Fall Tournament
IMPORTANT NUMBERS
Violet Burke: 334-857-2165
My phone may not have a signal—if you get my voice mail you can try Bill’s number.
TEAMS
There are 5 boats scheduled to fish:
- Frank Dixon / Dee Shaw
- Josh Brown / Tony Burnham
It is possible that a 6th boat will participate.
FEES and PAYOUTS
Entry fee is $80 per boat.
95% Payout as follows:
1. If 1 to 5 boats participate: 1st place only payout, broken down as follows:
o Winning Stringer = 70% of pot
o Big Fish = 15% of pot
o Trash Fish = 10% of pot
2. If 6-10 boats participate:
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o Big Fish = 15 %
o Trash Fish = 10%
RULES
- 12’’
Size Limit
- 7 fish
creel limit
- See
attached bylaws excerpt for complete rules.
NOTE: I would like to emphasize to everyone Line 9 of the Official Tournament Rules—this rule states that only one rod may be used at a time. This means that if you are fishing a worm and a school of spots surfaces next to you, you cannot pick up another rod and throw to that school prior to your worm being fully retrieved. At no time can an angler have two lines in the water!
SHOTGUN START: You may launch and fish anywhere on
WEIGH IN: The weigh in will be held on the dock of Burke’s
Cove. Weigh in will be at
PRE-TOURNAMENT MEETING
We don’t have one! However,
we would love everyone to meet for dinner on Friday night. This is in no way mandatory, but it is a good
chance for us all to meet each other.
Violet has suggested that Mike at the Red Hill Country Store cooks a
good steak. So we will plan on meeting there around
OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT RULES BYLAWS EXCERPT :
SECTION 3: Official Tournament Rules
1. Generally, Tournaments will occur over two consecutive days.
a. Saturday and Sunday for day tournaments, and
b. Friday and Saturday for night tournaments
2. Team Format.
a. Singles are allowed.
b. Three man teams are allowed.
c. Teams may be changed at any time in-between tournaments.
d. Team shuffling during a tournament has a 3 lb penalty per team.
3. Guests are invited and welcome to participate.
4. There are three contest with each tournament: Heaviest Stringer of black bass, heaviest single black bass, and heaviest trash fish.
5. Winners of each category MUST specifically share with the rest of the club the techniques used to win. This includes presenting specific lures for the club to visually inspect. 2004 Proposed addition: This includes answering questions on the club's private "Interrogation Room" message board.
6. Winners of each category MUST reveal the specific locations fished to to the rest of the club. This includes pointing to spots on a map.
7. Artificial Lures Only.
8. Trolling is prohibited.
9. Only one rod per contestant may be used at a time.
10. Tournament Fees must be paid prior to fishing the tournament.
11. Every member has the right to inspect the livewell of fellow members prior to blast off.
12. Safety: Each team is responsible for their own safety. Participants are encouraged to wear life jackets.
13. The Club, Club Officers, or Club Board of Directors shall not be held liable for any property damage and/or injury, to include death, that may occur during a club tournament or function.
14. If a team quits early, a note must be left on another contestant’s vehicle.
15. Penalties:
a. 4 oz penalty for dead fish. (dead fish penalty is waived for bowfin and gar)
b. 1 lb per minute penalty for being late to weigh in.
c. Automatic disqualification occurs when a team is 15 minutes late to weigh in.
d. 3 lb penalty for switching teams in mid tournament.
e. Size Limit infraction will result in a penalty equal to the weight of the largest fish in your stringer.
16. Trash Fish – A trash fish is considered to be any fish other than a Largemouth, Spotted, or Smallmouth bass. These include: Bream, Crappie, White Bass, Hybrids, Saltwater Stripe, Catfish, Drum, Gar, Bowfin, Redfish, etc. They do not include reptiles or amphibians so catching a big turtle does not help you.
17. Saltwater Stripe exception: If you catch a saltwater stripe that weighs
over 10 lbs, as an alternative to keeping the fish in your livewell
you may weigh the fish on the boat, photograph the entire fish, photograph the
fish w/ scale reading, and release the fish.
This exception exists in an effort to prevent unnecessarily harming this
particular species of fish whose survival rates in livewells
are low. (Note: It is suggested, but
not required, that you contact another club member via mobile phone and give
them the opportunity to see the fish.)