Great interest has been expressed by anglers and fans for a Women's Professional Bass Fishing Trail since the announcement on Monday, January 4, 2010 that our tour had been eliminated. There have also been groups who are inquiring about organizing and running a trail for women. So much so, my head has been swimming. If we want a tournament trail that provides us an avenue to fish professionally, grow and nurture those ladies with interest, provide future generations with these opportunities, ...we need to step back and as a collective group make some decisions that will lay a strong and lasting foundation.

There will be a Women's Tournament on Kentucky Lake in May open to all interested ladies with two divisions; a Professional and a Co-Angler  We looked at our original tour dates for June, however, the Elite Series is fishing that week out of Paris Landing. Efforts to get publicity for us during the same time frame would not work in our favor.

Kentucky lake was chosen for support, access and financial reasons. The Moors Resort and Marina is going to provide us with a meeting room, at no charge, for all pre-tournament activities. This room will also be utilized before and after the tournament to map out our future. The Moors Resort and Marina will also provide discounts on room reservations for anglers participating in this tournament The Sportsmen's Edge, is the local Triton boat dealer. They are providing us with all of the things we need for running the tournament including trailer, weigh scales, etc. Both of these groups are doing so for advertising privileges and to show their support women in fishing!

I will post links on this page with all of the information related to this event. This will include a profile of the tournament director for this event as well as entry fees, payouts, and accommodations information as soon as possible.

TRAIL PREPARATION DIARY One of the biggest hurdles we are facing is getting information to people about all of the conversations and things that are going on. We will be posting a log of events to try and keep everyone as much in the loop as possible.  (Updated 5-2-10)

For more information about this event, please contact one of the following:

Secret York      (270)-748-9041     secret.york@mchsi.com

Cheryl Bowden (214) 738-7518     cbowden1212@tx.rr.com

PROMOTIONAL FLYER- Download and use the promotional flyer to build support and get the word out to anglers and potential sponsors. Updated 4-9-10

Women's Tournament Trail Fact Finding Survey (follow link)

Any women, who have not already completed a survey may do so. We now have the survey set up electronically.

Tournament Director- Lynn Wilson (Follow link for info) Posted 1-15-10
Operations Manager- Bill Thompson (Follow link for info) Posted 2-12-10
Survey Results (Coming Soon)

Entry Form  (Now Available) Posted 1-25-10
Paying by check or cashiers check saves $19.50 on a $650 charge and $10.50 on a $350 charge. This helps keep our overall expenses down and increases money back into the payouts.

Tournament Rules (Now Available) 3-21-10

Registration and Accommodations Information (Now Available) Updated 1-22-10

Payouts (Now Available) Updated 1-23-10

The basic schedule will be as follows and is subject to adjustments: Adjustment made 1-24-10

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

OFF-LIMITS

**10:00 A.M. Registration at The Moors Resort.**         570 Moors Road, Gilbertsville, KY  42044

11:00- 12:00 Lunch  (We may have a partial sponsor for this meal, but nothing is confirmed.  We are open to additional assistance in finding a sponsor or having each lady pay $5-10 each for a catered meal.) Please contact Secret York at 270-748-9041.

12:00 Introduction of the Tournament Director along with Registration/Pairings

Immediately Following Pairings: Organizational Planning Meeting
Open to all ladies and set aside for us to come together and collectively decide how we want to approach our future as women who want to fish competitively along side other women.

Assistance will be needed to run some portions of the tournament which may include live well checks, kill switch checks, checking boat flights in, checking and measuring fish and releasing fish. Anyone who travels with you and who can assist with these tasks is welcomed and appreciated. The tournament director will make all of the choices and decisions on the assignments.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

DAY ONE

Take-Off--- Safe Light

Check-In  TBA

Friday, May 7, 2010

DAY TWO- FINAL DAY

Take-Off-- Safe Light

Check-In TBA

Friday, May 7, 2010 OR Saturday, May 8, 2010

Second Organizational Meeting 1-2 hours in length.