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September 9, 2012September 10, 2012

2012 Classic Results!

The executives of Bass Anglers Association would like to congratulate Mike Merrill and Fern Campeau on their 2012 Classic WIN, with a total 2-day combined weight of 30.10 lbs. After finishing a very wet, windy, and stormy Day 1 in 8th place (14.26 lbs), Mike and Fern stormed back themselves on a bluebird-sky Day 2 with 15.84 lbs, earning them the overall win!

Congratulations also go out to the 2nd place team of Tyler Barbary and Andy Dafoe (“Team Consistency”), who finished with 29.31lbs. 3rd place honours go out to Trevor Sinnet and Eric Pruys, who after a great Day 1 weight of 18.53 lbs, slipped on Day 2, catching only 4 keepers and slipping to 3rd place overall with 28.61 lbs. The team of John Bevacqua and Mike Paquin rounded out the top-4 (paid) places with a final weight of 28.46 lbs.

Big fish on Day 1 went to John Bevacqua and Mike Paquin with a 4.60 lb largemouth.

Big fish on Day 2 went to Trevor Sinnet and Eric Pruys with a 4.16 lb largemouth.

Full results can be seen below…

Classic Rank	Team #	Team Members	Day 1 # of Fish	Day 1 Weight	Day 1 Big Fish	Day 2 # of Fish	Day 2 Weight	Day 2 Big Fish	TOTAL WEIGHT
1	19	Merrill / Campeau	5	14.26		5	15.84	4.07	30.10
2	20	Barbary / Dafoe	5	14.55	4.20	5	14.76	4.07	29.31
3	2	Sinnet / Pruys	5	18.53	4.21	4	10.08	4.16 BF	28.61
4	4	Bevacqua / Paquin	5	16.33	4.60 BF	5	12.13		28.46
5	11	Robertson / Ashcroft	5	15.16	3.78	5	12.71	3.40	27.87
6	10	Lariviere / Mayotte	5	14.74		5	13.07		27.81
7	3	Champagne / Dallaire	5	13.96	4.14	5	13.21		27.17
8	6	McPhee / McPhee	5	15.08	4.11	5	12.09	3.30	27.17
9	26	Boyd / Johnson	5	13.41	4.10	5	13.75	3.63	27.16
10	24	MacLennan / E. Riley	5	16.39	4.17	5	10.62		27.01
11	21	Navin / Navin	5	13.40		5	12.47		25.87
12	1	Barber / Cadieux	5	13.80		5	11.56	3.01	25.36
13	28	Wylie / Eaton	5	13.49		5	10.80		24.29
14	18	Pigeon / Clow	5	10.84		5	12.97	3.33	23.81
15	15	Lefebvre / Lefebvre	5	13.76	4.04	5/4	9.22		22.98
16	16	France / France	5	11.32		5	10.57	3.58	21.89
17	8	Thompson / Verhey	5	9.22		5	10.20		19.42
18	17	Bell / McQuillan	5	8.45		5	9.45		17.90
19	22	Acheson / Banford	5	13.10		0	0		13.10
20	9	Hache / Lacroix	5	12.86		0	0		12.86
21	23	Cox / Mihorean	5	12.62		0	0		12.62
22	27	Laforest / Paiement	5	12.13		0	0		12.13
23	13	Albert / Albert	0	0		5	11.83	3.56	11.83
24	12	Decarie / Leduc	5	9.28		0	0		9.28
25	7	Dufour / Dufour	5	8.60		0	0		8.60
26	25	W. Riley / Labrecque	5	7.90		0	0		7.90
27	29	McRae / Brazeau	4	7.65		0	0		7.65
28	5	Gill / Knowles	0	0		0	0		0
29	14	Lonsberry / Mitani	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
		Total		330.83			227.33		558.16
		Average / Team		11.41			7.84		19.25
		Average / Fish		2.57			2.42		2.50

August 25, 2012August 25, 2012

2012 Team Of The Year!

A big congratulations go out to Russell and Tyler France, Team #16, for having the highest total of 4 events! Their total Team Of The Year weight was a whopping 66.67 lbs (4 events, average = 16.67lbs/event) and an average fish size of 3.33lbs!

