Independent Tackle Pro Staffer Qualifies for Bassmaster Weekend Series Southern Regional Championship
We are pleased to announce that our Pro Staff member: Lee Hillman has qualified for the Bassmaster Weekend Series Southern Regional Championship. This is one step closer to qualifying for the Bassmaster Classic in February of 2011. Lee will be competing against some of the best fishermen from across Alabama, Louisiana, Florida and Georgia. The tournament changed venues from the Tensaw Delta in Mobile, Ala., to Lake Seminole in Bainbridge, Ga. due to the possible problems with the oil disaster in the gulf.
Here are more details from the American Bass Anglers Press Release:
The event will be held Oct. 15-16 out of the Earle May Boat Basin Park in Bainbridge. The top anglers in the BWS Southern Regional Division will launch at safe light each competition day. Open to the public, the weigh-in will be held at 3 p.m. at the park each day. Angler registration will be held from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Oct. 14 on the main stage area of Earle May Boat Basin Park.
“The City of Bainbridge is well prepared for this event,” said Chris Hobby, Bainbridge city manager. “As part of Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue’s ‘Go Fish Georgia’ initiative, the city is the recipient of mega-ramps being built at the Earle May Boat Basin, which includes three new multi-lane boat ramps. The current project schedule calls for the ramps to be ready for use by Oct. 1, just in time to host the Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Weekend Series Regional Championship.”
Anglers can fish any waters in the 37,500-acre Lake Seminole, which straddles the Georgia-Florida line. The Chattahoochee River forms part of the Georgia-Alabama line and feeds into Lake Seminole from the northwest. The Flint River runs up through Georgia to the northeast. Several major creeks also enter the fertile system.
The lake can produce double-digit largemouth bass. Standing timber dominates about one-third of the lake. Lily pads, grass beds, humps, natural springs, hard-bottom flats and deep channels provide more places for bass to hunt.
Location: Earle May Boat Basin, 801 W. Shotwell St, Bainbridge, GA 39819
Thursday, Oct. 14 Registration -
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Main Stage / Earle May Boat Basin Park – 4:00pm-6:30pm
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Safety Briefing and Pairings Meeting – Main Stage / Earle May Boat Basin Park – 7:00pm
Friday, Oct. 15
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Tournament Launch – Safe Light
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Weigh-in- Bassmaster Stage 3:00pm
Saturday, Oct. 16
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Tournament Launch – Safe Light
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Weigh-in – Bassmaster Stage – 3:00pm
Congratulations Lee! We’ll all be pulling for you.
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