As far as I know, the schedules will be coming very soon. There are some rules that are being looked at. One is the shared weight. I beleive this may go by the wayside. I also think the tournaments will be on Saturday.
The ABA local tournaments will not change at all, they will still be run by the local directors. The BASS weekend series will be run by ABA personel. To fish the BASS weekend tournament both BASS and ABA membership will be required. There is more information on the ABA website.
Mark, I too would hope that this part of Kentucky is included in the BASS weekend series, maybe one that would include the Ohio River.
Will post more information as it becomes available.
For those interested, my next ABA tournament is on Lake Cumberland, Conley Bottoms on Dec. 2, 2006. This would be a good time to come out and check out what the ABA is all about.
George Salov