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Go to the Michigan BASS Federation Nation Webiste www.michiganbass.net for more information, but here is this years State Team.

2007 State Championship Final Top 13 Anglers

1. TED PRISBE
2. TROY SITAR
3. MIKE NOLAN
4. PETER TULS
5. KENT MILLER
6. RONALD DOWDY
7. BILL GEACH
8. DAVID DEMOTT
9. SHAWN GREEN
10. GARRY WILLIAMS
11. BRIAN FEUTZ
12. ROBERT E. LUTTKE
13. TIM CHANDLER

what did it take to qualify for this event?? 

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You can only fish this by being a member of a Michigan Bass Federation Nation club by a specific roster deadline set forth by MBFN.  Each club has their own way of determining who will represent them at the State Championship.  Our club operates on a place point system, but there are paper clubs out there with the sole purpose of attending the State Championship.

Here is the elegibility requirements from the MBFN website:

Each year the Michigan B.A.S.S. Chapter Federation, Inc. Holds a State Championship to select a twelve (12) man team to represent Michigan in the B.A.S.S. Chapter Divisional Championship Tournament. All affiliated Chapters may send members to the State Championship provided ALL of the following requirements have been met:

A. Each contestant must be a member of B.A.S.S. and the Federation.
Each Chapter may send members to the State Championship based on the following formula:
-Chapters with 6-7 members may send 4 members to the Championship
-Chapters with 8-9 members may send 5 members to the Championship
-Chapters with 10-12 members may send 6 members to the Championship
-Chapters with 13-16 members may send 8 members to the Championship
-Chapters with more than 16 members may send an additional member for every 3 additional members they have. (Example: 19 members send 9, 22 members send 10, etc.)

B. Each Chapter must submit a roster of officers and members of the current year, to the Federation Membership Director by the December President's meeting, to be eligible for the next State Championship. This doesn't apply to new clubs.

C. The members name appears on the roster.

D. The Chapter is in good standing with B.A.S.S. and the Federation.
Revenues from the State Championship, less expenses, will be used to fund Federation programs. The first priority will be to fund the Michigan team to the Regional Tournament, with the minimum acceptable amount being sufficient to pay reasonable and customary expenses of each team member.

E. At year's end the balance in the State Championship fund will be $00.00.

F. Entries must be received on an official entry form or the Chapter is not eligible.

G. Five (5) members of the Chapter to compete for club award have to be designated on entry form.

H. Each club will be responsible to send equal number of boaters and non-boaters.

I. State Championship team size to be determined by number of members on the club roster on record by the April President's Meeting of the year of the State Championship.

J. Each club will be responsible to designate an alternate boater for resolving the pairing problems. Each club will have to designate 50/50 boater/non-boater.

i should also mention that the 2007 Championship was allowed an exception of any angler on a club roster by June 1st, 2007 was eligible to fish.  I doubt we will see this exception again.