2008 EDD ROGERS OPEN INC. TOURNAMENT RULES AND REGULATIONS
1. RULE CHANGES: INTERPRETATION OF THESE RULES SHALL BE LEFT EXCLUSIVELY TO THE TOURNAMENT OFFICIALS. THE DECISION OF THE TOURNAMENT OFFICIALS SHALL BE FINAL IN ALL MATTERS. IF YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS TO MAKE CONCERNING THESE RULES PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DO SO. IF YOU THINK A CHANGE OR MODIFICATION SHOULD BE MADE TO THESE RULES PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL IN WRITING TO ONE OF THE TOURNAMENT OFFICIALS. ALL PROPOSALS SHOULD BE RATIONAL AND CARRY COMPLETE AND DETAILED REASON FOR THE CHANGE.
2. SAFETY: SAFE BOATING CONDUCT MUST BE OBSERVED AT ALL TIMES BY ALL TOURNAMENT COMPETITORS. EACH COMPETITOR IS REQUIRED TO WEAR A COAST GUARD APPROVED TYPE 1, 2, OR 3 LIFE PRESERVER. THOSE PRESERVERS MUST BE WORN ANYTIME THE COMBUSTION ENGINE IS RUNNING.
3. SPORTMANSHIP: COMPETITORS ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW HIGH STANDARDS OF SPORTSMANSHIP, COURTESY, SAFETY, AND CONSERVATION. SCOUTING AND HOLE SETTING WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. DRUNKENNESS OR THE USE OF STIMULANTS OR DEPRESSANTS, PRESCRIPTION EXCEPTED, ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE BOATS OR THE WEIGH IN AREA DURING TOURNAMENT HOURS. FIGHTING WILL NOT BE TOLERATED AND IS SUBJECT TO DISQUAILIFACATION FROM ALL EDD ROGERS OPEN INC. EVENTS.
4. PENALTIES: WITH THE HIGHEST REGARDS TO EDD ROGERS AND THE PEOPLE WHO COMPETE IN THIS TOURNAMENT, ANY COMPETITOR WHO IS CAUGHT CHEATING, OR OTHERWISE BREAKING THESE RULES AND FUNDAMENTAL SPORTING PRINCIPALS, COULD BE DISQUALIFIED FROM THIS AND ALL FUTURE EDD ROGERS OPEN TOURNAMENTS. LIKEWISE ANY COMPETITORS WHO SEE ANOTHER COMPETITOR BREAKING THESE RULES AND FUNDAMENTAL SPORTING PRINCIPALS COULD BE DISQUALIFIED FROM THIS AND ALL FUTURE EDD ROGERS OPEN TOURNAMENTS. LIKEWISE ANY COMPETITORS WHO SEE ANOTHER COMPETITOR BREAKING THESE RULES WHTEHER IT BE INTENTIONALLY FOR GAIN OR FOR ANY OTHER REASON OR PURPOSE, MUST REPORT THE INFRACTION TO ONE OF THE TOURNAMENT OFFICIALS. EDD ROGERS AND ALL OF THE TOURNAMENT OFFICIALS WANT TO OFFER EVERYONE COMPETING A FAIR AND EQUAL CHANCE TO WIN. ALL ENTRANTS MUST ABIDE BY ALL STATE LAKE LAWS.
5. TACKLES AND EQUIPMENT: ONLY ARTIFICIAL LURES MAY BE USED. NO LIVE BAITS OR PREPARED BAITS WILL BE PERMITTED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PORK STRIP RIND, ETC. ONLY ONE CASTING, SPIN CASTING, OR SPINNING ROD AND REEL MAY BE USED AT ONE TIME PER CONTESTANT. OTHER RIGS MAY BE IN THE BOAT READY FOR USE HOWEVER ONLY ONE IS PERMITTED IN USE, ONE LINE IN THE WATER PER CONTESTANT AT ANY GIVEN TIME. NO ROD LONGER THAN EIGHT FEET INCLUDING THE HANDLE IS PERMITTED.
