Buna Pentecostal C.O.R.E.

Youth Group Benefit Tournament Rules

Tournament Hours: 6:00AM 3:00PM
NO FISHING AFTER 3:00 PM
Scales close at 3:30 PM
1. RULES & CHANGES: All decisions made by the tournament director and or the tournament officials will be final. The
tournament director can make a change at his discretion or when the safety of anglers is in question. Interpretation of these
rules will be left exclusively to the tournament director. It is the right of Tournament Director to refuse entry with probable
cause.
2. PARTICIPANTS & ELIGIBILITY: This is an open tournament. Participation in this event is open to all sex and races. A legal
guardian must sign a waiver for any contestant under the age of 18. No one other than paid contestants are allowed in the boat
during tournament hours. You must have a valid Texas fishing license during tournament.
3. SPORTSMANSHIP: All contestants are expected to practice courtesy, safety, and follow local and state game laws. Anyone
displaying poor sportsmanship or violating local and state game laws will be disqualified.
4. ALCOHOL AND DRUGS: Anyone consuming alcoholic beverages or drugs (other than prescription) during tournament hours
will be disqualified. No alcohol or drugs allowed in boat.
5. FISHING, TACKLE & EQUIPMENT: Must be done with artificial lures only. Pork is permitted. Contestants may use only one rod
and reel at a time. Each cast must be completely retrieved before using another rod and reel. No intentional snagging of bass.
No elevated platforms or ladders allowed in boat. Push poles are permitted.
6. OFF LIMITS & GUIDES: No fishing inside any state, federal or lake buoys disallowing entrance to area. No communication
pertaining to fishing is allowed via cell phone, VHF radio, pager or any electronic device during competition for event.
7. PERMISSIBLE WATERS: No fishing is allowed within 25 yards of another contestants boat or 50 yards from anchored
contestants boat with trolling motor out of water (permission to one is permission to all). No tube, bank or wade fishing is
allowed. No trolling with the combustion engine is allowed. All fish must be caught in a legal and sporting manner during
competition hours from tournament waters. Waters fished must be accessible by boat without getting out of boat to gain
access. A contestant may not leave boat to retrieve fish from any structure. All Bass at weigh in become property of tournament
director and are to be released at host weigh in site. No hole sitting by or for entrants.
8. LATE PENALTY: You must be in the weigh in line with your fish in a bag by 3:30 PM. You must have enough water in weigh in
bag to cover your fish. You must provide your own weigh in bag to bring to weigh in. No late weigh in allowed. If you are not in
the weigh in line by 3:30, you will be disqualified. No exceptions.
9. BOATS AN MOTORS: No engine shall exceed the maximum BIA horsepower rating for the boat on which it is used. No Stick
Steering, Jet Drives or Air Boats.
10. INSURANCE & SAFETY: Liability insurance is required. Safe boating must be observed at all times. Each contestant is
required to wear a fastened (fully zipped and/or all clips fastened) U.S. coast guard approved; personal flotation device anytime
the combustible engine is in use on competition day. All boats must be equipped with an emergency ignition shut-off device
which must be securely attached to the drivers body or life jacket any time the boat is in on plane operation. Driver &
passengers must be seated anytime the combustion engine is running and engaged in gear. During bad weather entrants may
leave boat to seek shelter at which time no fishing may occur.

11. SCORING & PENALTIES: Will be determined by the total weight of not more than 5 bass in live well per team. Ties for cash
prizes will be settled by combining the two cash awards and splitting the total between tied teams. Largemouth bass and
Kentucky bass will be counted. The minimum length limit will be 14 measured with mouth closed & tail compressed. A dead fish
penalty of .50 lbs. per fish will be deducted from total weight and Big Bass weight. Angler bringing in a short fish will lose entire
stringer weight. Culling of dead bass is not permitted.
12. PROTESTS: All protest must be submitted in writing within 5 minutes of final weigh-in. The decision of the tournament
director will be final. No verbal protest will be allowed.
13. TRAILER TOURNAMENT & TAKE OFF: You may launch from any boat ramp. You may leave the ramp at any time to head to
your fishing location, but no cast shall be made until 6:00 AM. No check in required at tournament headquarters Saturday
morning if you entered early. Fishing shall begin at 6:00 AM and cease at 3:00 PM. You must be in the weigh in line by 3:30

PM or you will disqualified.