LARRY WOODY
Main Street Media
The water gets crowded at tournament time. SUBMITTED
What is billed as the richest bass fishing tournament in history runs Oct. 30-Nov. 1 on Old Hickory Lake, with 60 top anglers competing for a share of the $3.25 million purse.
The winner nets $1.25 million, second place collects $500,000 and third place receives $300,000, according to tournament organizer World Bass Enterprises.
The 60 competitors were selected from the top ranks of BASS and Major League Fishing (MLF). The tournament will be fished out of Sanders Ferry Park in Hendersonville with daily weigh-ins at the dock. There is no admission charge.
Tournament headquarters are at the Gaylord Opryland Resort, where festivities include a country music concert. Celebrity fisherman Bill Dance is the tournament host.
For details visit the World Bass Enterprises website.
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New state park: A new Tennessee state park is scheduled for development in southern Montgomery County on 250 acres recently donated by the county’s Health Foundation.
It will be named Matlock Park and will feature walking trails, natural springs, ponds and other scenery, with frontage along the Cumberland River.
Development is scheduled to start in the spring.
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Park perks: Several Tennessee state parks offer special holiday events, dining and wintertime cabin rental discounts. Visit individual parks’ websites for details.
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