ENTRY

1. Each boat must contain at least one TBWC member for club tournaments. A non-member may fish only one club contest before becoming a member.

2. You must sign up everyone in the boat PRIOR to launching. There will be a sign-up sheet attached to the boat trailer with a yellow flag at each event. Failure to sign up will result in forfeiture of any prize money and points toward Angler-of-the-Year for that event. If you have to leave early, please leave your money in the sigh-up folder in the envelope provided.

3. Entry fee is $15.00 for each participant. Payment for the tournament is made at weigh-in. In order to speed things along, please see that one person from the boat pays the entry fee as soon as possible when you come in from fishing.

4. There will be VOLUNTARY added money to each tournament. When signing in at the boat trailer prior to fishing, the team MUST check the box indicating if they are participating in the added money. EACH ANGLER in the boat must pay an additional $10 above the entry fee. At the end of the tournament, among the participating teams only, the team with the heaviest weight will win 100% of the added money.

5. You must be at the weigh-in site past the check in boat at the finish time although you may launch anytime after the start time.

ROD LIMIT and OTHER CONDITIONS

1. All MDNR fishing rules apply.

2. PUBLIC tournaments, club membership is not required to fish nor does a club member have to be on the boat.

Public tournaments may have a different entry fee.

PAYOUT

1. 20% of the total purse will be withheld from each event as follows:

A. One-half (10% of the total purse) is held for the tournament fund to pay for trophy plaques and expenses.

B. One-half (10% of the total purse) is held for banquet prizes to be awarded to all club tournament contestants.

2. 80% of the total purse will be paid to the first3 places with heaviest weight of 5 fish according to the following: 60% to 1st place…..25% to 2nd place…..15% to 3rd place.

3. Any remaining monies left from the tournament fund and any places not paid will go toward the Angler-of-the-Year.

POINTS

Point count toward Angler of the Year will be determined by the total weight of five (5) fish for each boat. Points will be normalized based on the heaviest weight caught equaling 100 points. Subsequent places receive points based on a percent of their weight compared to the winning weight (winning weight=100%=100pts…see examples). We will no longer have points for big fish, limits or show points. The boats will receive points as follows: Example:

Tournament 1

ACCUMULATION OF POINTS

Five (5) contests will be counted for Angler-of-the-Year points. In the case of a tie within a team, the team will decide AOY. In the case of a tie not among a team, the tie will be broken by the number of 1st place finishes, followed by 2nd place finishes, followed by 3rd place finishes, etc.

Awards

The anglers on the winning team of each club tournament will receive a plaque. The Angler-of-the-Year will be awarded a TBWC membership, a hat along with a traveling trophy that will pass on to the top angler each subsequent year. All awards will be presented at the annual banquet.

THE TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE WILL MAKE THE FINAL DETERMINATION IN ANY CONDITION NOT COVERED ABOVE.