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Panhandle Bass Club
Pensacola
Florida 2010 Season |
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Tournament
Rules
Effective
Date November 4,
2009
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 in accordance
with rule 11b. (below). 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
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
9a. Culling must occur after the “
limit “fish is boated. Possession of more than the tournament limit
in the boat at any time will result in disqualification.
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.
Rule Change 10/6/09
To receive shirt and hat points a member must
have them on at the weigh in on a 1 day tournament, and on 2 day tournaments
members must have them on the first day at the weigh in. Members not fishing
the first day but fish the second day can receive the points provided they
wear the shirt and hat at the weigh in and notify the tournament director.
e. In the event of a tie for a
tournament the tied fishermen will be awarded the points for the tied places
then the next position will be skipped. In the event of the tie being in
the money positions, the money will be combined and split equally between
the tied members. 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.
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.
16. A disqualification will result
in forfeiture of all points for that tournament.
Forfeiture will only apply to the day of disqualification
if it occurs on a 2 day tournament.
Corrections
may be e-mailed to ron@panhandlebassclub.com