2025 Season Notes:
IMPORTANT UPDATE:
I'd like to take a moment and thank those of you who have reached out and expressed your thoughts and concerns about an off limits for this season. I have decided that there will be two different off limits locations for the 2025 season. This was discussed and finalized among the teams that were present at the first tournament of the year on 03/23.
1st off limits location: The cheater creek/Derdge ditch bridge. You may fish the front and underneath the bridge, but your baits and boat cannot pass underneath the bridge.
2nd off limits. The backside of the First island north of Tall Oaks Campground up north in the river. I am working on getting permission to place some sort of visable landmark up there so that there is no question as to where the off limits is.
Please refer to the facebook post that was made on 03/25/25 on our USA Bassin Lake Shafer/ Lake Freeman Facebook page for clarificaiton on this. There are multiple attached pictures showing the off limits areas so that you may understand it much better.
2025 Freeman/Shafer Division Notes:
On behalf of myself (Kurtis Bowsher), I am so excited to be part of such a great group of teams for the 2025 season! This division has a strong group of teams and I aim to keep it that way and improve it any way that I can! The 2025 sechedule can be found within our division tab along with the regional being scheduled for 11/09/2025 on Shafer. If you have never had a USA Bassin membership before or if you haven't been a member since 2021, then your $30 membership per person ($60 per team) is FREE for this upcoming season! If you are planning on prepaying for your tournament entry before hand via check in the mail or some other form of payment, please reach out to me before doing so. I can be contacted anytime via text or call at 574-581-0812. The entry for our tournaments is $105+$15 ramp fee = $120 for everything including big bass pot and the Uncle Sam Bass challenge.
Both the ramps that we will use for our tournaments this year have a $20 launch fee, but both ramps are cutting us a discount and only charging us $15. If you are interested, ramp passes for both the Big Monon ramp on Shafer and the Tall Timbers ramp on Freeman are $250 for the 2025 season. If you would like a pass for either ramp, please don't hesitate to reach out and I will direct you to whom you need to contact to get one.
If anyone has any questions or issues please feel free to reach out to me person, on our Facebook page (USA Bassin Lake Shafer/Lake Freeman), or via call or text at 574-581-0812 anytime. We're looking forward to seeing all of you and kicking off the USA Bassin season here soon!
Best of luck and tight lines to all!
-Kurtis
