Who's your Daddy Bass Fest

2025 Who’s Your Daddy Bass Fest

Important: 2025’s Who’s Your Daddy Bass Fest tournament format will be a 2 boat team series.

This is a wildcard event that doesn’t count toward BBA angler of the year points. Anglers are not required to be members of the BBA club in order to compete.

Location

Wedowee

Directions

AL-48, Lineville, AL 36266

Put In

Hwy 48

Date

April 5th, 2025

Tournament Facilitator:

Preston Williamson

The Scoop

Hello fishing friends!  This will be our seventh annual Who’s Your Daddy Bass Fest. The tournament will launch at safelight and weigh in at 3:00pm Georgia time.  We’re excited about his crowd of fearsome anglers, and it will be interesting to see who is crowned champion by the end of the day.  Though not required to fish but to help with planning, if you plan to fish, please RSVP by filling out the webform below.

Guidelines for teams applying to enter 2025 Who’s Your Daddy Bass Fest:

  • BBA president and tournament committee will manage the Who’s Your Daddy Bass Fest.
  • A team counts as up to four anglers and up to two boats. A team cannot fish more than two out of a boat. Teammates are allowed to swap between their team boats throughout the tournament.

Entry fee:

$220 per team (made up of up to four anglers)

  • This includes $20 big fish pot for teams
  • $20 goes to BBA club fund

Payout:

  • Based on $180 per team. 70% first place, 25% second place
  • Payouts will be made to the team captain.

Rules

Tournament committee is made up of BBA members or affiliates as assigned by BBA’s board:

  • BBA tournament committee is responsible for overseeing weigh-in and making any on site decisions needed and overseeing payout.
  • Registration begins 5am.
  • Weigh in 3:00pm GA time.
  • Trailering is NOT allowed.
  • Must wear life jacket when big motor is running and in gear.
  • Late Penalty – must be within the no wake area at boat ramp area and not fishing by weigh in time. There will be a ½ pound penalty per minute late.
  • Dead fish penalty of 4oz or.25 on scales per dead fish.
  • Spots must be at least 12 inches and large mouths must be at least 12 inches or lake limit in length whichever is greater.
    • Any short fish weighed in will result in both the short fish and the largest fish to be thrown out.
  • You may only have a maximum of five fish in your live well when arriving to weigh-in inside the weigh-in area’s no wake zone and ramp area. Violation penalty is a dead fish penalty. Culling with your other team boat in the weigh-in area is allowed.
  • Each team captain will weigh in their team’s five biggest fish.
  • You must check in before tournament begins to be enrolled in the tournament and pay your entry fee.
    • During this time your live wells will be checked and tagged.
  • Registration one hour before safe light.
  • Launch safe light.
  • Anglers fishing in this Who’s Your Daddy Bass Fest can fish in other tournaments on the same day.
  • BBA president and/or tournament committee have sole discretion on decisions at scales, disqualifications, rule interpretations, or any matter related to this event.
  • Contact: Kyle Williamson, BBA President (770-843-4583) or Terry Williamson (770-843-4542)

Agenda

  1. {5:00am EST – 6:45am} Registration, live well check, and drawing of random boat number
  2. {15 minutes before safe light} Prayer followed by partial review of tournament rules over megaphone
  3. {5 minutes before safe light} Boats will prepare to launch
  4. {safe light} Boats launched in fleets of five
  5. {3:00pm} Weigh-in

Please let us know if you want to participate in this tournament.