IBF Report
Indiana Bass FederationThe Indiana Bass Federation recognized three northern clubs at their annual state membership meeting during the Indianapolis Boat, Sport, and Travel Show.
The Potato Creek Bass Club, St. Joe Valley Bassmasters and Angola Hawg Hunters won top honors.
The Potato Creek club, made up of members from the counties of St Joseph Marshall, Elkhart and LaPorte, was named the 2018 IBF Club of the Year for several activities they supported during 2018.
The club donated money to a family for materials and helped them tear out dry wall that was damaged in the February floods. They also sponsored a hole at a charity golf scramble put on by the Bremen Post of the Indiana State Police to benefit State Police Officers and their families that are suffering life threatening illnesses.
Other activities included: donating money to help cover expenses for a youth pheasant hunt conducted by the Elkhart County Pheasants Forever; conducted a kids casting event in which 125 kids casted from the front deck of a mock up boat; donated two rods and reels to the Bremen Conservation Club as door prizes at its annual ice fishing derby to benefit the Bremen Boys and Girls club; served as boat captains at two Ball State Bass Club tournaments; and donated $250 raised at a charity bass tournament to benefit a young boy suffering from cancer.
The South Bend- based St. Joe Valley Bass Masters won the Youth Award for their 42nd Kids Fishing Derby at Potato Creek State Park. Approximately 125 kids participated this year. Hot dogs, chips and soda were given to the kids and their parents and prizes were given away to the top five youngsters in three age groups of boys and girls.
In addition, the club participated in the St Joseph County Sheriff Department’s Crime Night Out. It is an opportunity for the public to enjoy some free food and let youth interact with law enforcement and businesses in an effort to help support crime prevention. The Angola Hawg Hunters were named the Community Service Award winner for conducting a benefit bass tournament that raised $7,000 for the family of the young boy suffering from Neuroblastoma, an extremely rare type of cancer that forms in certain types of nerve tissue.