SUSQUEHANNA BASS ASSOCIATION

TOURNAMENT RULES

             ++SINGLE DAY ENTRY FEES++               ++TWO DAY ENTRY FEES++

SINGLE MEMBER $55.00 FOR FULL PURSE       SINGLE MEMBER $85.00 FOR FULL PURSE

       TEAM MEMBER $27.50 EACH                                  TEAM MEMBER $42.50 EACH LUNKER FEE $10.00 SMALLIE FEE $5.00            LUNKER FEE $10.00 SMALLIE FEE $5.00 

       ANY MEMBER FISHING ALONE WHO ONLY PAYS FOR ONE ENTRY FEE WILL ONLY BE ELIGIBLE FOR 1/2 THE FULL PURSE. THE OTHER 1/2 IS ABSORBED INTO THE CLUB.

                                      ++++ PAYOUT PERCENTAGES ++++ 

                                 1ST PLACE 40% & TROPHY OR PLAQUE

                                 2ND PLACE 25% & TROPHY OR PLAQUE

                                 3RD PLACE 15% & TROPHY OR PLAQUE

                                4TH PLACE 7.5% IF MORE THAN 20 BOATS

                                        +++++ TOURNAMENT RULES +++++

 1) THE S.B.A. TOURNAMENTS ARE NOW MEMBERS ONLY

 2) YOU CAN BECOME A MEMBER AT ANY TIME DURING THE SEASON BUT YOU

MUST BECOME A MEMBER TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO A TOURNAMENT                                                                             

 3) PARTNERS TOURNAMENT NO MORE THAN TWO PEOPLE IN A BOAT

 4) MAXIMUM OF FIVE FISH PER TEAM AT WEIGH IN

 5) MINIMUM LENGTH IS 12 INCHES

 6) ARTIFICIAL BAITS ONLY

 7) NETS ARE ALLOWED MAXIMUM 3-1/2 FOOT HANDLE

 8) NO ALCHOLIC BEVERAGES

 9) ALL BOATS MUST HAVE LIVE WELLS OR COOLERS WITH AERATOR

 10) LIFE VESTS MUST BE WORN WHEN THE BOAT IS IN MOTION BY THE OUTBOARD 

 11) ANY LIVE FISH WEIGHING LESS 5 LBS. MUST BE RELEASED AFTER WEIGH IN

 12) NO FISHING WITHIN 100 FEET OF ANOTHER TOURNAMENT BOAT WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION

 12) NO CULLING FISH AT LAUNCH SITE

 13) ONE TEAM MEMBER MUST ATTEND PRE TOURNAMENT MEETING 15 MINUTES PRIOR TO TOURNAMENT START TO DRAW STARTING FLIGHT NUMBER

 14) IF YOUR BOAT BREAKS DOWN AND YOU ARE TOWED IN BY ANOTHER

BOAT AND NOT BACK BY WEIGH IN TIME, YOU AND THE OTHER BOAT WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED LATE OR DISQUALIFIED

 15) ALL FISH WILL BE MEASURED WITH MOUTH CLOSED

 16) AN ANGLER CAN HAVE ONLY ONE POLE IN THE WATER AT ONE TIME

 17) DURING A TOURNAMENT LOCKING OUT OF A LAKE OR RIVER WILL BE ALLOWED

                                     +++++ TOURNAMENT PENALTIES+++++

 1) THE FISH YOU WEIGH IN FOR LARGEST FISH MUST BE ALIVE OR YOU WILL BE

  PENALIZED. 50 (1/2) LB. OF WEIGHT OFF THAT FISH

 2) A LOSS OF. 50 (1/2) LB. FOR EACH DEAD FISH WEIGHED IN

 3) ANY FISH BROUGHT TO THE SCALES UNDER 12 INCHES WILL BE PENALIZED 1 LB. OFF TOTAL WEIGHT  (WE USE THE GOLDEN RULE)

   ++ NOTE: BOATS MUST BE DOCKED OR LATE PENALTIES TAKE EFFECT

 4) 5-10 MINUTES LATE 1 POUND WILL BE DEDUCTED FROM TOTAL WEIGHT

 5) OVER 10 MINUTES LATE DISQUALIFIED

 6) ANYONE CAUGHT FISHING IN THE 0-5 MINUTE GRACE PERIOD AT THE END OF THE

TOURNAMENT HOURS WILL BE PENALIZED BY GIVING UP THEIR BIGGEST FISH

 7) ANY TOURNAMENT BOAT TURNED IN BY TWO OR MORE BOATER OR NON TOURNAMENT BOATER FOR UNSAFE BOATING WILL BE DISQUALIFIED