| 1. Sherwood Bass Club will have eight regular (two-man team) tournaments. Tournaments from February to September will be held on the third Saturday of each month. The “CLASSIC” will be held on the second Saturday of October. | 10. No trolling or live bait allowed during tournament hours. Members must NOT catch or land a fish while out of their boat. |
| 2. Clubs annual membership fee will be $30.00 per person. Each regular tournament requires an entry fee of $60.00 per boat. Ten dollars of the entry fee applies to Big Bass with 100% payback. Club payout will be as follows: 19 boats or less, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place; 20-25 boats, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place; 26 or more boats, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th place. Classic entry fee is $100.00. This includes the $10.00 Big Bass fee. | 11. Life jackets are required to be worn anytime the combustion engine is running above idle. The Sherwood Bass Club will not be responsible for any claims of injury or damage incurred in connection with one of its tournaments. No alcohol or controlled substances can be used during tournament hours. |
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3. Each contestant must register and pay entry fee to a club official 15 Minutes prior to starting of tournament. Anyone is eligible to fish with the Sherwood Bass Club as long as you do not make a living or primary income from fishing touraments and/or sponsorships and you are not listed as a Professional on a circuit website. |
12. Members at the first Thursday of November meeting will vote upon the tournament schedule. Sherwood Bass will not fish the same body of water or river pool for two consecutive months. Should the Arkansas River be selected, there will be an alternate lake vote. The alternate lake will be used if the flow on the Arkansas River is 100M or more. Club officers will notify members the Thursday before the tournament if the alternate is needed. (Lake Dardanelle, Pine Bluff Harbor, and Dumas are acceptable river alternates.) |
| 4. At registration, one person from every team will draw for their starting position. Before start of tournament, a club officer will call official time and all livewells must be verified that they are empty. | 13. All teams that have fished a minimum of five tournaments during the current calendar year will be eligible to participate in the Sherwood Bass “Classic.” The Classic location will be drawn from the original tournament schedule voted for at the November meeting on the Thursday before the Classic tournament date. The Classic will launch according to the final standings. The Classic site is off limits for pre-fishing. |
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5. Late contestants will be allowed to compete as follows: Immediately locate another club member prior to fishing and pay entry fee. That member will verify that livewells are empty.We will not allow a non-member to fish if they arrive late. |
14. A teams total weight at each tournament is accumulated throughout the year for award purposes. If individuals from separate teams fish together, this will establish a new team. Awards for “Big Bass of the Year” and “Team of the Year” (most weight as a team for all club tournaments) will be presented at the club meeting the first Thursday of November. Fish caught during the Classic are not taken into account for "Big Bass" or "Team of the Year". The “Team of the Year” will receive $500.00 cash prize, two embroider jackets, and two trophies. |
| 6. There will be a five fish limit per boat. Sixth fish must be culled immediately. Sherwood Bass will measure all fish with a “Gator Grip Golden Rule Board” (mouth closed and tail pinched.) | 15. All monies left in club treasuries will be paid on the third Tuesday of October to those who qualified and fished the CLASSIC. Payout will be according to teams weight by ounces. |
| 7. All Arkansas Game & Fish Commission and State laws will apply at all times. No fishing within 50 yards of another contestant,or marina gas pump. A competitor may not use a CB radio, a VHF marine band radio, a cellular phone, or any other type of communication device for the purpose of locating or catching fish during tournament hours.These devices may be used for emergency purposes only. All angling must be done from the boat. Contestants must not depart from the boat to land a fish. Boat must remain in tournment waters during the tournment day. Contestants must leave and return to the official checkpoint by boat. Both competitors must remain in boat at all times, except in case of dire emergency. (Should a mechanical breakdown occur, another tournament contestant and one member from the disabled boat may bring disabled boat's catch in.) In such an emergency, competitors may be removed from their boat to a boat operated by other competitors or rescue boat so designated by tournament officials. If a competitor must violate any of the above conditions due to an emergency or any other reason, his catch of the day shall not be counted in the tournament. Trailing of boats during tournament hours are prohibited. | 16. Decisions will be made by a majority vote of all members present. In case of a tie, the president or presiding officer will vote to break the tie. |
| 8. Only Largemouth, Smallmouth, and Spotted Bass may be weighed in. A minimum of 12” in length will apply, except when AGFC or lake limits are greater. Fish presented at weigh-in measuring less than the legal tournament length will not be accepted and the team will be penalized one pound per short fish. Each legal dead fish weighed in will be penalized a half-pound. A team will be disqualified, if more than 5 fish are brought to the weigh-in site. Failure to be within no wake zone of official check-in site at the end of tournaments results in disqualification. | 17. The president or presiding officer will make all final decisions. If club officers are not able to attend a tournament, then someone will be appointed as director of the tournament, and their decision will be final. |
| 9. If any fish at weigh-in is mauled or white-eyed, the club official shall have the right to reject that fish for weigh-in. In order to support “Catch & Release,” all boats must have aerated livewell(s) and all live fish will be released. Only dead fish may be kept after tournament. | 18. POLYGRAPH: All contestants are subject to polygraph testing. Failure to submit is grounds for disqualification. Any contestant who has failed a polygraph test for cheating in a bass tournament is not eligible to compete in Sherwood Bass Club tournaments. Polygraph testing is performed at the discretion of the tournament director. |