AMERICAN BASS ANGLERS DIVISION 2 - New Hampshire

American Fishing Tour - LARGEST TOURNAMENT TRAIL FOR THE WEEKEND ANGLER

Welcome to the ABA Division 2 Website

GRIZZ BAITS™ will once again sponsor Division 2 for the 2012 season. This is their 3rd year! Please support them. They have some great baits that really catch a lot of fish!

Permits are back, all are approved except for Ossipee.

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• 2012 Season Summary
• 2012 Schedule
  
• Latest News

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Bow - October 16, 2011

Michael Vining Wins Division 2 (NH) Tournament at Bow

From Division 2 (New Hampshire) ……October 16, 2011…… Michael Vining is one step closer to the 2012 ABA National Championship with a 1st Place win and $294 in the American Fishing Tour Division 2 One-Day tournament held on Bow Lake this past weekend. Mike's 5 bass limit weighed in at 22.39 pounds. Don Conrad came in second with 5 bass weighing 14.00 pounds. Chad Braga was in third with 5 fish weighing 13.66 pounds. MIke Vining had the lunker with a 5.18 pound largemouth. Don Mayer had lunker smallmouth with 2.91 pounds.Read More....

Picture coming soon.

Next Tournament

 May, 2012 - Winnisquam (pending permit approval)

*** 15 BOAT PERMIT ***

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NOTE:  If you tell me that you are coming and don't show up without telling me in advance then you will have to pay the $5 late fee at future tournaments. If you preregister on the ABA site, please let me know that you're fishing and if you will be a boater.

Please launch, park your trailer, and then register . We'll draw boat numbers when you register.

We'll do the pools again.

We'll do random drawings for GRIZZ BAITS™ and more.

Registration time is 6:00am to 6:30am.
Tournament briefing and pairings after we are all assembled at the start area.
Launch time is at 7:00am.
Weigh-in at 3:00pm.
2 fish limit with a 12" minimum.

Registration is $70. Late fee $5 if not preregistered. $5 split lunker pool. $5 first loser pool.

2012 Season Summary

We've just completed our  second 2012 season tournament on Bow Lake. The attendance had 6 anglers showing up. A special thanks to Chad Braga for helping out with the scales and Don Mayer for the running the weigh-in! Thanks to everyone that showed up and helped out with weigh-in and fish release!

Mike Vining continues to lead the 2012 AOY competition.

Current 2012 Standings in the biggest rankings:

Award	Angler	Weight	Tournament
Largest 1-day bag	Michael Vining	22.39	Bow
Lunker Largemouth	Michael Vining	5.18	Bow
Lunker Smallmouth	Don Mayer	2.91	Bow

2012 Schedule

 We have 2 Early Birds for the 2012 season. Details of the 2012 will be posted when they are available.

And don’t forget if you want to fish as a boater with us or in NH, then you’ll need to have your safe boater certificate.

Latest News

We signed up a 4 anglers at the Rockingham Fishing and Hunting Expo. It was a busy show this year thanks to the great weather. We had a lot of interest in the tournaments, hopefully we'll get some new and additional returning anglers this year.

We renewed GRIZZ BAITS™ as sponsor for the division at the Rockingham Fishing and Hunting Expo. They sent us a bunch of their great baits for our tournaments. Check out their website at www.grizzbaits.net and be sure to check out all of their products. These guys are local fishermen like us that are producing a quality product that really catches fish, just check out the pictures on their website.

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Director: Garry Woodruff
Assistant Director: Don Mayer