2023 Contingency Awards

Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic

$1,000 – Mercury Daily Big Bass
$2,500 – Mercury Big Bass
$7,000 – Rapala Monster Bag
$1,000 – BassTrakk
Yamaha Power Pay – $20,000 to the highest placing eligible entrant

Bassmaster Elite Series

$1,000 – Phoenix Boats Big Bass per day
$2,000 – Phoenix Boats Big Bass overall
$2,000 – VMC Monster Bag
$1,000 – BassTrakk
$100,000 – Progressive Insurance Bassmaster Angler of the Year first-prize
$1,000 – per event to angler leading the Progressive Insurance Bassmaster Angler of the Year race
$10,000 – Bassmaster Rookie of the Year award
Yamaha Power Pay – $4,000 to the eligible winner or $2,500 to the highest placing eligible entrant

St. Croix Bassmaster Opens

$50,000 – Cash bonus for the Opens EQ Angler of the Year, if the angler is running a Nitro, Ranger or Triton boat. 
$8,000 – Cash bonus on top of tournament earnings to all qualifying first place Opens winners who run a Nitro, Ranger or Triton boat. 

Phoenix Boats Big Bass (per event)
Pro – $750.00
Co-Angler – $250.00

St. Croix Rods Rewards program
$1,000 to a qualifying angler who wins a St. Croix Bassmaster Opens tournament or award $500 to the highest-finishing Top 10 angler fishing St. Croix rods
$250 to highest finishing co-angler fishing St. Croix rods

Garmin Rewards
Pro – $500 to the highest finishing Garmin user. 

Yamaha Power Pay
$2,000 to the highest placing eligible entrant

B.A.S.S. Nation – Regionals and Championship 

Big Bass of the Tournament
Pro – $500
Co-Angler – $250.00

Garmin Rewards
Pro – $500 to the highest finishing Garmin user. 

Yamaha Power Pay
$1,000 to the highest placing eligible entrant

Strike King Bassmaster College Series presented by Bass Pro Shops 

Garmin Rewards
$500 gift card to the highest finishing Garmin user. 

Yamaha Power Pay
$500 to the highest placing eligible entrant

Strike King Bassmaster High School Series presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors 

Big Bass – $100 

Garmin Rewards
$500 gift card to the highest finishing Garmin user. 

Yamaha Power Pay
$500 to the highest placing eligible entrant