
Madtown Bass Club and Kelley's Marine Service are bringing you the annual Monona Big Bass Bash! Get ready to launch on south central Wisconsin's best trophy largemouth and smallmouth lake. Together we're going to make May 22nd, 2021 the biggest event to ever hit Lake Monona. 73 boats is the cap. Let's hit it!
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Tournament Format
Each hour of the eight-hour tournament will be separated by a weigh-in with ONE check written per hour to the boat that brings in the biggest largemouth or smallmouth bass!
If an angler or his partner catches a legal (>18") largemouth and/or smallmouth bass the TEAM is able to return to the tournament headquarters to weigh-in said fish. Tournament committee members will weigh and release the fish. Anglers can then return to the water to attempt catching another legal fish. Fish weighed-in by a team during an hourly session can be upgraded at the scales within the same hour of fishing if they would like. A team can return to the weigh-in site at any time to weigh a fish, but teams are not required to return to headquarters after each hourly session has concluded. No more than one fish per angler may be in the livewell at any time. However, culling is permitted. Teams do not have to consist of two anglers. An angler can fish alone. A legal fish is allowed to be caught on the water in an hour's session and weighed in during another hour’s fishing session but that fish can’t be weighed in more than once.
Teams are allowed to call the tournament director at the weigh-in and ask what the current weight standing is prior to weighing in their fish. The tournament director’s number will be provided prior to take-off.
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Payouts
13% of the total pot will be awarded to the team that catches the overall biggest largemouth OR smallmouth bass of the tournament
9% of the total pot will be awarded to the biggest largemouth OR smallmouth bass of each hourly session
Prizes for each hourly session and the grand prize winner will be awarded after the tournament has concluded. A team can win multiple sessions throughout the day.
$9,880
AWARDED
*Prize money is based on a full field of 73 entries
9% Session #1: $1046
9% Session #2: $1046
9% Session #3: $1046
9% Session #4: $1046
9% Session #5: $1046
9% Session #6: $1046
9% Session #7: $1046
9% Session #8: $1046
13% OVERALL BIGGEST BASS $1,512
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Entry and Take Off
$160 entry fee with 85% payback
6:00am-2:00pm
Olbrich Park Boat Launch
Madison, WI
Registration will begin at 4:30 am
Pre-tournament meeting will begin at 5:45 am
Teams must be present at the mandatory 5:45am pre-tournament meeting or face team disqualification
Entries limited to the first 73 boats