I am interested. I can only fish Sunday's. I'd prefer a entry fee around 100-150 but I'll do 200 if I have to. I'll fish anywhere that is within a 2 hr drive of Dfw.

Aggree with this.

+ 2 for Eagle Mountain, Lake Worth, Joe Pool, Whitney

May be interested if lakes n dates are good. North Texas DFW area.
Will keep watching for schedule.

I'm in, except first couple weeks in Nov my neck swells up and Have this mad desire to spend hours on end in a tree but any week but those and im good.

I would be interested. I also agree with Dax in having two, possibly three divisions. Something like North, East and West. I believe the more divisions you have, the less entries you get. Entry fees around $125 would also attract more entries than $200 would. Just my two cents worth. I'll be interested to see what you come up with.

I'm in as long as they are not on Slot Lakes

TBT, if you recall we had a ton of interest in the beginning when you guys initially launched solo division. First tourney on Squaw was great turnout, but since we average maybe 20. Two things I think as a participant have contributed: lake and entry fee. This should be your focus. $200 is a little steep for most individually. $150 would be better, anything less payout not worth it.. Squaw required very little prefishing which decreased gas and time.

Well known lakes: EM, Worth, grapevine, Lewisville, RR, Squaw

Most want drive any further to prefish, just not worth it. I like the 2 divisions, East and West. Just two lakes in each division. Require less Prefish, this is why that Lewisville/grapevine bass pro always had good numbers.
Maybe something to consider next year spring solo as well.

$75-$100 would draw a lot more boats. Most aren't in to get rich.

You would defiantly draw more boats if the entry fee comes down! I'm in if y'all can get a good schedule out that is opposite of media individuals.

Would be a great format if entry fee was 100 and you don't have too many divisions. I know of several that would fish Toledo and Rayburn. Also the championship would have to be separate from Budlight and Bassnbucks. Just my two cents.

Here are our current thoughts after talking to many anglers and reviewing the posts on this Forum regarding the number of summer - fall Solo divisions, a championship and entry fees.

* Fork Division -- 2 tournaments on Fork and 1 on Pines (Pines combined with East Division)

* East Division -- 2 tournaments on Pines, 1 on Sandlin

* North Division -- 2 on Ray Roberts and 1 on Texoma

We would consider adding either a Cedar Creek - Tawakoni division or possibly a division near Rayburn, if we get more interest. The message is clear from everyone to limit the number of divisions to improve participation. We will keep that in mind by keeping the number of divisions to a minimum based on proximity.

The entry fee we are currently considering is $175. Most anglers want a decent payout and if we lower it too much below $200 it would require a very large participation to get a decent payout. If we get a large participation this year we will poll the anglers who entered and look at reducing the entry fee next year, if that is what they want.

The Championship tournament will be on a neutral lake that is not on the Division schedules but will be located within the area of the divisions on the schedule. The championship would not be on a slot or pay to fish lake. The championship location will be announced after the division tournaments are completed but the championship date will be posted when the division schedule is announced. We are considering increasing the entry fee for the championship to $200 and we will add in sponsor support with either cash or product depending on what we get from them.

Please post your thoughts as we will be announcing our schedule within the next two weeks. The division schedules will run from August through October and the Championship will be in November. We will do our best to miss our existing BLT and BNB Team Championship dates and other major tournaments.

We are looking forward to providing a solid Solo program for those who would like to fish with us!!!

Thanks,

USAFT staff

Im in on the east division.

As usual 80 individual circuits up north and nothing here

I like this plan. I will come out for Roberts and Texoma