American Bass Anglers Georgia Divisions and Couples Trail

20/21 March: D72 will hold back to back 1 day AFT Tournaments. Saturday, 20 March launching out of Sugar Creek Marina on Lake Oconee. Registration time will be 5:00AM – 6:30AM.
awaySunday, Mar 21, we be on Lake Sinclair launching out of Little River Park. Registration time will be 5:00AM – 6:30AM.

27 March: GA Couples will hold its’ next qualifying 1 day on Lake Oconee.
28 March: D12 will hold its’ next 1 Day AFT on Lake Eufaula, going out of Lake Point Marina. Registration will be in front of the Marina Building from 0400-0530, Alabama Time. Weigh-in will be at the Marina at 3:00 PM.

10 April: D99’s will hold its next 1 Day AFT Tournament on West Point going out of Highland Marina.
17 Apr: BWS GA Division will be on Lake Eufaula going out of Lake Point Marina. Registration will be 16 Arp.

BWS: Congratulations to Rick Tilson who won on his first BWS 1 Day on Lake Lanier last Saturday, 13 March 2010. Mike York still leads the point race for GA with Chris Sanders in 2nd place, just 3 points.
D99: Congratulations to Glenn Godson for winning Rick’s 1 Day AFT on West Point last Sunday, 14 March. This moves Glen closer to taking over D99’s AOY Race.
D12: Chris Lynch still leads the AOY race followed by Darrel Ballard. Consistent big bags are being weighed in and should set the stage for the upcoming BWS GA Division and DOD Tournaments.
D72: Barry Stokes leads the D72 AOY race.
DOD Tournament: Remember, the 20th annual Military Team Championship will be held on Lake Eufaula 2-7 May 2010. Registration is open for this Tournament.

Boating Atlanta: Boating Atlanta has a special for ABA Members only. They will install a Water Separator Filter between the gas tank and motor for $106. This is a reduced rate savings of over $50 for our members only. The filter will help protect your motor from Ethanol problems by becoming your first line of mechanical defense.
Ethanol – “Lessons Learned the Hard Way”: Folks, we’ve got a problem. The gas we are putting in our boats will eventually kill our motors if left untreated. The ethanol additive separates from the gas and acts like a sponge for water. This is called Phase Separation. It will then eat the core of fuel lines and cause it to break apart. Not content with just ruining the line, it will slowly start dissolving the pieces and create a goo. Of course the parts, pieces and goo will travel through the line to your fuel filter where eventually it will move to the fuel pump and then to the fuel rails unless it locks up the pump (which will cost you a grand or so) and then you can guess where it goes next. Think what it will do to the gaskets in the older motors. Bottom line, this is not good. The best way to prevent this is to NOT PUT FUEL IN YOUR BOAT WITH ETHONAL IN IT. That means that finding stations that sell non-ethonol. If you know of stations, send Deacon an email (deaconcoll@aol.com) and he will post them on this net. Until then, you MUST protect your engine as much as possible. Keep your tank full to limit condensation, particularly during the upcoming winter months and put Stabile Marine, StarTron, 4 Power, or Sea Foam in your tank EVERY time you put gas in it. Eufaula still has some stations that sell Non-Ethonal Fuel, the Shell across from the Classic Inn, the Texaco across the bridge from Lake Point on 431.
Boats for Sell:

Rick Tilson: 2009 20 X3 Triton w/250 Pro XS - 4 ½ year warranty (404-323-2819)



GEORGIA DIVISION