It’s every working man or weekend angler’s dream to fish in the Bassmaster Classic Championship.  The odds of winning the American Bass Anglers Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Weekend Series Championship are almost implausible.  Not only does the angler have to compete against some of the best weekend anglers, but continue to work to make a living.  The level of competition steps up a notch when you get to the top 10.  The pressure is mind boggling, if you have a metal-down, you’re history, and no one will ever remember a top 25 finisher.  Only the winner’s name will be forever remembered as the weekend angler who made it to the Bassmaster Classic Championship.

At the beginning of every year, Bassmaster Elite Series Professional Angler Terry Scroggins from Palatka, Florida, sets his goals for the upcoming tournament year.  Every year two of them are the same, make it to the Bassmaster Classic Championship and win it.  This year instead of qualifying through the Bassmaster Elite Series, Scroggins qualified though the Southern BASS Opens.  It was an impressive accomplishment for Scroggins who was fishing against the best anglers near or on their home lakes.  For Scroggins, it will be his seventh Bassmaster Classic Championship to participate in.  Big Show will be going to the really Big Show come February 19-21, 2010, on Lay Lake in Birmingham, Alabama.

It all began December 9, 1990, at Hickory Creek Marina on Beaver Lake in Northwest Arkansas.  That is when the inaugural Springdale Central Jr. High Fishing Club Striper Outing took place.  Dan Martin, who was a fishing guide on Beaver Lake and his wife Anne made some phone calls to some other guides who were willing to set aside a half day fishing trip for the Central Fishing Club members.  On that morning, five striper guides and Springdale Central Jr. High Fishing Club Counselor and club sponsor Ron Duncan left out on an event that has continued for 19 years with numerous students taking part.  Today, only one guide, Brad Wiegmann and club sponsor Ron Duncan have continued to take part; however, the cheers and joys of fishing continues on with the students.