Fishing Tournament Rule

Toledo Bend Community Center Spring Fling 2025 Fishing Tournament Rules

1. All State, Coast Guard, Federal Parks & Wildlife regulations shall apply at all times. A violation of any of the regulations could result in a Team surrendering their stringer and/or being disqualified.
2. Teams: A Team cannot consist of more than two (2) anglers, but a Team may consist of only one (1) angler. Only Registered Tournament Anglers are allowed in a Team’s boat during Tournament Hours.
3. Participation & Eligibility: Participation is open to anyone 18 years or older. Anyone under the age of 18 must be partnered with a team member over 18 years of age.  The following are NOT eligible to enter the Tournament:

• Any angler that has guided in the years 2023 or 2024.
• Competed in any tournament with an entry fee of $600 or greater in the years 2023 or 2024.

4. Registration: Participants may register at https://www.toledobendcc.org, or at the Trading Post located at 13816 FM 692 Burkeville, TX, or on the day of the event at the SRA Fishing Pavilion on Pvt Rd Burkeville, TX.  ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST APPEAR TO SIGN A LIABILTY WAIVER AND SHOW THEIR FISHING LICENSE, THIS SIGN-IN WILL BE CONDUCTED AT THE SRA FISHING PAVILION FIRDAY, 25 APRIL 2025 BETWEEN 12 – 5 PM OR SATURDAY, 26 APRIL 2025, STARTING AT 4:30 AM.  ALL BOATS MUST HAVE A VALID BOAT REGISTRATION AND INSURANCE AND PARTICIPANTS MUST SIGN AN ACKNOWLEGDEMENT STATING THEY HAVE INSURANCE.
5. Refunds: No refund of entry fees will be allowed, nor will entry fees be transferred to a future tournament. 
6. Trailering: Trailering is allowed. Contestants may launch from any public or private launch site on Toledo Bend Reservoir. No fishing until Official Start Time. Official Start will be 6 AM, the Stop time is 3 PM, all contestants must be in the weigh-in line no later than 4:30 PM.
7. Weigh-In Time: Any team wishing to weigh fish must be in the weigh-in line with their fish by 4:30 PM.  Any team not in the weigh-in line with their fish by their designated weigh time will be assessed a one (1) pound penalty per minute from their total weight including any weight toward Big Bass Award.  Any contestant who is more than fifteen (15) minutes late will forfeit that day’s stringer.
8. Opening Of the Scales: Scales will open at noon on tournament day.  No Teams are allowed to weigh-in prior to scales opening.
9. Boat Requirements: All boats must be equipped with an emergency kill switch. Kill switch must always be attached to Boat Operator while combustible engine is in operation. Kill switch must operate properly. US C Guard approved life jackets are required for each person in boat. Life jackets must be worn and fastened while combustible engine is in operation. All boats must have a functioning live well that is adequate to keep the tournament limit of fish alive.
10. Method of Fishing: All bass must be caught on artificial bait by casting.  No trolling with main outboard motor.  Contestant may use only one rod at any one time. Umbrella Rigs/Alabama Rigs are allowed with a maximum of five (5) hooks. Any fish caught while “sight fishing” must be hooked inside the mouth.  No snagging of fish.  Fishing must be done from inside the Team’s boat.  At no time can a Team Member leave the boat to land a fish, locate fish, or to make the boat more accessible to new water. Each angler’s cast and retrieve must be completed prior to the angler’s next cast.
11. Dead Fish Penalty: Any dead bass weighed in will result in a deduction of one (1) pound per dead fish applied to their daily weight. Any fish that has been on ice will not be allowed to be weighed in.
12. Big Bass must be alive to be eligible for Big Bass Award. 
13. Minimum Length: Minimum length of bass to be weighed-in is fourteen (14) inches.  The official measuring board is the CHECK-IT-STIK.  Only Largemouth and Kentucky Spotted Bass will be weighed in.  Should a Team present a Bass for weigh-in which fails to meet the minimum length limit, Team must surrender remaining stringer.
14. Culling: 5 Fish Tournament – No team may have more than five (5) fish in their possession at any time during official tournament hours, except during the culling process whereas six (6) fish are allowed. While one team member is culling the other team member may fish, however, both anglers cannot resume fishing until the culling has been completed and team possesses only five (5) fish.  A violation of the culling rule will result in the Team surrendering their daily stringer and/or being disqualified. 
15. Ties: A tie will be resolved by combining the money from tied places and splitting it evenly between tied Teams. 
16. Assistance: During the hours of the Tournament, a Team may not have non-competitors in their boat on the water for any reason, receive fishing information from non-competitors or follow a non-competitor’s boat or participate in the placing of markers by non-competitors or participate in the practice of “hole sitting” by anyone. The use of mobile communication devices such as cellular telephones, marine radios, walkie-talkies or any electronic device to obtain and use fishing information from anyone during tournament hours is strictly prohibited. In the event of an emergency, Teams should call 911 first and then notify the Tournament Director at 619-395-1987.

