Crown City Bassmasters is holding their 13th Annual Hunting and Fishing Sports Extravaganza, Saturday March 10th at the Dryden Fire Station from 9am to 2pm. This is a FREE EVENT, and will have plenty of door prizes and events for the kids! Click on the flyer below. Information courtesy of Nick Giamei.

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I have created a Fantasy Fishing Team at www.bassmasterfantasy.com, Be sure to register and join before February 1st. The team name is KTBA Bass Club. Check your progress and your knowledge. There are prizes offered as well. Do it right, and win some cool stuff!

KTBA Bass Club Inc. will be holding the next meeting at the Cicero Gander Mountain Lodge at 6:00 pm on Saturday, February 25th.

109 lb thrust 36 volt Motorguide, $1000.00. Also a 70 lb thrust 24 volt, $400.00. Contact Tim McFadden for more info.

There is a congratulations owed to next few members- Jim Ritter, Eric Fetterman, Tim McFadden, and Charlie Brown. These members get free membership for life as of the last meeting due to their 20 year commitment and participation in our organization. Their KTBA memberships are FREE for life from here on out! We discussed 2012 Lake picks, Officer position re-evaluation, sponsorship information, rule changes, the reality of fishing in marinas during tournaments, the list goes on. We held a raffle and some cool prizes were won!  We also have the Club Raffle going on again, so get your tickets from Tim McFadden. Here is the lake picks for 2012, and the dates are NOT set in stone as of yet. (***RECENTLY CHANGED***) Onieda June 16th, DoubleShot or Onondaga June 30th, Sodus Bay July 21st, Cayuga July 28th, Cross Lake MEMBERS ONLY August 18th, -- The 20th KTBA 2- DAY CLASSIC at Chaumont Bay September 15th and 16th. That will be a total of 6 tournaments, unless we decide to do the Stone Cold Open again the first weekend in October, which is possible. The decline in numbers of tournaments have been decided by the Directors to allow members to have the chance to pre-fish the lakes of their choice. Kind of spreading it out somewhat. Be sure to check out the "Club Documents" link for changes. Next meeting place is TENTATIVE- February 25th at the Cicero Gander Mountain.  

The first thing I have to say is - WOW!

The major sponsors for the Rock The Flood event were - Broome County Council of Churches, CHOW, Mirabito Energy Group, Meade West Vaco, Visions Federal Credit Union, Matthews Auto, Security Mutual, BODEK Inc.

There were also vendors with plenty of food to be had, beer was on tap, a bounce house for the kiddies, and other vendors donating a portion of their sales to go towards the event. 50/50 raffles went on all day. KTBA had a raffle table set up, and all proceeds went directly to the fund. The bands were all amazing and everyone who performed was top notch! Lucas Wells, String Band, Jimmy John, Emily Rose, Jared Campbell, Tim Ruffo, Tyson Alston, Audreys Stone, Tanked, Beard of Bees, and headliner Frost Bit Blue all helped "rock the flood" to a tune of over $25,000.00. A big THANK YOU goes out to all who participated and dug deep to make this event a great success! Also, the Country Pines Inn was instrumental in being the venue of choice for this fundraiser. Sponsors represented at our tent was CULPRIT Lures, Eagle Claw, NYBASS.com members, Dick's Sporting Goods in Binghamton, Love's Truck Stop, and KTBA Bass Club set up 2 fishing combos complete with full tackleboxes of new stuff. We wanted to do our part for our neighbors and friends, and to help out our community. We were glad to be there and to be a part of it. We appreciate our sponsors in giving what they could for supporting this event!

A big CONGRATS going out to Don McCarver and Kenny Skrivan with taking the overall Big Bass for the day at Avon Anglers Dash for Cash with a 5.62 lb. largemouth! Also Tim McFadden and Eric Burlingame cashed in with the first hourly weigh in at the start of the day. You started strong and finished strong, and represented KTBA very well. Good job guys!

The caravan for the Cayuga KTBA Classic Tournament will meet at the McDonalds in Whitney Point at 4:45 am and depart at 5:00 am, both days. We will be launching out of Tunkhannock State Park.