WHAT:
Major League Fishing (MLF) has issued a severe weather delay for the Group B Day 2 Qualifying Round at the General Tire Stage Five on Watts Bar Lake Presented by Covercraft in Spring City, Tennessee due to lightning in the area.

WHEN:
Tuesday, June 7, 2022
Takeoff: Postponed until further notice.

WHERE:
Watts Bar Lake
Spring City Boat Ramp
417 Toestring Valley Road
Spring City, Tennessee

NOTES:
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“The safety of our anglers and their families, competition officials, camera operators and MLF staff is our number one priority,” said Aaron Beshears, MLF Tournament Director. “Weather Operations is expecting lightning in the area for the next two to three hours and isolated storms are also expected throughout the day, which may incur additional delays. We will attempt to complete the 8-hour competition day, however, if extended delays occur, the cutoff time for finishing out the competition day will be 6:30 p.m.”

The six-day event, hosted by Fish Dayton, the Rhea County Economic Tourism Council and Spring City, Tennessee, showcases 80 of the top professional bass-fishing anglers in the world competing for a total purse of $805,000, including a top cash prize of $100,000 to the winner.

The 40 Anglers in Group A competed in their two-day qualifying round on Saturday and Monday – the 40 anglers in Group B competed on Sunday and will resume competition on Tuesday. After each two-day qualifying round is complete, the anglers that finish in 2nd through 20th place from both groups advance to Wednesday’s Knockout Round, while the winner of each group advances directly to Thursday’s Championship Round. In the Knockout Round, weights are zeroed, and the remaining 38 anglers compete to finish in the top 8 to advance to the Championship Round. In the final day Championship Round, weights are zeroed, and the highest one-day total wins the top prize of $100,000.

In addition to millions of dollars in cash prizes, 2022 Bass Pro Tour anglers are vying for valuable points in hopes of qualifying for the 2023 General Tire Heavy Hitters All-Star event and REDCREST 2023, the world championship of professional bass fishing.

For complete details and up-to-date tournament information visit MajorLeagueFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow MLF’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter,  Instagram and  YouTube.