We, the charter members, have organized for the
purpose of fellowship of men interested in the sport of bass fishing, to
compete and better ourselves in the art of bass fishing, and promote
conservation of wildlife programs.
The following rules of club monthly tournaments will
remain unchanged. Interpretation of
these rules shall be left exclusively to club officers. The decision of the club officers shall be
final in all matters.
MEMBERSHIP:
Membership is an annual dues
of $30.00 per person ($60.00 per team).
Dues will not be forfeited once paid but must be paid by member prior to
the first tournament they fish to be eligible for any tournament prizes.
The fee is $60.00 per boat for all tournaments, and must
be paid in cash or check to the Secretary/Treasurer by the end of the first
meeting preceding the tournament to be fished.
Members unable to attend that meeting may elect to notify a club officer
of their tournament participation, but shall pay CASH ONLY after the meeting
they missed, at least 30 minutes before the tournament is scheduled to
begin. FEES PAID AT THE RAMP WILL INCLUDE A $20.00 LATE FEE PER TEAM OR $10.00
PER PERSON. Fees may also be mailed
to the club president but to avoid late fee MUST BE POST-MARKED NO LATER THAN
THE TUESDAY PRECEDING THE TOURNAMENT.
Cash only at the ramp is acceptable for all events except the
Classic. The fee includes $6.00 per boat
that will make up the "BIG BASS POT".
Ten percent, $6.00 of each entry fee, will be
retained by the club for added payout at the Classic tournament.
LIABILITY CLAUSE:
Upon becoming a club member, each member agrees that
they waive and release all contestants, the club, the host, the officers and/or
tournament officials from all claims or injury and/or
damage incurred in connection with each tournament held by Tulsa Southside
Hooker's Bass Club. Each club member
must have adequate personal insurance.
Each member will receive a copy of the bylaws when
they join the club. The entry form to
join must be signed by both members including those substituting and both must
agree to the liability statement in both the bylaws and on the entry form. NO EXCEPTIONS!
Liability forms must be in possession of the Club
President before any tournament is begun and will be signed by everyone
participating.
TOURNAMENT HOURS:
Day:
Night:
Day hours may
be changed by vote as we get into the summer months.
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CLASSIC TOURNAMENT:
The classic will be a two (2) day event. Team members missing more than 2 tournaments
during the year will not be eligible for the Classic. The lake to be voted upon
at the September meeting. No
substitutions permitted in the Classic.
MEETING TIME/PLACE:
Monthly meetings will be held on the Thursday
preceding each tournament. The meetings will take place beginning at
CLUB MEETINGS:
The business meeting is to follow parliamentary
rules. Each meeting to consist of the
following in the following order shown:
1. President
call meeting to order
2. Roll call
3. Discussion
4. Pay fees for
next tournament ($60.00)
5. Adjournment
ATTENDANCE:
Members are encouraged to be active in the club and
attend the meeting prior to each tournament.
MEETING POINTS:
Three (3) points will be given to each team for
monthly meetings missed. These
attendance points will be recorded monthly and added to the year-end point
standings. Only one member must attend
to avoid receiving these points.
SCORING METHOD:
A team that comes in first in a tournament will
receive one (1) point. Second place will
receive two (2) points and third place will receive three (3) points, and so on
up to the teams that blank out. If six
teams weigh-in fish then any team that did not would be seventh plus three
points for not catching any fish for a total of ten (10) points. Any team not participating will receive the
maximum number of points for that tournament plus five (5) points for not
attending, giving them a total of fifteen (15) points. These records are to be kept monthly and
yearly to determine monthly winners and calendar year winners (February through
September).
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SCORING WEIGHT:
Scoring is determined by the total weight of five (5)
fish measuring fourteen(14) inches (black bass and brown bass) or twelve (12)
inches* spotted or
Kentucky bass) in length or the legal length per that lake. A credit of .05 will be given for each fish
that is alive when you weigh-in. This
will be added to your total weight and the sum of the two will be your total
stringer weight. A 1 pound penalty will
be applied to any dead fish. All fish
brought to the scales for weigh-in becomes the property of the club and will be
returned to the lake after they are weighed-in.
Exception: If a trophy fish is caught and you wish to have it mounted or
if a fish has expired, the fish will be weighed and returned to the team which
caught it.
First place will be awarded to the team with the
heaviest string, second place to the next heaviest string, third place to the
third heaviest string. In the event of a tie, big bass will determine the
winner, but if all factors of fish weights are the same, the same points will
be given to both teams and the next position will be eliminated.
* Tenkiller ONLY!
TOURNAMENT ATTENDANCE/RESULTS:
Will be verified by Weigh-master/assistant and filled
in completely for tournament results. A
copy will be provided to members at the next scheduled meeting.
LIVE WELL CHECK:
All boats must have a live well check. If your live well has not been checked have a
club officer or another contestant check it, they must vouch for you in the
case of a protest. If you come in late,
find another club member and have them check your live well.
Any latecomers must put in at the same location where
the balance of the club put in.
TAKE-OFF POSITIONS:
Numbers for starting positions will be provided prior
to takeoff and these will be called off in numeric order at blast off.
OFFICIAL END TO TOURNAMENT:
The tournaments official end will be at the previously
set time for the tournament. You must be
at the ramp site or have checked in with by club officer at that time or you
are considered late.
WEIGH-IN:
All fish must be brought to the scales in a TSH Club
furnished bag with water. Only fish brought to the scales and placed in the
basket will be weighed. DO NOT BRING
FISH TO THE SCALES IN A NET, this will result in a
disqualification.
