Open to all individuals. Those under 18 years of age may participate with written permission from parent or guardian. Woods reserves the right to reject any entries we feel are not in the best interest of the Tournament.

2. ENTRY FEES

Entry fees shall be $80 per boat per tournament.

$5 will go toward the TOC and $2 to the Lie Detector Fund. The tournament payout will be 75%, paying 1 place for every 5 teams, up to 5 teams. Optional $20 Big Bass per boat entries are also available at 100% payback. Winners must be present to win and are responsible for any and all taxes on any monies or prizes won. Drawings will be held the Tuesday before each Tournament at 5pm where launch positions will be determined. Any entries received after this will be added in the order they are received. Entries will be received until 5pm the Friday before the tournament at the store. Ramp entries are accepted and will require a $20 late fee.

3. OFF LIMITS

There is no off limits.

4. TOURNAMENT HOURS:

Tournament hours are 8 hours or as required by DNR. We reserve the right to change the hours if necessary. We will all blast off from the same ramp. Please check in 30 minutes before blast off time.

5. SAFETY:

Safe boating conduct must be observed at all times. Each competitor is required to wear a Coast Guard approved life vest, securely fastened at all times when the boat is being propelled by the combustion engine. Furthermore a kill switch must be fastened to the driver anytime the combustion engine is propelling the boat. Failure to do so is grounds for disqualification. Running lights must be operational. Each competitor’s boat must be equipped with a livewell system capable of keeping a tournament limit of bass alive.

6. SPORTSMANSHIP:

Each contestant is expected to follow high standards of sportsmanship, courtesy & conservation. No boat may fish within 50 yards of another competitor who is anchored with trolling motor up. No team may fish within 25 yds of another team without other team’s permission. Permission may not be granted to any team at exclusion of any other team. No hole sitting, prefishing by a non-competitor to aid tournament participant allowed. Violators will be disqualified.

7. TACKLE AND FISHING METHODS:

Only artificial baits may be used. No live or cut bait is permitted with exceptions of pork strips, rinds, etc. All bass must be caught alive in a legal & sporting manner. No snagging. Each competitor may only use 1 rod at a time, no more than 1 bait in the water at a time per fisherman. Trolling with the big motor is not permitted. No competitor may leave the boat to land or catch fish. No underwater cameras allowed during the tournament.

8. STATE GAME REGULATIONS:

All participants are required to abide by all state laws and game regulations. No alcoholic beverages or illegal drugs may be consumed by any participant during tournament hours.

9. SCORING:

A limit of 5 bass (largemouth, smallmouth or spotted bass) may be weighed in. Minimum lengths will be 15 inches unless a longer limit is required at the lake being fished. Lengths will be measured with mouth closed on a “Golden Rule”. A short fish brought to the scales will result in disqualification. Dead fish will be penalized 1 pound, the dead fish penalty will also apply to any fish weighed as a Big fish if that fish is dead. All culling must be done on the lake with the exception of dead fish. No team may have more than the tournament limit in the livewell at any time during the tournament. Big bass will break heavy stringer ties. A heavy stringer will break big bass ties. Primary scoring will be based on the heaviest stringer.

10. EMERGENCIES:

Competitors shall remain with their partners in the boat at all times during the tournament except in the event of sickness or brief excursions for “nature calling”, severe storm or other such hazard. If for any reason a team decides to leave the tournament waters early, both members shall bear full responsibility for notifying a tournament official. In case of a breakdown, one partner may return with fish by another tournament boat while the other partner is permitted to stay with the disabled boat.

11. WEIGH IN PROCEDURES:

Weigh-in will begin 15 minutes after the end of the tournament. No early weigh-ins. Weigh-in will be on a first come first serve basis. You may be required to weigh your fish in one of Woods official weigh in bags. Your fish must be kept in your livewell until an official bag is available. Once fish have been presented to a tournament Official to be weighed in, no additional fish may be brought to the scales. Teams not weighing fish are still required to check in with the tournament officials in order to account for all teams.

12. LATE PENELTY:

Competitors who are not at the check in area will be penalized at a rate of 1 pound per minute up to 15 minutes at which time they will be disqualified. The contestants will retain their participation points for their yearly total.

13. CHANGE OF PARTNER AND USE OF SUBS:

All teams must have a declared partner to begin their season. A permanent partner change may only be made prior to the start of the second Tournament with all points retained or by unanimous vote of the Tournament Directors in an extreme situation. A participant may fish solo in any tournaments and retain all points for your team. You are allowed to fish with a different partner, however a new team will be created for the Tournament of Champs eligibility.

14. PROTEST AND POLYGRAPH TEST:

Any protest must be submitted in writing to the Tournament Director within 15 minutes of the close of the weigh in. Woods Sporting Goods reserves the

RESULTS

TOC STANDINGS