Bassmaster/Tennessee BASS Nation Team Trail

TBN team championship, September 21-22, XXXXXXXX Lake

$100 per boat, 100% payback

entries due by September 16

ALL Anglers MUST be Paid TBN Members on Tournament Day and must fish in at one of the team qualifier events listed below to be eligible to compete.

TBN Regional Events:

- TBN Team Trail Regional qualifiers $50 per boat, cash at the ramp, 100% payback

East -   

Middle - 12 Apr 2025, Old Hickory-Cedar Creek Marina

West - 

Southern - 7 June 2025, Nickajack-Marion County Park

TBN Sanctioned Qualifying Club/Team Trail Events:  

2024/2025 MCBC Winter Series - Danville Boat Ramp, Kentucky Lake 

email: mcbassclub@gmail.com or visit https://www.facebook.com/mcbassclub 

South Central Tennessee Bassmasters

Nov 29th Black Friday, Woods Reservoir (Coffee County Rescue Squad Toy Drive/Open) 

April 19, 2025, CASA Tournament, Normandy Barton Springs, Open entry fee is $100 per Boat.

POC:  Phillip Petty at 931-636-3149 or email sctnbassnation@gmail.com

We will add more in the coming weeks

  This tournament is open only to current B.A.S.S. members who are also current TN B.A.S.S. Nation Club/Team members, recognized by a sanctioned B.A.S.S. Team Trail partner and 16 years of age or older. Teams must consist of two (2) people. Team members are not interchangeable. Teams qualifying for the Bassmaster Team Championship must consist of the same two (2) anglers that began the season as a team, who has participated in one of the TBN Statewide team qualifiers, Top 5 TBN HS Boats from the TBN HS State Open Trail or Team Qualifying Events as listed.  TBN reserves the ability to add events as clubs schedule qualifying events, exceptions in case of an emergency may be granted with permission from the Tournament Director.  However, full-time 2024/25 Bassmaster Elite Series or 2024/25 MLF BPT/Pro Circuit Tour or 2025 NPFL pros, employees, officers and directors of B.A.S.S. or its parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies and members of their immediate families (spouse, parents, children, and siblings, regardless of where they live) are ineligible. Any candidate for competition who, in the judgment of the Tournament Director, is disabled in such a manner as to endanger the safety and well-being of his/her partner or themselves shall not be eligible. 

2025 TBN State Team Tournament Briefing

TBN team championship, September 21-22, Lake XXXXXX

$100 per boat, 100% payback

entries due by September 16, 2025 Midnight 

• The lake is OFF LIMITS after 3pm Friday, September 20

• Launch from Dayton Boat Dock ramp.

• Registration/pre-tournament meeting: TBN trailer/Dayton Boat Dock on 

September 20 beginning at 5:30 PM Eastern. Please at least one angler from each team or the club President needs to attend the meeting meeting.

All participants are encouraged to attend. Boat numbers will be posted at the meeting

• Club captains are responsible for communicating tournament information to members

not in attendance.

• Standings will be posted on www.tennesseebassnation.com 

• Tournament rules are posted on  www.tennesseebassnation.com 

* Landing nets are permitted. A-rigs and penetrating cull tags are prohibited.

• Practice good sportsmanship at all times! 

• Tournament hours on will be Safe Daylight to First flight Boats 1-25  3pm, Second Flight Boats 26 - 50 3:15pm, Third Flight Boats 51-75 3:30pm, Fourth Flight 76-100 3:45pm, etc....

• Reverse boat order on Day 2

• Proof of insurance and fishing license may be checked at any time.

• Stay well back from the launch boat/dock; please try to line up

behind each other by number, then with lids open and live well pumps on, idle past

the starter when your boat number is called. Continue idling out past the no wake

buoy.

• PFDs on, kill switch attached at all times big motor is on.

• Licenses and proof of insurance may be checked at any time.

• Off-limits: None

• Check-in with official at the entrance to the Ramp Dock

• Emergency number: 615-613-2382 (Jake Davis)

• Limits: 5 fish LM15/SM18 1 per angler/15 Spotted Bass

• Mobile devices for emergency and non-tournament use only.

• Weigh-in at XXXXXXXXXXX. Scales will open shortly after 3:00 PM.

• You may trailer out before weigh-in.

• Weigh-in 25 boats at a time using TBN weigh bags with mesh inserts. Please follow

boat order.  Weight receipt will be provided.

• No courtesy measure. Fish will be measured by sweep of the tail (no pinching)

• Conservation: please release fish immediately after weighing in; please take photos

on the water. Do not release dead or distressed fish. No culling of dead fish.

• 100% payout Top XX Places minimum based upon number of entries

• Daily big fish prize $250 (dead fish not eligible)

• Daily big fish prize $250 (dead fish not eligible)

 2024 Bass Team Championship  December 4-7 

 Ouachita River in Monroe, La., Dec. 4-7, with the winner filling the last spot in the 2025 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Classic presented by Jockey Outdoors.  

 2024 Bassmaster Team Championship qualifies the Top finishing angler for the 2024 Bassmaster Classic.   

ALL CASH payout for Teams at Bassmaster Team Championship.   

Randomly assigned boat numbers for each team.  

 Official practice is the 3 days prior to competition.   30-day off-limits period prior to the first day of official practice.  

 Mandatory Check-in before the start of the competition. 

Scheduled times will be assigned.  

The Top 3 teams advance to the two-day Classic fish-off.  

2024 Bassmaster Team Format Team Entry: $500 Entry deadline is November 7, 2024   

Adult team trails will receive one (1) berth to the Team Trail Championship for 25 unique participating teams. Each angler must only be on the roster one time.  Any roster that is larger than 25 unique participating teams will receive one (1) additional spot in the Team Trail Championship for each additional 25 unique teams.  

Teams must participate in at least (1) tournament to be counted for Team Trail membership.  

Top 3 teams advance to the Bassmaster Classic Fish-off.  

5 fish limit per team 2024 Bassmaster Team Championship Payout (based on fields of 250) 2023 Bassmaster Team Championship 

Top Prize………..……..$25,000 2023 Bassmaster Team Championship Purse ....................$120,000 

The final payout is adjusted at the percentage of 250 boats (+/-) of the actual field size.  

Anglers fish for individual cash with payment to the Top 50 places.  2023 Bassmaster Team Championship  

 Top 50 teams will receive all cash payouts 

 Big Bass for the event will receive $500.   

The three (3) top-finishing Teams at the Bassmaster Team Championship will receive automatic entry into the 2024 Team Championship Classic Fish-Off. 

The 2024 Bassmaster Team Champion will receive automatic entry into the 2024 Bassmaster Classic as well as a Bass Pro Shops Prize package.  

 Day 2: Final day cut to Top 3 teams overall. Anglers will then compete individually in the Classic fish-off.  Boater: five (5) fish limit   No entry fee Classic Fish-off