2020 Minnesota Junior B.A.S.S. Nation - New Coaches Meeting - Ngin

2020 Minnesota Junior B.A.S.S.
Nation
New Coaches Meeting

New Coaches Agenda
Starting a team

Scheduling your team

Bass Nation website and our site - High School rules

What does a team look like & what can you do with your team?

Fundraising and Sponsorship

Jerseys

Boating requirements - Captain guidelines

What will happen at the 11-1 pm meeting?

Starting a team
The key requirements to form your own high school team include:

1.   A desire and commitment to encourage fishing in your school, recruit members and
     participate in club, state and national events.
2.   A minimum of two (2) interested students entering grades 9-12 and a coach/club advisor. The
     coach/club advisor works with the students and the school for coordination of the meetings
     and activities.
3.   It is recommended that each angler have an active Minnesota DNR Watercraft permit. To
     complete the Minnesota DNR Watercraft permit class please see the following website:
     http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/safety/boatwater/education.html. The course can be completed
     online from home, via home study or by completing a DNR classroom at locations around the
     state. The online option is the recommended method for convenience.
4.   Each member must participate in the designated community service events each year

Scheduling your team
Recommended rough Basic Calendar Outline:

●   January - Informational Meeting
●   February - Registration Meeting
●   March - Jersey
●   April - Tournament Registration
●   May - Team Events
●   June/July - Competition
●   August/September - State Championship
●   September/October - End of Year Celebration

B.A.S.S. Nation and Minnesota Junior B.A.S.S.
B.A.S.S. Membership - Fishing Enthusiast membership

●   B.A.S.S. Number & Bassmaster magazine subscription

B.A.S.S. Nation - Competitive Fishing Membership

●   B.A.S.S. Times magazine subscription & access to Nationwide competitive
    events including insurance coverage

Minnesota Junior B.A.S.S. - Local chapter of competitive events

●   Access to our local Minnesota B.A.S.S. Events

Websites
https://www.bassmaster.com/high-school-bass-fishing

●   National umbrella of rules of sportsmanship and tournaments

www.minnesotajuniorbassnation.com

    Visit the “Starting a Team” page for

     ●   Handbook

Definitions of Anglers
Junior Angler - Entering grades 3-8 in the upcoming fall (2020)

     ●   Eligible to fish Junior Angler events

High School Angler - entering grades 9-12 in the upcoming fall (2020)

     ●   Eligible to fish High School events

Graduate Angler - crossed the stage of graduation at the start of our summer season

     ●   Eligible to fish in our program but unable to advance to State tournament
         due to ineligibility to fish the National championship the next year

What does a team look like & what can you do with your team?

Competition

Your school team is comprised of individual teams or boats

Each team can compete in the 3 localized Conference Tournaments in June/July

A school team is broken into a bunch of two angler teams in a boat

Each two angler team competes in the 3 events to qualify in a point system for State
Tournament.

Fundraising and Sponsorships
Fundraising Options                      Sponsorship
Usual School Fundraising sales
                                         National - Sponsor the Opens
Local tackle company sales/partnership

Team logo wear
                                         State - Sponsor our National
                                         Tournament traveling teams & a
Team “GoFundMe”
                                         few discounts for all teams
Lions Club/Jaycee’s partnership

                                         Local - Your businesses and
                                         tackle sponsors to your team

Jerseys
Who pays? - Fundraising/Sponsors/Participants

What can go on them?

    B.A.S.S. Logos in the correct locations

    State Level Premier/Title Sponsors

    Your Sponsors

Where to get them made?

    Gemini (Grand Rapids), Whatcha Stitchin’ (Blaine), MoveU (Brainerd)

Boat Captains
WHO CAN BE A BOAT CAPTAIN?

 ●   Neighbors, Friends, Family, etc.!
 ●   Anyone ages 18 and older not fishing as a member of a high school team, has a boat, and can drive big motor with
     knowledge of watercraft safety laws and rules in Minnesota.
 ●   All boat captains need to check with their team's coach to go through a background check protocol.

WHO CANNOT BE A BOAT CAPTAIN?

 ●   Employees, officers and directors of B.A.S.S. or its parent, subsidiary, and affiliated companies and members of their
     immediate families (spouse, parents, children and sibling, regardless of where they live).
 ●   Local professional fishing guides.

What about the boat?
All boats must:

●   have an operating livewell with aeration system to keep all bass alive
    throughout the day (checked at morning take-off)
●   have an operating kill switch connected to the boat captain when the big motor
    is in operation (checked at morning take-off)
●   have maximum 250 hp and minimum 16 foot length and power cannot exceed
    Coast Guard maximum limitations.
●   carry a $300,000 minimum liability insurance policy with a copy readily
    available upon random checks at morning check-in.

Boat captains
Recommendation:

Put kids in responsibility of securing their own boat captain, forming the
relationship, and continuing that relationship.

●   It’s their ticket to the water, so have them earn it and have ownership in it.
●   Create a list of interested and available captains for your team and offer it to
    your anglers to have them make the calls.

Encourage the right approach to anglers and
coaches
This should be a competition between the anglers on tournament day.

Anglers should try and create their own gameplans, fish for their own fish, and
compete against the other anglers that way.

Captains should help guide that process, teach corrections, and explore new ideas.

Wildcards
An opportunity outside of angling to reach the State Tournament:

●   Volunteer your team to “host” any conference open tournament
     ○   Bring 10+ volunteers - roughly ⅓ to ½ adults
     ○   Fill the roles to provide an excellent tournament experience for the participants
     ○   Highly recommended to do this for another conference open that is not yours.
     ○   Great opportunity to see a tournament from the execution side.

What will happen at the 11-1 pm meeting?
Conference Layout and Commissioner Selection
Registration process rollout for the 2020 season
State Championship format discussion
Breakout session to select lakes and dates for June/July Conference
tournaments