2ND ANNUAL WW&L UNITED WAY
3RD
MAY 2ND, 2015
Special Thanks to our Sponsors:
TOURNAMENT WILL BE HELD
AT CLEAR CREEK PARK
Start time at SAFELIGHT in flights of 25
Weigh in at 3:00pm
$2500.00
GUARANTEED
IN PRIZES
Biggest Bass: Flat Screen TV
(TV valued at $500.00)
ENTRY FEE: $80.00 PER TEAM
Take off will be in the order that your entry is received by mail. Entries will be taken at the boat
ramp the day of the tournament before take off. Boats will take off in flights of 25.
ALL PROCEEDS GO TO THE FORT SMITH CHAPTER OF THE UNITED WAY.
For more information call Burel Schaberg: 479-353-8717
Look for registration forms at the Tackle Box, Alma Service Center and other fine retailers.
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2ND ANNUAL WW&L UNITED WAY
3RD
MAY 2ND, 2015
Special Thanks to our Sponsors:
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TOURNAMENT WILL BE HELD AT
CLEAR CREEK PARK
Start time at SAFELIGHT in flights
of 25 • Weigh in at 3:00pm
$2500.00
GUARANTEED
IN PRIZES
1st place: $800.00
2nd place: $600.00
3rd place: $400.00
4th place: $200.00
Biggest Bass: Flat Screen TV
(TV valued at $500.00)
ENTRY FEE IS $80.00 PER TEAM - Photocopies of Form are acceptable - ONE FORM PER TEAM - PLEASE PRINT
BOATER “A” INFORMATION
BOATER “B” INFORMATION (Under 18 include Parent/Guardian Information)
BOATER “A” LAST NAME
BOATER “B” LAST NAME
BOATER “A” FIRST NAME
BOATER “B” FIRST NAME
BOATER “A” ADDRESS
BOATER “B” ADDRESS
BOATER “A” CITY - STATE - ZIP
BOATER “B” CITY - STATE - ZIP
BOATER “A” CONTACT PHONE NUMBER
BOATER “B” CONTACT PHONE NUMBER
BOATER “A” CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS
BOATER “B” CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS
BOATER “A” SIGNATURE
BOATER “B” SIGNATURE (Under 18 include Parent/Guardian Signature)
The Participant signifies by his/her signature above that he/she has read and understands all provisions.
Make checks payable to and mail BEFORE APRIL 28, 2015 to:
WW&L UNITED WAY BASS TOURNAMENT • P.O. Box 168 • Fort Smith, AR 72902
Only CASH accepted the morning of the Tournament before start time after April 28, 2015.
3rd Annual WW&L United Way Bass Tournament
Saturday, May 2, 2015 - AR River at Clear Creek Park
Rules and Regulations
Tournament Waiver & Release
Tournament release: (Must be signed by Participants)
Tournament Participation Agreement: I understand that my consent
to these provisions is given as consideration of the acceptance of this
registration and for being permitted to participate in this event. I am a
voluntary participant in this event and in good physical condition. I know
that this event is a potentially hazardous activity and I hereby assume
full and complete responsibility for any injury or accident which may
occur during my participation in this event or while on the premises of
this event and I hereby release and hold harmless and covenant not to
file suit against the WW&L United Way Bass Tournament (Tournament)
and its local affiliates and any affiliated individuals. Weldon, Williams
& Lick, Inc., the United Way, Hawghunters Bass Club and any affiliated
individuals, any tournament sponsors and their agents and employees
and all other persons or entities associated with this event (the
“release”) from any loss, liability or claims I may have arising out of
my participation in this event, including personal injury or damage
suffered by me or others, whether same be caused by falls, contact with
participants, conditions of the tournament location, negligence of the
release, or otherwise. If I do not follow all the rules of this event, I
understand that I may be removed from the tournament. I give my full
permission to the Tournament and its local affiliate and their sponsors
and corporate sponsors to use any photographs, videotapes, or other
recordings of me that are made during the course of this event.
