The Bassmaster® Fishing 2022 Classic Update is out now! Jump in today and play the 2022 Classic on the iconic Lake Hartwell and become the bass angling champion of 2022. Whether you’re new to the world of Bassmaster Fishing 2022, or a seasoned pro, you can take on the Classic on Lake Hartwell and conquer the leaderboards.
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2022 Bassmaster Classic Update
Today you can start your bass angling career and compete in the 2022 Bassmaster Classic on Lake Hartwell. Dive into the huge selection of content from the base game such as 8 real-world venues, fully licensed Career Mode and Equipment, 10 Elite Pro Anglers and more, with the 2022 Bassmaster Classic and venue – Lake Hartwell.
Pick up 2022 Bassmaster Classic Update and get:
2022 Lake Hartwell Venue
The 2022 3-Round Bassmaster Classic Tournament
3 Competitive Pro Challenges
2 Tiers of Mastery Challenges with Special Bassmaster Classic & Lake Hartwell clothing
10 Legendary named fish to hunt down and catch
Exclusive B.A.S.S. Content
10 Pro Anglers
8 Official Venues + 2022 Classic Venue
Multiplayer Modes
Career Mode
You can pick up the 2022 Bassmaster Classic Update today for £36.99 / €44.99 / $49.99 with a launch discount, so act fast!
Lake Hartwell Venue
For our seasoned pros who are already tackling the world of Bassmaster Fishing 2022, you can also pick up the Lake Hartwell Venue and compete in the 2022 Classic. Picking up this huge add-on brings lots of great new content to the game:
The prestigious Bassmaster Classic 2022 venue - Lake Hartwell
The Bassmaster Classic 3 round finals
3 competitive Pro Challenges
2 Tiers of Mastery Challenges with Special Bassmaster Classic & Lake Hartwell clothing
17 Species of Fish to catch
Dynamic time of day system for all day fishing
10 Legendary named fish to hunt down and catch
Underwater structure and realistic environments to explore
The Lake Hartwell Venue is available today for £9.99/ €12.99 / $12.99 and comes with a launch discount!
2022 Online Bassmaster Classic
We shared some exciting info on our 2022 Online Bassmaster Classic tournament that is running from Feb 24 – Mar 6. To find out more about how you can get involved and take on the 3-round online challenge to become the number 1 angler and win some awesome cosmetic prizes, click the link below!
We are back with our second update of the year and along with lots of improvements and fixes.
We are also happy to say that this update also includes the addition of beards and, the option to change the colour of both your hair and your beard! We can’t wait to see some strong looks out there on the water.
Let's get into it!
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Mastery – We are trialing a possible fix for Mastery Challenges not tracking or completing. We recommend all players to log out of Dovetail Live via the settings menu, re-launch the game and log back in. if you continue to experience any issues with Mastery, please let us know HERE.
Fish – When fishing in areas where the water is 60+ feet deep fish are now able to see lures from a greater distance and will now more actively pursue lures that are within their line of sight.
Fish - We have improved the fish behavior to prevent very large groups of fish from congregating at specific POI’s, you will still likely find fish at these POI’s but fish will now be more active throughout the session and will move around venues.
BEARDS – A selection of beards are now available for players to use in game
Hair – You are now able to change the colour of your angler’s hair and beard
Audio – Improvements to audio when fish leap or break the surface of the water during fish fights
Menu – An issue causing the game to crash when navigating to the boat selection screen has now been resolved
Dovetail Live – An issue causing some players to be unable to log into Dovetail Live has been resolved
Loadouts – An issue preventing players from being able to make changes/create new loadouts while fishing on a venue has been resolved
Lures – An issue that was causing Top Water lures to not be able to catch fish has been resolved
UI – An issue that was causing players to have a loss of their UI after catching a fish has been resolved
Language – Japanese language is now supported, to access change your consoles language to Japanese
Note: After releasing this update, we have discovered an issue affecting Bassmaster Royale, so we have disabled the servers whilst we investigate. It is likely that we will be putting through a hotfix to resolve this issue and we will let you know via our social channels, and updated here, when we have information to share.