6. BOATS AND MOTORS: BOATS MAY BE USED THAT ARE FOURTEEN FEET IN LENGTH OR LONGER. A SMALL ELECTRIC MOTOR MAY BE USED FOR SLOW MANEUVERING. NO BARGES OR SIMILAR CUMBERSOME RAFT WILL BE PERMITTED. ALL BOATS MUST HAVE AN ADEQUATE STEERING SYSTEM AND A FUNDAMENTAL LIVE WELL SPACE CAPABLE OF KEEPING ALIVE A FULL CATCH OF BASS. ALL BOATS MUST BE EQUIPPED WITH AN IGNITION KILL SWITCH AND THIS SWITCH MUST BE USED ANYTIME THE COMBUSTION ENGINE IS BEING OPERATED.
7. PERMITTED FISHING LOCATIONS: ALL OF EDD ROGERS OPEN TOURNAMENTS WILL BE HELD OUT OF RAGLAND BOTTOMS DAY USE AREA ON CENTER HILL LAKE. FISHING IN CENTER HILL WATERS WILL BE PERMITTED ANY WHERE EXCEPT WITHIN FIFTY YARDS OF A WORKING MAIN REFUELING DOCK OF A MARINA OR WITHIN FIFTY YARDS OF ANOTHER COMPETITOR’S BOAT WHICH IS ANCHORED. AN ANCHORED BOAT CAN NOT PERMIT ANY COMPETITOR, SELECTED OR OTHERWISE TO FISH WITHIN A FIFTY-YARD CIRCLE CLAIMED BY HIM OR FIFTY FEET FROM A NON-ANCHORED BOAT.
8. SCORING: THE POUND AND HUNDREDS OF A POUND WEIGHT OF EACH COMPETITORS BOAT CATCH SHALL DETERMINE TOURNAMENT STANDINGS, AUXILLIARY AWARDS, AND FINAL WINNERS. ONLY LARGEMOUTH, SPOTTED, AND SMALL MOUTH BASS WILL BE WEIGHED. SEVEN (7) FISH ARE ALLOWED IN THE LIVEWELL DURING TOURNAMENT HOURS. THE LIMIT MUST BE CULLED TO 6 FISH BEFORE ENTERING THE NO WAKE ZONE AT CHECK IN TIME. THE LIMIT SHALL BE SIX (6) BASS PER BOAT OF THE ABOVE SPECIES OR VARIETY OF SPECIES PER DAY. CONTESTANTS WILL ONLY BE ALLOWED TO WEIGH IN ONE DEAD FISH PER BOAT. THE PENALTY OF WEIGHING ONE DEAD FISH WILL BE ONE POUND DEDUCTION FOR THAT FISH’S WIEIGHT. IF MORE THAN ONE DEAD FISH IS BROUGHT TO THE SCALES THE TOTAL CATCH WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. THE SIZE LIMIT SHALL BE 12 INCHES FOR SPOTTED AND 15 INCHES FOR LARGEMOUTH AND SMALL MOUTH ON THE LONGEST AND STRAIGHTEST LINE AS MEASURED ON A BELLY BOARD SHALL BE PRESENTED AT WEIGH IN. ANY BASS PRESENTED, WHICH DOES NOT MEASURE TWELVE INCHES, WILL BE THROWN OUT AND WILL CAUSE COMPETITOR’S LARGEST FISH TO BE DISALLOWED. ONE PERSON FROM EACH TEAM MUST STAY AT SCALES UNTIL FINAL WEIGHT IS ANNOUNCED.
9. SCHEDULE OF TOURNAMENTS: THERE WILL BE ELEVEN TOURNAMENTS AND ONE FISH-OFF IN OCTOBER, ONE EACH MONTH AND ALWAYS ON THE SECOND WEEKEND OF THE MONTH, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
TOURNAMENTS FOR 2007-2008 IS AS FOLLOWS:
- NOVEMBER , DECEMBER, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY WILL BE HELD ON THE SECOND SUNDAY FROM 7:00A.M.-3:00 PM
- MARCH, APRIL AND MAY WILL BE HELD ON SECOND SUNDAY FROM 7:00A.M.-4:00 PM. THE MAY TOURNAMENT WILL BE HELD THE 3RD WEEKEND (18TH) TO AVOID FISHING ON MOTHER’S DAY(MAY 11, 2008)
- JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, AND OCTOBER WILL BE HELD ON SECOND SATURDAY NIGHT TOURNAMENTS IN JUNE, JULY, AUGUST RUNNING FROM 7:00PM UNTIL 7:00 AM AND SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER BEGINNING ONE HOUR EARLIER, 6:00 PM AND RUNNING ONE HOUR LATER, 8:00AM, DUE TO SHORTER DAYS AND LIKELIHOOD OF EARLY MORNING FOG.