This event will happen rain or shine. We reserve the right to cancel in
extreme circumstances. In the event of cancellation, entry fees will be
offered for reimbursement by calling 479-784-2109 x332. If voice mail
or phone request is not received by May 10, 2015 money will be donated
to the United Way.
Registration and Payment
Registration will be made by mail before April 28, 2015. Please send
entry form and signed waver to: WW&L United Way Bass Tournament
• P.O. Box 168 • Fort Smith, AR 72902
All registrations will be time and date stamped. After April 28 th only
cash registrations will be accepted.
Safety
No more than two people per boat.
Safe boating must be observed at all times.
Each contestant is required to wear a fastened U.S. Coast Guard
approved personal flotation device anytime the combustion engine is
in operation from boat check until weigh in of the tournament.
All boats must be equipped with an emergency ignition shut-off device
that must be securely attached to the driver’s body whenever the
combustion engine is in operation. A driver must be seated behind the
steering wheel and in full control of the boat whenever the combustion
engine is in operation and in gear.
At the discretion of the tournament director, tournament day may
be shortened, postponed or canceled due to unsafe weather or water
conditions.
Special Thanks to our Sponsors:
Sportsmanship
If unsafe boating practices are observed please report to tournament
director Burel Schaberg 479-353-8717 or co-director.
All contestants are required to follow high standards of sportsmanship,
courtesy and conservation and to conduct themselves in a manner that
will be a credit to themselves and the sport of fishing to promote the
sport. Conduct not complying with these standards including, but not
limited to the following:
•Consumption and /or possession of alcoholic beverages or any kind
of mind-altering substance during registration, tournament hours,
extending through the weigh-in procedure.
• Abuse of, or addiction to, mind-altering substances.
•Suspension/disqualification, probation or ban from any tournament
or fishing organization.
Boat and Horsepower Regulations
•All boats must be propeller-driven, a minimum of 16 feet in length
and have a rear deck.
•All boats must be equipped with wheel steering; no other steering
device will be permitted.
• No barges or similarly cumbersome craft will be permitted.
• Each boat must have all required U.S. Coast Guard safety equipment.
•Boats must contain a properly aerated live well space to maintain
alive, a limit catch of bass by both contestants.
Maximum horse power for all outboards used in tournament competition
will be 250 horsepower, not to exceed the horsepower capacity set forth
on the “Maximum Capacities” placard described below.
•Each boat must have a clearly legible “Maximum Capacities” (or
comparably titled) placard that includes a maximum horsepower
rating affixed to the boat by manufacturer.
•
The horsepower of the outboard engine must not exceed the
maximum horsepower capacity specified on the placard or the
250-horsepower maximum.
•By signing the entry form, contestants agree to submit their boat
and/or motor to an inspection by the tournament director.
•
Falsifying information on the entry forms or altering the
horsepower numbers on the motor or rating placard will be cause for
unreimbursed disqualification from the tournament and may result
in ineligibility to compete in future tournaments.
Fishing platforms and fuel tanks (built-in) must be factory-installed.
Any additional fuel used during the tournament may be purchased
from a retail facility open to the public and pumped through a hose
with a nozzle.
Permitted Fishing Methods
•Fishing is defined as having a lure attached to a line and a rod and
reel with the lure in the water.
• All bass must be caught alive in the conventional sporting manner.
•Only artificial lures may be used, with exception of pork trailers and
biodegradable soft baits.
• Only ONE fishing rod may be used at a time.
• Trolling as a method of fishing is strictly prohibited.
•All bass caught while sight-fishing must be hooked inside the mouth
and immediately shown to your partner for verification.
