How can someone join the
Bass'n Stars?
The club is just about always looking for new members. If you are interested
in joining, please drop us an email. We will have someone call you as soon
as possible. We do require new people to attend a couple of meetings
before they are allowed to be voted on membership. If you are really
interested in joining, check out our bylaws and membership handbook. They
have additional information in them about the club.
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Do I have to fish every
tournament?
No you do not. We understand that people have other things besides fishing
(even though we sometimes have been accused of only wanting to fish 365
days of the year). Our annual club standings are based on points, The more
tournaments you fish and the better you do, the higher in the final
standings you will finish. The only requirement is that you fish at
least 51% of the tournaments.
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Where is the club based out
of?
We are "based out of" Walled Lake, Michigan. We have members
that live in Ypsilanti, Tecumseh and Fowlerville as well as Walled Lake.
There is no residency requirement at all. It's really a matter of how far you
choose to drive. There are also other clubs all around the state of
Michigan.
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Do I have to own a Bass
Boat to Join the club?
No, you do not. Currently about half of our club members do not even own a
Bass Boat at all. They do how ever own a whole lot of Bass Fishing
Tackle. But again that's not even a requirement. The main requirement
is a desire to want to Bass Fish.
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How often does the club
meet?
We actually meet 12 months a year. Our club even meets in the winter to
talk about fishing or something related to fishing. This past year, we met
the first couple of months of the year to learn CPR.
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Where does the club meet?
Normally, we meet at the Walled Lake Big Boy, on Pontiac Trail at W. Maple
Rd. We meet at 7 pm the first Wednesday of each month. Occasionally
we take "field trips".
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Which lakes does the
club fish each year?
It really varies. Generally we try to fish Lake St. Clair at least once a
season. Our club is better know as a Smallmouth club, a lot of the members
like fishing for Smallmouth more that Largemouth. We do fish inland lakes
on a regular basis. We have been known to fish Tipsico, Union, Whamplers,
Lobdell as well as a couple of "out of town" lakes each season.
Those usually involve a weekend tournament and staying out of town as a group.
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Who would a new member fish
with?
When we fish tournaments we use a "draw" system to set up your
partner. Each tournament we sit down a list who is fishing that particular
tournament and use cards to randomly pair up the boaters with non-boaters.
Our guidelines require members to only fish with another individual one time a
year during a tournament.
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How much does it cost to
join?
You need to belong to the National Bass Federation Nation and Michigan BASS to belong to our club.
After that our fees to join the club are $30 the first year.
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Do you have to belong to
B.A.S.S.?
Yes you do. You also need to be a member of the Michigan BASS Chapter
Federation, but we can get your membership started as part of joining our club.
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If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact us, we will try to give you a call or email the answer.
You can direct your questions to bnspresident@bassnstars.com