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Wisconsin State Championship

2011 marked our 10^th Wisconsin Bass Classic.  For the past 10 years the Classic had been held in beautiful Minocqua, Wisconsin.  Everyone had a great time over those years.  The local Chamber of Commerce, our host hotel, The Pointe, and our weigh-in sites, Albee’s Yacht Club and Slo’s Pub were all great.  After 10 years we felt a need for a change in the location of the Classic.

2012 seems to be the time to make the change.  We have structured WTC into a Northern and Southern Division.  This will be the first time the Classic will include teams from all over Wisconsin.  The team winning Wisconsin Bass Classic-2012 will truly be State Champions.

The host site of Classic-2012 will be the beautiful City of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, located where the Wolf River joins Lake Winnebago.  In addition to the superb fishing, the area offers many attractions for the visitors to see.  To see what Oshkosh has to offer, simply “click” on their logo located through-out this website to be connected with Oshkosh’s website.

Teams that fish all four tournaments within a Division will automatically qualify to fish The Wisconsin Bass Classic-2012, State Championship. The Classic tournament days will be September 6, 7 and 8, 2012.  The tournament dates will be preceded by practice days on September 4 and 5, 2012.  All tournament waters will be off-limits to the competitors starting Monday, August 27, 2012 and ending at 5:00AM on Tuesday, September 4, 2012.

Tournament waters include all waters of the Wolf and Fox Rivers and Lake Winnebago.  The official launch and weigh-in site will be Menominee Park, Oshkosh.  The host hotel will be the City Center Hotel in Oshkosh.

Here is the format for the tournament.  On September 4^th and 5^th, the practice days, all teams can fish all connecting waters to Winnebago.  On tournament days September 6^th & 7^th, all teams can fish these same waters.  On September 8^th, the Top 20 teams in weight will fish in the Championship Bracket and can fish all the waters in the Winnebago, Fox and Wolf river system.  They will keep their weight from the first 2 days.  These teams are also guaranteed a check for making this bracket.

The remaining teams will fish the Consolation Bracket.  Their first 2-day weights will be zeroed.  Their fishable waters begin at the 1^st railroad bridge above the mouth of the Fox River, where it enters Lake Winnebago.  They can fish all waters above the railroad bridge.  They cannot fish in Winnebago on the 3^rd day.

Specific times for the various events at the Classic will be sent to the anglers in August, 2012.

Twenty percent of the entry fees in each qualifying tournament go into the Classic Pot.  This Pot is used to pay 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd place in the Championship Bracket.  There is no entry fee for the Classic.  There will be a $150 per team optional side-pot that will be used to pay other than the Top 3 places and the Consolation Bracket.  There will also be a $10 Big Bass Pot and a Calcutta.

If both Divisions have full fields in the qualifying tournaments, there will be $12,000 in the Classic Pot.  1^st Place would pay $6000, 2^nd Place would pay $4000 and 3^rd Place would pay $2000.

Because of the status(Wisconsin Team Champions) and monies awarded for this event, first through third place medal teams may be required to take a polygraph test, plus two other randomly selected places.  This will be conducted at the end of the tournament.

Hope to see you at Wisconsin Bass Classic-2012.