ATTENTION: Meeting on December 5, 2011 at the Fayette Community Center to begin the 2012 Season! See you there at 7 p.m.!
FOR OVER FORTY YEARS!
While the exact year is not known at this time, the Fayette Bass Club was founded sometime during the sixties by Delmer Bowles, Alex Kizzire, Johnny Renfroe and Durwood Stough (all of Fayette, Alabama). It was said by Mr. Bowles that during the beginning of the club's first days, there were only two boats competing against one another. Delmer and Alex were partners fishing against Johnny and Durwood. Delmer Bowles is the only surviving founder. Currently, the club consists of eighty two members and averages approximately thirty five boats per tournament.
This website is dedicated to the members of the Fayette Bass Club for the purpose of keeping its members current on tournaments, events and news. Though you may not be a member, feel free to browse. The Fayette Bass Club is an Alabama B.A.S.S. Federation Nation affiliated club dedicated to the sport of angling for ourselves and future generations.
Dixie Jr. Bassmasters
Jr. Division sponsored by the Fayette BASS Club
ATTENTION:
Club T-Shirts and Caps are available!
For more information, contact Dana @ (205) 932-7275!
2011 Fayette Bass Club Officers
Tim Kizzire, President
Todd Tucker, Vice President
Jerry Shelton, Secretary
Dana Beavers, Webmaster
2011 Weigh-In/Tournament Committee:
Mike Stimac
Sonny Cotton
2011 TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
February 19, 2011 - Lake Tuscaloosa - Bob's Marina March 19, 2011 - Gainesville Lake - Vienna Landing April 16, 2011 - Bankhead Lake - Franklin's Ferry Landing May 21, 2011 - Wilson Lake - Fleet Harbor Landing June 18, 2011 - Guntersville Lake - Waterfront Landing July 16, 2011 - Wheeler Lake - Decatur City Landing August 20, 2011 - Pickwick Lake - McFarland Park Landing September 17, 2011 - Lay Lake - Beeswax Landing October 15, 2011 - Mitchell Lake - Higgins Ferry Landing
2011 Meeting Schedule:
All meetings @ Fayette Community Center (across from Tiny Tots Daycare in Fayette the first Monday night of each month unless otherwise noted) - 7:00 p.m..
2011 TOP TWENTY:
1 ~ Steve Bryant
2 ~ George Kizzire
3 ~ Keith Adcox
4 ~ Sonny Cotton
5 ~ Jesse Sanders
6 ~ Trent Tilley
7 ~ Jeremy Bigham
8 ~ Todd Tucker
9 ~ Tim Kizzire
10 ~ Johnny Nuchols
11 ~ Kurt Porter
12 ~ Robert Townley
13 ~ Ferrell Ledbetter
14 ~ Michael Stimac
15 ~ Richard Coons
16 ~ Thomas Hankins
17 ~ Dustin Pearson
18 ~ James Cotton
19 ~ Jason Blackmon
20 ~ Barron Martin
FAYETTE BASS CLUB RULES 2011
If you have questions, please email Todd at ttucker818@yahoo.com. 1. Must be at least (16) years of age. 2. Must be a member of B.A.S.S.. 3. Children of members under age of sixteen have free membership. Anyone who has been a member for five years and is at least sixty five years old will receive free membership. Past members may join anytime during the year (at the ramp or by sending dues, name, address, phone, email and B.A.S.S. # to Jerry Shelton, Berry, AL 35446). New members having never been affiliated with the Fayette Bass Club MUST attend meeting to join. 4. Club membership is $50.00 per year. 5. Entry fee is $20.00 per tournament per person plus $5.oo per boat for the BIG fish pot. If you launch your boat the day of the tournament, you will be expected to pay any necessary launch fees. 6. Life jackets and kill switches must be worn when big motor is being used. 7. Weigh fish before boat is taken out. Live fish will be released. 8. Twelve inch minimum size limit (or lake limit if larger). Ten fish maximum per boat. Five fish per person on yearly standings. 9. Each fish brought to the scales measuring less than twelve inches or lake mininum will be thrown out along with biggest fish. 10. Top individual catch in each tournament along with 1st place will receive trophies. 11. Pay-off from tournaments will be percentage of take-in as follows: Club Fund = 30% 1st Place = 35% 2nd Place = 25% 3rd Place = 10% Big Fish = $5.00 per boat Dixie Jr. Bassmasters = $5.00 per boat 12. Club dinner TBA. 13. Visitors can fish one time only per year. 14. Club will mount the largest fish caught in tournament. One per member per year provided it exceeds the following minimum weight limit: Largemouth = 8 lbs Spot = 6 lbs Smallmouth = 6 lbs Club pays $75.00 if you choose not to mount your fish. 15. Top twenty members only will fish the Fayette Bass Club Classic the first Saturday in November. All qualifiers will fish as boaters. A MANDATORY meeting will be held on Monday night prior to the Classic to draw partners and decide location. Each Classic contender will pay a $20.00 entry fee plus $5.00 toward the BIG fish pot. The club will donate $400.00 toward first place and $200.00 toward second place. Only first and second places will be awarded. 16. Member catching the biggest fish for the year receives a one year free membership. Angler-of-the-Year also receives a one year free membership. 17. Club will award $50 and a trophy to the "Angler of the Year" at end of Tournament Season. 18. All fish will be brought to the scales in weigh-in bags. Weigh-In/Tournament Committee will decide the order of weighing in fish. 19. Must be back at launch at official quitting time or be disqualified. 20. May fish the same body of water more than one time per year but not in succession. No locking through period. 21. Classic site will be off limits after site is chosen. Classic will be held the first Saturday in November. 22. Will fish site of tournament nominated and decided at meeting. 23. No Alcoholic Beverages will be allowed while fishing tournament or at weigh-in. 24. Must fish six club tournaments to make paid team member for Federation. 25. The two top six man teams will be paid for Federation entry and lodging. The lodging will be for two nights on a Federation qualifier and three nights on State Championship tournaments. Guaranteed boater fee will not be paid by club. Team members that have committed to fish the Federation and do not show to compete may be subject to reimburse the Club for their portion of expenses (final decision to be determined by officers). 26. All Club tournaments will be the third Saturday of each month from safe light until 3:30 p.m. including Open tournaments. 27. All 2012 tournament sites will be nominated and voted on during @ December 2011 meeting prior to the upcoming season. 28. Club meetings are on the first Monday night, except July and September which are the second Monday night, at 7:00 p.m. at the Fayette Community Center. 29. Club will pay three volunteers a percentage each to run Open tournaments. 30. Any and all protests concerning tournament must be made at tournament weigh-in to an officer of the club or a member of the tournament committee.
In Memory of:
Johnny Renfroe, Alex Kizzire, Durwood Stough, Billy G. Higgins, and Danny Pendley