Cull'm or Keep'm
Tournament Rules
* Official Rules of Cull’m or Keep’m Tournament Series 2009 *
- Decision:
The decision of the Tournament Director is final in all matters and is not subject to appeal. Interpretation of these rules will be left exclusively to the Tournament Director. All protest must be made in person before tournaments winnings are dispersed.
- Registration:
Will begin ninety (90) minutes before official start time at the host marina/ramp.
- Participation/Eligibility:
Anyone under eighteen (18) years of age must have the signature of his or her parent or legal guardian. The tournament Director has the right to refuse entry to anyone.
- Scoring:
All bass fourteen (14) inches or greater in length will be weighed. The tournament limit is three (3), any contestant who at any time during tournament hours has more than five (5) in their possession, unless immediately culling, will be disqualified.
- Fish care:
Every effort must be made to keep bass alive through the use of a properly aerated livewell. If you bring a dead fish to the scales, you will be penalized one (1) pound per fish off your team’s total weight.
- Late penalty:
Contestants who are not at the official check-in area at the appointed time will be penalized one (1) pound per minute deducted from the total weight, including any weight to be counted towards a big bass award. Any contestant more than ten (10) minutes late will forfeit that day’s catch.
- Safety:
Safe boating will be observed at all times. All local, state and federal laws apply at all times. Each contestant must wear a fastened; U.S Coast Guard approved personal flotation device with kill switch connected when outboard motor is running.
- Permitted fishing methods:
All bass must be caught alive in a conventional sporting manner. Only artificial lures may be used with the exception of pork trailers. Only one rod may be used at a time. Trolling with the combustion engine is prohibited. Your team may only weigh-in fish caught by your team. Sharing fish with other teams will result in immediate disqualification.
- Sportsmanship/conduct:
All contestants are required to follow high standards, courtesy, and conservation. Unsportsmanlike conduct will not be tolerated.
- Alcohol/non-prescription drugs:
The use of alcohol and or any non-prescription drugs during tournament hours will result in immediate disqualification. Tournament hours will be from official start time until weigh-in is over and awards have been handed out.
- Permitted
fishing locations:
Contestants may fish anywhere on tournament waters accessible by boat, unless marked as designated "off limits". (Per city and state regulations, you are not permitted to travel beyond the barrels at the power plant intake or past the buoys near the dam while fishing on Lake Ray Hubbard.)
- Ties:
All ties for cash prizes will be split equally between contending parties
- Take-off:
Trailering is allowed. You will be able to leave the ramp no more than thirty (30) minutes before start time, either by vehicle or boat, BUT you may not begin fishing until official start time.
- Tournament Hours:
Official start time will be posted on our web site and available before each tournament. All participants must be back to the ramp and checked in at the time determined by the tournament director, this will be available on our web site and announced as registration. You must be in line with your fish by official cut off time, again available on web site and announced at registration, at this time the weigh-in line will close and the scales will open.
- Format:
Each Team can bring up to three (3) fish to weigh-in, weight of all fish will be combined for a total stringer weight, heavy stringer and small stringer (minimum of two (2) fish to qualify for small stringer) will be determined from this weight.
Each team will be able to weigh one (1) fish for big bass and one (1) fish for small bass.
- Payout:
$60.00 Entry fee will be divided as such, $10.00 of each entry will be held back and donated to charity, $10.00 of each entry will go toward Big/Small fish payout. Remaining $40.00 will go toward Heavy/Small stringer payout.
