Due to not being able to get a permit for Sutton Lake in February, we had to figure out where we could get a permit, so February 24th at Jordan out of Ebenezer. We will need to discuss alternates for all tournaments for our 2024 season and will do so at the February meeting on the 13th.

February 24th - Sutton March 23rd. - Jordan April 27 and 28th - James May 11th and 12th - Murray June 22 and 23rd - River Trailer Tournament July 20 and 21st - River Trailer Tournament August 17 and 18th - River Trailer Tournament September 21st - Kerr October 19 and 20th - Gaston Championship - TBD

I received a facebook message from a John Faircloth out of Garner that is wanting to join our club but does not have a boat. He was wondering if anyone would be willing to fish with him for the rest of the year? I told him I would put it out there and let him know.

Good afternoon Carolina Bassers. I would like to get EVERYONE'S updated info, such as Phone number Email address Shirt size. You can leave it on a comment on here, email, or text it to me. nick.kincaid33@gmail.com 989-710-0678

I received this from Chuck Murray Tuesday. Memo to: Club Leaders/Membership Please note that Board and I have been talking about the upcoming season. With Covid still out there, it makes it a challenge. The Western Regional will be on Wylie. We are looking at dates of May 7 and 8 for Wylie. The Eastern Regional is on Lake Gaston and we are looking at the dates of October 22 and 23. For the Wild Card we are looking at June 25th and 26th on the Roanoke River out of Plymouth. All of these dates are not confirmed yet. New for this year: Top Team from the three events will be invited to the BASS Team Championship at Lake Eufaula on December 10th and 11th 2021 where the top angler will receive the last spot in the 2022 Bassmaster CLASSIC! More to come on qualification method. Read up on this event at https://www.bassmaster.com/news/lake-eufaula-lands-2021-bassmaster-team-championship A memo was released recently with discounts for certain products. Please make sure you share with your club members.With Covid still a huge presence, we will not hold an annual meeting this year but we do want some feed back from our clubs/members. Please review the questions below, discuss with you clubs and respond by February 15th. 1. Would you rather see one day qualifiers versus two day qualifiers this year. Which would you prefer? (One day or two) 2. If one day event. (Friday or Saturday) 3. We have received feedback on adding Jordan Lake and Falls Lake into the Eastern Rotation. (yes or no) 4. It has been requested to add Badin Lake to the Western Rotation. (yes or no) With so many tournament trails out there, dates are hard to find. In some cases, it is impossible to miss everything. Anglers are going to have to just decide which events they wish to fish. We have two Classic path opportunities now. No other trail has that opportunity that I know of. I hate we cannot meet in person, but with Covid out there, we are going to have to operate like this for now. Hopefully next year, Covid will not be an issue. Some of you may know, others may not. but my entire family contracted Covid in just before Thanksgiving. Nineteen of us got it at one time. From my 2 year old grandson to my 81 year old dad. Three individuals had to visit the hospital and Lori's sister's husband did not survive. He was 65 years old and due to retire January 1st, 2021. He passed away on December 11th, 2020, 20 days away from retiring. Lori and I and the rest of the family have fully recovered now including my 81 year old dad. He was very fortunate and did not even have to go to the hospital. Luckily he had a mild case. I look forward to the 2021 season. Only active clubs that have paid their membership by 2/25 will be used in the survey so if you have not gotten your dues in, don't wait. Thanks for your time and see you on the water soon.

