Enter Online Today  -  Lake Fork, Texas Big Bass Splash®

Make plans now to win your share of more than $400,000 in GUARANTEED cash & prizes at the   Annual McDonald’s Big Bass Splash® to be held at Lake Fork Marina on Lake Fork Sep 12-13-14. It will be three days of fishing, family and fun with prizes such as Triton Bass Boats powered by Mercury outboards equipped with   Lowrance Electronics, Minn Kota Trolling Motors and Navionics. WIN Dodge trucks, Hideout Travel Trailers, Bad Boy Buggies plus hourly cash prizes, & MORE! Join us for the fun and     festivities and check out the sponsor displays and vendor exhibits.

Twelve places will be paid in CASH each hour for the twelve heaviest bass brought to the scales that hour! You can also win in the Exact Weight Boat contest, Elimination Drawing, Early Bird Drawings, or Open Drawing. Children ages up to twelve may participate in the Little Anglers Division and win Academy gift cards and certificates for their winning catches of bass, bream, crappie, or catfish.

Billy Moore Wins 1st Annual Big Catfish Splash on Toledo Bend Reservoir, Louisiana with 41.55-pound Catfish

Many, Louisiana (Cypress Bend Park)- Sealy Outdoors held the 1^st Annual Big Catfish Splash® this past weekend, August 9 & 10 at Cypress Bend Park on Lake Toledo Bend Reservoir.  180 anglers came from Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Mississippi to win their share of the $60,000 Guaranteed in Cash & Prizes.  Five places every hour were paid to the top 5 heaviest catfish weighed in.

 On the final day and final hour of the tournament Bill Powell had thought he had 1^st place overall secured with his 15.76 catfish until Billy Moore of Center, Texas surprised everyone as he rushed to the weigh in with net and catfish in hand.  Bob Sealy, Tournament Director, was amazed with the size of the catfish and his words were “I think we are going to need a bigger basket”. Billy brought his catfish to the official scales where it tipped a Catfish Splash record of 41.55 pounds and netted him $500 for first place of the hour.  In addition this landed him 1^st Place Overall taking home a Triton Aluminum Boat and Trailer powered by a 25 Hp Mercury.

 Bill Powell of Marthaville, LA, with his 15.76 Catfish took Second place overall and a check for $2,500.  Third Place and $2,000 was won by Keith Soileau from Noble, LA with a weight of 11.03-pounds. Brenda Latour from Bunkie, Louisiana won 4^th Place and $1,500 with her fish that weighed 10.28-pounds. Rounding out the top Five was Justin Walker of Blue Ridge, Texas weighing in his 6.19 catfish for a total of $1,000.

 Each day of the tournament, the contestant to weigh in the first 5.00 exact weight catfish was to receive $1,000.  On Saturday, David Metcalf of Center, Texas brought his catfish to the weigh in and the crowd watched as the scales hit 5.00.  Sunday, no one weighed in an exact weight, therefore the unclaimed $1,000 was up for grabs in an open drawing at the awards ceremony for all contestants who had entered the tournament.  The lucky winner was Jered Mounger from Princeton, Texas.   

 Marilyn Parker of Zwolle, LA was the winner of the Open Drawing for a 2008 Triton Aluminum Boat amongst all contestants and spectators at the final awards ceremony on Sunday.