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Bass pro big cat quest registration#
The registration cost is $200.00 for a 2 angler team and $250.00 for a 3 angler team. The winner of the Rock Falls, IL Midwest Qualifier has the opportunity to attend the National Tournament in New Madrid, Missouri,-Mississippi River! This two-day tournament stop is open to both amateurs and pro fishers alike. Bring your lawn chairs and enjoy watching the anglers weighing in the biggest catfish of the day. The tournament will weigh-in fish on both Saturday and Sunday beginning at 3:00 p.m. at the Rock Falls riverfront venue. The public is invited and encourage to attend the weigh-in at Osborne Landing, 9530 Osborne Turnpike, Henrico, VA.įor more information, visit the website at, email Ken Freeman at or phone Ken at 73.Share 'Rock Falls Summer Splash & Big Cat Quest 'ĭuring the Bass Pro Shop Big Car Quest teams of two or three anglers will compete in a two-day action packed tournament which has anglers striving to produce a prize winning top 5 fish. The fish don’t have to exert a lot of energy to go out and get those baits.”

“We have a tidal situation here and the first two hours of an incoming, and the last two hours of an outgoing tide can be deadly. “Our fish are big, fat and lazy,” said Garland. One big difference in fishing the James River relates to tide. Most of us guides like to go out and catch bait the same day we are fishing.” Good fresh bait is the most important part of the strategy. Bass Pro Shops Big Cat Quest Tournament to be held in Clarksville Rescheduled Clarksville Montgomery County Convention and Visitors Bureau announces new Board. “I would bait up with the only real bait there is for these Richmond area catfish, and that’s gizzard shad. “I would be using Carolina rigs,” says Garland. The slow part may be difficult tomorrow.” You can set up and let the wind blow you around real slow over deep holes and drop offs for big catfish. “Drifting will also work on these fish if you have a transition tide.

“If I were fishing the tournament, I would be anchored down in a likely spot,” advised Garland. By afternoon it is supposed to die off some.” “The wind is supposed to blow between 18 to 30 miles per hour, so it’s going to be choppy and windy in the morning. “It is going to be windy tomorrow,” said Garland. John “Big John” Garland, operates “Screaming” Reel Fishing Charters on the James River. Anglers will be fishing for $20,000 in cash and prizes.

On Sunday the last payback weigh-in hour is 11:00 to noon. 22, 2016 the last weigh-in will be the 2:00 to 3:00 pm hour. The weigh-ins begin with the 7:00 to 8:00 am hour each day. Four cash prizes will be awarded each hour. It is a tough decision, because in some hours a five-pound fish, or less, will be in the money. Each hour, angers will have to decide whether to bring a fish to the scales and lose some fishing time or simply stay on the water and fish. That payout system creates a new level of strategy to tournament fishing. Meet all of your Fishing, Hunting, Boating & Outdoor needs at the Bass Pro Shops in Ashland, VA. The championship event format includes multiple hourly paybacks. Talking with prefishing anglers indicates a number of different fishing methods could be used on the James River cats. 22 with anglers from several states competing for bragging rights, cash, and prizes. Osbourne Landing, on the James River, will come alive on Oct. John “Big John” Garland, a local James River catfish guide, shows what the weekend may have in store at the BCQ Classic on the James. It may just offer an added challenge because of forecasted winds. This year’s Big Cat Quest is conducting its two-day Classic in VA on the James River. Year ending tournament are always exciting for the anglers.