GREAT JOB!

Full results can be seen below:

Rank	Team #	Team Members	Overall Weight	Best of 4 Weight
1	16	France / France	66.67	66.67
2	22	Acheson / Banford	75.41	65.62
3	20	Barbary / Dafoe	75.27	62.56
4	4	Bevacqua / Paquin	72.21	61.54
5	24	MacLennan / E. Riley	70.57	59.48
6	19	Merrill / Campeau	71.34	59.25
7	21	Navin / Navin	71.11	59.01
8	1	Barber / Cadieux	66.91	57.45
9	2	Sinnet / Pruys	57.38	57.38
10	27	Laforest / Paiement	68.28	56.47
11	10	Lariviere / Mayotte	66.98	55.43
12	11	Robertson / Ashcroft	62.27	54.25
13	15	Lefebvre / Lefebvre	64.77	54.16
14	8	Thompson / Verhey	63.51	54.11
15	23	Cox / Mihorean	65.35	54.07
16	28	Wylie / Eaton	62.55	52.69
17	3	Champagne / Dallaire	62.82	51.70
18	7	Dufour / Dufour	51.50	51.50
19	25	W. Riley / Labrecque	58.31	50.15
20	12	Decarie / Leduc	52.63	49.91
21	13	Albert / Albert	51.75	49.76
22	17	Bell / McQuillan	49.64	49.64
23	18	Pigeon / Clow	49.30	49.30
24	9	Hache / Lacroix	48.37	48.37
25	26	Boyd / Johnson	55.18	47.29
26	6	McPhee / McPhee	46.45	46.45
27	14	Lonsberry / Mitani	39.34	39.34
28	5	Gill / Knowles	32.27	32.27
29	29	McRae / Brazeau	28.05	28.05

August 8, 2012May 12, 2014

2012 BAA Sponsors

Please visit our sponsors and show them your appreciation!!

We would like to thank Claude Lefebvre from Duntech Automotive for providing the hosting package for our website, Team Decals, the freshwater pump and fish staging system, and the weigh system for the 2012 Season.

We would also like to thank our series sponsors for 2012 who have provided prizes for events, including the season wrap-up Classic:

Ottawa (Carling) and Ottawa (St-Laurent)

We will update this page as the season progresses. If any one knows of any business, big or small, that would like to donate prizes for the Classic or other events — please contact us by using the Contact Us page.

June 30, 2012

2012 Classic – Newboro Lake

The BAA Executive have selected Newboro Lake as the location for the 2012 BAA Classic. This event will be held on September 8 & 9, 2012. 7am – 4pm on day 1, 7am – 3pm on day 2.

The Poplars Resort has agreed to provide BAA Members with a great package rate for any nights during the week leading up to (and including) the Classic. The rate will be $65/night (+ tip for the staff), per person and includes 3 meals per day! Please call Rick @ 1-888-686-1891 and mention you are a BAA member. The facilities are great, the food is delicious, you’ll have a slip for docking the boat (with power), and you will save valuable time and fuel by not having to drive up two consecutive days. Rick would like confirmation ASAP. First-come, first-served.

Tight lines!

June 8, 2012

BAA Sponsoring the Ottawa Fishing Festival!

Bass Anglers Association – Ottawa’s Top Bass Fishing Club, is very pleased to announce that we are sponsoring the 2012 Ottawa Fishing Festival, with a $100 Tagged Perch prize!

Anglers of all ages, and especially the kids, should come out to Brewer Park during the Ontario license-free family fishing week, July 14 & 15, from 10am – 6pm. There will be sponsor booths, live presentations, fun and games, and a big stretch of shoreline where you and your kids (or nieces or nephews, etc.!) can come fish for perch or bass with the chance to catch a tagged fish!

