebration, Florida, and we live for bass fishing. On the last
Thursday of every month, year round, we meet in the seminar room
of Bass Pro Shops in the Vaughan Mills Mall. Here we discuss and
plan our yearly club tournaments, Conservation projects and
Casting Kids events. Every month we try to have a guest speaker,
someone from the fishing industry who either manufacturers/sells
tackle or an individual who has achieved some level of success
in tournament fishing and is willing to share some of their
knowledge with us.
As part of the OBFN we are mandated to have club tournaments,
a
conservation project and a Casting Kids event every year.
The club tournaments are set out in a format through which
our anglers can qualify to fish in the Ontario Provincial
alongside anglers from other OBFN chapters. The top 13 anglers
go on to form Team Ontario from which one angler has the
opportunity to eventually compete in the “Superbowl of Bass
Angling”, the Bassmaster Classic. Our conservation project is
presently a multi-year combined effort with the Bogart Creek
Restoration Committee and the Lake Simcoe Conservation Authority
to restore Bogart Creek in Newmarket, Ontario to its once
flourishing wildlife habitat. Removal of invasive plants and
garbage, and preparation of the land surrounding the creek for
replanting, as well as rehabilitating the fish ladder are all
part of the ultimate goal.
One of the most enjoyable of our club activities is
Casting Kids events. Here youngsters of all ages, boys and
girls, can compete using very simple rules and equipment to win
their respective age groups. The winners go on to the Provincial
Championship where they again they compete exactly the same way
with the winners going to the Federation Championships. The
final piece to the puzzle is the Bassmaster Classic where the
winning kids compete for prizes including scholarships and
trophies.
If you think you'd enjoy being part of a club such as ours,
feel free to come out to one of our meetings, there's no
obligation to join right away, but when you see what a great
club York Bassmasters really is, we think you will. For more
information on this club, readers can visit
www.yorkbassmasters.com. Nation Chapter. |
