The B.A.S.S. Mid Atlantic Divisional Tournament in July on Presque Isle Bay and Lake Erie will feature takeoffs and weigh-ins at Perry Monument in Presque Isle State Park.

Details for the July 21-26 tournament were announced today. Erie was first announced as the tournament host in November.

The public is invited to all takeoffs and weigh-ins. Launches will start at 5:45 a.m. and weigh-ins will take place at 2 p.m. daily

There also will be a Junior Bassmaster divisional July 26.

The tournament features 12-person teams with two juniors and three alternates from each B.A.S.S. Nation state chapter. The top prize is a Skeeter TZX 180 Bass Boat with a Yamaha 150 motor valued at more than $35,000. The Carhartt Big Bass of the tournament will receive a $500 award; the $250 Livingston Lures Leader award goes to the day-two leader.

More than 100 anglers will take part from the region that includes Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey and Delaware. Winners will qualify for the B.A.S.S. Nation National Championship and Bassmaster Junior World Championship events.

The tournament will be streamed live  on www.bassmaster.com.

The 2013 Cabela’s Bassmaster Federation Nation Mid-Atlantic Divisional will take place on Lake Erie July 22-26, 2013, out of Presque Isle State Park.

The Cabela’s Bassmaster 2013 schedule was released Monday.

Teams form each state advance to regional divisionals. The top angler from each state advances to the Cabela’s Bassmaster Federation Nation Championship, which is scheduled to take place in October or November at a site to be determined.

Lake Erie checks in at No. 4 on Bassmaster’s 100 Best Bass Fishing Lakes in the United States.

“If you want to catch a smallmouth over 6 pounds, this is your best bet in the country,” according to Bassmaster’s web site. “Also, if you want to have 100-fish days, it’s likely to happen here.”

Bassmaster said it compiled its rankings over a series of months and included research from state fisheries agencies, nominations from B.A.S.S. Federation Nation tournament organizers and a panel of professional anglers, fishing writers and others.

Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna River and Lake Wallenpaupack also turn up on the list. No. 1 is Falcon Lake, Texas.

Carhartt has come on board as a multiyear sponsor of B.A.S.S.

Carhartt is now the official apparel sponsor and official supporting sponsor of the annual Bassmaster Classic and of the Bassmaster Elite Series and the three-division Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Open Series, as well as College B.A.S.S.

The Carhartt Big Bass awards program is part of the agreement.

The Bassmaster Elite Series starts March 15 at the St. Johns River Showdown in Palatka, Fla. Anglers can win as much as $1,500. From the news release: “Elite pros that opt into another element of the program can compete for additional big-fish awards over the eight-event regular season. For the season’s heaviest bass, a participating Elite pro will collect $2,000. Awards are also available to participating Elite anglers for second-, third-, fourth- and fifth-largest bass. Those bonuses range from $500 for fifth-largest bass to $1,250 for second-largest bass.”

“All anglers in each of three of the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Open divisions — Northern, Southern and Central — have a shot at a $500 bonus through Carhartt Big Bass. Bonuses will be given in both the pro and co-angler entry levels, and in all three events within each of the three divisions, for a total of 18 awards at $500 each. The first awards will be presented at the April 5-7 Southern Open on Lake Norman out of Charlotte.”