General
Loadouts – Added the ability to purchase more than 1 of a lure at once
Multiplayer – Resolved an issue where some players were experiencing crashes when in when the inactive timer ends and the player’s controller is disconnected or has run out of battery. This issue has been primarily affecting Play Station 5
Multiplayer – Added additional spawn points on Online Public servers to prevent players from spawning on top of each other
Bassmaster Royale – Resolved an issue where If a player is culled from the game at the exact moment that player has caught a qualifying species of fish their score is incorrectly counted and is able to win the game despite being culled
Character – Resolved an issue that was causing the game to crash whe scrolling through customisation options
Character – Resolved an issue that was causing lens colour on sunglasses to revert to default when restarting the game
Character – Improved the animation of characters when in the character creation screen
Character – Resolved an issue causing the camera to zoom into the player’s feet when customizing a character
Character – Improvements have been made to the textures on clothing when creating a character
Character – An issue causing sunglasses to have no textures when in the character customization has been resolved
Tutorial – Resolved an issue causing players to be unable to “skip” when in the inventory screen
Gameplay – Resolved an issue that was causing the incorrect time to display when loading into a single-player fishing trip.
Gameplay – Improvements have been made to night-time lighting and reflections caused by moonlight
Gameplay – Removed a misplaced asset from Lake Hamilton
Gameplay – Improvements made to prevent some foliage from appearing warped on Sabine River
Gameplay – Foliage no longer appears above the surface of the water, and this has also resolved the issue of foliage rendering in and out
Gameplay – Scott Martin no longer appears twice on the St Lawrence River, College Series Pro Challenge
Gameplay – Resolved an issue causing the Rat L Trap to float in mid-air before casting
Gameplay – We have amended the speed at which the AI names scroll during career events and this has prevented the name from appearing blurry
Menu - When the player navigates to Player Stats in the menu the character is now facing the correct way
UI – Resolved an issue on Xbox consoles where when playing Bassmaster Fishing 2022 the activity monitor says at the home menu
UI – When loading the game “Deluxe Edition” owners now have their own screen in Deluxe Edition colours
UI – Added a screen that pops up for new owners of the Deluxe Edition detailing the additional content they have received
Localisation – Various improvements made to translations
There are also various other fixes and changes behind the scenes not listed above.
Thank you to everyone who is playing and enjoying the game, as well as providing us with continued feedback, we are listening. We hope that we can continue to improve Bassmaster Fishing 2022 and we’ll keep you updated with our progress throughout the year.
Tight Lines!
2022 ONLINE BASSMASTER CLASSIC
Who’s ready to put their skills to the test and compete against the world to be crowned the 2022 Online Bassmaster Classic champion?
Between the dates of March 4 - 6 the real world 2022 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic® presented by Huk will be held at the iconic, Lake Hartwell. What does that mean for Bassmaster® Fishing 2022, I hear you ask?
If you didn’t already know, on February 17 we are releasing the 2022 Bassmaster Classic Update & Lake Hartwell to Bassmaster Fishing 2022, for all the details you can read our article HERE.
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But let’s talk about the 2022 Online Bassmaster Classic. Here are the key nuggets of information, you can keep reading below for a more detailed breakdown.
What is 2022 Online Bassmaster Classic?
Starting Feb 24, we are kicking off our inaugural 2022 Online Bassmaster Classic. Players across all platforms will be competing against each other in a 3-round tournament to see who will be crowned the 2022 Online Bassmaster Classic Champion.
The competition follows official Bassmaster rules, meaning the combined weight of your top 5 weight bass (Largemouth and Spotted) will be added to the leader board. Round 1 will start at 00:00 PST/08:00 UTC on February 24 and run till March 1.
Round 2 will kick off at 00:00 PST/08:00 UTC on March 2 to March 5 with the final round lining up with the real-world final of March 6, like the other rounds it will start at 00:00 PST/08:00 UTC and will end March 7 00:00 PST/08:00 UTC.
If you own the Lake Hartwell DLC you will have 3 attempts per round to post the highest total weight you can. If you do not own the DLC you will have 1 attempt per round, but if you complete your attempt and decide you want to try again, purchasing the DLC will enable you to complete your additional 2 attempts.
Each attempt is 60 minutes out on the water, you do not need to return to the starting dock, your attempt will end when the timer hits 0:00. If you need to/want to you can suspend your attempt and return to it later via the pause menu. Just make sure you complete your attempts before the round ends. The winner will be the player who has the highest total weight over the 3 rounds.
To compete in the event from the main menu click on Bassmaster Online.
Rewards
By taking part in the event you will be rewarded with exclusive cosmetic items, check them out!
The 2022 Online Bassmaster Classic kicks off on February 24. Gear up for the 2022 Online Bassmaster Classic (and the real-life Bassmaster Classic!) from the comfort of your own home this February and March and be sure to tag us in your catches on social media using #2022BMOnlineClassic
