McKinney Bass Club 2018 Schedule

The following is the McKinney Bass Club Tournament schedule for 2018. Our first meeting will be January 22nd at Delaney's Irish Pub in McKinney (Ridge Rd & Eldorado Pkwy).

Boaters and Non-Boaters are always welcome. We will do our best to pair everyone up that attends the meetings. Our by-laws and tournament rules are posted on our website on the 'Membership' page.


January 27 - Monticello
February 24 - Squaw Creek
March 24 - Texoma
April 28-29 - Lavon & Lewisville (2 Separate Tournaments)
May 26 - Ray Roberts
June 23 - Athens
July 28 - Fork
August 25 - Bridgeport
September 22-23 - Lake 'O The Pines (2 Day Single Tournament)
October 27 - Ray Hubbard


We'll see you in January!


David Burton - Tournament Director
McKinney Bass Club

Is this a team or individual club?

The McKinney Bass Club was created in 2006 to promote the sport of bass fishing in North Texas through a competitive atmosphere of good sportsmanship and fellowship. It is also a forum to share ideas on fishing techniques, bait selection, fishing patterns used during tournaments and enables all members to become better bass anglers. We typically average 14 - 16 boats per tournament and welcome both Boaters and Non-boaters to join.


Teams: Each team will consist of one boater and one non-boater. Teams will be drawn randomly at the monthly meeting. If we have more non-boaters than boaters the club will make every effort to solicit a boater from other sources. In the event boaters cannot be found, the excluded non-boaters become the first eligible non-boaters in the next months tournament draw. In the case of not having enough non-boaters needed to complete teams, the remaining boaters will have the option to fish as a team or solo (excluding paper tournaments, in which they will be paired).

Pairings: Every effort will be made to promote club camaraderie and redraw pairings if partners have already fished together that season.

David Burton
McKinney Bass Club

Good schedule

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March on Texoma should be fun! Nice schedule guys

Glad I'll be on a cruise then. Going to be a real cold weather problem next year with power plants shutting down!

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Just about six weeks until the start of the season! Please come join us this year, let's have some fun!

Ramp will be crowded on October 27th.

Something special?

I think that's the date of the DBH Open

DBH?

Apparently that is Dallas Bass Hookers. Apparently they set the schedule on December 13. It's a big lake!

referring to the ramp, not the fishery.

Big lake, no problem.

Thinking about joining. It will be my first club to join. I’ve fished as a guest in MBA but that’s it. Are all of the members hella good sticks or is it a good mix from novice-expert?

We have a good mix, and in my humble opinion are a fun group of guys! Join us for the meeting.

Returning and Former Members:

The January meeting will be our next opportunity to change the club by-laws! We are hearing chatter about a number of changes that will be submitted. Please come and be prepared to present, discuss, and vote on all of the changes! The current by-laws we will be amending are available on the MBC website as linked in the original post in this thread.

Always a fun time... Good luck!

Of course the major change up for vote is transitioning to a team format!

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Will you post here if you go to a team concept?

Yes SWAC,

All changes to the format and schedule for the club will be posted in this thread.

Interested in a team concept

Will know after our 1/9 meeting and will post here

The McKinney Bass Club has voted to move to a true TEAM format beginning this year. In addition, our schedule has been amended to align with the new format, changes in the 'hot water' status of Monticello, and ByLaw adjustments that were made in the special meeting of the returning members this evening.

We'll see you at our meeting on Monday, January 22nd at Delany's in McKinney. Please come out and join us to sign up for the season. Our first tournament will be Saturday, January 27th on Lake Welsh!

New 2018 Schedule:
Date(s) -- Tournament Lake (Special Regulations)

January 27 -- Welsh (18” Minimum for Largemouth)
February 24 -- Squaw Creek
March 24 -- Texoma
April 28 -- Ray Roberts
May 19 -- Lewisville
June 23 -- Athens (14”-21” Slot for Largemouth)
July 28 -- Fork (16”-24” Slot for Largemouth)
August 25 -- Bridgeport (14"-18" Slot for Largemouth)
September 22 -- Lavon
October 27 -- Ray Hubbard
November 10-11 -- Ken Novak Classic - Lake o’the Pines*
*Qualification details will be shared at the January Meeting



David Burton
Tournament Director

Excellent

Well now we all just have to find a team partner, lol

The link to the By-Laws is broken. If any of you have a copy and wouldn't mind sending it to me, please let me know and I'll provide my email address. More than anything, I'd like to know if there are age restrictions. TIA.

Cliff

By Laws will be published shortly. We basically discussed and voted in a new set of by laws after the team vote.
There is no age restriction, but those under 18 must fish with a parent or guardian

Perfect. Thank you.

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We've been getting a lot of questions about membership since the announcement of the change in format. We're still finalizing our revised bylaws and tournament rules, but here are some high-level bullet points for anyone interested in joining.

Tournaments are member-only events
Membership is $30/year and you can sign up at any monthly club meeting (at least one member of the team must attend a meeting before fishing a tournament, but both anglers must have paid their membership fee, filled out the membership form, and waiver)
Tournament fees are $80/boat
We have 10 monthly tournaments from January-October with a 2 day classic in November
Qualification for the classic is based on attending 1 more than half the monthly tournaments, meetings, and at least 1 community event
AOY is based on points earned in tournaments with 2 drops per year

You can ask questions here, of email us at mckinneybassclub01@gmail.com

Paul Winans
MBC Vice President

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How do you guys determine who to send to federation tournaments being it's a team?

In the 5 years I have been in the club we have not sent teams to TBF tournaments. We were going to try and work on it this year, but haven’t gotten around to it, and there hasn’t been much interest expressed in the membership due to timing and other commitments. If the interest is there this year, we may be able to send a team. Otherwise, I am hopeful we’ll have the interest in TBF Nationals going forward, and the timing won’t be an issue for qualified (to be determined) candidates.