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Tournament Rules
* LAUNCH WILL BE AT FIRST SAFE LIGHT. TRY TO BE 30 MIN EARLY IF YOU CAN. WEIGHIN WILL BE AT 3:00PM.*
1. ENTRY FEE PER BOAT: $50.00. THIS INCLUDES $5.00 PER BOAT BIG FISH POT AND $5.00 PER BOAT FOR CLASSIC.
2. ONE PERSON IN BOAT MUST BE FROM AT&T OR SPOUSE OR INVITED BY AN AT&T EMPLOYEE. YOU MAY USE A PARTNER OR FISH ALONE. YOUR PARTNER CANNOT BE A GUIDE OR PART-TIME GUIDE OR ON THE PRO-CIRCUIT.
3. ONE PERSON IN THE BOAT MUST BE A MEMBER OF BASSSOUTH.
4. NO LIVE BAIT. ALL FISH MUST BE CAUGHT IN A CONVENTIONAL MANNER ON A ROD AND REEL COMBINATION.
5. FIVE (5) FISH LIMIT PER BOAT OF SPOTS, LARGE MOUTH OR SMALL MOUTH BASS.
6. MEASURING OF FISH WILL BE DONE ON A GOLDEN RULE BOARD, MOVING THE TAIL FROM SIDE TO SIDE WITH THE MOUTH CLOSED. NO TEAM CAN WEIGH FISH AFTER THEIR TURN AT THE SCALES.
7. FISH MUST MEASURE TWELVE (12) INCHES ON ALL LAKES EXCEPT THOSE WITH SPECIAL SIZE RESTRICTIONS.
8. SHORT FISH WILL RESULT IN THE LOSS OF YOUR LARGEST FISH IN CREEL.
9. ALL BOATS MUST BE AT IDLE SPEED IN RAMP AREA BY WEIGH-IN TIME OR BE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED.
10. WE PRACTICE CATCH AND RELEASE.
11. NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES OR ILLEGAL DRUGS ALLOWED DURING TOURNAMENT HOURS. TOURNAMENT IS OVER AFTER PLACES ARE AWARDED.
12. NO TROLLING WITH GASOLINE MOTOR.
13. RULES CAN BE CHANGED AT LAUNCH, DUE TO DIFFERENT SITUATIONS.
14. NO REFUNDS.
15. THE TOURNAMENT OFFICIALS WILL SETTLE ANY DISPUTE.
16. ONE PERSON IN BOAT MUST BE AT MEETING BEFORE LAUNCH.
17. NO OFF LIMITS.
18. FISH AT YOUR OWN RISK.
19. DEAD FISH WILL RESULT IN A HALF POUND DEDUCTION. ONLY ONE DEAD FISH MAY BE WEIGHED.
20. SPORTSMANSHIP – ALL COMPETITORS ARE EXPECTED TO SHOW COURTESY TO OTHER COMPETITORS AND NONCOMPETITORS ALIKE.
21. ALL TEAMS MUST REMAIN IN THEIR BOATS AT ALL TIMES DURING THE TOURNAMENT, EXCEPT IN THE EVENT OF SICKNESS, SEVERE STORM OR OTHER SUCH HAZARDS. YOU MAY LEAVE YOUR BOAT IF NATURE CALLS.
22. ALL BOATS MUST BE FIFTY (50) YARDS FROM OTHER TOURNAMENT BOATS.
23. YOU MAY USE A DIFFERENT PARTNER TWICE A YEAR, HOWEVER IF TWO BASSSOUTH MEMBERS DON'T HAVE PARTNERS THEY MAY FISH TOGETHER WITH OUT IT COUNTING TOWARD THERE TWO PER YEAR.
24. YOU MAY ONLY KEEP FISH THAT YOU INTEND ON HAVING MOUNTED, ALL OTHERS MUST BE RELEASED AFTER WEIGH IN.
25. YOU MAY ONLY HAVE 5 FISH AT A TIME IN YOUR LIVEWELL, CULLING MUST BE DONE IMMEDIATELY UPON CATCHING A SIXTH FISH.
26. IN THE EVENT OF A TIE, MOST FISH WILL DETERMINE WINNER, IF STILL TIED THEN LARGEST FISH WILL DETERMINE THE WINNER
27. IN THE EVENT THE ANGLER'S BIG FISH IS DEAD A PENALTY OF .50 LBS. WILL BE DEDUCTED FROM THE BIG FISH TOTAL WEIGHT.
CLASSIC: THE CLASSIC WILL BE OCT. 11TH & 12TH 2008. TO BE ELIGIBLE TO FISH
THE CLASSIC YOU MUST BE A MEMBER OF BASSSOUTH. YOU MUST FISH FOUR OF THE SEVEN TOURNAMENTS DURING THE TOURNAMENT
SEASON TO QUALIFY FOR THE CLASSIC. YOU MUST FISH THE CLASSIC WITH YOUR REGULAR PARTNER OR IF ANOTHER MEMBER HAS NO
PARTNER THEY MAY TEAM UP. THE FEE WILL BE $20.00 PER TEAM WHO FISHED FIVE OR MORE OF THE SEVEN TOURNAMENTS. THE FEE WILL
BE $50.00 FOR THE TEAMS WHO HAVE FISHED FOUR OF THE SEVEN REGULAR SEASON TOURNAMENTS. FIVE DOLLARS FROM EACH TEAM WILL
GO TO THE BIG FISH POT. THE LAKE WILL BE DETERMINED BY A VOTE AT THE LAST TOURNAMENT OF THE REGULAR SEASON. EACH QUALIFIED TEAM MAY SUBMIT ONE VOTE FOR THE LAKE OF
THEIR CHOICE. THE LAKE MUST BE ONE THAT WAS FISHED DURING THE 2008 REGULAR SEASON. (UNLESS LOW WATER LEVELS DICTATE OTHERWISE)..
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