The 2024 St. Croix Bassmaster Open is making its way to Lake Martin on Oct. 10 through Oct. 12. The last time Lake Martin hosted a B.A.S.S tournament was back in 2018. 

After extreme flooding and damage caused by Hurricane Helene on Lake Hartwell in South Carolina, Bassmaster had to look for a new lake to host the qualifying tournament. Hank Weldon, manager of B.A.S.S, reached out to Alexander City resident and fishing extraordinaire Brett Pritchard to see if Alexander City could take on the task of hosting a tournament of its size in such a short amount of time.