We would like to thank each and every member of BAA for donating some of their entry fees for the 2012 season towards this great cause.

Please visit the festival’s website here: Ottawa Fishing Festival
See a list (and description) of some of the fun and festivities here: Ottawa Fishing Festival Attractions

June 7, 2012June 25, 2012

First Event Blastoff Order

The Club executive recently met and performed a random draw of all 29 teams.
Notes:
* – Weigh-in coordinator leaves early and returns early to set up weighin.
** – Dock coordinator (volunteers) leaves early and returns early to control dock traffic and call teams up to weigh in their fish. ALL BOATS MUST CHECK IN WITH THE DOCK COORDINATOR BY THE END OF THE TOURNAMENT (4pm/3pm) AND BE PLACED IN QUEUE. DO NOT APPROACH THE DOCK WITH FISH UNTIL CALLED. DO NOT REMOVE FISH FROM LIVEWELL UNTIL CALLED!
*** – Blast-off coordinator leaves late for every event and returns late.

The first event blastoff order was randomly drawn as follows:

1st Event Blastoff Position	Team Number	Team Names
* Early - To return 15 minutes early.	15	Lefebvre / Lefebvre
** Early - To return 15 minutes early.	6	McPhee / McPhee
1	14	Lonsberry / Mitani
2	8	Thompson / Verhey
3	4	Bevacqua / Paquin
4	21	Navin / Navin
5	17	Bell / McQuillan
6	24	MacLennan / E. Riley
7	23	Cox / Mihorean
8	28	Wylie / Eaton
9	25	W. Riley / Labrecque
10	5	Gill / Knowles
11	9	Hache / Lacroix
12	16	France / France
13	13	Albert / Albert
14	26	Boyd / Johnson
15	18	Pigeon / Clow
16	22	Acheson / Banford
17	27	Laforest / Paiement
18	19	Merrill / Campeau
19	7	Dufour / Dufour
20	3	Champagne / Dallaire
21	20	Barbary / Dafoe
22	10	Lariviere / Mayotte
23	1	Barber / Cadieux
24	11	Robertson / Ashcroft
25	12	Decarie / Leduc
26	29	McRae / Brazeau
*** Last - To return 10 minutes late.	2	Sinnet / Pruys

February 28, 2012April 4, 2012

2012 Registered Teams

Here is the official list of registered teams for the 2012 Bass Anglers Association season!

Please note that some team numbers have changed. This does not affect first-event blastoff order, which is still TBD by random draw.

Team Number	Angler 1	Angler 2
1	Peter Barber	Marc Cadieux
2	Trevor Sinnet	Eric Pruys
3	Chevy Champagne	John Dallaire
4	John Bevacqua	Mike Paquin
5	Trent Gill	Kevin Knowles
6	Kevin McPhee	John McPhee
7	Frank Dufour	Marc-Antoine Dufour
8	Tim Thompson	Rob Lafleur
9	Jim Hache	Ron Lacroix
10	Darren Lariviere	Geoff Mayotte
11	Dave Robertson	Will Ashcroft
12	Rejean Decarie	Pierre Leduc
13	Donald Albert	Micheline Albert
14	Codie Lonsberry	Mike Mitani
15	Claude Lefebvre	Deanna Lefebvre
16	Russell France	Tyler France
17	Jim Bell	Gary McQuillan
18	Matt Pigeon	Dave Clow
19	Mike Merrill	Fern Campeau
20	Tyler Barbary	Andy Dafoe
21	Jamie Navin	Sue Navin
22	Scott Acheson	Cory Banford
23	Steve Cox	Steve Mihorean
24	Steven MacLennan	Eric Riley
25	Wayne Riley	John Labrecque
26	Pat Boyd	Gord Johnson
27	Paul Laforest	France Paiement
28	Patrick Wylie	Jeff Eaton
29	Warren McRae	Al Brazeau

November 21, 2011June 29, 2012

2012 Dates and Waters

Please see below for the schedule for the 2012 season!Â Please click on the Launch name for a Google Maps link to the launch!

