YOUTH LIVESTOCK FUNDRAISER
OPEN BASS TOURNAMENT
OPEN BASS TOURNAMENT
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Date: May 30, 2020
Time: 7:00 am – 3:00 pm Launch & Weigh In: Fort Martin Ramp 100 Fort Martin Industrial Park Road Maidsville WV 60% payback 5 (five) fish team limit 1 or 2 man team Registration fee: $100.00 per boat (if received by 5/1/2020 $20.00 discount) Big Fish Optional: $10.00 (100% payback) |
Questions:
Patrick Turner 304-290-3861 Rob Maxwell 304-629-1159 All proceeds benefit the Monongalia County Fair Youth Livestock Auction Awards. |
Participation:
Tournament is open to the general public. Persons under the age of 16 cannot operate the gasoline motor other than in an extreme emergency. Team tournament with no more than two contestants per boat. (No extra passengers.)
Registration:
Advance registration is encouraged. Minimum of 10 registered boats must be received by May 15, 2020 or tournament will be canceled/rescheduled. Pre-registration fee will be $80.00 from February 18, 2020 to May 1, 2020. After May 1, 2020 registration fee will increase to $100.00. Registration fee must be received with a properly completed entry form. Fees are non-refundable. Mail entry form and fee to: Monongalia County Fair Youth Livestock, 270 Mylan Park Ln Ste 250, Morgantown, WV 26501.
Liability Insurance:
Liability Insurance is the responsibility of the boater. Will not be permitted to fish tournament unless proof of liability insurance on the boat is available upon request. At no time will Monongalia County Fair or Monongalia County Fair Youth Livestock Barn Committee Members assume responsibility for personal injury or property damage.
Safety during the event is important. Each contestant is required to wear a chest-type life preserver, Coast Guard approved. This preserver must be worn any time the combustion engine is operating. This preserver must be strapped, snapped, or zipped securely and maintained in that condition until the participant reaches fishing location and the combustion engine is shut off.
Every boat must have all required Coast Guard Safety equipment. In addition, each boat must have an operational bilge pump, and live well space, properly aerated, to adequately maintain a live a limit caught by participants.
No alcoholic beverages or illegal drugs shall be allowed in boats or at the weigh-in area.
Check In/Weigh In Point:
Official check in will be Fort Martin Ramp: 100 Fort Martin Industrial Park Road Maidsville, WV. Weigh in will also be at Fort Martin Ramp. All boats and participants should be in the water by 6:45 a.m. Teams will receive boat numbers at the morning check in which will have been determined in order of registration this same number will be used for weigh in. All boats must return to the weigh-in site and check in no later than 3:00 p.m., unless otherwise stated by tournament officials. Teams failing to return at designated time will be penalized 1 lb. per 1 minute late and disqualified after 10 minutes.
Tackle/Equipment:
Artificial lures must be used. No live or prepared bait will be permitted. Only ONE casting, spin-casting or spinning rod and reel may be used at any one time. All other types are prohibited. All bass must be caught live and in a conventional sporting manner.
Tournament:
All fishing must be done from the boat. Contestants must not depart the boat to land fish. Contestants must not depart boat to access fishing waters. Boats must leave the check point by water and return by water. Both contestants should remain in the boat at all times, except in case of emergency or where safety is involved.
Each contestant shall be expected to keep the bass alive by use of the boat’s live wells. For each dead bass weighed in, an eight-ounce penalty will be imposed.
Weight will be calculated based on pounds and ounces. Tournament winners determined by the total pounds and ounces weighed for tournament. Limit of five bass, largemouth, smallmouth, or spotted, per boat shall be weighed.
At no time shall a competitive boat have more that 5 (five) bass in the live well at one time. Each team must present their own catch to weigh in. No person shall touch said bass except tournaments official(s). Bass must be 12 inches in length on a Gator Grip Golden Rule to be weighed. Fish shall be measured with the mouth closed: tail may be stroked to meet the required length. A one pound per fish penalty shall be invoked on all bass not measuring 12 inches in length and the short bass will not be weighed.
