Fish can get carsick too, I know my dog does! Haha. But seriously the big G has been beat to death really hard since the 70s, we as bass fisherman have tried really hard to ruin it and it may be impossible. You definitely aren’t going to sell Much gear at an expo in Scottsboro Alabama compared to Birmingham. Maybe they will come back to Knoxville sometime in the future since the city is right on the river. The one time I overnighted on guntersville, I slept in the back of the truck illegally in a boat ramp parking lot, that’s how good the accommodations are around that lake! There are a few campgrounds and hotels but nothing to support a bass master classic