Date	Waters	Launch, Map, & Directions
Saturday June 30	Muskrat Lake	Cobden Town Launch From Hwy 17 W (Arnprior/Ottawa): Turn right on Main Street in Cobden. Also see here for directions.
Saturday July 14	Mississippi Lake	Lake Park Lodge From Hwy 7 in Carleton Place: South on Lake Park Rd. Right on Lake Park Rd. Right on 1st St. Also see here for directions.
Saturday July 28	Big Rideau Lake	Conservation Launch From Hwy 1 in Rideau Ferry, turn NE on Yacht Club Rd. Also see here for directions.
Saturday August 11	Ottawa River (East)	Rockland Town Launch From Ottawa, east on Hwy 174 to Rockland, left onto Edwards St.
Saturday August 25	Clayton Lake	Clayton Lakeside Campground From Almonte, head south/west on County Road 16 (Wolf Grove Road) for approx. 9-10km. Right on Tatlock Rd for 2.5km. Left on Clayton Lake Road (1.3km), Right into campground (drive slowly please!). Also see here for directions.
Sept 8 & 9	Newboro Lake	Newboro Lock Station From Westport: Follow County Rd 42 south out of Westport, approximately 9km. Turn right on Lock Road.

September 11, 2011

2011 Classic Results – Big Rideau Lake

Here are the results of our two-day 2011 Classic at Big Rideau Lake, September 10 and 11, 2011.
Congratulations to the team of Mike Paquin and John Bevacqua for being consistent over the 2-day, 10-fish Classic tournament and pulling in a total of 31.30 lbs of fish, including the day-2 Big Fish prize with a 4.87 lb largemouth!
Congratulations to the second place team, Russell and Tyler France, for their two-day total of 28.27 lbs, and the third place team, Trevor Sinnett and Peter Barber, for their two-day total of 26.43 lbs.
Also, congratulations to Trent Gill and Kevin Knowles for their Day-1 Big Fish honours for weighing in a 4.70 lb largemouth!

Thanks to everyone who made BAA successful this year, and we hope to see all of you back next year for more fun, competition, and big fish!

Classic Rank	Team #	Team Members	Day 1 Weight	Day 2 Weight	TOTAL WEIGHT	Day 1 Big Fish	Day 2 Big Fish
1	4	John Bevacqua / Mike Paquin	14.78	16.52	31.30	0	4.87
2	16	Russell France / Tyler France	14.29	13.98	28.27	0	3.77
3	2	Trevor Sinnett / Peter Barber	16.15	10.28	26.43	0	0
4	15	Claude Lefebvre / Greg Lehteniemi	11.44	13.07	24.51	0	0
5	21	Jamie Navin / Sue Navin	12.81	11.47	24.28	0	0
6	10	Darren Lariviere / Geoff Mayotte	12.76	10.94	23.70	0	0
7	9	Jim Hache / Ron Lacroix	11.97	11.20	23.17	0	3.52
8	3	Scott Turner / Eric Pruys	12.32	9.94	22.26	0	0
9	6	Kevin McPhee / John McPhee	10.82	11.39	22.21	0	3.67
10	5	Trent Gill / Kevin Knowles	14.79	7.20	21.99	4.70	0
11	20	Tyler Barbary / Olivier Bibeau	9.06	12.61	21.67	0	0
12	8	Tim Thompson / Rob Lafleur	7.02	9.57	16.59	0	0
13	7	Frank Dufour / Marc-Antoine Dufour	7.95	6.77	14.72	0	0
14	13	Peter Riley / Mike Nesbitt	8.61	5.76	14.37	0	0
15	22	Scott Acheson / Cory Banford	10.01	0.00	10.01	0	0
16	19	Mike Merrill / Fern Campeau	8.96	0.00	8.96	0	0
17	1	Steve Olthof / Jordan Palleck	5.24	0.00	5.24	0	0
18	17	Jim Bell / Gary McQuillan	5.13	0.00	5.13	0	0
19	11	Jake Hartley / Spencer Martin	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
19	12	Rejean Decarie / Mitchell Laughlin	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
19	14	Jordan Goodfellow / Marc Cadieux	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
19	18	Matt Pigeon / Richard Bergeron	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
		Total	194.11	150.70	344.81

