| SECTION 4: POINTS CALCULATION 1. Eligible fish shall be; Largemouth, Smallmouth, Kentucky or Spotted Bass 2. Minimum Chapter legal length for bass is 12 inches (measured with mouth closed and jaw intact) 3. Specific respective State Regulations may override minimum Chapter legal length. Fish shall be taken according to these Tournament Rules in a legal and sporting manner, on legal fishing gear. 4. Each member participant shall be awarded 1 point for each regular Chapter tournament he attends and fishes 5. Eligible Bass shall be weighed for the computation of points on a tournament finish scale. Bonus points will be awarded for participants who weigh in an eligible bass for the places of 1st through 25th. a. 1st place will receive 25 bonus points b. 2nd place will receive 24 bonus points c. 3rd place will receive 23 bonus points… 25th place will receive 1 bonus point. d. In the event that a Tournament participant does not weigh in an eligible fish, they will receive 5 points less than the last place participant’s bonus points that weighed a legal fish. Example #1: Total participants = 23. Bonus points for last legal bass = 15. Last place points (no legal fish) = (10 – 5) plus 1 point for participation, total 6 points. Example #2: Total participants = 23. Bonus points for last legal bass = 4. Last place points (no legal fish) = (4 – 5) plus 1 point for participation, total 1 point. Tournament participants will not receive less than 1 participation point. e. Participants who wish to purchase tournament points are not eligible for participation points. They will receive 10 points less than the last place participant’s bonus points that weighed in an eligible fish. This may be equal to ZERO points purchased depending on bonus points awarded. Example #1: Total participants = 23. Bonus points for last legal bass = 13. Last place points = (12 – 10) plus 0 point for participation, total 2 points. Example #2: Total participants = 23. Bonus points for last legal bass = 4. Last place points = (4 – 10) plus 0 point for participation, total 0 point. When calculating points for tournaments, an individual who purchases tournament points will not receive less than Zero points. f. Refer to ARTICLE II, Section 2, and Line 5 for deduction of accrued points. 6. No BOAT LIMIT of Bass shall exceed 10 Bass at any time or 5 Bass if fishing alone. NO CULLING AT THE RAMP 7. Each participant shall apply only his five heaviest fish for points. In the event, that a participant submits more than five fish, the tournament director shall cull the LARGEST fish from the person’s bag until the five fish limit is reached. 8. Each fisherman shall bring his/her fish to the scale in a manner that clearly distinguishes his/her fish from his/her partner in order to obtain timely and accurate weight for points computation. (It is preferred to bring your fish to the scales in separate bags.) The splitting of weight between anglers is expressly forbidden, and will result in the disqualification of both anglers as a penalty for attempting to split weight. 9. In the event that a tournament(s) is cancelled and not rescheduled, the cancelled tournament(s) will not be used in the computation of points. No points shall be given for any cancelled tournament(s). SECTION 5: PENALITIES The Tournament Director has the authority to access the following penalties for violating the listed rules from ARTICLE VII and ARTICLE VIII; a. Disqualification from tournament with loss of fish, tournament fees, and tournament points. b. Recommend removal of membership according to ARTICLE II SECTION 6. |