One of the guys from our club won a BASS state qualifier one time. First tournament of the year, early April in Ohio. Massive cold front. He caught the only legal fish weighed in. Won the tournament, Big Bass, and he had even thrown in $5.00 on a non-sanctioned big fish pot. Took that too. Went home with two trophies, about $2500.00 between winning the tournament, Big Bass, and the other pot, and a birth to the State Championship. 'Got his butt handed to him at State.