Carolinas Bass Challenge Championship could be financial bonanza for anglers
Paybacks in the inaugural year of the Carolinas Bass Challenge have been outstanding and the total cash prize awarded in the CBC Championship on Kerr Reservoir on Oct. 27 could well exceed $80,000, according to tournament director Brett Collins.
“First place at the championship will take home a new ZX200 Skeeter/Yamaha SHO valued at $44,000 and more than 100 percent of the entry fees for the championship will be paid back to the rest of the field,” he said. The winning team will also receive two Cashion Rods valued at $200 each.
“This was a very good first year for the CBC,” Collins said. “At the conclusion of the Kerr championship we will ave paid back more than $400,000 in cash and awarded three brand new Skeeter/Yamaha boat packages.”
Collins said the series that pits top anglers from South Carolina against those from North Carolina in a showdown at the end of the season has average more than 130 teams at each tournament and paid back more than 100 percent of entry fees.
“We also fed the anglers at each event,” he added.
At the championship big fish winners will take home $1,000 in cash and another $1,000 will go to the lucky angler who participates in the Skeeter demo rides at Nutbush Ramp Thursday through Saturday and has his name drawn.
“At the championship and at all of the CBC events of the entire 2013 season we will award $5,000 to the highest placing Skeeter/Yamaha owner which means someone could finish 10th and still take home a big chunk of cash,” Collins said.
He said former B.A.S.S. pro and television fishing personality Fish Fishburne will be a special guest at the championship weigh-in Saturday, Oct. 27.
“I think it will take anywhere form 14 to 17 pounds to win the championship,” Collins said. The water level is down 5 to 6 feet. I think it will be won with a crankbait, probably a square-billed crankbait.”
Collins said 192 teams have qualified for the championship. A list of eligible team is posted at www.carolinacatt.com.
Entry fee for the championship is $200, but teams cannot pay entry fees online for the championship, he said. Teams can pay at the ramp the day of the event or at the meeting the night before. Monday, Oct. 22, is the deadline for mail in entries. For details, check the Carolinas Bass Challenge website: www.carolinasbasschallenge.com
The 2013 CBC schedule is posted on the website and Collins said he will start taking payments for next year’s tournaments soon. The 2013 championship will be held on South Carolina’s Lake Murray Oct. 25-26 of next year.
“From the feedback we’ve got, it looks like we will have a much larger crowd next year,” he said.
Carolinas Bass Challenge Championship
North Carolina & South Carolina Divisions
Sat, Oct 27, 2012
Kerr / Buggs Island Lake
Satterwhite Point Public Access
Call Brett Collins 803-413-7521
www.carolinasbasschallenge.com
