Lawrence County Bass Club

                            Official Rules and Regulations

1.  All Interpretations and Final decisions to be made by President and Board of directors.

2. All contestants must pay entry fee and have live wells checked. Starting time will not be delayed due to late arrivals, all late arrivals must find a club official, pay entry fee and have live wells checked before fishing.

3. All boats should be on the water and ready to start at least 15 minutes prior to scheduled start time.

4. Sportsmanship, courtesy, safety and conservation is expected from each participant. All alcoholic beverages are prohibited.

5. The Lawrence County Bass Club will not be held responsible for any loss of, or damage to property as a result of participating in a club tournament or club function.

6. Only casting, fly spinning, or spin cast rods and reels may be used. Only one rod and reel may be used at any one time. Trolling is  not permitted.

Artificial lures and or pork baits only.

7.  Fishing is permitted any place on the tournament water according to state,       local, Federal and lake rules. Fishing is not permitted within 20 yards of           another contestants anchored boat. Contestants cannot leave the boat to land a fish.

8. No locking thru to another pool is permitted.

9. Tournament winners will be decided by total weight of legal fish minus any  penalties. Only Largemouth, Smallmouth, and Spotted (Kentucky) bass will be weighed in. Length of fish will be determined by each lake limit. Where allowed 12 inch spotts will be legal. Penalties will be 1lb. or short fish and that fish not weighed. A 8 oz. (.50) penalty for each dead fish. Courtesy check will be permittited.

10. A contestants largest fish minus any penalties pertaining to that fish, will decide “Big Bass”.

11. All ties will be handheld in the following manner, First ,by largest fish, second by the flip of a coin.

12. A tournament limit is five fish per member.

13. All fish must be kept separate or cull tags used to separate each members fish. All fish must be brought to the scale in separate bags or have cull tags attached.

14. All club members under the age of 18 must have Parent or Guardians permission to participate in the club. Any Youth or member with a physical condition that qualifies for the Classic must fish with the person or persons they have fished with thru out the year or a volunteer.

15. The tournament directors, before each tournament, will set a”safe zone” . It shall be the responsibility of each boater to have his partner at the departure dock on time for check out time. A contestant must not allow any fish caught by him to be counted on the score of another contestant. In such case, both contestants will be Kicked Out of the Club.

Members may fish alone if they choose to, but should be prepared to launch and retrieve boat on their own. No late fish will be weighed in, all contestants must be in safe zone by set time or be disqualified.

16. Tournament entry fee is $20.00 per person, divided as follows:

             $5.00 to club

             $5.00 to 1^st place

             $3.00 to 2^nd place

             $2.00 to 3^rd place

             $5.00 to Big Bass

 Sponsor money will be paid , if available, divided as follows:

                  

          Half Tournament                                   Full Tournament

            $20.00 to 1^st                                         $40.00 to 1^st

            $15.00 to 2^nd                                        $30.00 to 2^nd

            $10.00 to 3^rd                                         $20.00 to 3^rd

 

17.  Club dues shall be $20.00 per member per year. Anyone who attains the age of 60 before January 1^st of the tournament year will not be required to pay club dues.

18.All protests and discrepancies must be dealt with and resolved at the tournament site, and on the tournament day.

19.  The “Classic” tournament will consist of the top Nineteen(19)in points if             available, and qualified club members, and previous club Champion. All members must meet Classic qualifications.

20. All tournament waters are off limits 12 twelve hours prior to the start of any tournament.

21. Points will be awarded for the top fifty (50) individuals total weight per tournament:

50 points for 1^st place

49 points for 2^nd place

48 for 3^rd place, on down to 50^th place

10 points for per tournament (show up points)

1 point per pound awarded to individual per tournament