Return-Path: Received: from imp08 ([10.20.200.8]) by mta52.charter.net (InterMail vM.7.09.01.00 201-2219-108-20080618) with ESMTP id <20090929011844.XTIR27598.mta52.charter.net@imp08> for ; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:18:44 -0400 Received: from mail960c35.nsolutionszone.com ([209.235.152.150]) by imp08 with charter.net id mRJk1c02C3ExEWh04RJkap; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:18:44 -0400 X-Chzlrs: 0 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=CebS7s5JihPXZkxoj2QA:9 a=m5PZRlSR5JtNvzCz7LsA:7 a=HrwuoCT34XHTb5sHLDHBAth82WgA:4 a=CB7D2n8jlxyvyMQZ:21 a=o_GxASMV_HrFScta:21 a=SSmOFEACAAAA:8 a=lu0xH8PuKIa9RBrAyPMA:9 a=Ghd92Me7fX8Nl_WThz8A:7 a=6co-SvMyUVIG_b3YBKfhUOWiLKwA:4 a=6EIPsXUm-bWa-lwa:21 a=9AqgRrqg1U3KNcKA:21 X-POP-User: jgilliam000.centurytel.net Received: from patton (75-120-30-154.dyn.centurytel.net [75.120.30.154]) by mail960c35.nsolutionszone.com (8.13.6/8.13.1) with SMTP id n8T1IcrV008514 for ; Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:18:40 GMT Message-ID: <000501ca40a2$c774ca40$0801a8c0@patton> From: "J Gilliam" To: Subject: WABFA TOURNAMENT RULES 2009 Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:18:38 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0000_01CA4078.DD773230" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01CA4078.DD773230 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable W.A.B.F.A. TOURNAMENT RULES 2009 - 2010=20 1. PARTICIPATION: Must be a member of the WABFA. (exception: allowed 1 = tournament per year to be fished with non-member guest). Pre-registered = will draw numbers for take off positions. Pre-register is 8:00 p.m. = Friday before the tournament. Non-pre-registered will take off after = registered. You may choose to fish with 1 partner the whole year or = different partners per tournament or choose to fish as an individual. = Entry fees will be $50.00 per boat (partnered or individual). Big fish = pot of $10.00 Opt=20 2. PRE-TOURNAMENT PRACTICE: Tournament locations will be considered = "off limits" from 11:59 pm the Sunday before the scheduled tournament = date until take-off the morning of the tournament. 3. SAFETY: During competition, each contestant is to wear a fastened = U.S. Coast Guard approved life preserver any time the combustion engine = is operated at above idle speed. All stated and federal laws are to be = followed and any contestant receiving a citation from law enforcement = while fishing the tournament is disqualified. 4. SPORTSMANSHIP: All contestants are to follow high standards of = sportsmanship, courtesy and conservation during tournament hours. No = alcoholic beverages or illegal drugs will be allowed in boats during = tournament hours. Extending until weigh-in is over. The use of = portable communication devices to communicate or receive fishing advice = during tournament is prohibited. 5. PERMITTED FISHING METHODS: All bass must be caught in a conventional = sporting manner. Only artificial lures are to be used with the = exception of pork trailer. Only one rod may be used at a time. = Trolling and "Jigger-Poling" as methods of fishing are not allowed. = =20 Contestants may fish anywhere accessible by boat, = except areas designated as "Off Limits" =20 by local, state, and federal officials. No fishing within = 50 yards of another contestants' boat=20 that is anchored in place. All fishing must take place = from the boat with the contestants' feet below the gunnell of the boat at all times. At no time may = a contestant leave the boat to land a=20 fish or make the bass more accessible to fishing waters. = The boat must remain in tournament=20 waters during tournament day except for emergency repairs(must notify = tournament committee member as soon as possible.) In the case of any = emergency or equipment failure, contestants may return to the weight-in site by either remaining in = their boat and being towed in or by =20 entering another contestants boat. Locking through is not = permitted. 6. SCORING: Scoring will be determined by the pounds and ounces for = each boat during the tournament. (Boat total is the total weight = regardless of number of fishermen in boat, each partner receives equal = points per boat.) Only Largemouth, Spotted, Smallmouth, or Redeye Bass = are accepted species. The limit shall be seven bass per boat. At no = time shall you possess more than the state limit (10 fish per = fisherman.) The minimum length will be 12 inches unless the lake limit = is more than 12 inches. In which case the lake limit will prevail. = Bass that fail to meet the minimum length requirement will be thrown out = along with an equal number of the contestants' largest bass. No changes = will be made after fish have been bagged. Each contestant will use his = own weigh-in bag. You may trailer your boat prior to weigh-in if you = wish. Tournament committee members will weigh-in first. Points will be = based on Big Stringer for each tournament. Big Stringer =3D 100 points. = Also everyone who participates will get 5 bonus points. 7. LIVE FISH: EVERY EFFORT SHOULD BE MADE TO KEEP BASS ALIVE. EACH = DEAD BASS PRESENTED AT WEIGH-IN WILL RESULT IN A .25 PER FISH PENALTY. = THIS PENALTY WILL BE TAKEN OFF TOTAL WEIGHT AT WEIGH IN. 8. LATE PENALTY: CONTESTANTS WHO ARE NOT AT THE WEIGH-IN AREA AT THE = OFFICIAL CHECK IN TIME WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. =20 9. TIES: IN THE EVENT OF A TIE, THE MONEY WILL BE SPLIT FROM A = COMBINATION OF THE PLACE TIED FOR AND ONE PLACE BELOW. EXAMPLE: TIE = FOR FIRST, SPLIT MONEY FROM FIRST AND SECOND. =20 EMERGENCY EXCEPTIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE TOURNMENT CHAIRMAN. ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01CA4078.DD773230 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable W

