Classic Vote – completed!
As per an earlier announcement, there was a vote held at Event 1 for the location of the Classic. The choices were: Mississippi Lake, White Lake, and Big Rideau Lake.
The winner is: Big Rideau Lake.
September 14 & 15, 2013. See you there.
Mississippi Lake Results
The first event of the 2013 BAA season was held on Mississippi Lake, June 22, 2013.
Congratulations to Tim and Carl Boileau for taking 1st place with a 15.33 lb bag of fish!
And a congratulations go out to Micheline and Donald Albert for catching a 5.06lb largemouth for the Big Fish prize of the day.
The full results can be seen below:
| Event 1 Rank | Team # | Team Members | # of Fish | Weight | Big Fish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 | Tim Boileau / Carl Boileau | 5 | 15.33 | 0 |
| 2 | 24 | Steven Maclennan / Eric Riley | 5 | 15.31 | 0 |
| 3 | 5 | Trent Gill / Dan Faubert | 5 | 15.04 | 4.49 |
| 4 | 23 | Steve Cox / Steve Mihorean | 5 | 14.71 | 3.84 |
| 5 | 14 | Codie Lonsberry / Justin Henriquez | 5 | 14.60 | 0 |
| 6 | 25 | Anthony Falzon / Marty Burrows | 5 | 14.47 | 0 |
| 7 | 10 | Darren Lariviere / Geoff Mayotte | 5 | 14.15 | 0 |
| 8 | 30 | Rick Dolgowicz / Randy Stoddard | 5 | 13.75 | 0 |
| 9 | 13 | Donald Albert / Micheline Albert | 5 | 13.73 | 5.06 *BF Winner* |
| 10 | 9 | Ron Lacroix / Jim Hache | 5 | 13.40 | 3.85 |
| 11 | 15 | Claude Lefebvre / Deanna Lefebvre | 5 | 13.32 | 0 |
| 12 | 29 | Chad McNamara / Mike Shadoue | 5 | 13.00 | 0 |
| 13 | 27 | Paul Laforest / France Paiement | 5 | 12.95 | 0 |
| 14 | 19 | Pierre Leduc / Howard Macdonald | 5 | 12.76 | 0 |
| 15 | 7 | Scott Turner / Eric Pruys | 5 | 12.67 | 0 |
| 16 | 28 | Patrick Wylie / Jeff Eaton | 5 | 12.65 | 0 |
| 17 | 6 | Kevin Mcphee / John Mcphee | 5 | 12.52 | 0 |
| 18 | 4 | John Bevacqua / Mike Paquin | 5 | 12.34 | 0 |
| 19 | 17 | Gary McQuillan / Jim Bell | 5 | 12.16 | 0 |
| 20 | 2 | Trevor Sinnett / Greg Lehtiniemi | 5 | 11.97 | 0 |
| 21 | 16 | Russell France / Tyler France | 5 | 11.80 | 0 |
| 22 | 18 | Matt Pigeon / David Clow | 5 | 11.77 | 0 |
| 23 | 3 | John Dallaire / Chevy Champagne | 5 | 11.72 | 0 |
| 24 | 11 | Phil Stinson / Chris Gates | 5 | 11.19 | 0 |
| 25 | 21 | James Deszcz / Alex Deszcz | 5 | 11.08 | 0 |
| 26 | 8 | Tim Thompson / Brett Verhey | 5 | 11.02 | 0 |
| 27 | 1 | Peter Barber / Marc Cadieux | 5 | 9.51 | 0 |
| 28 | 12 | Rejean Decarie / Lou Cappelo | 5 | 9.14 | 0 |
| 29 | 20 | Andy Dafoe / Jason Kluver | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 29 | 26 | Withdrawn | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Total | 358.06 | ||||
| Average / Team | 11.94 | ||||
| Average / Fish | 2.56 |
2013 1st Event Blastoff Order
The following blastoff order was generated using random.org. This will be the order of blastoff for Event #1 on Mississippi Lake (Carleton Place Town Launch).
