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Spring Tournament Entry Info. 1991 - Present

Year # of Boats Prize Money
1991 24 $1,900.00
1992 38 $3,000.00
1993 71 $7,500.00
1994 150 $20,000.0
1995 192 $40,000.00*
1996 191 $60,000.00*
1997 217 $65,000.00*
1998 225 $67,700.00*
1999 232 $75,000.00*
2000 222 $75,000.00**
2001 243 $85,500.00***
2002 236 $85,500.00***
2003 233 ***
2004 222 ****
2005 209 $124,000.00****
2006 200 $108,100.00****
2007 200 $115,800.00****
*Champion Boats Donated an Elite Bass Boat & Mercury Marine Donated a 175 HP Mercury Outboard
**Hawk Boats donated a 2000 Hawk Boat & Mercury Marine Donated a 200 HP Mercury Outboard
*** Tracker & Mercury Awarded a Boat/Motor/Trailer package
**** Ranger & Mercury Awarded a Boat/Motor/Trailer package


     The Sturgeon Bay Open Bass Tournament has grown from a local event, to a tournament that draws participants throughout the U.S. and Canada. Many of our participants arrive a week or more before the tournament to pre-fish. By doing so, they stay in our hotels, eat in our restaurants and take in the attractions of Door County. A number of them also bring thier families and make this event a yearly vacation.

     The tournament is also well covered by the media, not only on the local level, but also nationally. There are a number of pro-anglers that fish the tournament that write for various fishing publications.

     Door County's great bass fishing has been well publicized in many major publications:

IN-FISHERMAN WI OUTDOOR JOURNAL
WISCONSIN OUTDOORS MIDWEST OUTDOORS



Did You Know?

     Out of each team's entry fee, $10.00 is donated to a conservation fund. Through the years, the Sturgeon Bay Open Bass Tournament has donated over $20,000 in conservation funds for the following:

     Provide compasses for hunter safety program

     Sponsor the yearly Forestry, Fishery, & Wildlife Scholarship

Wisconsin DNR

  • Smallmouth Bass Research
  • Purchased an underwater camera
  • Sponsor Youth Fishing & Kids Fishing Day Programs
  • Purchased "Free the Fighter" signs at county launch sites
  • Purchased weed rakes for boat launch

The Sturgeon Bay Open Bass Tournament is known for:

  • A model fish handling and release program
  • Setting standards for a quality run tournament
  • Paying 100% plus back to competitors
  • Putting Door County back on the map for Great Fishing
  • Hilighting Door County through Major sponsors
  • Bringing people to Door County helping to kick off the festival season
  • Promoting activites for kids and families
  • Setting a goal to help build a pavillion at Sawyer Park
  • Drawing fisherman/women from 12 states and Canada


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(920) 743-8183

Postal Address

 

P.O. BOX 242
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

Electronic Mail

  bigbass@sbobt.org


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