August 27, 2011August 27, 2011

Team 22 – Team Of The Year!

Congratulations to the team of Scott Acheson and Cory Banford for achieving TEAM OF THE YEAR honours for 2011. Their excellent sportsmanship and help to other members also cannot be overlooked – thanks for taking the time to help others with engine/boat problems throughout the year. Also, thanks for running the blast-offs!

Their total Team Of The Year weight was a whopping 51.89 lbs (4 events, average = 12.97lbs/event) and their overall 5-event weight was a stunning 61.05lbs, for an average of 12.21lbs/event, and 3.05lbs/fish overall.

GREAT JOB!

See full TOY standings below. This weight is calculated by dropping the single lowest weight for each team.

Rank	Team #	Team Members	Overall Weight	TOY Weight (drop lowest)
1	22	Scott Acheson / Cory Banford	61.05	51.89
2	20	Tyler Barbary / Olivier Bibeau	58.29	49.16
3	5	Trent Gill / Kevin Knowles	56.12	48.7
4	4	John Bevacqua / Mike Paquin	51.49	44.96
4	10	Darren Lariviere / Geoff Mayotte	51.28	44.96
6	21	Jamie Navin / Sue Navin	51.94	44.65
7	15	Claude Lefebvre / Greg Lehteniemi	50.78	44.37
8	19	Mike Merrill / Fern Campeau	50.52	43.17
9	6	Kevin McPhee / John McPhee	51.42	42.54
10	12	Rejean Decarie / Mitchell Laughlin	42.01	42.01
11	3	Scott Turner / Eric Pruys	50.01	41.67
12	16	Russell France / Tyler France	45.38	39.08
13	7	Frank Dufour / Marc-Antoine Dufour	45.66	37.7
14	14	Jordan Goodfellow / Marc Cadieux	44.55	37.53
15	13	Peter Riley / Mike Nesbitt	44.02	37.33
16	9	Jim Hache / Ron Lacroix	41.68	36.67
17	17	Jim Bell / Gary McQuillan	36.3	36.3
18	2	Trevor Sinnett / Peter Barber	42.91	36.09
19	8	Tim Thompson / Rob Lafleur	39.91	35.86
20	1	Steve Olthof / Jordan Palleck	33.75	33.75
21	11	Jake Hartley / Spencer Martin	33.44	28.86
22	18	Matt Pigeon / Richard Bergeron	22.41	22.41

Date	Event	Venue
2025-06-21 07:00:56June 21, 2025	2025 Event 1 - Newboro Lake	Newboro Town Launch
2025-07-05 07:00:45July 5, 2025	2025 Event 2 - White Lake	Waba Museum Launch
2025-07-19 07:00:12July 19, 2025	2025 Event 3 - Ottawa River	Rockland Town Launch
2025-08-02 07:00:26August 2, 2025	2025 Event 4 - Mississippi Lake	Carleton Place Town Launch
2025-08-16 07:00:36August 16, 2025	2025 Event 5 - Muskrat Lake	Cobden Town Launch
2025-08-30 07:00:40August 30, 2025	2025 Event 6 - Big Rideau Lake	Rideau Ferry Conservation Launch
2025-09-13 07:00:34September 13, 2025	2025 Classic (Day 1) - Newboro Lake	Newboro Town Launch
2025-09-14 07:00:33September 14, 2025	2025 Classic (Day 2) - Newboro Lake	Newboro Town Launch