Table Rock Bassmasters

The Table Rock Bassmasters stage their 2026 club tournament at Bent Hook Marina in Branson West, Missouri, April 17 through 19, 2026, running competitive bass fishing on Table Rock Lake during one of the most consequential fishing weekends the Ozarks has hosted: REDCREST 2026, the Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour championship, occupies the same lake and the same dates, staging its professional field of 35 elite anglers on the same 43,000 acres of White River impoundment that the Table Rock Bassmasters use for their club competition. The coincidence of a professional championship and a local club tournament on the same body of water across the same weekend creates an unusual competitive and community atmosphere that rewards lake visitors with access to two distinct levels of the sport’s competitive structure simultaneously.

Table Rock Lake as Competition Water

Table Rock Lake, completed in 1958 by the Army Corps of Engineers on the White River at the Missouri-Arkansas border, covers 43,000 acres in Taney, Stone, and Barry counties with more than 800 miles of shoreline in the Missouri Ozarks. The White River’s original valley, submerged when the 252-foot dam impounded it, produced a reservoir structure of unusual complexity: the flooded tributaries, road systems, and valley infrastructure create the submerged habitat variety that sustains largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass populations in concentrations that have made Table Rock one of the most productive professional tournament fisheries in the American Midwest. Bent Hook Marina, positioned in the Branson West corridor on the lake’s main trunk, provides the launch, staging, and weigh-in infrastructure for the Bassmasters club competition within the REDCREST event’s broader logistical footprint.

Good to Know: The REDCREST 2026 Outdoor Sports Expo at Bass Pro Shops National Headquarters in Springfield, approximately 50 kilometres north of Bent Hook Marina on US-65, runs concurrently with the Table Rock Bassmasters tournament and is free to attend. Families accompanying club tournament participants can access the Bass Pro Shops flagship campus, the Wonders of Wildlife National Museum and Aquarium, and the Springfield commercial corridor while the tournament runs on the lake, then return to Bent Hook Marina for the afternoon weigh-in with the professional REDCREST results streaming simultaneously on MLFNOW.

Branson and the White River Hills

Branson, approximately 10 kilometres east of Bent Hook Marina on Missouri Route 76, has developed the entertainment district and lakeside resort infrastructure that makes the Table Rock Lake corridor one of the most visitor-complete lake communities in the American Midwest: the Silver Dollar City theme park, the Branson Landing waterfront shopping and dining complex, and the concentration of live performance theatres on the Strip provide the off-water entertainment options that extend a tournament weekend into a full leisure itinerary for families. For visitors building a Table Rock Lake stay around the Bassmasters tournament and REDCREST weekend, Lake.com lists several Branson corridor vacation rentals, including the Branson Lights Overlook, the Branson Ridge Retreat, and the Branson Lodge Resort with Pool and Hot Tub.