10. POINTING SYSTEM: THE POINTS SYSTEM IS BASED ON A 150 BOAT SYSTEM WITH FIRST PLACE RECEIVING 150 POINTS, SECOND PLACE RECEIVES 149, THIRD RECEIVES 148AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. EACH COMPETITOR ALSO RECEIVES 5 SHOW UP POINTS FOR EVERY TOURNAMENT FISHED. IN THE EVENT OF A TIE THE TWO COMPETITORS WILL RECEIVE THE TIED POSITION’S POINTS ADDED TO THE NEXT POSITIONS POINTS WITH THE TOTAL THEN DIVIDED BY TWO. EXAMPLE- TWO BOATS TIE FOR FIFTH PLACES, FIFTH PLACE POINTS ARE 146 AND SIXTH PLACE POINTS ARE 145, 145+146=291, WHICH DIVIDED BY TWO GIVES EACH CONTESTANT 145.5 POINTS.
11. ENTRY FEE: THE ENTRY FEE IS $80.00 PER BOAT, NO EXCEPTION. BIG FISH POT IS $10.00 PER BOAT, OPTIONAL. IF ONE MEMBER FISHES THE BIG FISH POT THE OTHER MUST ALSO. MEMBERSHIP DUES ARE $15.00 PER PERSON PER YEAR. ALL MONEY PAID IN FOR MEMBERSHIP DUES WILL GO INTO THE POT TO BE DISTRIBUTED AT FISH-OFF IN OCTOBER.
12. OFFICIALS OF THE TOURNAMENT:
RONNIE ROGERS – 931-836-3157
STAN PITTMAN – 931-761-2274
TIM DOVER – 931-261-3961
BILLY CAMPBELL – 931-607-2585
ANTHONY HORN – 931-261-3505
MIKE HALE – 931-836-3157.
13. SIGN IN: BEFORE ALL DAY TOURNAMENTS COMPETITORS MAY SIGN IN AT HILLCREST MKT. FROM OPENING UNTIL 6:30 AM OR AT RAGLAND BOTTOMS DAY USE AREA FROM 6:30 AM UNTIL START OF TOURNAMENT. ALL NIGHT TOURNAMENTS WILL HAVE SIGN IN AT RAGLAND BOTTOMS DAY USE AREA OR HILLCREST MARKET. SIGN IN WILL BEGIN APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS BEFORE EACH TOURNAMENT.
14. ACTIVITY GUIDELINES: AT SIGN IN COMPETITORS WILL DRAW FROM THE HAT A NUMBERED BADGE. THE NUMBER ON THE BADGE WILL INDICATE THE COMPETITORS BOAT POSITION IN LINE FOR THAT PARTICULAR EVENT. ALL BOATS WILL GO OUT IN THIS DRAWN NUMBER SEQUENCE, EXCEPT FIRST PLACE WHICH IS ALWAYS THE PREVIOUS MONTHS WINNER. AT CHECK OUT ALL BOATS MUST COME BY OFFICIAL CHECK-OUT BOAT IN NO WAKE ZONE ON THE LAKE IN FRONT OF RAGLAND BOTTOMS DAY USE AREA. ALL BOATS MUST PASS CLOSE BY THIS BOAT WITH HIS NUMBERED BADGE IN VIEW AND HAVE HIS BOAT READY FOR INSPECTION LIVE WELL MUST BE OPEN AND IN PLAIN VIEW. KILL SWITCHES MUST BE ATTACHED AND LIFE PRESERVERS SECURELY WORN. AFTER INSPECTION EACH COMPETITOR SHOULD THEN IDLE PAST THE CHECK-OUT BOAT UNTIL OUT OF THE NO WAKE ZONE. NO BLASTING OFF BESIDE CHECKING BOAT OR IN THE NO WAKE ZONE. VIOLATORS ARE SUBJECT TO DISQUALIFICATION.
