The Historic 40th Big Bass Splash on Sam Rayburn is Underway

The historic 40th Annual Big Bass Splash on Lake Sam Rayburn is underway. Right now, registrations continue to be taken at the Sealy Outdoors trailer at Umphrey Family Pavilion.

The official scale on the stage is dark right now.

The 6 am hour is not a weigh-in hour, that will begin at 7 am with our first weigh-in hour. But, once those weigh-ins start, the money will start to flow. $1.3 million in guaranteed cash and prizes will be paid out for the tournament wraps up on Sunday afternoon.

Each day, there are 7 weigh-in hours (7 a.m. through 1 p.m.) Fifteen places will be paid to the heaviest bass every hour with the following allotment.

HEAVIEST BASS . . . $10,000
2nd Heaviest Bass. . . $2,500
3rd  Heaviest Bass. . . $2,000
4th  Heaviest Bass. . . $1,700
5th  Heaviest Bass. . . $1,500
6th  Heaviest Bass. . . $1,400
7th  Heaviest Bass. . . $1,300
8th  Heaviest Bass. . . $1,200
9th  Heaviest Bass. . . $1,100
10th Heaviest Bass. . .$1,000
11th  Heaviest Bass . . . $900
12th  Heaviest Bass . . . $800
13th  Heaviest Bass. . .  $700
14th  Heaviest Bass. . .  $600
15th  Heaviest Bass. . .  $500

Today's forecast is looking great with partly to mostly cloudy skies and a high around 84. Winds aren't expected to be a factor today. However, a significant cold front will bring stormy weather on Saturday.

Hopefully, most of the rain will threaten late afternoon on Saturday and during the early morning hours on Sunday. You may be wearing shorts today, but hoodies will be the fashion on Sunday with wind chills staying in the 50s.

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