NBAA Madison Chain

National Bass Anglers is please to announce that a new Weekend Division will be taking place on the Madison Chain in 2012.  Tournament dates are:

5/20  Waubesa   Lake Farm

6/10  Monona  Olin

6/24  Waubesa  Lake Farm

7/28 Monona  Olin

8/5  Waubesa  Lake Farm

Entry fees are $100/boat.  Fish 4 of 5 tournaments and automatically qualify for the Fall Classic on the world famous Lake St. Clair 9/20-21.  We are capping this circuit at 19 boats.  If you have any further questions visit online at www.nbaabass.com or please call Blake Britton at 262-537-6014.

Here are the dates for the 2013 Madison Chain schedule. May 11th Lake Farm launch May 19th Olin Park launch June 16th Lake Farm launch Aug. 4th Olin Park launch Aug. 11th Lake Farm launch I skipped a lot of June and July as to not interfere with other tournaments going on at this time. My name is Joe Stodola and I helped codirect the division last year. I will be running the series this year. NBAA has joined with TBF this year. After being in communication with our reps, as of right now, nothing is going to change. You will have to purchase a NBAA membership online. Our field is limited to the first 19 boats that show up at the ramp. We fish from 6am-2pm. There is a 5 fish limit so you can fish alone or as a team. Cost per tournament is $100. Qualifying teams will have the chance to fish the the national championship. If you have any questions, you can call me at 920-323-3773 or check on the NBAA website. I hope to see you on the water. Joe

Haha I was just checking anyways Im putting a livewell in this winter so ill have that down and its coast guard approved as far as i Know so yall ill be doing all of the tourneys now that i Have a boat and am making an income also i know of some others so there will be more people there than last year... I know its a bit far off yet but just checking

Any size boat that you want to fish out of works just as long as it meets coast guard regulations. The bass just need to be alive at weigh in for them to count. As far as membership goes, if you pay for 3 years at a time it is cheaper than if you pay for it anually. I believe it costs $35 a year before May? I know it will say on the website. Last, I am not related to him as far as I know, but I am a teacher as well, but in Dodgeville. Joe

Just in curiosity are you related to ryan stodola? He's my tech ed teacher at monona grove highschool haha and anyways ok and is there any limits on boat/motor size because i fish out of a 16 1/2 foot alumacraft v hull with a 25 horse johnson but i would have a live well and everything else just wondering and also do you have to renew your nbaa membership each year

Yes it will. I will be running this tournament series this year. I don't have the dates set in stone yet but I am looking at: May 11th May 18th June 16th Aug 3rd Aug 11 Aug 24 I took a lapse from most of June and July as to not compete with a couple other tournament circuirts going on here at that time. I look forward to seeing you! Joe Stodola

Will this circut be happening this coming season? I know I would fish in more of the tournaments than i did last year just wondering because this is the only circut that i know lets kids fish in and i will be 15 when bass fishing roles around again

Our last tournament of the year will be this Sunday out of Lake Farm. The fishing is heating up with big bags brought in last week. It took 18lbs. to win and 16lbs. got second for a 5 fish bag. I hope to see you there! Joe

goin up north to catch smallies, sadly wont be able to make this tournament but should be at the next one

hope to be there! motor should be fixed by this weekend

Our next tournament will be out of Olin Park this Saturday. Hope to see you all there!

hope you got my message blake, my motor wasn't pumping water due to sand that got into my intake. i wasn't able to get to any of my spots and wasn't catching many fish. the only way i cud get anymore was with the trolling motor so just decided to call it quits around 11.

Birch, where were you yesterday?

We launch at 6 so try to be there no later than 5:45. Make sure you are an nbaa member with your partner. All of the tourney equipment will be there. We will be at lake farm. My number is 920-323-3773. Please call if you have any questions. Joe

Birch, I will be there tomorrow and so will the tourmanent director. We will be having the touney tomorrow. I will see you there. I will have the black basscat. Thanks for your patience.

Local fisherman, me and cdfishmaster agree that the lack of boats isn't as fun or competitive but we will be there fishin for fun and we will do it if u guys want to. It's just Somthin different then your average day on the water.