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GUNTERSVILLE OPENING

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 Sep 17th, 2008 by OutdoorsFIRST 

Modified Sep 17th, 2008 at 12:00 AM

GUNTERSVILLE OPENINGAfter four years of renovations, Alabama’s Lake Guntersville State Park Lodge is open, just in time to host the Oct. 16-18 Bassmaster Southern Open.Guntersville also is scheduled to host the Southern Challenge, a Bassmaster Elite Series regular-season tournament, for the next two years: May 7-10, 2009; and May 6-9, 2010.The 2007 Elite Series last stopped at the popular Alabama lake in 2007. The 2008 Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler of the Year, Kevin VanDam of Kalamazoo, Mich., won that event with 66 pounds, 3 ounces.The lodge complex features a restaurant, convention center and hotel rooms that overlook 69,000-acre Guntersville Lake. Accommodations at the park also include mountaintop chalets, lakeside cottages and a 366-site campground.