Sealy Big Bass Splash

Here is a piece that I wrote about the Sealy Big Bass Splash event at Lake Fork in Texas for our Okuma Fishing Tackle blog.  I had the opportunity to fish in this event, and even won a little money.

Dave

Sealy Big Bass Splash

Every angler dreams of the opportunity to go out fishing, catch a big largemouth, and walk away with a paycheck.  We’ve all grown up watching the bass pro’s holding the giant paper check up over their head.  Now there is a tournament series for the every day fisherman.  The Sealy Big Bass Splash series is just that.  It is an amateur fishing tournament series that takes place all over the south and affords the everyday anglers the opportunity to win some money for doing what they love.  The Sealy events attract anywhere from 1,000 to 3,000 anglers per event.  The events will be going into their 30th  year this year, and plan to have a giant 30^th anniversary event at Lake Sam Rayburn in April 2014. 

Then event itself has a great pay schedule that allows everyone a chance to with great cash and prizes.  Some of the top prizes include trucks, boats, and big paychecks. 

The check-in takes place the day prior and run right through the night.

 

Once all of the anglers finally get checked in, they get out on the water and catch fish.  There are hourly prizes that in some events, start as far down as 12’th place.  It doesn’t always take a big fish to win some hourly money either.  Dave Brown from Okuma fished the Lake Fork Texas event in September, and netted a 5^th place hourly fish taking home a nice little $600 check for a whopping 2.12 pounder.

 

Some of the hourly winning fish were even smaller than Dave’s little guy, and netted themselves $1,000. 

Once the fishing comes to an end, there is a great finale event with raffle prizes and big checks being given out.  You don’t even have to enter to win.  In fact, at next years 30^th anniversary event, the plan is to give out 25-30 Dodge or Toyota trucks as prizes.  Well over $1,000,000 in cash and prizes will leave the event that weekend. 

There are many great sponsors that attend the event, and Okuma is one of them.  For the 2013 series, Okuma stepped up and offered up an additional $10,000 if you happened to catch your fish on one of a few select Okuma items. 

The next event is at Lake Ouachita in Arkansas on Oct 12 and 13^th.  Will you be there to hold that big check over your head, or perhaps drive home a new truck and boat? 

Next years schedule is up and fisherman are getting excited.  Stop by the Sealy Big Bass Splash website for all the details. 

http://sealyoutdoors.com/

Happy Fishing!
Dave

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