Where Your Entry Fee Goes

The 2025 membership fee is $200. One membership covers both the Cal Sag Bass (CSB) and the Big Lake Bass (BLB) divisions — so you can compete in either or both divisions with a single membership. All participants must be 18 years of age or older to fish in a tournament.

Payouts scale based on the number of boats entered. The more anglers fish, the more places are paid out and the larger the prize pool grows:

• 12–17 boats: 1st and 2nd place paid (64% / 36%)
• 18–23 boats: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place paid (53% / 28% / 19%)
• 24–29 boats: Top 4 paid (47% / 25% / 19% / 9%)
• 30–35 boats: Top 5 paid (44% / 24% / 16% / 12% / 4%)
• 36–40 boats: Top 6 paid (41% / 23% / 15% / 11% / 7% / 3%)
• 41+ boats: Top 7 paid

A separate Big Bass pot (equal to $10 per boat) is also awarded each tournament.

The Sticker Contingency is a bonus prize opportunity available to any angler. Purchase a Cal Sag Bass sticker for $50 and place it on your towing vehicle. Here’s how it works:

• If you are the first angler out of the money at any 2026 CSB tournament and your vehicle has the sticker, you’ll receive $100.
• The sticker is valid for both divisions and all 2026 CSB tournaments.
• If the first person out of the money does not have the sticker, no contingency money is awarded that day.

It’s a great low-cost way to potentially double your sticker investment on any given tournament day.

Yes! $1,000 is awarded to the AOY winner in each division. AOY is determined by an angler’s best 5 events fished, with no tournaments dropped from the calculation. Points are awarded as follows:

• Tournament winner receives 60 points
• 2nd place receives 58 points, with each lower place receiving one fewer point
• Anglers who fish but don’t weigh in receive 15 points
• Disqualifications result in 0 points

As an added bonus, the Top 5 AOY finishers in each division only pay half the entry fee for the Championship tournament. AOY winners also receive a trophy.

To fish the Cal Sag Belt Championship or Big Lake Belt Championship, you must fish a minimum of one regular season event in that division. Entry fees are on a sliding scale — the more events you fish, the lower your Championship entry fee:

• 5 events fished: $240 entry
• 4 events fished: $360 entry
• 3 events fished: $480 entry
• 2 events fished: $600 entry
• 1 event fished: $720 entry

Top 5 AOY anglers pay half of their applicable entry fee. The Championship winner receives the coveted Championship Belt, and the biggest bass of the tournament earns a plaque.