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WMB Classic Invites will be sent out via email between 9/9 and 9/12. Please confirm your spot ASAP.
If you finished in the top 30% of your division, you are invited to fish the WMB Classic free of charge. If you did not finish in the top 30% but fished at least the minimum events required, you are invited to fish the WMB Classic for a fee of $100. The fee will be paid to WMB (cash or check) at the time you register at the tournament (Friday evening or Saturday morning
Free entries will not be passed down to other teams. Each team is required to make plans based on how they finished at the end of the regular season.
Substitutes are allowed for the WMB Classic. You can create a new team with another angler THAT QUALIFIED on any other team for the WMB Classic. If you have a partner in mind that does not qualify for the WMB Classic, please do not call us to ask if they can fish with you (this happens a lot).
If you qualified for the WMB Classic through more than one division you will recieve an invite and accociated take-off number for each instance. You should sign up your team under the best take off position.
Big Bass Payouts:Incuded in the entry is a cumulative Big Bass payout for 1st and 2nd big bass of the entire event. We will have a cash sidepot on day 1 and day 2 at 20$ per boat for big bass of the day which will payout 60/40 of the pot each day. This is an optional side pot.
Tournament Details
- Launch Location: Houghton Lake South Launch
- Anglers may use other launch facilities on Houghton Lake but must checkin at the trailer the morning of each day before 6:30AM.
- Dates: September 26 and 27
- Tournament Hours: 7:30 AM – 4:00 PM (Local sunrise approx. 7:30AM)
- Registration/Checkin no later than 6:30AM
- Mandatory Meeting Sat Sept 26th at 6:30AM
- Flights: TBD
- Banquet Location: AmVets Post 13. 6p-8p Friday, Sep 25th
- Tournament waters off-limits: 5pm Friday Sept 25th.
Banquet Details -
WMB will host a banquet open to all participants the evening of Friday Sept 25th 6-8pm. Please RSVP with the number of guests if you plan to attend so we can get an accurate head count and enough food for everyone. The RSVP is part of the tournament registration process with instructions contained in the invite emails. It is important for us to have a head count so please RSVP by Friday, Sept 18th.
Practice Details
There is no official practice period. Tournament waters are open to practice / fishing until 5pm Friday, Sept 25th.
Tournament Off Limits & Boundaries
Tournament waters include all of houghton lake and connecting navigable waters. Anglers may not fish in boat launch lagoons around the lake and the immediate primary launch site will be off limits. WeatherHoughton Lake is the largest inland lake in Michigan and hazardous weather can make the lake very dangerous. In the event we deem it unsafe to fish, we will postpone or cancel accordingly and that day will not be rescheduled.