15. WITH CONCLUSION OF FISHING, EACH COMPETITOR MUST COME BACK BY THE CHECK-IN BOAT IN NO WAKE ZONE AND CHECK IN. ALL COMPETITORS WITH FISH TO WEIGH SHOULD DISPLAY BADGES AND HAVE THEIR NUMBER CHECKED OFF OF THE WEIGH IN SHEET. THESE COMPETITORS SHOULD THEN TURN IN THEIR NUMBERED BADGES WITH THEIR CATCH. ALL COMPETITORS WHO DO NOT HAVE FISH TO WEIGH SHOULD TURN IN THEIR NUMBERED BADGE TO OFFICIAL CHECKING BOAT.
NOTE: ANY COMPETITOR WHO IS NOT CHECKED OFF OF THE WEIGH-IN, SHEET CANNOT WEIGH HIS FISH.
16. SPECIFIC REGULATIONS:
1. AT NO TIME SHALL ANY COMPETITORS HAVE IN THEIR POSSESION, BOAT, MORE THAN SEVEN FISH. COMPETITORS MAY CULL UPON CATCHING 8TH FISH DOWN TO SEVEN, BUT ANY BOAT AT ANYTIME HAVING MORE THAN SEVEN FISH IN THEIR LIVE WELL WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. COMPETITORS MUST CULL DOWN TO SIX FISH (TOURNAMENT LIMIT) BEFORE ENTERING NO WAKE ZONE PRIOR TO CHECK IN TIME.
2. ANY COMPETITOR WHO DOES NOT TURN IN HIS NUMBERED BADGE AT THE END OF EACH TOURNAMENT WILL NOT RECEIVE HIS FIVE SHOW UP POINTS.
3. DUE TO LAKE WATER LEVEL FORECASTS, BOATS MAY BE LOADED ON TRAILER BEFORE WEIGHING FISH AT RAGLAND BOTTOM WEIGH IN SITE ONLY! BOATS MAY NOT BE LOADED OUT AT ANY OTHER LOCATION BEFORE WEIGHING FISH. WE WILL NOT ALLOW FISH TO BE TRANSPORTED FROM ANY OTHER LOCATION.
4. THE COMPETITOR MUST HAVE CAUHT ALL BASS PRESENTED TO THE WEIGH IN OFFICIALS DURING TOURNAMENT HOURS. EACH BASS MUST HAVE BEEN CAUGHT LIVE AND ON A ROD AND REEL. ALL BASS MUST HAVE BEEN TAKEN IN A TRUE AND PROPER SPORT FISHING MANNER. TROLLING AS A MANNER OF FISHING WILL NOT BE PERMITTED SNATCHING OR GRAB HOOK MARKS OUTSIDE THE MOUTH OR OTHERWISE CATCHING FISH IS PROHIBITED, GRAB HOOKING AND JERKING MINNOWS IS NOT PERMITTED, NO EXCEPTION. ANY FISH PRESENTED TO WEIGH IN OFFICIALS WITH HOOK MARKS OUTSIDE THE MOUTH OR ANY FISH THAT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN PREVIOUS TO TOURNAMENT HOURS OR ANY FISH THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN IMPROPERLY IN ANY MANNER WILL NOT BE WEIGHED.
5. EACH CONTESTANT, WHETHER WINNER OR NOT, IS SUBJECT TO TAKING A LIE DETECTOR POLYGRAPH TEST.
6. NO BASS WILL BE WEIGHED BEFORE OFFICIAL WEIGH IN TIME.
7. ALL BASS BROUGHT TO WEIGH IN AREA MUST BE IN AN WATER FILLED BAG. COMPETITORS WILL BE ALLOWED TO WEIGH BASS USING THEIR OWN BAGS. EDD ROGERS OPEN WILL SUPPLY A LIMITED NUMBER OF WEIGH IN BAGS.
8. ALL BASS WEIGHED IN ARE THE PROPERTY OF EDD ROGERS OPEN TOURNAMENT, INC. DO NOT REMOVE FROM THE WEIGH IN AREA.
9. ONCE EVERYONE IN LINE HAS WEIGHED THEIR CATCH THERE WILL BE A TWO-MINUTE WARNING GIVEN FOR ANY STRAGGLERS. ANYONE NOT TO THE SCALES ONCE THESE TWO MINUTES ARE PAST WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO WEIGH THEIR CATCH.
10. ANY COMPETITORS WHO ARE NOT IN THE OFFICIAL CHECK IN POINT BY THE APPOINTED TIME SHALL NOT BE ALLOWED TO WEIGH IN THEIR CATCH. THERE SHALL BE NOT EXCEPTIONS FOR LOST TIME.
