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PAA officially details $1,000,000 Toyota Texas Bass Classic
February 15, 2007The first annual Toyota Texas Bass Classic featuring a $1,000,000 purse to qualifying PAA members, will highlight a unique team concept, including a size-specific live weigh-in for the contest set for April 13-15, 2007 on Lake Fork.
Specially formatted for national television coverages, the tournament field will be broken into “four-man” teams randomly drawn from among the 160 entrants. The tournament format features two, 4-hour halves of competition each day, where two members of each team will fish the morning or first half, while the other two team members fish the second half, in the boats of their choice.
Sandwiched between the two competitive periods will be a strategy session, also televised, where teams will make adjustments in order to maximize their afternoon catch. This format will be in operation all three days of the event, however, on the final day, only the five highest scoring teams will still be competing.
The scoring will be done on-the-water. The length of the fish will be measured and then converted into poundage, using a converion scale created by the Texas Wildlife Staff. There will be a trained official in each boat who will measure the fish and will record their weight. Each angler will be allowed to tally their 5 “biggest” fish per session. Each angler is only allowed 1 fish over 24 inches, in the livewell at anytime.
A live weigh-in will also be held for one big bass (over 24 inches in length as allowed) by each angler for each half during the first two days of competition in order to showcase this prize fishery developed the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. A Big Bass Champion will be crowned at the end of the first four sessions.
Toyota, with its factory in San Antonio producing the popular and powerful Tundra, is funding the event, making it possible for every contestant to earn a check in the Toyota Texas Bass Classic, without paying any entry fee. The relationship between Toyota and Texas bass fishing is unmistakable, with Toyota being the official vehicle of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation.