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1.      PARTICIPATION:=A0 Must be a member of the = WABFA. (exception:=A0 = allowed 1 tournament per year to be fished with non-member guest).=A0 Pre-registered will draw numbers = for take off positions.=A0 Pre-register is = 8:00 p.m. Friday before the tournament.=A0 = Non-pre-registered will take off after registered.=A0 = You may choose to fish with 1 partner the whole year or different partners per tournament or choose to fish as an individual.=A0 Entry fees will be $50.00 per boat (partnered or individual). Big = fish pot of $10.00 Opt

 

2.      PRE-TOURNAMENT PRACTICE:=A0 = Tournament locations will be considered “off limits” from 11:59 pm the = Sunday before the scheduled tournament date until take-off the morning of the tournament.

 

3.      SAFETY:=A0 During competition, each = contestant is to wear a fastened U.S. Coast Guard approved life preserver any time the combustion engine is operated at above idle speed.=A0 All stated and federal laws are to = be followed and any contestant receiving a citation from law enforcement = while fishing the tournament is disqualified.

 

4.      SPORTSMANSHIP:=A0 All contestants are to follow high = standards of sportsmanship, courtesy and conservation during tournament = hours.=A0 No alcoholic beverages or illegal = drugs will be allowed in boats during tournament hours.=A0 Extending until weigh-in is over.=A0 The use of portable communication devices to communicate or = receive fishing advice during tournament is = prohibited.

 

5.      PERMITTED FISHING METHODS:=A0 = All bass must be caught in a conventional sporting manner.=A0 Only artificial lures are to be = used with the exception of pork trailer.=A0 = Only one rod may be used at a time.=A0 = Trolling and “Jigger-Poling”=A0 as methods of fishing are not allowed.=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0

=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0 Contestants may fish anywhere accessible by boat, except areas designated as “Off Limits”=A0

=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 = by local, state, and federal officials.=A0 No fishing within 50 yards of = another contestants’ boat

=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 = that is anchored in place.=A0 All fishing must take place from the boat with the = contestants’ feet

=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 = below the gunnell of = the boat at all times.=A0 At no time may a = contestant leave the boat to land a

=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 = fish or make the bass more accessible to fishing waters.=A0 The boat must remain = in tournament

waters= during tournament day except for emergency repairs(must notify tournament = committee member as soon as possible.) =A0In the case of any emergency or equipment failure, = contestants

=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 = may return to the weight-in site by either = remaining in their boat and being towed in or by=A0=A0

=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 = entering another contestants boat.=A0 Locking through is not = permitted.

 

6.      SCORING:=A0 Scoring will be determined = by the pounds and ounces for each boat during the tournament.=A0 (Boat total is the total weight = regardless of number of fishermen in boat, each partner = receives equal points per boat.)=A0 Only = Largemouth, Spotted, Smallmouth, or Redeye Bass are accepted species.=A0 The limit shall be seven bass per = boat.=A0 At no time shall you possess more = than the state limit (10 fish per fisherman.)=A0 = The minimum length will be 12 inches unless the lake limit is more than 12 inches.=A0 In which case the = lake limit will prevail.=A0 Bass that fail = to meet the minimum length requirement will be thrown out along with an equal number = of the contestants’ largest bass.=A0 = No changes will be made after fish have been bagged.=A0=A0 Each contestant will use his = own weigh-in bag.=A0 You may trailer your = boat prior to weigh-in if you wish.=A0 = Tournament committee members will weigh-in first.=A0 Points will be based on Big Stringer for each tournament.=A0 Big Stringer =3D 100 points.=A0 Also everyone who participates = will get 5 bonus points.

 

7.      LIVE FISH: =A0Every effort should be made to keep bass alive.=A0 each dead bass presented at = weigh-in will result in a .25 per fish penalty. =A0THIS PENALTY WILL BE TAKEN OFF TOTAL WEIGHT AT WEIGH = IN.

 

8.      LATE PENALTY:=A0 = cONTESTANTS WHO ARE NOT AT THE WEIGH-IN AREA AT THE OFFICIAL = CHECK IN TIME WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.=A0 =

 

9.      TIES:=A0 In = the event of a tie, the money will be split from a combination of the place tied = for and one = place below.=A0 Example:=A0 Tie for first, split money from = first and second.=A0 =

 

=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 = Emergency exceptions will be considered by the tournment = chairman.

 

 

 

 

 

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