| Team Number | Team Members | Blastoff Number |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Mcphee / Mcphee | Early |
| 15 | Lefebvre / Lefebvre | Early |
| 4 | Bevacqua / Paquin | 1 |
| 3 | Dallaire / Champagne | 2 |
| 7 | Turner / Pruys | 3 |
| 19 | Leduc / Macdonald | 4 |
| 14 | Lonsberry / Henriquez | 5 |
| 23 | Cox / Mihorean | 6 |
| 21 | Deszcz / Deszcz | 7 |
| 8 | Thompson / Verhey | 8 |
| 5 | Gill / Faubert | 9 |
| 13 | Albert / Albert | 10 |
| 11 | Stinson / Gates | 11 |
| 30 | Dolgowicz / TBA | 12 |
| 17 | McQuillan / Bell | 13 |
| 24 | Maclennan / Riley | 14 |
| 22 | Boileau / Boileau | 15 |
| 28 | Wylie / Eaton | 16 |
| 10 | Lariviere / Mayotte | 17 |
| 12 | Decarie / Cappelo | 18 |
| 20 | Dafoe / Barbary | 19 |
| 25 | Falzon / TBA | 20 |
| 18 | Pigeon / Clow | 21 |
| 1 | Barber / Cadieux | 22 |
| 26 | Johnson / TBA | 23 |
| 29 | McNamara / Shadoue | 24 |
| 27 | Laforest / Paiement | 25 |
| 9 | Lacroix / Hache | 26 |
| 16 | France / France | 27 |
| 2 | Sinnett / Lehtiniemi | 28 |
2013 Official Teams List
Here is the official list of teams for the 2013 Bass Anglers Association season!
| Team Number | Angler 1 | Angler 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Barber | Marc Cadieux |
| 2 | Trevor Sinnett | Greg Lehtiniemi |
| 3 | John Dallaire | Chevy Champagne |
| 4 | John Bevacqua | Mike Paquin |
| 5 | Trent Gill | Dan Faubert |
| 6 | Kevin Mcphee | John Mcphee |
| 7 | Scott Turner | Eric Pruys |
| 8 | Tim Thompson | Brett Verhey |
| 9 | Ron Lacroix | Jim Hache |
| 10 | Darren Lariviere | Geoff Mayotte |
| 11 | Phil Stinson | Chris Gates |
| 12 | Rejean Decarie | Lou Cappelo |
| 13 | Donald Albert | Micheline Albert |
| 14 | Codie Lonsberry | Justin Henriquez |
| 15 | Claude Lefebvre | Deanna Lefebvre |
| 16 | Russell France | Tyler France |
| 17 | Gary McQuillan | Jim Bell |
| 18 | Matt Pigeon | David Clow |
| 19 | Pierre Leduc | Howard Macdonald |
| 20 | Andy Dafoe | Tyler Barbary |
| 21 | James Deszcz | Alex Deszcz |
| 22 | Tim Boileau | Carl Boileau |
| 23 | Steve Cox | Steve Mihorean |
| 24 | Steven Maclennan | Eric Riley |
| 25 | Anthony Falzon | Melanie Flazon |
| 26 | --- | --- |
| 27 | Paul Laforest | France Paiement |
| 28 | Patrick Wylie | Jeff Eaton |
| 29 | Chad McNamara | Mike Shadoue |
| 30 | Rick Dolgowicz | TBA TBA |
Working on it…
Sorry for the delay in posting the 2013 teams and specifying the launches. We’re working on it. Thanks for your patience.
2013 Rule Book
The current 2013 Rules can be found here: https://www.bassanglersassociation.ca/the-rules
These are subject to change.
2013 Dates
Based upon BAA member feedback, the BAA Executive has decided to extend the BAA season by one event – we will have 6 events plus a two-day classic for 2013. This is to coincide with the MNR deciding to extend the bass season by one week at the beginning (Opening day is now 3rd Saturday in June).
The dates for the 2013 BAA season can be seen below. UPDATE: Waters added. UPDATE #2: Switched two lakes around. Classic TBD.
Non-returning members: Please contact us (link at top of page) and let us know if you are not returning, as we have a waiting list for the 2013 season! Thanks.
| Date | Waters |
|---|---|
| Saturday June 22 | Mississippi Lake (Carleton Place Town Launch) |
| Saturday July 6 | White Lake (Town Launch / Museum) |
| Saturday July 20 | Ottawa River (Rockland) ***NOTE: Potluck BBQ after this event!!*** |
| Saturday August 3 | Rideau River (Kilmarnock) |
| Saturday August 17 | Big Rideau Lake (Rideau Ferry - Conservation Launch) |
| Saturday August 31 | Muskrat Lake |
| September 14 & 15 | Big Rideau Lake (Rideau Ferry - Conservation Launch) |
2012 Classic Pictures
Thanks for Donald and Micheline Albert for taking some great pics of the event! Please take a look…
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 |