Home Lake – Smithville Lake in Northwest Missouri
Lakes Covered - Smithville Lake, Truman Lake, Pomme de Terre Lake, and the Lake of the Ozarks
Membership – Open to anyone age 16 or older, boater or non-boater, no experience necessary!
Fees - $25.00 yearly dues, $30.00 tournament entry fee per person for each tournament, optional big bass pot for $5.00.
Affiliation - Central States Bass Association is NOT an affiliated club.
Meetings – Club meetings are held at 7:00 PM on the first Tuesday of every month at Dirk's Sports Bar. Dirk's is located at 8125 N.W. Prairie View Road in the northland in Kansas City. Raffle tickets are sold during each meeting to raise additional money for the club, and to allow club members in attendance to win prizes. Prizes are purchased prior to the meeting at Roger's Sporting Goods and include fishing tackle and sometimes rods and reels. It's a great time with a great bunch of guys who love to fish! Come on out and give it a try, you might really enjoy fishing with us!
Tournaments – There are 8 regular monthly tournaments held from March through October with a year end Tournament of Champions. The March and July tournaments are 2-day buddy tournaments (one member of each team must be a club member) and the other 6 tournaments are one day draw tournaments. The top 3 places in each tournament receive cash. For each tournament, 90% of the entry fees are paid back to the top 3 fishermen, and 10% is held back for the Tournament of Champions fund. If the tournament is sponsored, then the 4th place and below choose from prizes purchased with the sponsor money (usually 4th through 7th or 8th place get prizes). We have optional side pots for Boater and Non-Boater Big Bass which is $5.00 per person per day, winners take all.
Sponsorship – CSBA is always looking for tournament sponsors. The cost to sponsor a tournament is $200.00. The sponsor receives club membership for the year, one paid entry fee for the sponsored tournament (boater or non-boater), a first place take-off number for the tournament sponsored, and an invitation to address the club at the pre-tournament meeting to discuss your business, products, services, etc. The tournament sponsor is also recognized on this page and everywhere our tournament results are posted (KC Star, 7/24 Outdoors, etc.). Tournament sponsors also get the opportunity to interact with many potential clients on the day of the tournament.
For more information, click on the "Contact Us" tab, fill out the form, and click the "Submit" button. A Club member will contact you within 24 hours.