Event Details
Format
Day 1: Qualifying Round, Group A
- Forty anglers compete and advance
- Total weight carries to Qualifying Round Day 3
Day 2: Qualifying Round, Group B
- Forty anglers compete and advance
- Total weight carries to Qualifying Round Day 4
Day 3: Qualifying Round, Group A
- Forty anglers compete
- Day 1 + Day 3 = total weight
- Anglers who finish in 2nd-20th place advance to Knockout Round (Day 5)
- Winner advances straight to Championship Round (Day 6)
- Bottom 20 anglers are eliminated
Day 4: Qualifying Round, Group B
- Forty anglers compete
- Day 2 + Day 4 = total weight
- Anglers who finish in 2nd– 20th place advance to Knockout Round (Day 5)
- Winner advances to Championship Round (Day 6)
- Bottom 20 anglers are eliminated
Day 5: Knockout Round
- Thirty-eight anglers compete
- Zero weight to start
- Top 8 anglers advance to Championship Round
- Bottom 30 anglers are eliminated
Day 6: Championship Round
- Ten anglers compete
- Zero weight to start
- Highest total weight wins
Payout
- 1st Place: $65,000
- 2nd Place: $27,000
- 3rd Place: $21,500
- 4th Place: $17,500
- 5th Place: $14,000
- 6th Place: $12,500
- 7th Place: $11,500
- 8th Place: $10,000
- 9th Place: $9,000
- 10th Place: $8,000
- 11th-40th: $5,000
- 41st-80th: $3,000
