FFCBC Listens to anglers

Tom Fry, Chairman of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship, announced that the field of the 15th Anniversary 2009 tournament would be increased to 150 teams.

The entry fee for 2009 will be $1,000.00 CDN per team.

The prizeboard, based on 150 teams, will be a total of $127,500.00. This represents an 85% payback.

As previously announced the captain of every team competing in the 2008 Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship will be offered a spot in the 2009 event.

Roaring away

 

 

Teams competing in the 14th-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship roared out of Sand Bay early this morning to open the three-day showdown. The weigh-ins are at 4 p.m. today and tomorrow, with the final one set starting at 3 p.m. on Saturday.
—Lee Oelke photo

Parade soaker

 

 

Sierra Adams soaked a crowd of bystanders watching the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship’s annual parade of boats late yesterday afternoon. Mike Adams and Vince Godbout (Team #99) decked their boat out with a Hawaiian theme for the parade.
—Amanda Roy photo (FFTimes)

Fishin' in the rain

Jason Cain showed Jarred Taylor the ropes during the annual Canada Safeway KidPro tournament held yesterday to kick off the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. Jack Hamilton teamed up with FFCBC anglers Mike Salvador and Reid Norine to win the event with a total weight of 10.55 pounds.
—Mitch Calvert photo (Fort Frances Times)

Spots Available In 2008 Field

As of Monday May 12th there are spots open in the field of the 2008 Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship (FFCBC) and there is no one in the Waiting List.


For the first time in 11 years, you can now enter the FFCBC tournament directly without having qualified or having entered in the draw. Recent team cancellations now make it easier to enter.

Former champs earn third bass crown Moynagh, Thrun lead wire-to-wire at annual FFCBC

By Justin Holmes
Fort Frances Times

Jim Moynagh and Joe Thrun led on Day One and never lost a step en route to their third title at the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship on Saturday.
Their three-day total of 58.36 pounds was almost two pounds more than the second-place team and just short of the 58.62-pound tournament record set, fittingly enough, by the two Minnesotans back in 1998.
Thrun credited their 20.92-pound bag on Thursday as being key to the victory, calling it “probably our best day ever of all tournament and practice put together.”

Two-time champs grab early lead Moynagh has big first day in FFCBC return

By Justin Holmes
Fort Frances Times

Jim Moynagh, partnered again with Joe Thrun after a five-year layoff from the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship, returned with a bang yesterday—leading the tournament with a 20.92-pound haul on Day 1.
“It was a special day the way things unfolded,” Moynagh said. “It was nice to see. It was our best day we’ve had here this year.
“We’ve had a couple decent practice days, but nothing like this,” he added.