Permitted Fishing Locations
Contestants may fish anywhere on tournament waters available to
the public and accessible by boat, except areas posted or otherwise
designated as “off-limits”, “no boats”, “keep out”, “restricted”, “no
trespassing”, or “no fishing” (or similar language or markings intended
to restrict public access) by local, state or federal officials, or within 50
yards of a contestant’s boat that was first anchored. An anchored boat
is a boat held in a stable position by a line attached to a weight or by
a Power-Pole or similar shallow water anchor with a trolling motor in
the up position.
All fishing must be conducted from the boat. At no time may contestant
leave the boat to land a fish or to make the boat more accessible to
fishing waters.
The cutting of trees, bushes and/or logs after the start of the tournament
and/or removal of official local, state or federal barricades at any time
to make an area more accessible by boat is strictly prohibited and may
result in unreimbursed disqualification from the tournament. The
use of cables, ropes, chains or any type of block and tackle system to
maneuver a boat into fishing waters is strictly prohibited and will result
in unreimbursed disqualification from the tournament.
Contestants must leave and return to the check-in by boat. The boat
must remain in the tournament waters during the tournament day. No
tournament boat may be loaded on a trailer before the weigh-in except
with the permission of the tournament director.
In the event of equipment failure or emergency, there are two permitted
methods of returning to the check-in: (1) by both paired anglers
remaining in their boat and being towed by water, or (2) by both paired
anglers entering the boat of another tournament contestant. Under
these two conditions the contestants’ catches may be counted without
penalty. Contestants who elect to return to the check-in by any other
means than cited above will forfeit their days catch to that point in time
of the tournament day.
Any contestant returning to the check-in point will be eligible to start and
resume competition under the supervision of the tournament director
or his designated tournament official. It is the sole responsibility of
contestants to locate the tournament director to request a restart.
Partners must remain together at all time and within sight of each other
until the weigh-in verification is signed. The momentary condition of
being out of sight of each other for restroom breaks is permitted.
Checkpoints
There will be only one checkpoint for boat check in point in the
morning and one check in point in the afternoon. Failure to go through
boat check and check out in the morning or failure to check in at the
check-in point will result in unreimbursed disqualification. All fishing
must cease upon check-in.
Late Penalty
Contestants who are not at the check-in area at the appointed time will
be disqualified.
Live Fish
Every effort must be made to keep bass alive through the use of a
properly aerated livewell. Dead fish will not be allowed at the weigh-in.
Scoring
Scoring is determined by the pounds and ounces of each contestant’s
catch. Only largemouth, spotted, Kentucky or smallmouth bass are
accepted species.
The daily limit will be five (5) bass per team.
The minimum length limit for bass will be 14 inches. Bass presented
for weigh-in that fail to measure the prescribed length will be penalized
at the rate of 1 pound per each short bass presented, plus the loss of
the short fish.
Each contestant’s catch must be presented in an official weigh-in bag.
Ties
Ties will be broken by number of fish weighed in. 2nd tie breaker will
be big bass. 3rd tie breaker will combine places and split payout.
Truth Verification Test
Each contestant agrees to submit, by signature of the tournament
entry form, to a polygraph or voice stress analysis examination and to
abide by its conclusion. Failure to pass an examination will result in
unreimbursed disqualification from the tournament. Truth verification
test will be used at the tournament directors and protest committee’s
sole discretion, and determination of the meaning of the results will
be made solely by the tournament directors. Cost of test will be at the
contestants expense.
Insurance
Proof of boat liability insurance must be with the boat being used
and must cover all passengers in the boat. Random checks will be
conducted. Failure to provide proof of insurance when requested by
the tournament director will result in unreimbursed disqualification.
We encourage anglers to promote their sponsors. Anglers may wear
their own apparel on tournament day. Tournament director reserves
the right, in its sole discretion, to prohibit any angler’s apparel that it
finds to be offensive.
Smoking is not allowed in the weigh-in line.
All decisions are at the tournament director and co-director sole
discretion.
Boater “A” Signature
Boater “B”/ Parent/Guardian’s Signature
The Participant signifies by his/her signature above that he/she has read and understands the forgoing provisions.