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Weekend
Tournament Rules
RULES: The following rules will be interpreted solely
by the officials and their decisions will be final.
ELIGIBILITY: All persons who have paid their entry
fee. Minors accompanied by a parent or guardian are eligible. A maximum
of two persons per boat. One person from a team will be allowed to fish
alone no more than twice during the nine weekend tournaments when his
partner is unavailable to fish that tournament.
TOURNAMENT HOURS: Safe light to 3:00 pm. Tournament
hours may be altered for safety or convenience reasons. Tournament hours
will be announced in the KC Star Tournament Trail section on Tuesdays
prior to the tournament.
TIES: All ties will result in the money from the two
places in question being added together and divided evenly between the
two places.
TACKLE AND EQUIPMENT: Only artificial baits and lures
are permitted except for pork rind products. All bass must be caught on
rod and reel from your boat during tournament hours.
BOAT AND MOTOR: All boats must be powered by a
gasoline motor and be equipped with an aerated livewell that will
adequately keep five keeper bass alive.
SCORING: Five (5) fish limit per boat. Only
largemouth, spotted or small mouth bass which are legal 15 inch keepers
will be weighed. SHORT FISH: will result in a 2 pound deduction from the
total stringer weight (not big bass) and loss of the short fish. DEAD
FISH: will result in a 1 pound deduction from total string weight.
BIG BASS: Only one fish per team will be weighed for
big bass.
CHECK IN TIME: The tournament will end at 3:00 PM
unless announced differently at take off. All boats entering the no wake
after this time will be disqualified.
PERMITTED FISHING LOCATIONS: Will be announced prior
to take-off before each tournament.
SAFETY: Each contestant must wear a personal
flotation device any time the combustion engine is in operation. All
state and federal boating regulations will apply.
PROTESTS: Must be presented to the tournament
director prior to the conclusion of weigh-in or it will not be
considered.
POLYGRAPH TEST: The tournament director will randomly
and at his discretion require any team to take a polygraph test.
Anyone who refuses the test will forfeit all winnings and be banned from
any future tournaments.
POINTS SYSTEM: 75 points will be awarded to the
winner of each tournament. Points will decrease by 1 per place for each
team that weighs in a legal fish. All teams that do not weigh in a fish
will receive 30 points. The team member designated as boater will be the
individual receiving the points. You must declare a partner in writing
upon the conclusion of the tournament series. A partner may be anyone
who has fished at least two Thursday night or weekend tournaments.
ENTRY REFUNDS: Prepaid entry’s will be refunded or
moved to the next tournament with 24 hours prior notice to the
tournament. When 24 hours notice has NOT been received all entries will
be paid out at that tournament.
SPORTSMANSHIP: These rules shall apply to all
tournament anglers when they come in contact with other tournament
anglers, non-tournament fun fishermen and pleasure boaters:
As the water is public domain, all have the right of
use. Your entry into a tournament gives you no extra privileges. All
anglers will respect the rights of others to use or be on the water
whether they are under power of trolling motor, tied up or drifting.
No tournament angler may put any other angler or boater in danger.
They may not harass or encroach on others. Example: Go around the little
old man by himself fishing down the bank. If you want to fish their,
ask. He has as much right to that spot as you do.
AUTOMATIC FISH-OFF QUALIFICATION
Any team that fishes all 7 weekend tournaments, or 18 of
the 20 Thursday night tournaments, will automatically qualify
for the FISH-OFF!!! Those who qualify from Thursday nights will
advance into the fish-off along with the qualifiers from the
weekend tournament. The top 50% from each circuit will advance.
Participation in the new Half Day Tournaments, does not qualify
for the FISH-OFF |
