THE BASS FEDERATION OF R.I.

David B · TBFRI Club Moderator Team Renagade

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David B · TBFRI Club Moderator Team Renagade

TOURNAMENT RULES
ELIGIBILITY: Tournament is open to all anglers. An adult must accompany anglers under 18 years. No more than 2 anglers per boat. Registration will be at launch site and will close 10 min. prior to launch.

BOATS: Boats must meet U.S. Coast Guard safety standards. Boats must be equipped with navigational lighting and all lights must be on after dusk, when the boat is under any power including electric trolling motor. Boats must have MINIMUM OF $100,000 BOATING LIABILITY INSURANCE. Boats must be equipped with aerated live wells or equivalent thereof, which is capable of supporting a limit (5) bass. No stringers will be allowed. All boats will be inspected at the launch ramp prior to the start of the tournament. Late arrivals must locate a member of the Team Renegade to have their boat inspected prior to fishing.

SPORTSMANSHIP: Anglers are expected to follow the highest standards of sportsmanship at all times and observe all state and local boating laws. Any act by an angler, which reflects unfavorably upon the effort to promote fisheries conservation, clean water, Team Renegade, courtesy and/or sportsmanship, shall be reason for disqualification. There will be no off limits except as noted prior to launch by the Tournament Director. Anglers must remain in the boat during tournament hours unless in the case of emergency.

TACKLE: Artificial lures only! ! ! No live or prepared bait of any kind will be allowed with the exception of pork rind and/or strips. No fly-fishing rods will be permitted. An Angler may use only one rod at any time. Trolling will be prohibited.

SCORING: Tournament standings will be determined by the total weight of creel (5 fish limit) per boat. Largemouth and Smallmouth bass only, will be weighed and must be 12 inches in length (closed mouth to closed tip of tail). Mangled or otherwise altered Bass will not be weighed. All decisions with respect to the size and/or weight of the fish will rest with the Tournament Director. Before the last call for fish and close of scale all complaints must be brought to the attention of Team Renegade member. All decisions will be final.

PENALTY: A Penalty of 8 ounces (0.5 lbs.) will be deducted from the total weight for each dead bass weighed in. No courtesy measurements will be allowed. Any short (undersized) bass brought to the scales will disqualify the entire catch. Dead bass will not qualify for the lunker award.

TIES: In the event of a tie for total weight, the largest fish shall determine the first tiebreaker. If a tie still exists, the second tiebreaker shall be the total number of live bass weighed in.

AWARDS: All awards and prizes are final. Cash prizes will be awarded as follows; 5 or less boats- pays only 1^st place and $10.00 lunker, 6 to 10 boats pays 1^st , 2^nd and $15.00 lunker, 11 or more boats will pay out 1^st , 2^nd ,3^rd and $20.00 lunker. ALL daily creel results per boat will be recorded and at the completion of the last tournament a $500.00* big bag award will be issued for the largest one day creel weigh in during the 8 events. (*) min. 7 boats average per event

-- Edited by David B at 11:47, 2009-01-17

David B · TBFRI Club Moderator Team Renagade

Important Information

Unfortunately we made a little fopa It has recently come to our attention that our first Tournament to be held on Wardens Pond is a little to close for comfort with a major Trail event, the Bass Federation Nation will host there on the following Sunday. Taking into consideration not only the Federation, the impact of tournament fishing on a body of water and those anglers that may want to fish both events. So.in rapid form working with the RI DEM we were able to modify our permits and we will hold our first tournament of the year at Watchawg Pond and the following week return to Wardens. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and look forward to seeing everyone at Watchawg on June 5^th at 6pm. See you on the water.