We're Back!

The Bounty Team is back from the Bassmaster Classic and we are more JUICED UP than an innocent Roger Clemens!

Why you ask?

Because more and more people are talking about BountyFishing. There’s a wave of BountyMomentum building. Just about everyone we ran into at the Classic event was crazy about the site. We got great feedback from all kinds of folks we met at the show: spectators from all over the country, members of the media, and pros like Iaconelli, Hartwell, Martens, and others. For the sake of our BountyFishing members, let’s just hope they don’t decide to enter any tournaments. More about the Classic below.

But for now just brace yourselves, it’s time for the news...

Latest Tournament Results

Congratulations to our latest tournament winners! Lots of drama as FloridaBassKing (aka Bruce Aldrich) comes through with a late Sunday posting to win it at the deadline by almost 3” in our Week 22 Largemouth tournament.

Other very satisfied gentlemen listed below.

Walleye - Week 20 (Feb 4-Feb 10)

Cory Pratt (Manitoba, CA) $1000 32.50”
Ken Cudmore (Manitoba, CA) $300 31.75”
Aaron Kozyra (Manitoba, CA) $200 30.50”
Aaron Wiebe (Manitoba, CA) $100
Greg Amiel (Manitoba, CA) $50

scuba (aka Cory Pratt) is all smiles with his top prize Walleye

Crappie - Week 21 (Feb 11-Feb 17)

Greg Griffin (North Carolina, USA) $1000 16.63”
Aaron Wiebe (Ontario, CA) $300 15.44”
Denis Barnard (Ontario, CA) $200 15.04”
Richard Fountain (Mississippi, USA) $100
David Griffin (North Carolina, USA) $50

Largemouth - Week 22 (Feb 18-Feb 24)

Bruce Aldrich (Florida, USA) $1000 26.08”
Michael Clark (Florida, USA) $300 23.21”
Tim Land (Florida, USA) $200 22.88”
Scott Sampson (Florida, USA) $100
Jeff Eber (Florida, USA) $50

Yellow Perch - Week 23 (Feb 25-Mar 2)

Greg Amiel (Ontario, CA) $1000 13.59"
Jon Chapman (Illinois, USA) $300 13.34"
Merv Bowerman (Ontario, CA) $200 13.09"
Chad Mcneilly (Ontario, CA) $100
Gregory L. Chapman (Illinois, USA) $50

View the winners for any tournament here

In an effort to level the Largemouth playing field for those of you outside of Florida, Largemounth regional tournaments are coming soon to BountyFishing.com
Bounty Sponsors WBT Pro Angler Marcia Rubin

We’re proud to announce our affiliation with WBT Pro Marcia Rubin. Marcia’s in her second WBT season and just scored another top 10 finish at the Classic. Win or lose, this woman is the class of the Women’s Bass Tour field, and we’re certain she’ll be a great ambassador for BountyFishing. She’s passionate about sport fishing, she’s got a strong online presence and a large network of avid anglers she corresponds with regularly.

Marcia speaks to ESPN

You can also look forward to her contributions to the site in the coming weeks.

Bassmaster Classic

BountyFishing had all access at the Bassmaster Classic in Greenville, SC. We chatted with Ray Scott, legendary founder of B.A.S.S. We talked fishing with the world’s best pros. We had the BountyGirls signing up members and handing out stickers by the thousands. All in all, there was a BountyFishing buzz that had people taking notice – people like Mike Iaconelli, whose jaw dropped when told about the 20 yr old angler on BountyFishing.com who’s won almost $25,000 in the last 8 months.

(left to right) Iaconelli, Rubin and BountyFishing Founder Richard Shafter

(left to right) BountyFishing Founder Richard Shafter and Kevin Van Dam

Bassmaster Classic

Tell-A-Friend WINNER

Any friend of yours is a friend of BountyFishing.com. Make it so and win a $100 Bass Pro Shop Card with our tell-a-friend program.

More members = more tournaments and more prize money

Help us raise the awareness of the site and share the benefits!

Congrats to our February 2008 Tell-a-friend winner: Peter Natev

It’s FREE to compete in the BountyRecords Challenge

We’re opening the BountyRecords Challenge again on March 10.

Here’s how it works:

Before you go fishing, retrieve a computer generated BountyCode from the BountyFishing website. The BountyCode is valid only for the week it is issued.

This BountyCode will be used to verify your catch and MUST be visible in your photo of "Fish with Ruler". [see Official BountyRecords Rules]

Email your photos to records@bountyfishing.com prior to the close of the weekly BountyRecord competition - midnight on Sunday. Check the BountyRecords page for the Bounty (prize money) available for each species.

At the end of each week, BountyFishing will validate all of the week's submissions and determine if the previous BountyRecord has been broken. If your fish establishes a new record, the Bounty for that species is yours and we will reset the amount. For any species whose record was not broken in the previous week, BountyFishing may add even more money to the available Bounty. Remember to answer all the questions in the email when submitting your catch.

Spring 2008 Tournament Schedule

Our spring tournament schedule is ready! Check it here!


Until next time! - The BF Team

Have a great week out on the water. Good luck to all our members and we hope that next week’s bounty is yours!

If there is anything you would like added we would like to hear you suggestions. Please send your comments to: info@BountyFishing.com

The BountyFishing Team