August 16 — Twelve Mile— Afton, IA — 5:30 AM — 1:00 PM — Main Ramp
September 20 — Three Mile — Afton, IA — 6:30 AM — 2:30 PM — Main Ramp
Pre-registration will be accepted through Monday prior to tournament date.
Last minute entries will be accepted starting 2 hours before blast-off of each tournament (cash only).
Blast-off will be drawn from pre-registered entries.
Entry Fee: $70 Per Boat ($80 day of tournament, cash only)
Big Bass (optional): $10 Per Boat (100% Pay Back)
Calcutta (optional): $20 Per Boat (90% Pay Back, 1st and 2nd Place)
For more information, contact:
Brad Woodard
32263 190th Street
Glidden, IA 51443
Phone: 712-659-2212
Email: bradw@jpfco.biz
IOWA BASS ANGLERS
OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT RULES AND REGULATIONS
OPEN TOURNAMENTS
Interpretation of these rules shall be left exclusively to the tournament officials and shall be final in all matters.
1. PARTICIPANTS AND ELIGIBILITY: Valid Iowa fishing license. Persons under 16 years of age must be
accompanies by a parent or legal guardian.
2. BASIC BOATING EQUIPMENT: Every tournament boat must have all required Coast Guard safety
equipment. In addition, a tournament boat must have a functional live well to adequately maintain alive
and in good condition a limit catch of bass for both fishermen using the boat.
3. SAFETY: Safe boating conduct shall be observed at all times by all tournament competitors. Take-off will
be one (1) boat at a time in 10 second intervals.
4. SPORTSMANSHIP: All competitors are expected to follow high standards of sportsmanship, courtesy,
safety and conservation. No alcoholic beverages are allowed in the boat. Violators will be disqualified.
5. TACKLE AND EQUIPMENT: No trolling will be permitted. No live bait or prepared bait will be permitted
with the exception of pork strips. Only one (1) rod and reel per competitor is permitted in the water at any
given time.
6. OFFICIAL CHECK POINT: There shall be only one (1) official check point for each check-in in the
morning and weigh-in in the afternoon. This point shall be designated by the tournament officials.
7. PERMITTED FISHING LOCATIONS: Fishing is permitted anywhere except within 25 yards of another
competitor unless invited. This privilege shall not be extended to certain competitors with the exclusion of
others. All angling must be done from the boat. Competitors must not depart the boat to land a fish. The
boat must remain in tournament waters. During tournament, competitors must leave and return to the
official check point by boat.
8. LATE PENALTY: Any competitor showing up after check-in time will be penalized one (1) pound per
minute of tardiness and disqualified after 15 minutes. No excuses. Official time announced at blast-off.
9. YOUR CATCH: Only largemouth, spotted, red eye or smallmouth bass will be weighed. Only those
described which measure 15” or more in length on the longest straight line shall be weighed. Legal size
limit shall be in accordance with the rules and regulations with the exact lake fished. A one (1) pound
penalty for each dead fish will be deducted from a competitor’s total weight for the tournament. If dead
fish is largest of the creel, the dead fish penalty will be deducted from the big fish. No iced or mutilated
fish will be weighed. SHORT FISH WILL RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION. All fish will be measured on a
golden rule. A courtesy board will NOT be provided. No early weigh-ins.
10. TIES AND SCORING: Big bass will break heavy stringer ties. Heavy stringer will break big bass ties.
Scores will be based on heavy stringer.
11. DOOR PRIZES: No money winners will be eligible for door prizes (if applicable)
12. RELEASE FORMS: All entrants must sign a release form prior to fishing.
13. VIDEO CAMERAS: The use of any underwater video camera type device, such as the Aqua-Vu system,
will not be permitted during any tournament.
Knowledge of these rules is your responsibility. Failure to read these rules or ignorance of these rules is no
excuse. Any announcement made by Tournament Director at tournament site takes precedence over any
written rules.
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