Subhead
Boats, trucks and cash rewards offered for reeling in tagged fish on select public lakes
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BassCashBash founder P.D. Vinson (right) gets some help from the Fort Polk Bassmasters in tagging fish ahead of the upcoming 2023 Toledo Bend BassCashBash event set for March 1 - July 4. BCB is currently underway on Sam Rayburn, where 200 bass are wearing tags worth $400,000 in cash and prizes including a Phoenix bass boat and and RAM pick-up. The ‘Rayburn event runs through April 30. COURTESY PHOTO -
Three BCB events be on Texas lakes this year — Caddo Lake, Toledo Bend and Sam Rayburn. Most of tagged fish are worth $1,000. A bonus T-shirt will fetch lucky anglers another $500. Anglers must be preregistered to be eligible. COURTESY PHOTO -
2023 tags are purple in color. The tags are placed just behind the bass’ soft dorsal fin. COURTESY PHOTO
It happens pretty often this time of year. P.D. Vinson of Leesville, Louisiana gets a phone call from a fisherman who reeled in a bass wearing a plastic tag with his phone number and the “BassCashBash” insignia streaming down the side.
Some anglers know exactly what the tag means. Others call the number anxious to learn what the colorful marker is all about, thinking they may have won something…