Local Angler Caleb Hudson Competing for Historic $1.25M Bass Fishing Payday

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Just one year ago, Caleb Hudson was fishing local tournaments around the CSRA. This week, the former Greenbrier High School and USC Union angler and reigning Bassmaster Elite Series Rookie of the Year is casting for the single largest payout in professional bass fishing history.Hudson is on Old Hickory Lake in Tennessee competing in “The Champions,” an elite tournament that brings top anglers from both the Bassmaster Elite Series and Major League Fishing (MLF) under one umbrella. The stakes are unprecedented, with the winner taking home a $1.25 million first-place prize.“Being in the same room, competing against the best of the best, and to be considered in that group... is just insane to me,” Hudson said. “I’m just some kid from a small town that somehow is up on the stage now that I never thought I’d be here.”Despite having never fished Old Hickory Lake prior to this week, Hudson said his roots on local waters like Clarks Hill Lake and the Savannah River ha