It was a beautiful weekend of Fishing, Family & Fun at Big Bass Splash – Toledo Bend, LA 2021. With a $500,000 Guaranteed Payout in cash & prizes, 2452 anglers, representing multiple states across the country, came to compete in this annual event. Over this three day event there were 839 fish weighed in totaling 3,478 pounds.
Steve Ruschmeier of Slidell, LA weighed in his 9.87 big bass on Friday during the 8-9 Bonus Hour winning him $4,000 plus the 1st Place Overall win and the keys to a Triton 19 TRX Powered by Mercury, equipped with Minn Kota Trolling Motor, Lowrance Electronics, Navionics & Power Pole; a RAM Truck and $7,000 CASH. This prize package is valued at over $100k.
2nd Place overall with a 9.71 big bass was Ryan Hebert of Mansura, LA. Ryan wins a Nitro 18Z powered by Mercury, equipped with Minn Kota & Lowrance, plus $7,500 Cash in addition to his Sunday 12-1 Bonus Hour winnings of $4,000. 3rd Place overall was John Bowen of Hemphill, TX with a 9.54 big bass winning him a Triton 179 TRX powered by Mercury, equipped with Minn Kota & Lowrance, plus $2,500 Cash and $2,000 Hourly winnings for the Friday 11-12 Hour. In 4th Place was Orren Aden Sr of Angleton ,TX with his 9.21 big bass netting him $8,000 in addition to his Saturday 12-1 Bonus Hour winnings of $4,000. Rounding out the Overall Top Five in 5th Place was Manton Brock of Benton, LA with a 8.90 big bass. He took home $6,000 Cash plus $2,000 hourly winnings for the Sunday 9-10 Hour.
The Famous Big Bass Splash “Elimination Drawing” for a fully rigged Nitro Z18 powered by mercury, equipped with Minn Kota & Lowrance valued at $34,000 was won by Zandra McDonald of Vidor, TX.
$12,000 was raised for the St Jude Children’s Research Hospital at this year’s event. Our next Big Bass Splash will be on Lake Fork, TX at Lake Fork Marina & Motel in Alba, TX on September 17-18-19, 2021.
A special Thank You to all of our sponsors: Toledo Bend Lake Country and Sabine River Authority, Triton Boats, Nitro Boats, Mercury Marine, Minn Kota, Power-Pole, Lowrance, Navionics, TH Marine, HUK, Shimano, X2Power by Batteries Plus, Texas Fish & Game, River-2-Sea, Fire Disc and Weaver Motors of Kirbyville, TX.
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