Cotati, Calif - Monster Fishing
Tackle and Bass Quest Magazine have teamed up to offer a March Madness Bracket
style fishing contest. Brackets have been generated using Bassmaster Elite
Series anglers as the competitors and each tournament stop as the rounds
beginning with Lake Guntersville and commencing with the final event at
Chesapeake Bay.
Headlining the prize list is the $25,000 perfect bracket
challenge that awards anyone who finishes the year with a flawless bracket.
While the complete prize list is still being determined, the top 100 finishers
will be guaranteed a prize of at least $20 and the overall winner will receive
a $1000 tackle shopping spree as part of their prize package. The best part?
Participation is free! Head to http://BassBrackets.com
and register for an account. Brackets lock at 11:59 PM EST on April 8th, the
evening before the Lake Guntersville Elite Series event kicks off.
"I really wanted to find something that would
drive the attention to individual anglers and their success on tour. A few
years ago I realized the only reason most sports fans know schools like Valparaiso
or Butler is because of the March Madness brackets. It was then that it
hit me, a bracket style contest would not only shed light on some great
anglers, it would also be a lot of fun," explained Tom Leogrande
of Bass Quest Magazine.
Bass Brackets are much like the NCAA college
basketball brackets. You fill out the entire bracket before the first event
kicks off and then you sit back and watch the games following closely to see
how your selections are doing. Round one features head to head matchups between
anglers on Lake Guntersville. The angler, between the two in each pairing, who
finishes with more weight in that tournament advances to round two. In round
two, the two anglers who advanced from round one will face off head to head at
the Sacramento River Elite Series event. Round three will take place on Lake
Havasu and round four on Kentucky Lake. The final four will be on the St.
Lawrence River and the final two will face off head to head for the
championship at the Chesapeake Bay Elite Series tournament.
“One of the great things about this challenge is you
don't have to pick tournament winners, in fact,your
selection could finish second to last and still be correct should their
opponent end up dead last. It won’t be that uncommon for an angler to
finish in the bottom half of the tournament, yet still advance due to a higher
result than their opponent. It's a different format than typical fantasy
fishing and it takes less time. Fill out the brackets once and sit back
and see how you did. Unlike other fantasy fishing contest, you don’t have to be
that knowledgeable about the anglers to have a chance to win," explained
Steve Reed of Monster Fishing Tackle.
Leogrande said, "Our prize packs
continue to grow. Just today we secured a partnership withDaiwa
who will be providing two reels for each of the first two rounds of action. The
top two scoring participants during each of the first two rounds will win a
Daiwa reel valued at over $100. So in spite of your final placement, you can
still win prizes for having a good run."
Register
today at BassBrackets.com where the brackets are live and awaiting your
selections. Brackets lock at 11:59 EST on April 8th and the madness starts on April
9th.