Bass Busters Tournament Rules.

This is a private club with 15 boats max!
You must be invited to be in this club!

FEES:

1. There will be an annual membership fee of $40.00 per boat to join the club,
    Payable before you fish the first tournament.

2. Fees will be for Permits, Equipment, Website and the top 5 Places at the end of the season.

3. Optional Big Fish pot of $10.00 per boat will be paid out at the end of the season for the biggest
    fish caught during the season.

4. Membership fees and Big Fish fees are nonrefundable.

5. There will be a $40.00 entry fee at each tournament for each boat.

6. There will be a two day classic at the end of the year, The entry fee of $80.00 per boat will have to be paid on the first
    day of the tournament and you must fish both days.

7. There will be a 100% payback at all tournaments.

PAY BACK:

8. Regular Season : First Place $25.00 per boat. Second Place $10.00 per boat. Big Fish $5.00  per boat.

9. Two day classic will pay: First Place $40.00 per boat, Second Place $20.00 per boat,
    Third Place $10.00 per boat, Big Fish $10.00 per boat.

10. If there's NO Fish Caught, All money will go to the top five places at the end of the year.
     If there's (1) fish caught then winner takes all.

11. If there is a tie big fish will determine first place, If still tied then the most fish,
     If still tied a toss of a coin wins.

AWARDS:

12. Top five finishing teams during the regular season "determined by weight"
     will receive a cash prize at the season end.
    
13. Five pounds will be added at the end of the season for each boat that fished all the tournaments
     during the season.

LIMITS:

14. There will be a Five Fish limit per boat but you can have a Sixth Fish if you have one that needs a courtesy
     measurement to make your Five Fish.

15. All fish will be measured with a Golden Rule If the ruler man says the fish does not measure then
     he is word is final. DO NOT Argue with his call. There will be NO RE-MEASUREMENT!

16. Courtesy measurement must be asked for before fish are weighed. " One Per Boat "

17. One pound will be deducted for each short fish and fish will not be counted.

18. One pound deduction for EACH dead fish weighed.

CREEL LIMITS:

19. Avents Ferry: All bass have to be 14" or better. 
     Mackintosh: 4 bass under 14" then 14" or better.
     Falls & Beaver Dam: All bass have to be 16" or better.
     Tillery: 4 bass under 14" then 14" or better.
     Jordan Lake: All fish must be over 16". This rule may change July 1st 2010.
     Harris Lake 4 bass under 14", or 14" to 15-15-16's" or over 20".
     Harris Lake has a slot limit from 16"to 20" where NO fish can be kept. 

GENERAL INFORMATION AND RULES:

20. There will be No Pre-Fishing one week before a scheduled tournament. If caught fishing during that week you
     will be Disqualified from fishing that tournament!

21. Trolling motors ONLY, no gas motors allowed on the boat.

22. Artificial bait only, NO LIVE BAIT.

23. All fish must be caught from the boat. No bank fishing.

24. Blast off time will be posted for each tournament. You will have 15 Mins before blast off to pay! One min past
     and you are Disqualified from fishing that tournament! There will be no more pre-payments!

25. No fishing before blast off or after or after set time to be in. If caught you will be Disqualified.

26. All boats must stay in a 50 yard range in a group for blast off. If called back you will go to the rear of the pack.

27. All live wells MUST BE checked before the tournament starts.

28. Weigh in time will be announced at each blast off. One pound will be deducted for each minute your late up to
     ten minutes. After ten minutes you will be Disqualified.

29. Weigh in will start once everyone is in so everyone can see it. Keep your fish in the live-well until weigh in
      starts. If this becomes a problem with killing fish or someone dragging to hold us up then this rule will be
      changed.

30. Members can have a visitor to fish with them Five Times per year.

31. No members from different teams may fish together unless there was a team change where two
     members dropped out and the remaining two members asked to be a team for the rest of the year.
     You will lose 50% of your total weight then start from there for the rest of the year.

32.  No Visitor's! All boats must be Paid Memberships to fish in our club!

33. Tournaments will be fished at scheduled locations unless the water is unsafe or the conditions are bad.
   
34. Harris and Jordan Lakes have barriers and NO boat is allowed behind them.
     Should a boat be caught behind the barriers that boat will be disqualified.

35. Use common courtesy, DO NOT crowd another boat while fishing. DO NOT cut another boat off
     that is fishing a spot you know they are working. Stay at least 50 yards away from another boat.

36. There will be a two day classic at the end of the year. The club will meet for dinner and the locations that's
     been fished to present will be put into a hat and drawn to determine the locations for the tournaments.
     If Tillery or Falls are fished then they will not be put into the two classic because of the long drive.

37. Catch and release unless your going to have the fish mounted or the fish is dead.
    
38. Our club reserves the right to refuse Anyone to join our club. This is a Private Club!

39. If any of these rules are broken you will be Disqualified with out question.

40. You MUST sign a waiver to join the club. Fish at your own risk, Have fun and be safe.

You can read this waiver and print it out from here: Waiver

Notice: Rules can be changed or updated by Crossbow with out notice when deemed necessary
to better benefit the club. Crossbow's boat will fish for free for doing all the hard work it takes
 to run these tournaments.

For questions about our tournaments please Contact me
Crossbow: 919-499-4448  Cell Phone: 919-353-9451
Junior 708-7465