2026 Tournaments
(pending WVDNR approval)
ELIGIBILITY: These tournaments are open only to members in good standing of B.A.S.S. Nation of West Virginia.
2026 Team Trail Series (TTS)
$150 Entry Fee w/ optional $10 Lunker.
4/04 – Sutton Lake @ Marina ramp
4/18 – Stonewall Jackson Lake @ State Park ramp
5/03 – Summersville Lake @ Battle Run ramp
5/16 – Monongahela River @ Palatine Park
6/06 & 6/07 – Ohio River @ Powhatan Point. Team Trail Series Championship
BNWV-Sponsored Tournaments
5/03 – Summersville Lake @ Battle Run ramp: 6th Annual Children’s Home Society of Summersville “Hope, Line, & Sinker Benefit Tournament”
07/25 – Kanawha River @ Winfield ramp: Putnam Co. Deputy Sheriff’s Assoc. 2nd Annual Angel Tree Benefit Tournament
West Virginia BASS Nation Invitationals
**Entry Fee – $200 w/ optional $20 Lunker, Paying 80% to 15% of the field / Lunker 100% Payback
6/20 – Stonewall Jackson @ Vandalia Ramp
7/11 – Ohio River @ Ravenswood
9/12 – Summersville Lake @ Battle Run
Adult Regional State Championship Qualifying Tournaments (SQTs)
9/19 – Northern: Ohio River @ Powhatan Point
9/20 – Southeastern: Stephens Lake
9/26 – Western: Sutton Lake @ Marina ramp
2026 Adult State Championship
10/31 & 11/01 – Summersville Lake @ Marina
High School/Junior State Championship
4/26 – Summersville Lake @ Battle Run
College State Championship
5/17 – Summersville Lake @ Battle Run
High School / Jr. Team Trail Series
5/31 – Ohio River @ Ravenswood
6/14 – Monongahela River @ Palatine Park
6/28 – Stonewall Jackson @ Marina ramp
9/20 – Summersville Lake @ Long Point
10/11 – Sutton Lake @ Bee Run
Tournament Information*
*IRS W9 forms must be completed and submitted before prizes are awarded. Forms will be available in our Tournament Trailer.
Team Trail Series (TTS)
The entry fee is $150 per tournament*. 80% payback to top 15% of field (based on paid entries).
*Teams must pay entry fees for all Team Trail Series tournaments to qualify for the Team Trail Series Championship.
The Team Trail Series Final Standings Top 15 teams (based on finish points) automatically advance to compete at our Adult State Championship (SC). The top three teams have the option of boater slots and the next 12 receive 1 boater and 1 co-angler spot. Additionally, both team members must be declared as TTS competitor partners** and be BNWV members before the first TTS tournament.
**Each team is permitted a 1-time substitute BNWV-member partner or may compete solo as many times as needed. Team members may be a member of different BNWV clubs.
Adult members may compete with a High School or Jr. member under 16 yrs. of age as a declared partner, but will not be eligible for Team Trail Series Final Standings Top 15.
College members must also be an Adult member to be eligible to compete.
Team Trail Series Champion Team receives free entry to following year’s TTS***.
***BNWV membership for following year is required.
Bassmaster Team Trail
Our Team Trail Series (TTS) is an authorized Bassmaster Team Trail. Based on the highest finishers in our Team Trail Series Final Standings, BNWV is eligible to send one (1) team for every twenty-five (25) teams competing in our TTS to that year’s Bassmaster Team Championship. One competitor from that Bassmaster Team Championship advances to compete at the Bassmaster Classic!
Adult Regional Opens
Open to public and all ethical anglers are invited to compete.
Adult Regional State Championship Qualifying Tournaments (SQTs)
We consist of three (3) Regions (Northern, Southeastern, and Western) with one (1) State Qualifying Tournament (SQT) for each Region’s clubs. SQTs are draw tournaments. Clubs can send up to a maximum of six (6) Boaters and six (6) Non-Boaters, to compete. There is a no-tournament-payback $25 entry fee per competitor. Members are permitted to compete in one (1) SQT only and must be a member of a club within that Region. A maximum of fifty-five (55) Boaters and fifty-five (55) Non-Boaters will qualify from our SQTs to compete at our Adult State Championship (SC). SC allotment from each respective Regional SQT is determined by the number of clubs represented at each respective Regional SQT. To compete in an SQT Tournament, you must be a member of BNWV by August 31 of the current year.
Adult State Championship
There is a no-tournament-payback $25 entry fee per competitor for this two-day tournament with a maximum field of seventy (70) Boaters and seventy (70) Non-Boaters competing.
The Top Boater & Top Non-Boater will automatically qualify for the following year’s B.A.S.S. Nation Championship (BNC). The Top 10 Boaters and Top 10 Non-Boaters will advance to the BASS Nation Regional.
For more information please contact:
Lyle Atkins
President, BNWV
president@wvbassnation.org
304-415-4497