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1. A tournament fee of
$10.00 will be charged for each tournament. A member must pay for the
last four club tournaments by the April meeting or will be ineligible to
fish all remaining tournaments. The fee is mandatory for the last four
tournaments, regardless of whether the member fishes those tournaments.
A member will pay for all other tournaments only if he/she intends to
enter those tournaments.
2. A member will be responsible for paying the entry fee of
any tournament for which he states his intention to fish. There will be
no refunds for a member who voluntarily fails to fish a tournament that
he has entered.
3. All tournament fees will be distributed to the top
tournament finishers as follows:
First place - 50%, Second place - 30%, Third place -
20%
In order to be eligible to collect prize money, all
dues and other Monies owed to the club must be paid in full.
4. There will be a $5.00 per competitor mandatory lunker
pool for each tournament which will be collected from each member who
fishes a tournament. This will be assessed for each day of two day
tournaments.
5. Members will declare their intention to fish a tournament
at a meeting prior to the tournament. If a member cannot attend the
meeting, but intends to fish a tournament for which a draw is to take
place at the meeting, he/she may call any member that attends prior to
the meeting.
6. It is the responsibility of the non-boater partner to
communicate with his boater partner at least 72 hours prior to the start
of a tournament. Any member who fails to notify his partner within 72
hours of a tournament that he will not fish in the tournament will be
fined $25.00 by the club. The fine will be collected by the club and
paid to the cancelling member's partner to cover tournament expenses.
7. A non-club member may fish a club tournament only if all
non-boater club members are paired with partners. If a non-member
competes, they can participate in the lunker pool only. Also, any
non-boater guest must sign a waiver form.
8. Members will be paired by random draw. No member may fish
twice in a row with the same partner.
9. All tournaments will have a creel limit of five fish per
competitor. Each fish must measure at least 12 inches unless state
regulations require a larger size. A fish will be measured from tip of
mouth to tip of tail with a closed mouth.
10. Members fishing a club tournament will receive points as
follows:
| Place |
Points |
Place |
Points |
| 1st |
30 |
11th |
20 |
| 2nd |
29 |
12th |
19 |
| 3rd |
28 |
13th |
18 |
| 4th |
27 |
14th |
17 |
| 5th |
26 |
15th |
16 |
| 6th |
25 |
16th |
15 |
| 7th |
24 |
17th |
14 |
| 8th |
23 |
18th |
13 |
| 9th |
22 |
19th |
12 |
| 10th |
21 |
20th |
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A 10 point show up bonus will be awarded to any angler who competes and
does not weigh in a legal fish.
11. For each legal, dead bass, presented to weigh-in
officials, the competitor shall be penalized the following, to be
deducted from their daily score: 1 dead fish – 4 oz., 2 dead fish – 10
oz., 3 dead fish – 18 oz., 4 dead fish – 28 oz., 5 dead fish – 40 oz.
The Tournament Director or his designees shall have sole authority for
assessing penalty points. Anglers may not cull dead fish.
12. Each member must drop their 2 lowest tournaments for the
end of the year standings.
13. Club tournament hours will be from safe light to a
maximum of 9 hours.
14. Tiebreakers: a. largest number of legal fish weighed
b. official weight of largest fish
c. by means of the Tournament Director
15. Maximum horsepower for all outboard motorboats used in
tournament competition will be 250 HP. Horsepower cannot exceed the
limitations set by the U.S. Coast Guard. When required, each boat must
have a U.S. Coast Guard horsepower-rating plate attached to the boat by
the manufacturer. The horsepower of the outboard engine must not exceed
the rating specified on this plate.
16. Safe boat conduct must be observed at all times by
competitors. During the tournament, each competitor must wear a Coast
Guard approved chest type life preserver. This preserver must be worn at
all times when the combustion engine is operating. This preserver must
be strapped, snapped or zippered securely and maintained in that
condition until the combustion engine is shut off. Violation of this
rule shall be reason for disqualification.
17. The use of grippers in landing bass is prohibited. Only
artificial lures may be used. No “live bait” or “prepared bait” will be
permitted during competition, with the exception of pork strips or
rinds. Only one casting, spin casting or spinning rod (8 foot maximum
length from butt of handle to rod tip) and reel may be used at any one
time. Other rigs as specified above may be in boat ready for use;
however, only one is permitted in use at any given time. All bass must
be caught live and in a conventional sporting manner. Anyone guilty of
snatching or snagging visible fish will have his or her catch
disqualified. When visually fishing for bedding bass, to be counted as a
legal fish all bass must be hooked inside the mouth and must be verified
by your partner before being unhooked. Trolling as a method of fishing
is prohibited.
18. The Tournament Director has the right to delay, shorten
or cancel the start of a tournament day because of bad weather or other
factors that would endanger the safety of the competitors.
19. Use of alcohol or drugs (other than those purchased
over-the-counter or prescribed by a licensed physician) by any
competitor during a tournament will not be tolerated and shall be cause
for automatic disqualification.
20. Maximum courtesy must be practiced at all times,
especially with regard to boating and angling in the vicinity of
non-competitors who may be on tournament waters. Any act of a competitor
which reflects unfavorably upon efforts to promote fisheries
conservation, clean waters and courtesy, shall be reason for
disqualification.
21. All competitors are bound by the prevailing statutes and
regulations of the various states within which they fish.
22. For the safety of all competitors, all boats must be
equipped with an approved type of operable ignition kill switch. This
ignition-kill device must be attached to the driver’s body any time the
combustion engine is operating. Any time the combustion engine is
operating and in gear there must be a driver in the driver’s seat in
full control of the boat.
23. Every boat must have all required Coast Guard safety
equipment as well as a functional bilge pump and livewell space,
properly aerated, to adequately maintain alive a limit catch of bass by
both competitors using the boat. Boaters must make a back seat available
for non-boaters each competition day.
24. The boater at his discretion may allow the non-boater to
operate and fish from the front deck. Non-boaters are only allowed to
drive the boat in emergency situations with the exception of loading and
unloading from trailers. Any boater, who, in the judgment of the
Tournament Director operates the boat in such a manner as to unfairly
handicap his non-boater partner, shall be disqualified. At no time may a
boater request that the non-boater not fish.
25. In view of the large
expense involved in operating and maintaining a tournament bass boat, it
is suggested that the non-boater partner pay 50% of the cost of gas,
tolls and ramp fees for the competition day.
26. During the competition days, competitors must not depart
the boat to land fish or to make the boat more accessible to fishing
waters. In the event of a needed restroom break, contestants are allowed
to leave the boat upon which all fishing must cease until partners are
back together in the boat.
27. Competitors who are not in the official checkpoint area
at the appointed time shall be penalized at the rate of one pound per
minute late to be deducted from the total weight of his catch that day,
including any weight to be counted toward a “big bass award”. Any
competitor more than 15 minutes late shall lose all credit for that
day’s catch.
28. All competitors will launch and take out from the same
boat ramp to be determined by the Tournament Director based on the
waters fished.
29. The Tournament Director determines start, end and
weigh-in procedures at the pre-launch meeting.
30. The decision of the Tournament Director shall be final
in all matters.
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