The states of Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi have a reciprocal agreement for fishing at Pickwick Lake. It is the anglers responsibility to know the law and acquire the correct license, based on where they plan to fish.
2nd Place Overall: New 52" Ultrex QUEST Trolling Motor 3rd Place Overall: APEX 13 MEGA SI+ Chartplotter 4th Place Overall: New 52" Ultrex QUEST Trolling Motor 5th Place Overall: APEX 13 MEGA SI+ Chartplotter
Draw Prizes: $20,000+
Minn Kota, Humminbird, Raptor, Yeti, Turtlebox Audio, Gift Cards, Costa eyewear draw prizes. Draw prize winners will be randomly picked each day of the event and notified via text message. You may pick up your prize during the weigh ins or after each days' weigh in until 3 pm. Draw tickets can be picked up at The Lodge on Wednesday May 29th between noon and 7 pm cst. One draw prize ticket per registered angler.
Guaranteed Total Hourly Paybacks: $63,525 - Ten places paid each hour for all three days of the tournament.
Early Entry Prizes: $30,000 Abu Garcia Veritas 7'0" Medium Heavy Model #VTPC70-6 Retail Value $119.95 Click here to see rod
The first 250 online three day or two day entrants will receive a early entry rod. One day entries are not eligible for the early entry rod.
Early entry rods may be picked up on Wednesday May 29th at The Lodge at Pickwick Landing between noon and 7 pm or anytime during the weigh ins if you weren't able to pick it up prior to the start of the tournament. Your fishing partner may pick up your rod for you.
Veritas Casting Rod Features:
Powerlux® 100 delivers a 15% stronger* and 5% lighter** rod, while remaining lightweight and well balanced
ROCS™ (Robotically Optimized Casting System) Guide train for maximized casting distance with lighter lures
Titanium alloy guides with ultra light zirconium inserts allow for a lightweight balanced rod
Closed Cell EVA grips gives greater weather and wear resistance
Ergonomic Abu designed reel seat
Event Registration:
Registration to fish the Event closes on Wednesday May 29th at 7 pm cst. You may register in person at The Lodge between noon and 7 pm cst if you are unable to register online.
Pre-Tournament meeting:
There is no formal meeting for the event but one angler per boat must come to The Lodge at Pickwick Landing on Wednesday May 29th between noon and 7 pm cst to pick up raffle tickets and gift items. There will be Johnson Outddor staff on site to help you with any product questions or issues you might have.
Daily Lunch:
Food vendor(s) will be available at the weigh-in location from 11am-2pm each day of the tournament. Food available for tournament entrants only.
Eligibility:
Each boat owner (“captain”) must own either one Minn Kota product and/or one Humminbird product (trolling motor, shallow water anchor, electronics and/or battery charger). Each captain is allowed to be accompanied by up to two participants who are not owners of either a Minn Kota or Humminbird product. Each captain will be checked by a tournament official on site for such product(s).
Text System:
You may enter yourself in the text system for this event by texting the word minnkota to the number 90294. We will enter your number in the system, but some carriers block this type of message, so by entering yourself this will prevent the chance of being blocked. Android users: If you have an android and you aren't receiving texts from us, you will need to search the number 90294 in your text app and accept that it is not spam.
Start Time:
We will notify every one of the start time the week of the tournament. We will notify you via text message. Start time (first cast) for each tournament will be safe light and set by the tournament director. You may launch and be on the water, but you may not begin fishing until we notify you of first cast. Please do not call our offices related to start time. We will post start fishing time on this page and text out the time the week of the event. You will also be sent a live leaderboard link once the event starts.
Weigh in Times:
All days of event. 7-8am, 8-9am, 9-10am, 10-11am, 11am-12pm, 12-1pm, 1-2pm
Lake Off-Limits:
The Event off-limits time begins at 6 pm cst on Wednesday May 29th. Participants must be off the water on or before 6 pm on the day prior to the Event and may not begin fishing until the official Event start time on the following day, which will be announced via text message the morning of the Event. The Event Lake is off-limits to fishing after 2:00 p.m. on each day of the Event. ALL participants must follow the off-limits rules for the previous day(s), even if you're not fishing all three days of the event. Participants may return to their respective launch site by boat but are not allowed to fish or use electronics and/or other devices (including lights) or attempt to locate or mark, for the purposes of finding fish, after the off-limits time.
Permitted Fishing Waters: See map below Pickwick Dam (North West), Bay Springs Dam (South West), Hwy 72 (South) and Wilson Dam (East). Locking at any time during the event is prohibited.