11. EDD ROGERS OPEN TOURNAMENT OFFICIALS HAVE THE RIGHT TO CANCEL ANY TOURNAMENT DUE TO WEATHER OR LAKE CONDITIONS.
1. DISTRIBUTION OF MONEY:
75 % PAYBACK/ 25% TO BE USED FOR PAYMENT OF TOURNAMENT EXPENSES WITH REMAINDER GOING TO
THE FISH OFF POT AT THE END OF YEAR.
BASED ON 75 BOATS
PAYOUT SUBJECT TO CHANGE +/- (2007 AVG ”83” BOATS)
(FOLLOWING $ AMOUNTS BASED ON 75 BOATS)
1ST PLACE - 40% OF THE POT = $1800.00
2ND PLACE - 23% OF REMAINING POT = $1035.00
3RD PLACE - 13% OF REMAINING POT = $585.00
4TH PLACE - 9% OF REMAINING POT = $405.00
5TH PLACE - 7% = $315.00
6TH PLACE - 5% = $225.00
7TH PLACE - 3% = $135.00
8TH PLACE - FREE ENTRY FEE IN THE NEXT EDD ROGERS OPEN INC.
9TH PLACE - $50.00 GIFT CERTIFICATE COURTESY OF SPARTA SPORTING GOODS
10TH PLACE - $50.00 GIFT CERTIFICATE COURTESY OF WIL-MAR MARKET
BIG FISH POT -$10.00 PER BOAT ($10.00 X 75 BOATS) $750.00
SECOND BIG FISH- ROD COURTESY OF ALL-PRO RODS ($250.00 VALUE)
ALL-PRO RODS IS A PROUD SPONSOR OF EDD ROGERS OPEN INC.
2. FISH-OFF: THIS EVENT WILL BE A NIGHT TOURNAMENT, WHICH WILL RUN FROM 6:00 PM UNTIL 8:00 AM. IT WILL BE THE 2ND WEEKEND IN OCTOBER AND WILL BE HELD OUT OF RAGLAND BOTTOMS DAY USE AREA. ALL THE RULES APPLY TO THIS TOURNAMENT AS THEY DO IN THE REGULAR TOURNAMENTS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THIS BEING A TWO MAN PER BOAT EVENT. ANY CONTESTANT WHO FISHES ALL TOURNAMENTS OR WHO FINISHES IN THE TOP TWENTY BOATS IN POINTS IS ELIGIBLE TO FISH IN THE FISH-OFF. BY CHANCE IF AN UNEVEN NUMBER OF CONTESTANTS QUALIFY THEN THE FIRST PERSON IN POINTS WHO DID NOT QUALIFY WILL BE ALLOWED TO FISH WITH THE ODD NUMBERED MAN.
3. PAYOUT IN FISH-OFF: 100% PAYOUT OF REMAINING MONEY IN ACCOUNT PLUS MEMBERSHIP DUES.
PAYOUT TOP 10 PLACES – ESTIMATED PAYOUT IN FISHOFF $10,000.00
SUBJECT TO CHANGE – DUE TO SPONSORSHIP PLEDGES. PAYOUT OF FISHOFF WILL BE HELD ON THE MORNING OF FISHOFF WEIGH IN.
4. BANQUET: EVERYONE QUALIFYING FOR FISH-OFF WILL BE INVITED TO A CELEBRATION TO BE HELD ON THE DAY OF THE FISHOFF AT RAGLAND BOTTOM DAY USE AREA – FISHERMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE INVITED TO ATTTEND. EACH TOP TWENTY QUALIFIER WILL RECEIVE AN EDD ROGERS OPEN JACKET FOR FINISHING IN THE TOP TWENTY AND THE POINTS CHAMPION WILL RECEIVE A CHECK FOR $2,000.00. WE WILL HAVE FOOD AND FELLOWSHIP ENDING AT APPROXIMATELY 5:00PM.
WE SINCERELY HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR TOURNAMENT AND ANY SUGGESTIONS AT ANY POINT YOU MAY HAVE ARE ALWAYS WELCOME.
5. FISHING: GREATEST SPORT ON EARTH. ALWAYS BE A GOOD SPORT, AS A TRUE FISHERMAN ALWAYS IS.
