Tioga County
Bass Anglers
1.
Only members of the Tioga County Bass Anglers are
eligible to participate in club tournaments.
A.
Guests will be allowed to fish club tournaments as a
boater or co-angler as long as all members who wish to fish have a ride.
1. Guests will be required to pay a tournament fee equal to a member to be able to fish for prize money.
2. If a guest places in a tournament, they receive that position’s pay-out and they (do not receive points). All members then move up in points.
3.
Members are allowed one guest per year.
2.
Locations, dates, times and off limits for each
tournament will be submitted by the Tournament Director.
3.
Contestants pairing will be by random draw conducted by
the Tournament Director.
A.
All boaters that are not paired up are put into the
draw and assigned an available co-angler.
B.
Remote sign-up will be by cellphone to the Tournament
Director by 9:00 pm the Thursday prior to each tournament.
C.
The Tournament
Director will e-mail all contestants Friday, notifying which boater has which
co-angler. If you do not have a co-angler, you may bring a friend. Notify the
Tournament Director.
1.
If a member or guest sign-up to fish a tournament, and
they don't show up, they are responsible to pay the entry fee, unless they
notify the Tournament Director prior to not showing up.
D.
Entry fees are to be paid to the Tournament Director
prior to the tournament starting.
1.
A boater fee of $25.00 ($20.00 toward tournament, $5.00
toward lunker) with a five (5) fish limit. Pay-back to three (3) places per
tournament.
2.
A Co-angler fee of $20.00 ($15.00 toward tournament,
$5.00 toward lunker) with a three (3) fish limit. Payback to three (3) places
per tournament.
3.
Lunker payback is 100% of $5.00 received from each
angler (boater and co-angler) entry fee. One (1) lunker per tournament and (1)
lunker trophy per year.
E.
There will be two contestants per boat.
F.
It will be the
co-angler's responsibility to share equally in the boater's expense for the
tournament day i.e.: gas, entry fees.
G.
Junior members will be paired with their sponsor
members.
H.
The boater has control of the boat and decides where to
fish.
I.
The co-angler fishes from the back of the boat, He or
she may suggest places to fish and fish from the front of the boat if boater
agrees.
J.
A co-angler must
fish with each available boater before the co-angler can fish with a boater
twice.
K.
Every person in
the boat must be a paying participant.
4.
If an uneven number of members wish to fish a
tournament the extra member will be allowed to fish under one of the following
options:
A.
If the extra member owns a boat; they may fish alone or
take a friend. This will not count as a guest of the year.
B.
If the extra member doesn't own a boat, they can bring
a friend who does own a boat and will not be charged with a guest.
C.
If a co-angler signs-up to fish a tournament, and we
don't have a boat for them, the co-angler will get one point less than last
place points and be the first draw pick for the next tournament.
D.
If a rider no shows the boater may fish alone.
E.
If two boaters are without co-anglers, they may pair up
if agreeable to both.
F.
An angler can elect to fish from the back of boat as a
boater, with a five (5) fish limit in the boater point system, pay the boater's
fee and go into the draw.
G.
A boater may pair with another boater as all co-anglers
have a ride. They must notify the Tournament Director on Thursday. All others
will go into draw.
H.
All participants must choose at the start of the season
to be a boater or co-angler. No switching back and forth.
5.
No alcohol or illegal drugs will be used prior to or
during a TCBA to tournament.
A.
Any contestant who shows up intoxicated will not be
allowed to participate in the tournament.
B.
Violation of this rule will result in disqualification
from the tournament and all future club tournaments.
6.
Bait type will be artificial only.
7.
A maximum of one rod may be fished with at one time.
8.
When starting a tournament, all tournament boats are
required to stay within a 50-yard radius of the launch site until released by the
Tournament Director. This may be changed at the discretion of the Tournament
Director.
9.
SAFTY AND
BOATING REQUIREMENTs
A.
All boats will be at least 12 feet in length and meet
all State and Federal regulations. No canoes, rafts or kayaks
B.
Each boater is required to have all safety equipment
require by Local, State and Federal Law.
C.
It is the co-angler's responsibility to furnish his or
her own approved life vest.
D.
All life vest used in tournament competition will be
Type III PFD and will be properly worn and zipped in kill switch attached to
boat driver.
E.
The PFD will be worn, and the kill switch will be
attached to the driver any time the gasoline motor is running. If the
tournament Director or Law enforcement Personnel observes otherwise, it will be
automatic tournament disqualification.
10. Tournament
water boundaries, special regulations, and off limit areas will be announced
prior to each tournament.
A.
Bass only (large/small mouth) will be weighed in for
tournament consideration.
B.
Fish length will
be state legal minimum.
C.
Creel limits will be (5) fish for boater, three fish
for co-angler unless announced differently prior to tournament.
D.
Payback will be three (3) places for boaters and three
(3) for co-anglers.
E.
Measurement of all fish will be on an approved board
with fish flat, mouth closed, and tail in any position.
11. Each
competitor will make every attempt to keep their catch alive.
A.
A properly aerated live well with divider and/or an
individual cull system is recommended.
B.
All fish must be released alive.
C.
No culling of dead fish. Each competitor must dispose
of their own dead fish.
D.
A 4 oz. (.25) penalty will be deducted for each fish
that is kept or has died prior to the weigh-in. There is also a 4oz. (.25)
penalty for any fish that is returned to the water that is unable to swim away.
E.
No competitor shall give or catch fish for another
competitor that will or could be added to their creel weight during a
tournament.
F.
Violation of rule "E" will result in
disqualification for the tournament.
G.
Presenting an under-size fish for weigh-in will result
in disqualification from the tournament.
12. Each
tournament will have a lunker competition.
A.
A lunker fee is included in the tournament fee and
shall be 100% payback.
B.
Lunker fish will be the largest fish by weight. Fish
must be alive to qualify for lunker.
C.
It will be each competitor's responsibility to have the
largest fish in their creel weighed to be eligible for lunker.
D.
There will be one lunker per tournament and one lunker
trophy per year.
13. No
competitor shall violate another competitor's catch in any way. Such action
will result in automatic disqualification from the tournament.
14. All
boats are required to return to the weigh-in site by the official check-in
time.
A.
Late boat owner and rider will be penalized at a rate
of one (1) pound per 5 minutes late.
B.
Any boat owner and rider returning to the weigh-in site
15 minutes after the official check-in time will have their total weights
disqualified for that tournament.
C.
Breakdowns and boaters towing/helping are not
penalized. You may send in your catch to be weighed if towing or repairs will
take too long.
D.
If leaving a tournament early, notify the Tournament
Director or another person to report at the weigh-in.
15. Tie
breaker.
A.
Combine two payback places and split winnings equally.
16. Tournament
standings will be done on a 100-point basis. (example 1st place = 100 points,
2nd place = 99 points, 3rd place = 98 points). One Point less than last place
points will be awarded to anyone not catching fish. Boater and co-angler have
separate points system.
17. Points
earned in either point system can't be transferred from one to another. If you
fish as a boater and decide to fish as a co-angler your points stay in the boater
system, same in the reverse situation.
18. Qualifying
for the "Classic" is done by fishing 50% of all regular tournaments
and or 100% of PA tournaments. Also, any angler that wins a regularly scheduled
tournament or wins the previous years "Classic" will automatically
Qualify.
A.
A the "Classic" the co-angler may choose
which boater to fish with each day.
19. Cancellation
of a tournament
A.
Due to bad weather and/or unsafe water conditions,
the Tournament Director and all officers present may take a vote to cancel the
Tournament.
Revised: 2/18/25