More than 5,000 participants helped mark the 30th anniversary of the Sealy Outdoors Big Bass Splash at Sam Rayburn Reservoir this past weekend.
Anglers from 39 states and seven countries converged on the big Texas lake, all looking for a piece of the more than $1 million in cash and prizes up for grabs. Prizes were handed out for hourly big bass as well as fish that hit exact-weight thresholds.
Robert Nunley caught a 9.81-pound largemouth on Saturday and it stood up as the big fish of the weekend, netting the Willis, Texas, resident a prize package valued at $250,000. Included in his haul were a 2014 Coachman motor home, a 2014 Dodge Ram truck, a fully-rigged Triton 21 TRX plus a check for $40,000.
