2024 Season-Long Big Bass Tournament
Season-Long Dates: March 1 – September 30, 2024
Times: During Operational Hours
Ages: 16 & older
Cost: $25.00, which covers the entire tournament (normal lake user fees apply)
Location: Graham-Mebane Lake • 3218 Bason Road, Mebane, NC 27302
Details: Graham-Mebane Lake sponsors a Season-Long Big Bass Tournament (BBT). Join the tournament anytime during the season. Fish as often as you like each month, the heaviest Largemouth Bass caught and weighed in by an entrant during the current month wins that month. There will be seven monthly winners, with the exception of a tie. Each monthly winner and the Second Chance Tournament winner receives an Annual User Fee Permit ($50- $70 value) valid for one year and qualifies for the Fish-Off held in October. The top 3 finishers in the Fish-Off receive monetary prizes: Fish-Off payout is based on 75% of entry fees collected, divided as follows: First Place – 50%, Second Place – 30%, and Third Place – 20%. A tournament entry fee must be paid before catching and weighing a fish, normal lake user fees apply. For more information, please call (919) 563-6544 or visit https://www.cityofgraham.com/lake/. Big Bass Tournament Fish-Off: Saturday, October 12, 2024 from 8:00am – 3:00pm
2024 BBT Second Chance Tournament
Season-Long Dates: March 1 – September 30, 2024
Times: During Operational Hours
Ages: 16 & older
Cost: $10.00, in addition to the BBT entry fee (normal lake user fees apply)
Details: An option for Big Bass Tournament (BBT) entrants is the Second Chance Tournament, run in conjunction with the BBT. This tournament gives BBT entrants who do not win a month an opportunity to win an Annual Permit and participate in the BBT Fish-Off. To qualify, Second Chance entrants weigh in their largemouth bass caught during the BBT with the goal of making the tournament-long Top 8 heaviest largemouth bass (that do not win a BBT month) list. Lake Staff will compile and keep this list up-to-date. There will be a tournament for those Top 8 in early October, with the winner qualifying for the BBT Fish-Off Tournament and receiving an Annual Permit. Must be an entrant of the 2024 Season-Long Big Bass Tournament to enter. The Second Chance Tournament is on October 5, 2024, from 8am – 3pm.