17. Boat/Motor Breakdown: In the event a Team’s boat or motor becomes inoperable or in a state that cannot get the vessel back to the Official Check-In, a Team can return to Official Check-In by 1) remaining in their boat and being tow to Official Check-In, 2) one Team Member, with their daily stringer, may ride in another Competitor’s boat b to Official Check-In while the other Team Member stays with their inoperable boat or 3) one Team Member, with their daily stringer, may ride with a Tournament Official (if available) back to the Official Check-In, while the other Team Member stays with their inoperable boat. 
18. Polygraph Exam: Each Team member, by submitting an entry form, agrees to submit to a polygraph exam and accept the result of said polygraph exam. Should a Team member fail to pass a polygraph exam, Team will forfeit all winnings and face possible disqualification. If alcohol or mind-altering drugs are consumed prior to Team’s polygraph exam, said Team will forfeit all winnings for the tournament. Team selected for polygraph must be available at the designated exam time. Failure to be available will result in possible surrender of daily stringer and/or disqualification. 
19. Alcoholic Beverages and Mind-altering Drugs: No alcoholic beverages or mind-altering drugs are to be consumed by any team member during tournament hours or until team required to polygraph has been selected nor are alcoholic beverages or mind-altering drugs allowed in a team’s boat during official tournament hours.  Violation of any of the above will result in disqualification of said team. 
20. Permitted Fishing Areas: Teams may fish anywhere on Toledo Bend Reservoir by boat that is available to the public except areas designated as “off limits” or “no fishing” by state or federal officials. 
21. Off-Limits Areas: Teams may not fish inside any areas designated as “off-limits” or “no fishing” by state or federal officials. There are no other off-limits areas for the tournament.
22. Protests: Any protest must be submitted to the tournament director in writing within fifteen (15) minutes of closing of the scales. 
23. Boat And Horsepower Regulation: Each boat must have all required U.S. Coast Guard safety equipment. Boats must contain a properly aerated live well with space to maintain a live limit of Bass. Maximum horsepower: all outboards used in tournament competition may not exceed the horsepower limitations as set by the U. S. Coast Guard in such vessel.  Falsifying information or altering the horsepower numbers on the motor or rating plate to conceal such limitations will be cause for disqualification from the Tournament.  No Contestant may have a platform, raised deck, or ladder which is higher than the gunnel of the boat.  Standing on the fishing seat or outboard motor is not allowed. 
24. Culling Of Dead Fish: Culling of dead fish is NOT PERMITTED. 
25. Altering a Fish’s Weight: No Angler shall perform any act that will alter the weight of a bass that is in their stringer. Tournament officials reserve the right to use any means necessary to inspect any fish that is in question which includes, but is not limited to, physical inspection, x-rays, metal detectors, necropsy, etc.  
26. Sportsmanship and Conduct: All Contestants are required to follow high standards of sportsmanship, courtesy, safety, and conservation. 
27. All decisions of the Tournament Director are final.
28. The Tournament Director may refuse any entry. 
29. All Bass weighed-in will become the property of Toledo Bend Community Center Spring Fling 2025 Fishing Tournament and will be released back into the tournament waters. 
30. Any person who has been disqualified or banned from any prior tournament may be refused entry into the Tournament. 
31. Violation of any of the aforementioned rules will result in an automatic surrender of the Team’s stringer for the day and may result in disqualification from the Tournament.

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