Elite pro fishing tournament returing to Lake Murray in Columbia

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Lake Murray is making waves in the national fishing tournament industry.

Capital City/Lake Murray Country has announced that the Bassmaster Elite Series will return to Lake Murray in 2024.

Since 1991, BASS has visited Lake Murray 10 times with its most recent trip, in April 2023 which proved to be an angling favorite on the Elite Series schedule, according to a news release.

The 2024 Lake Murray event will be held May 9-12 at Dreher Island State Park.

The BASS  Elite Series schedule includes nine regular-season events in six states. Along the tournament trail, these talented anglers will battle each other — and big bass — for the prestigious titles of: “Progressive Insurance Bassmaster Angler of the Year,” “Dakota Lithium Bassmaster Rookie of the Year,” and “Elite Series champion.”

BASS  CEO Chase Anderson lauded the schedule as another great opportunity for the best professional anglers in the world to showcase their talents in diverse and exceptional fisheries, the release stated.

“We just finished one of our best seasons ever only a couple of weeks ago, and it is already time to start marking your calendar for another incredible year,” Anderson said in the release. “Anyone who follows and celebrates the sport of bass fishing will recognize the lakes on this schedule as some of the best fisheries anywhere, and we could not be more excited to get it started with the top anglers in the world competing on bass fishing’s biggest stage.”

BASS CEO Chase Anderson lauded the schedule as another great opportunity for the best professional anglers in the world to showcase their talents in diverse and exceptional fisheries, the release stated.

“We just finished one of our best seasons ever only a couple of weeks ago, and it is already time to start marking your calendar for another incredible year,” Anderson said in the release. “Anyone who follows and celebrates the sport of bass fishing will recognize the lakes on this schedule as some of the best fisheries anywhere, and we could not be more excited to get it started with the top anglers in the world competing on bass fishing’s biggest stage.”

Lake Murray is getting lots of attention from the fishing world.

Earlier this week, Capital City/Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism Board announced that Lake Murray will be one of six stops on the Bassmaster College Series Tournament Trail.

The series will set up shop on Lake Murray Jan. 26-27.