Field & Stream: The Biggest Bass Fishing Tournament Ever Is About to Begin
Field & Stream has a new look at The Champions, calling it the biggest bass fishing tournament ever as 62 anglers take to Old Hickory Lake near Nashville this week. Writer Shaye Baker zeroes in on the record $3.25 million purse — including $1.25 million for the champion — and the zero-entry-fee format that has Team Stars and Team Stripes locked in for individual titles and the Champions Cup.
Beyond the water, the piece highlights the full Champions Week experience: the 150,000-square-foot expo, WBE Concert 250 with Riley Green and Randy Houser, the three-day fan festival at Sanders Ferry Park, and pay-per-view access with sweepstakes prizes and a donation to the Children’s Cancer Research Fund. WBE Founder and CEO Brian Bird and captains Trey McKinney and Zack Birge share why the field is so fired up. As McKinney put it, with no points on the line and no expenses out of pocket, anglers will be “just honestly swinging for the fence.”
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