N.C. B.A.S.S. FEDERATION NATION 852 Duke Memorial Road Louisburg NC 27549 leanliner@aol.com (919-853-6918) WWW.NCBFN.COM To: NC Bass Federation Nation State Team From: Chuck Murray – President Date: 1/31/2021 Ref: 2021 BASS Federation Nation Discounts 1. Huk Clothing - Products - Go to www.hukgear.com and get 40% off using the code BASSNATION at checkout. That simple. 2. Power Pole - Membership: Power-Pole is a proud sponsor of the B.A.S.S Nation in 2021. We will continue to offer a rebate program to B.A.S.S. Nation Members. The current rebates are as follows:  Sportsman 2 Model: $75  Pro 2 Model: $100  Blade Model: $150 The above stated discounts are available via rebate program through our website. In order to receive your rebate, you will need to register the Power-Pole product at www.Power-Pole.com located under the “Help” column header then “Register My Product”. Once the product has been registered, you will then find the link “Apply for Rebate” to complete the rebate form. You can also obtain access by going back to “Help” then “Rebate Program”. Once all the given information is verified we will issue you a check or credit in accordance with the discount you are slated to receive. You will need to provide a copy of your purchase receipt and membership card. Rebate checks may take up to 30 days to process. 3. Ranger Cup - I am excited to announce that in 2021, all BASS events are eligible for Ranger Cup. They have updated their site https://www.rangerboats.com/ranger-cup.html to include B.A.S.S. Nation and College National Events. I think they already included the Bassmaster Opens and Elites, but if you have a Ranger, Make sure you register for the program. Ranger Cup PAYOUT*  BASS Elite: $10,000 to win a regular season event, if fishing from a 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 year model Ranger boat with 200 horsepower or larger engine.  All other approved events with 60 or more boats (see website for complete list): $7,000 to win an event, if fishing from a 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 year model Ranger boat with a 200 horsepower engine or larger. If winner does not meet qualifying guidelines and qualifying angler finishes in the top 10, then they will be eligible for a $500 highest finisher cash payout.  If winner has a 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 year model Ranger boat powered by a 60-175 horsepower engine, then they will be eligible for a $1,000 cash payout.  If an angler’s boat who wins an approved event is between a 2010-2017 year model, then they will be eligible for a $500 BPS/Cabela’s gift card. 4. Accu Cull Products - See Attached Flyer. 5. Mammoth - I am pleased to send you this discount program from a new B.A.S.S. Partner, Mammoth Coolers. They have much more than coolers though, including all kinds of sanitizer products which we are using at all our B.A.S.S. events. You can go directly to their website www. https://mammothcooler.com/ and order anything on the site and receive a 40% discount by using the code BassNation40 , the products on the website would make great door prizes, raffles etc… This code will work on everything but the sanitizer products at this time. While the sanitizer is also being offered at a deep discount, at this time, it must be ordered in bulk. You will see when you go to their site and shop for sanitizer. Down in the comment section, when ordering sanitizer products, put the code BassNation40 and explain you were given the following pricing: Sanitizer pricing 2-ounce $2.85, ½ inner carton of (8) $22.80 4-ounce $5.25, ½ inner carton of (6) $31.50 8-ounce $7.50, ½ inner carton of (8) $60.00 1-liter bottle $12.75, inner carton of (9) $114.75 1-Gallon bottle $25.00 6. TH Marine - Go to the website www.thmarine.com (Code is only eligible on this site) Place the products you want in your cart, At checkout, use BASSNATION for a 20% discount. See flyer. 7. Other Benefits: It’s still there…….. go to Bassmaster.com………in the upper right, hold cursor on “Join” then click the dropdown that says “benefits” then log in with your member number and last name….. Discounts on Berkley Products, Pilot Flying, Nationwide Insurance, VPI Pet Insurance, Bassmaster Lunker Page, Hertz, Avis and others. Also check out the sweepstakes tab. 8. The Alliance- Refer to booklet Toyota Bonus Bucks - https://www.toyotatrucksbonusbucks.com/ Ranger Cup - https://www.rangerboats.com/ranger-cup.html Nitro Tournament Rewards - https://www.nitro.com/tournament-rewards.html Skeeter Real Money - https://www.skeeterboats.com/About-Skeeter.php?content=sales_event Yamaha Power Pay - https://yamahapowerpay.com/ I can't emphasize enough that this information is for NCBN members Only! As a member of the NCBN, you are being offered this opportunity. Violations could impact future programs. Let me know if you have any questions regarding this information. Chuck

Thank you Sam Camut for heading this up and putting us on track to where we need to be. Also thank you to David Blanton for recommending we do this new website.