Bream Bash 2026

Lake County Bream Bash
Reelfoot Lake
May 16, 2026

The Lake County Lion’s Club is sponsoring a bream fishing tournament. The purpose of this event is to showcase the wonderful Lake County resource of Reelfoot Lake, to promote the old fashion notion of fishing for fun and “bragging rights” and to raise money for the several charitable efforts of the club. The entry fee for this tournament is $35.00 per boat. The following rules will apply for this tournament:

·Participants must check in at the Keystone Pocket tournament headquarters prior to fishing hours. Headquarters will be open at 5:00 A.M. Weigh-in vouchers will be awarded at that time. Participants may enter the lake any time after check in. Reminder: Running lights required prior to sunrise. Participants may launch at any boat ramp on Reelfoot Lake after check-in.
·Tournament participants from their respective boats must have caught bream brought to the scales for weigh-in during tournament hours from tournament waters.
·Tournament waters shall be defined as areas open to all participants of the event and accessible by normal navigational means on Reelfoot Lake only. Fishing in the Washout during the tournament is permissible.
·Participants may use rod and reel combos or hand held poles. Participants may use only one pole per person.
·Participants must comply with all state fishing and boating regulations, including the use of PFD’s and kill switches. Fishing and boating licenses are the responsibility of the participants.
·Teams may not weigh-in more than 15 bream and those bream must be alive when entering the official weigh-in line. Dead bream will be removed from the creel. Live fish will remain in custody of the club and will be returned to the lake after weigh-in. Placement will be determined by the total weight of live fish. In the case of a tie for first place a coin flip will be conducted by the tournament director to ascertain a first place winner.
·Tournament director may keep weighed fish for evaluation.
·Alcoholic beverages are not allowed during the tournament.
·Instances of poor sportsmanship may be grounds for disqualification if circumstances require.
·First place award of $1,000 is guaranteed to the boat with the largest catch by weight of 15 bream. The amount of cash awards in second thru fifth place will be determined as a percentage of the total purse from entry fees. Participants must be present to receive cash and/or prizes.
·An optional big bream contest will be a part of the tournament. Participants may choose only one fish to be weighed in this part of the event. Entry into the big fish contest will be $10.00 per boat. All proceeds in the big bream contest will be awarded to the boat having the biggest bream. Ties will be broken in the big bream contest by the total creel weight.
·All participants must be in Keystone Park by 12:00 P.M. Participants not in Keystone Park by 12:00 P.M. will be disqualified. Weigh-in will be open from 10:30 A.M. until all fish are weighed.

Contact Johnny Warren for further information:
lakelionsclub@gmail.com