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Panhandle Bass Club
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Tournament
Rules
Revised 10 – 13 - 05
Under the leadership of the Tournament Director, it is
the responsibility of each participant to police his own adherence to the
tournament rules.
The Tournament Director, prior to the start of the
tournament will ask all participants to synchronize their watches and announce
the weigh-in time No boat will leave prior to the official start of the
tournament.
The Tournament Director will use his own judgment to
determine safe daylight . At that point, it becomes
the responsibility of each boater to judge for himself whether or not safe
conditions exists and act accordingly.
1. In order to
receive credit for fishing a club tournament , a
member must be in good standing. Dues and tournament fees paid prior to
starting the tournament. If the club member doesn’t actually fish the
tournament it will not count as one of the fished tournaments towards the
fish-off but the member will receive his tournament points. To receive credit
for FISHING a tournament a member must “Launch” his boat and be called out in
the morning start. If the member chooses to leave at that point he has fished
the tournament.
2. There is a
tournament entry fee. 25% of these fees
will be placed in the
“fish-off pot”.
3. Normally there
will be one monthly club tournament. The tournament
director
will have the authority to reschedule or
delay the tournament due
to
emergencies, severe weather, etc. The future of the rescheduled
tournament
will be decided at a special club meeting or at the next regularly
scheduled
meeting
4.
Tournament
sites will be selected by a committee chaired by the
tournament director, and comprised of the newly elected board
members.-
Tournaments will include 8 one day tournaments and 4 two
day
Tournaments (one of which will be the fish-off). These sites will be
published
in the November newsletter for the following year.
- One day tournaments will end at 4 pm (except June,
July, and August, they will end at 2pm.
- Two day tournaments will end at 4pm on Saturday
and 1pm on Sunday.
5.
A minimum of
2 boats are required to start a Tournament
6.
All boats
must be operated in a safe manner. Contestants must wear a coast
guard approved life jacket while the boat is on a plane. All
boats must have an operational “kill switch”. All safety equipment required by the Coast Guard,
State and local regulations will prevail. Any infractions
will result in disqualification of the offender.
7.
No contestant
will be allowed to fish within 100 yards of another club boat unless permission
is obtained from the fisherman occupying the area in question. No fishing will
be allowed in water prohibited by county, state, or federal
Revised 10 – 13 - 05
regulations. All fishing must be conducted from the boat and
contestants will not be allowed to portage boats.
8.
A maximum of
two (2) rods may be used. Only casting, spinning or spincasting
Tackle may be used in conjunction with artificial lures.
9.
A seven (7) fish limit is
allowed to each fisherman per day unless state or local laws restrict limits to
less. Fish must be a minimum of 12 inches long, unless otherwise restricted by
state or local laws, The tournament director will determine 12 inches with
mouth open/closed
pinched tail or fanned. The goal is to use every means possible
to obtain 12 inches. This does not include altering the fish .Contestants
weighing in undersized fish will lose that fish and their largest fish of the
day. The decision of the tournament director is final. Contestants weighing in
dead fish will be penalized 0.2 lbs per dead fish. Late arrivals will be
disqualified unless ruled by the Tournament Director to have been late due to
assisting a boat in distress. Tournament winners and places will be determined
by the total weight of the catch less any penalties. Only artificial baits may
be used. In case of a contestant breaking down, another member may weigh your
fish in for you at the weigh-in
10.
The three
contestants recording the highest poundage at each tournament will be awarded
cash prizes at the next meeting according to the following.
a.
1st place 50% of the tournament pot
b.
2nd
place 30% of the tournament pot
c.
3rd
place 20% of the tournament pot
d.
In the event
a place is not filled, any moneys from that place will be carried forward to
the next fish off pot
11.
Points for
each tournament and monthly meeting will count toward the
fisherman
of the year award in October. Points will be as follows.
a.
2 points for
attending the monthly meeting
b.
3 points for
fishing one day tournaments or one day of a two day tournament
c.
6 points for
both days of a two-day tournament.
d.
15 points for
1st place, 14 for 2nd, 13 for 3rd, 12 for 4th,
11 for 5th, 10 for 6th, 9 for 7th, 8 for 8th,
7 for 9th, 6 for 10th, 5 for 11th, 4 for 12th,
3 for 13th, 2 for 14th, and 1 for 15th. Members who are wearing their club hat and shirt at the time
of weigh in, will receive one point. During a two-day tournament, you only have
to wear them one of the two days to receive the point.
e.
In the event
of a tie for a tournament the tied fishermen will be awarded an equal number of
points by combining the points for the tied places. In the event of a tie at
the end of the year, the following tie breaker will be used in order
- The individual with the largest number of legal
fish weighed in for the year.
- The individual with the largest number of live
fish weighed in for the year.
Revised 10 – 13 - 05
- The individual with the heaviest single
tournament stringer of fish weighed in during the year.
12.
Protest must
be filed within 15 minutes of the closing of the scales to the Weigh
Master or any officer present. Protest will be arbitrated by the club officials
present, provided none is involved in the protest. All decisions are final.
13.
All
tournaments shall be live release. Each angler will be required to furnish his
“ own “ weigh-in bag. Fish will be given to the weigh master
at which time the fish will be placed in a bag provided by the weigh-master and
the fish will be weighed. Fish that show any signs of life will be considered
live. Fish will be returned to the angler to be released back to the water.
Members may keep a lunker for mounting
14.
Nothing can
be attached to a fish at the time of weigh-in.
15. Only largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass will be
allowed.