The angler who weighs the largest bass overall will take home a $50,000 check. Five other checks, each for $10,000, will be awarded for biggest fish in each of the remaining five pools. Place money per pool is $900 to second place; $700 to third place; and $400 to fourth in each of the five pools. Additional hourly cash prizes will also be awarded at each weigh-in location, as well as fabulous product prizes from popular fishing brands Aqua-Vu, Plano and St. Croix Rod. Cash as well as many other donated prizes will be available to anglers.“It was life changing money,” says Steve Scherrey of Conway, who doubled-down, earning the big payoff in 2000 and 2014. “The first time I won it, I got to pay off a lot of bills and buy my wife a new car. The second time was a little different. 14 years later, we were able to use some of the money to go on vacation and splurge a little bit.”