The weigh-in is to be held as close to the water as
possible and conducted by the club officers to the nearest weight. In order not to form a waiting line this
needs to be in an orderly fashion, taking turns.
No culling once a boat is trailored. Whatever fish are present in live-well at time of trailering or weigh-in are to be weighed.
MEASUREMENT OF FISH:
All fish will be measured with mouth closed and tail
lobes pressed together using the clubs official GOLDEN RULE board. No belly
boards, only flat boards are to be used.
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FISH PENALTIES:
Any fish
brought to the scales for weigh-in that is shorter than legal length for that
lake, will result in the elimination of that fish and a 2 lb. penalty.
If more than five (5) fish are brought to the scales for weighing, the largest
fish will be eliminated. Only the five
(5) smallest fish will be weighed.
LATE PENALTIES:
Any teams not at weigh-in at the designated time shall
be considered late. Late teams shall be
penalized one pound for each minute late, up to 10 minutes. Any team checking in more than 10 minutes
late shall lose all points. No excuse
will be accepted for tardiness. If any
team is 20 minutes late, then the club members and/or lake patrol may come
looking for you. If any club member must
leave a tournament for any reason before weigh-in, some member on the lake or
at the ramp should be notified before you leave. If no member can be found, leave a note on a
member’s windshield.
PROTESTS:
Any protest to any part of a tournament may be made to
any club officer at any time during the tournament but no later than five (5)
minutes after the weigh-in. Not at a
later date when facts are few and prizes have been presented. Any protests are to be in written form and
signed. Any witnesses should also sign.
POLYGRAPH TESTS:
It is up to the discretion of the Club President to
obtain and deliver at least one polygraph test following a tournament. The
tournament selected is determined by the Club President and not disclosed prior
to the weigh-in.
SAFETY:
Safe motoring conduct must be observed at all times by
all contestants. Caution and safety on
take-off must be observed. Boats must
keep a safe distance apart and not cut across in front of another boat. Each contestant is REQUIRED to wear a
chest-type life preserver during take-off and any time combustion engines are
operating. It is suggested that life
jackets be worn at all times. The club
strongly recommends kill switches as part of your equipment. The club recommends they always be used.
BOATS:
All boats used must be in compliance with all current
Federal and State Regulations including rated horsepower, operating kill
button/lanyard attachment, licensing and insurance provisions including
separate lake provisions imposed.
CONSERVATION:
All boats must contain fresh water live wells, either
built-in or portable. No stringer,
basket or other means for holding fish will be allowed.
TRAILERING:
Trailering of boats during the tournament will not be
permitted, unless the club officers decide on the day of the tournament that
weather conditions justify trailering and so announce 30 minutes before the
start of the tournament. When trailering
is allowed, all contestants must remain at the original launch site until the
tournament start before trailering to another site. Boats cannot be removed from the water and trailered to the weigh-in unless trailering has been
declared before the tournament start.
Boats may be
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removed from the water in the event of emergency repairs or
severe weather and returned to the water with no penalties assessed.
FISHING AREAS:
Fishing is permitted any place on the lake. However, fishing will not be permitted within
fifty (50) yards of another contestant’s boat which was on the location
first. All fishing must be done from the
boat. The Club President has the right
to indicate an “off-limits” area prior to a tournament.
TYPE LURES, EQUIPMENT, AND FISH:
Only artificial lures may be used. NO live baits or prepared baits. However, pork or pork-type strips, rinds,
etc... may be used.
Electronic depth finders, thermometers, oxygen analyzers, etc..are permitted.
Trolling will not be permitted.
Only black
bass, brown bass, spotted bass and
DEAD WATER TIME:
There is NO "dead water" time for any of the
tournaments.
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES/INSPECTION & DISQUALIFICATION:
Your boat may be inspected before the tournament,
during the tournament or at the end of the tournament as you return for the
weigh-in for alcoholic beverages aboard your boat. If alcoholic beverages are found on the boat,
that team will be disqualified from that tournament. A second offense of this rule by any member
of the same team will result in disqualification from the tournament and club
membership.
DISQUALIFICATION - GENERAL:
Team disqualification will forfeit any and all monies
paid.
CHEATING:
Cheating will constitute automatic disqualification
from the tournament, club membership, and forfeit of all monies previously paid
for any privileged activity. Legal
prosecution may be filed.
TOURNAMENT SUBSTITUTIONS:
Each team is allowed only three (3) substitutions per
year, and substitutions may not carry a professional status. Any member of the team may be substituted for
only two (2) times. Teams will be
disqualified for the remainder of the tournaments, if any, which includes the
Classic for attempted substitutions that exceed two (2) for either member. You may, however, elect to fish the
tournament by yourself. Fishing by
yourself does not constitute the use of a substitute and you are required to
pay the entire tournament cost. A
club officer must be informed at the meeting or 30 minutes before the
tournament if a substitute is being used.
NO SUBS ALLOWED IN THE CLASSIC.
TOURNAMENT WINNINGS:
Will be paid immediately after the
results are determined. They may be paid in cash or by check drawn on
the Tulsa Southside Hookers Bass Club account.
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TROPHIES/AWARDS:
Awards will be presented to each respective, winning
team member for the following:
First Place (Overall Club Championship) 100% tournament fees next year
Second Place (Overall Club) 50% tournament fees next year
Big Bass
(Overall Club)
If a tie exists, winner determined by big bass during the Classic
tournament.