KINGSTON, Okla. (KXII) – Hundreds of anglers came out to West Bay Casino and Resort to compete at the 2025 Bass Champs Championship on Saturday and Sunday. <\/p>\n
The competitors went out at 7 a.m. each morning to catch the best fish. <\/p>\n
There was a five fish limit to each boat, and they had to measure within certain measurements. <\/p>\n
The deadline to have their reels out of the water was 3 p.m. sharp.<\/p>\n
After the cutoff time, the anglers brought their fish to the weighing station where the fish needed to be alive, if it was dead they lost a pound. <\/p>\n
The way a team won was by weighing in the heaviest fish. <\/p>\n
The winners of this years tournament were Rickey Morris and Jason Olivo. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re taking home home a skeeter bass boat! The whole package is over $100,000– that\u2019s life changing,\u201d Bass Champs Emcee John McCalmont said.<\/p>\n
Almost 34 pounds was the winning weight. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe really didn\u2019t think we had anything that would win, we thought we were looking for a bigger fish all day and it didn\u2019t happen so to come out winners was a blessing,\u201d said Jason Olivo.<\/p>\n
According to the champions, in order to be successful in a fishing tournament \u201cyou have to possess lots of endurance and patience.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe gentlemen that won this tournament today had an incredible game plan coming into it and they had the mental toughness to prove that,\u201d said McCalmont. <\/p>\n
Family was the reason both the champions got hooked on the sport. <\/p>\n
\u201cMy grandpa started me in his fish aquarium and my older brother started taking me into ponds and I\u2019d ask him every day when I was little if he\u2019d take me fishing,\u201d Rickey Morris said.<\/p>\n
The top 28 teams out of hundreds were awarded a cash prize for their fish. <\/p>\n
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