Fall Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia

Fall Smith Mountain Lake Big Bass Classic - $120,000 Guaranteed Prizes & Payouts

3 DAY EVENT
October 24-26 (Friday-Sunday)

Entry Fee
Three Day $250 | Two Day $165 | One Day $115 | Youth $75 (Entry fees are per angler)

Location
Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia

Weigh-in Site
Mariners Landing, 1217 Graves Harbor Trail, Huddleston, VA 24104

Start fishing time (first cast) will be texted out the week of the tournament.

Click here to see new rules related to forward-facing sonar and angler eligibility.

Guaranteed Overall Grand Prize: $30,000 Cash

Guaranteed Total Hourly Paybacks: $63,525 

1st: $1,000 

2nd: $500 

3rd: $300 

4th: $250 

5th: $225 

6th: $200 

7th: $175 

8th: $150 

9th: $125 

10th: $100 

 

Youth Division Total Payback: $600 

1st: $300 

2nd: $200 

3rd: $100 

Early Entry Rods: $25,000
Abu Garcia 7'0" Medium-Heavy Casting Rod,  Model #JLEEC70-6, Value $99.95

Early entry prizes go to the first 250 two or three-day online entrants. A one-day entry or youth entry is not eligible for an early entry prize.

Early entry promo rods may be picked up on the day listed below or during any tournament day. Please do not call our offices regarding early entry rods. There is a rod counter at the top of each event page. Rods are gone when the counter shows zero. We will post the date the counter goes to zero on the site. *Another angler may pick up your rod for you if you're unable to be present.

Early Entry Prize Pick Up
Thursday, October 23rd, 4-6pm at Mariners Landing, 1217 Graves Harbor Trail, Huddleston, VA 24104.
You may also pick up rods on any of the tournament days.

See the complete Abu Garcia rod line here

Event Registration
Registration for an Event closes at 9:00 p.m. on the Thursday prior to the event's start for a three-day entry. There will be no morning registration on Friday, Saturday and/or Sunday of the Event.  Participants may register online prior to the Event or in person at the designated time above during rod pickup.  Once an event begins, participants who register late online must do so before 9:00 p.m. on Friday and before 6 p.m. on Saturday for the remaining days and must also adhere to the off-limits rules listed in section 6.02.
Click here to see rule 6.02

Text System
You may enter yourself in the text system for this event by texting the word fallsml to the number (833) 933-1717. We will enter your number in the system, but some carriers block this type of message, so by entering your number, this will prevent the chance of being blocked.  Also, if you have previously opted out of our system, you will have to put yourself back in the system by texting the word start to the above phone number. If you opt out we cannot put you back in the system.

**ANDROID USERS**
If you have an android and you aren't receiving texts from us, you will need to search the number (833) 933-1717 in your text app and accept that it is not spam.

Start Time
Due to the varying times of year when we host our tournaments, we will notify everyone of the start time the day before the tournament begins. We will notify you via text message. Start time (first cast) for each tournament will be safe light and set by the tournament director. You may launch and be on the water but you may not begin fishing until we notify you of first cast. Please do not call our offices related to start time. We will post start fishing time on this page and text out the time the week of the event.  You will also be sent a live leaderboard link once the event starts.

Weigh-in Times: All days of the event:
8-9am
9-10am
10-11am
11am-12pm
12-1pm
1-2pm
2-3pm

Fish Size Limits
Largemouth - Smallmouth - Spotted - 14" minimum