Dick Hiley St. Jude Bass Classic

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Join us for the 20th annual Dick Hiley St. Jude Bass Classic, celebrating two decades of this unique fishing tournament on the Mississippi River. This year's tournament will consist of weigh-ins, a dinner banquet featuring a local St. Jude patient family and an opportunity for anglers to win a special "20 for 20" payout. All proceeds from this event will benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, where families never receive a bill for treatment, travel, housing or food — because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.

Learn more about the history of the Dick Hiley St. Jude Bass Classic.

Schedule of events

Time	Activity	Location
4 – 5 p.m.	Team check-in	Slippery's Bar and Grill 10 Church Ave. Wabasha, Minnesota
5 – 6:30 p.m.	Mandatory tournament rules meeting	Slippery's Bar and Grill 10 Church Ave. Wabasha, Minnesota

Time	Activity	Location
5:30 a.m.	Boat check in (breakfast and snack packs provided)	Launch site
6:30 a.m.	All participants must be boat checked with tournament officials
7 a.m.	Tournament begins
3:30 – 4:30 p.m.	Weigh-in	Ike's Park
5:30 – 8:30 p.m.	Tournament Banquet Dinner	Slippery’s Bar and Grill

Time	Activity	Location
5:30 a.m.	Boat check in (breakfast and snack packs provided)	Launch site
6:30 a.m.	All participants must be boat-checked with tournament officials
7 a.m.	Tournament begins
3:30 – 4:30 p.m.	Weigh-in	Ike's Park
4:30 p.m.	Tournament award ceremony

Register

$350 entry fee before April 1, 2018
$400 entry fee after April 2, 2018

Download entry form here.

Fundraise

Anglers raised $370,000 in 2017. Let's top that in 2018.**
Read about fundraising

Host

Host your own fundraising event for an even bigger catch.
Download side event application
Download fundraising letter
Download side event solicitation letter
Download online fundraising tutorial

**Each participating team must meet a $500 fundraising minimum to participate in the tournament. Teams can raise money through side events, and through the online fundraising platoform. Anglers are encouraged to register online to create their personal pages to begin fundraising for the kids of St. Jude.

Start Fundraising

Information for Anglers and participating teams

Insurance policy

Insurance is required for all participating teams. Read the insurance policy here.

Tournament rules

Please see the following rules and regulations for the Dick Hiley St. Jude Bass Classic here.

Payout structure

Please see below for details of this year's payout structure, along with past tournament results here.

Place	Base Payout	Bonus Payment
1st	$5,000	$2,500
2nd	$3,500	$1,750
3rd	$2,500	$1,250
4th	$1,500	$750
5th	$1,000	$500
6th	$900	$450
7th	$800	$400
8th	$700	$350
9th	$600	$300
10th	$500	$250

More details

Raise $1,500 and your team qualifies for the Bonus Payout!
Raise $5,000 and your team qualifies for the 20^th anniversary 20 for 20 payout – first place prize is $20,000!!
The enhanced payout is only for first place. The team that places second (and so on) will revert back to the original payout structure with the bonus payout being offered to teams raising $1,500+

Questions about the tournament? Please contact:

Melissa Bargmann
Melissa.Bargmann@stjude.org

About the Dick Hiley St. Jude Bass Classic

Sponsorship opportunities

Benefits include:
- Speaking opportunity and check presentation during final weigh-in
- One boat entry into the 2018 Dick Hiley St. Jude Bass Classic
- Speaking opportunity during dinner banquet
- Display banners at registration, dinner and weigh-ins
- Tabling opportunity for promotional materials during weigh-in
- Logo placement and sponsor recognition on all of the following:
  
  More than 400 angler shirts and sweatshirts
  
  More than 300 entry forms
  
  All mailings
  
  Official event posters
  
  All press release and media communication
Benefits include:
- Speaking opportunity during dinner banquet
- Tabling opportunity for promotional materials during weigh-in
- Display banners at registration, dinner and weigh-ins
- Recognition during banquet and weigh-ins
- Logo placement and sponsor recognition on all of the following:
  
  More than 400 angler shirts and sweatshirts
  
  More than 300 entry forms
  
  All mailings
  
  Official event poster
  
  All press release and media communication
Benefits include:
- Display banners at registration, dinner and weigh-ins
- Recognition during banquet and weigh-ins
- Logo placement and sponsor recognition on all of the following:
  
  More than 400 angler shirts and sweatshirts
  
  More than 300 entry forms
  
  All mailings
  
  Official event poster
Benefits include:
- Recognition during banquet and weigh-ins
- Logo placement and sponsor recognition on all of the following:
  
  More than 400 angler shirts and sweatshirts
  
  More than 300 entry forms
  
  All mailings
  
  Official event poster