In case of tie: winner will be determined by the weight of the largest bass. The second tie breaker will be number of fish.
Dispute:
Any participant wishing to protest the score or conduct of another must file a written protest, stating reasons for protest within 30 minutes after the weigh-in scales are closed.
Tournament is open to the general public. Persons under the age of 16 cannot operate the gasoline motor other than in an extreme emergency. Team tournament with no more than two contestants per boat. (No extra passengers.)
Registration:
Advance registration is encouraged. Minimum of 10 registered boats must be received by May 15, 2020 or tournament will be canceled/rescheduled. Pre-registration fee will be $80.00 from February 18, 2020 to May 1, 2020. After May 1, 2020 registration fee will increase to $100.00. Registration fee must be received with a properly completed entry form. Fees are non-refundable. Mail entry form and fee to: Monongalia County Fair Youth Livestock, 270 Mylan Park Ln Ste 250, Morgantown, WV 26501.
Liability Insurance:
Liability Insurance is the responsibility of the boater. Will not be permitted to fish tournament unless proof of liability insurance on the boat is available upon request. At no time will Monongalia County Fair or Monongalia County Fair Youth Livestock Barn Committee Members assume responsibility for personal injury or property damage.
Safety during the event is important. Each contestant is required to wear a chest-type life preserver, Coast Guard approved. This preserver must be worn any time the combustion engine is operating. This preserver must be strapped, snapped, or zipped securely and maintained in that condition until the participant reaches fishing location and the combustion engine is shut off.
Every boat must have all required Coast Guard Safety equipment. In addition, each boat must have an operational bilge pump, and live well space, properly aerated, to adequately maintain a live a limit caught by participants.
No alcoholic beverages or illegal drugs shall be allowed in boats or at the weigh-in area.
Check In/Weigh In Point:
Official check in will be Fort Martin Ramp: 100 Fort Martin Industrial Park Road Maidsville, WV. Weigh in will also be at Fort Martin Ramp. All boats and participants should be in the water by 6:45 a.m. Teams will receive boat numbers at the morning check in which will have been determined in order of registration this same number will be used for weigh in. All boats must return to the weigh-in site and check in no later than 3:00 p.m., unless otherwise stated by tournament officials. Teams failing to return at designated time will be penalized 1 lb. per 1 minute late and disqualified after 10 minutes.
Tackle/Equipment:
Artificial lures must be used. No live or prepared bait will be permitted. Only ONE casting, spin-casting or spinning rod and reel may be used at any one time. All other types are prohibited. All bass must be caught live and in a conventional sporting manner.
Tournament:
All fishing must be done from the boat. Contestants must not depart the boat to land fish. Contestants must not depart boat to access fishing waters. Boats must leave the check point by water and return by water. Both contestants should remain in the boat at all times, except in case of emergency or where safety is involved.
Each contestant shall be expected to keep the bass alive by use of the boat’s live wells. For each dead bass weighed in, an eight-ounce penalty will be imposed.
Weight will be calculated based on pounds and ounces. Tournament winners determined by the total pounds and ounces weighed for tournament. Limit of five bass, largemouth, smallmouth, or spotted, per boat shall be weighed.
At no time shall a competitive boat have more that 5 (five) bass in the live well at one time. Each team must present their own catch to weigh in. No person shall touch said bass except tournaments official(s). Bass must be 12 inches in length on a Gator Grip Golden Rule to be weighed. Fish shall be measured with the mouth closed: tail may be stroked to meet the required length. A one pound per fish penalty shall be invoked on all bass not measuring 12 inches in length and the short bass will not be weighed.
In case of tie: winner will be determined by the weight of the largest bass. The second tie breaker will be number of fish.
Dispute:
Any participant wishing to protest the score or conduct of another must file a written protest, stating reasons for protest within 30 minutes after the weigh-in scales are closed.