BLT 2012 spring schedule:
* Big Thicket Division / Rayburn Jan 29, Feb 26, May 20 & Livingston Mar 11 & Apr 29
* Dallas Division / Tawakoni Feb 18, Mar 3, Mar 31 & Cedar Creek Apr 28, Jun 2
* Fork Division / Fork Jan 15, Feb 12, Mar 11, Apr 15, May 6
* Longview Division / Pines Feb 4, Mar 0, Apr 7 & Sandlin May 9 & Jun 16
* Palestine Division / Palestine Jan 28, May 12, Jun 2 & Tyler Mar 17, Apr 14
* Shreveport Division / Cross Feb 19, Red River Mar 25, Caddo Apr 29, Toledo May 26, Jun 16
* Spring Couples Division / Tyler Mar 4, Tawakoni Mar 24, Pines Apr 22, Bob Sandlin May 13, Cypress Springs Jun 3
* Toledo Bend Rayburn Division / Toledo Bend Feb 11, May 26, Jun 16 & Rayburn Mar 18, April 1
* Abilene Division / Hubbard Creek Feb 18, Mar 24, Jun 23, Jul 14 & Ivie Apr 28
* Belton Division / Belton Jan 29, May 20, Stillhouse Mar 4, Waco Apr 1, June 24 LBJ
* Del Rio Division / Amistad Jan 21, Feb 25, Mar 24, Apr 14, May 12
* Ft. Worth Division / Whitney Feb 19, Eagle Mountain Mar 18, Apr 22 & Ray Roberts May 6, Jun 17
* San Antonio Division / Amistad Jan 21, Feb 25, Choke Mar 31, Jun 23 & Ivie Apr 28
* Sherman Division / Texoma Feb 12, Mar 25, Lewisville Apr 15 & Ray Roberts May 6, Jun 17
* Waco Division / Whitney Feb 19, Chambers Mar 10, Waco Apr 1, May 5, Jun 3

Note: All teams that enter in at least 4 of the Division tournaments or finish in the top 50% of weight rankings will qualify for all the Regional Championshis

Regional Championships are guaranteed 1st place prizes:
* Tawakoni / September 9 / $10,000
* Rayburn / September 15,16 / Alpha 191 Legend boats with Mercury 200 Opti Max
* Amistad / September 30 / $10,000
* Ray Roberts / October 28 / $10,000

Note: All teams that enter at least two Championship tournaments or finish in the top 50% of weight rankings will qualify to enter the BLT Grand Championship tournament.

Grand Championship:
Texoma / November 10,11 / Two Alpha 191 Legend Boats ($90,000) with Mercury 200 Opti Max's to the winning team


Open Tournaments:

* Falcon / May 26, 27


More information is posted on the BLT website www.budlighttrail.com

Hope to see you at the tournaments,
BLT staff

Mike,
Sorry for the error on the schedule. I changed it to the 14th of April.

Thanks for catching this.
Charlie

Glen,
Thanks for catching the error on our San Antonio Division dates. It should have read Jan 21 and I changed it today.

Thanks,
Charlie

That's just the irish coffee lw not the schedule

Buck,
The Regional Championship will be on Tawakoni Sept 23. I will check the website and correct.
BLT staff

When/why did the grand championship change to Texoma?

David,
The primary reason we moved to Texoma has to do with the space needed to handle 100 boats in the Grand Championship for 2012 in a "wet area". Ray Roberts Marina is the only "wet ramp" on the lake. Remember, BLT is sponsored by Bud Light and we would like to display their signs at the Championship tournaments. A "wet area" is a location that has approved the sale and advertising of an alcoholic beverage. BLT does not sell alcohol at the tournaments but we must be in a wet area to display the advertising of an alcohol beverage. The Ray Roberts marina does not have the room to park 100 boats without going on to the field in from of the marina and we did not want to do this in the event it rains. Lake Texoma has the room and most of the ramps are in "wet areas".

Our solution was to simply switch the lakes. Our Regional Championship on Roberts will probably not be as big of a turnout as the Grand Championship on Texoma in 2012.

We are sorry for any problems this created.

There are some other changes we recently made due to the low water levels; Limestone, Toledo Bend, Jacksonville, Travis, Buchanan and some of the other lakes will cause us to reschedule if we do not get water soon.
Thanks for your interest,
BLT staff

Patrick,
We want to keep Ray Roberts as one of our Region Championship tournaments but, as I said, if there is rain, everyone who parks in the field across from the Marina would be in mud. We did not want to take that chance. We have held about 6 tournaments there over the past couple years and when it rains it can get very messy. I fished in a tournament there several years back and several cars had to be towed out of the field by 4 wheel trucks.

I respect the Bass Champs organization and any of the decisions they make. We may be trying to be too cautious but we feel it is just one more thing we would not have to worry about if we were on concrete.

Thanks for the information.
BLT staff