This is the North Dakota Bass Fishing Challenge! Hosted by the Badlands Bass Bandits. This is an online tournament where anglers of all ages and abilities can compete in a fun, season-long format in North Dakota fishing for bass! Shore fishing, kayaks, canoes, float tubes, & boats are all welcome.

Here is how it works:

How do I sign up?
Download the Fish Donkey App

Search for “North Dakota Bass Fishing Challenge”
Entry Fee: $25 per person

When: The North Dakota Bass Fishing Challenge will start at Midnight May 1st and will conclude October 31st of this year. Participants can sign up to participate and make entries any time during the contest!

Where: All North Dakota Waters are open to fish for the North Dakota Bass Fishing Challenge

Prize Categories:
[prizes may be added as sponsors are found]

Longest 5 Largemouth bass (by length in inches)
Winner receives 40% of the cash pot

Longest 5 Smallmouth bass (by length in inches)
Winner receives 40% of the cash pot

Largest Largemouth Bass (by length in inches)
Winner receives 5% of the cash pot
Winner will also receive a tackle package

Largest Smallmouth Bass (by length in inches)
Winner receives 5% of the cash pot
Winner will also receive a tackle package

Rules to enter a fish:
[all rules are in place to ensure a fair contest for all]

Picture + Video Evidence
(if these criteria cannot be met, the entry will be disqualified), all three of the below criteria are executed within the Fish Donkey App.

1) A clear picture of the entire bass on a bump board with nose up to the bump, the tail can be pinched.
2) A hero shot (you holding the fish), if by yourself a selfie will also work

3) A release video

We promote catch and release of bass as a fishing club
This ensures the same fish cannot be entered several times in an entry
If a fish is placed into a live well, it cannot be released. This is an NDGF law and there is no exceptions. To be clear, it would be illegal to place a fish into a live well to prepare taking a picture & video to enter a fish into this contest and subsequently releasing that fish.

Bump Boards and Measuring Fish
A bump board must be used to measure bass. A Bump Board is a flat or concave measuring device made from plastic, wood, or metal, with an end lip that turn upwards 90 degrees where you place the fish's mouth. Bump boards can range from 20 to 60+ inches in length and most commonly measure fish in quarter-inch increments.
Entries can be measured and entered down to the ¼” increment. If the bump board being used only measures in ½” or 1” increments, measurements can only be accepted by that board’s measurement increments.

Place the bass on the bump board with a closed mouth and have the nose placed against the bump (the lip or zero mark), bass can be measured to the ¼” increment, if the tail clearly breaks the ¼” mark it should be rounded up to the next largest ¼”.

Additional Rules
Bass must be caught in North Dakota Waters, if a contestant is found to have entered fish from another state, they will be disqualified from the tournaments and not be refunded their entry fee.
All ND Game and Fish Department fishing rules must be followed
Fish weighed in during Badlands Bass Bandits tournaments will NOT count for this contest.
In the circumstance of a tie:
For largest stringer of largemouth or smallmouth bass, the contestant with the largest fish will win
For largest fish, both hero shots will be shared on Badlands Bass Bandits social media pages and members will vote for which fish they feel is larger.