Day 2-Saturday- Tioga Lake
Day 3-Sunday- Cowanesque Lake
DATE: September 27th,
28th, and 29th
LOCATION: Hammond Lake, Tioga PA
BOAT CHECK: Starts at 6:30 am each day
LAUNCH TIME: 8:00 am or Safe Light – WEIGH-IN: 4:00 pm
ENTRY FEE: $150.00 (Team Fee – $100.00,Tournament Fee - $20.00, Lunker
Fee – $30.00 ($10/day))
(MUST BE REGISTERED BY THURSDAY, September 26th , 2024)
Entry fees are non-refundable unless your spot can be
filled within 2 weeks of the tournament.
30 BOAT LIMIT
PAYBACK: 1ST – 40%, 2nd – 25%, 3rd – 18%, 4th – 12%,
5th – 5% 6th- $100 gift card Lunker – 100%
Payouts Based on Full Field of 30 Boats
1st place-$1200
2nd place-$750
3rd place-$540
4th place-$360
5th place-$150
6th place-$100 Tackle Shack Gift Card
Lunker- $300/day
**On Tioga Lake, boats MUST be back to the no wake zone by 4PM.
For further information call: Don Kelly (Tackle Shack-
570-724-5138)
Mail application and $150.00 check made payable to the
Tioga County Bass Anglers to:
Tioga County Bass Anglers
c/o Tackle Shack
9683 Route 287
Wellsboro, PA 16901
or sign up at Tackle Shack. Registration form is
attached below. RULES
- All decisions by tournament officials are final.
- Pa Fish & Boat Commission and Army Corps of Engineers rules and boundaries must be followed. Violation of these rules or boundaries will result in disqualification.
- Complaints of violations must have pictorial proof and should be witnessed by other competitors.
- Any un-sportsman like conduct toward another contestant or non-competitor or unsafe boating will result is disqualification.
- No fishing within 50 yards of another competitor who has the boat anchored and trolling motor in the stowed position. Shallow water anchors are NOT considered to be anchored.
- Approved life vests must be worn whenever combustion engine is running. Kill switch lanyard should be attached to the drivers body.
- Teams only. One rod per angler in use at any given time. 6 best large and/or small mouth bass per team.
- Fish less than 12″ brought to the weigh-in will result in disqualification of the days catch.
- Lunker must be alive.
- Weighing-in of a dead fish will result in a 4oz penalty. No dead fish or severely stressed fish will be released into the tournament waters. They will be the responsibility of the contestant.
- Weigh-in of a fish caught by another team will be cause for disqualification
- Artificial lures only are permitted. No live bait. Pork rinds are permitted.
- No trolling permitted.
- Boat must be equipped with a properly functioning aerated live well. No stringers or fish baskets allowed.
- Contestants must fish from a boat and must remain in the boat except for emergencies.
- Ties shall be resolved by combining place awards for both the leading and next place and dividing them equally between the tied teams.
- Any team more than 15 minutes late shall lose all credit for the days catch.
- There will be no refund of entry fees for contestants that do not show up for the tournament.
- Anglers who do not fish all 3 days will receive a 0 for the day(s) they were absent
- First day Launch order will be determined by random draw at registration. Day 2 and 3 launch order determined by previous day finish (ex- 6th place on Day 1, launches #6 on Day 2
- All prize money will be awarded after 3rd day of competition.