N.B. Pro Bass Tour Rules

  

            1 / Rules

Tournament Director and competitors makes the rules

Tournament Director enforces the rules

Tournament Protest committee shall interpret all protest

Failure to adhere to all the rules will mean disqualification and entry fee forfeited

           2 / Eligibility

Teams must pay an annual $50.00 registration fee

Tournaments are open to all competitors regardless of engine or boat size

The Tournament Director reserves the right to refuse entry to any team that
reflects negatively on the NB Pro Bass Tour or that publicly exhibits un-sportsmanlike conduct 

3 / Regulations

All federal, provincial, coast guard, boating and angling regulations must be strictly adhered to.

It is the anglers responsibility to know all regulations and get required permits

4 / Team registration

Teams will be assigned a team number

One team member must be present in order to use the team number

All registration fees paid in advance will be returned in the event a team cannot fish a tournament registered for.

5 / Safety equipment

Each contestant is required to an approved flotation device and must be hooked up to kill switch when engine is running and in gear.

6 / Boat inspection

Tournament officials prior to tournament must inspect boats and nothing shall be added to boat after inspection without the approval of an official.

7 / Leaving the boat

All fishing must be done from the boat

          8 / Drugs or alcohol
                              No illegal drugs or alcohol shall be consumed prior or during tournament 
                              fishing hours. Teams to be found to under the influence of illegal drugs or alcohol
                              will be disqualified

          9 / Rods
                   Each contestant is allowed the maximum of one line in the water at any time

         10 / Live wells

All fish must be kept in a aerated live well

         11 / Baits.

Only artificial baits are allowed

         12 / Culling

(a) (Kicker fish) You may have six fish in your live well while fishing, but you must cull to five fish when you move to another spot with the engine

                             (b) Teams caught with more than six fish will be disqualified

      13 / Angling hours

Angling hours shall be 7:00am thru 4:pm unless otherwise notified

Start may be delayed and a maximum of 30 minutes will be added to the tournament hours

A one pound per minute will be assessed for each minute a team is late

         14 / Take offs

                              Take offs will be trickle start, boats leaving out of turn will be disqualified

                              Teams deemed not to able to take off safely will be held back

         15 / Eligibility of fish for weigh-in

          Fish must be 12 inches or longer and live, short or dead fish will be assessed a
          six ounce penalty and

         Short fish will not be weighed

         Lunker must be marked and live prior to weigh-in

         16 / Pre-fishing and off limits

                            (a) Pre-fishing tournament waters will cease Sunday (sunset) prior to tournament

                           (b) Pre-fishing Championship waters will cease on Sunday (sunset) two weeks prior to the
                                tournament

                            (c) Boats may be on tournament waters during the off limits as long as all fishing 
                               equipment is stowed and not used. "fish finders and cameras are allowed"
                          

         17 / Encroachment

        Boat or lure is not permitted within 75 feet of another boat

       The Meduxnekeag and Eel rivers will be classed as community waters in the
       spring Woodstock tournament and the 75 foot rule will not apply

         18 / Breakdown

                            In the event of a breakdown teams may transfer their fish to another boat (in separate live
                           wells) and go directly to weigh-in or may exchange boats and continue fishing.

         19 / Ties
                           (a) In the event of a tie in the regular tournaments prizes and money will be added together and

                           divided equally

                          (b) In the event of a tie for top position in the Championship, teams will fish for 1 hour with
                           the biggest fish winning (a tournament official will be assigned to your boat during
                          this fish-off)

         20 / Alternates

                         (a) Alternate can be used at any time as long as one member of the team is present.

     (b) Alternate used in Championship must have been used during regular season. In
      the event there is no alternate, you may fish alone.

 

21 /Trolling 
                    
                No fishing with the aid of the combustion engine however lures may be fished with the
                trolling  motor