Launch Site: Lyon County Boat Ramp

                       Old Kuttawa Barkley/Lake on highway 295

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

Safe boating and good conduct must be observed at all times.  Unsafe boat operations will result in disqualification.  Damages or misunderstandings between team members are the responsibility of the individuals involved.  Teams will not fish within 50 yards of another tournament boat that has the trolling motor down.  Boats will not be close enough to touch or to appear to touch.  A maximum of two people may be in each boat.  No individual may be in any boat who is not an official entrant in the tournament. 

Fishing prior to the tournament meeting is acceptable (no off limits).  contestants must not leave the boat to land fish.  NO TROLLING!  Only artificial lures may be used with the following exceptions:  pork strips, pork rinds.  No live or prepared bait, fish stringers, or mechanized lures are permitted.  There is a 5 (five) fish, 15 inch size limit each day. Only Largemouth, Smallmouth, and Spotted bass will be counted toward team total stringer or big bass.  No fishing inside the buoys at the launch site.

All boats must return to the tournament weigh-in area by 3:00 pm to have their catch brought to the scales and weighed. NO CULLING at the ramp. Culling your catch should be done immediately after catching the sixth fish. Once fish are handed to the tournament officials, they become tournament property until released.  All fish will be measured and weighed by tournament staff. A team presenting a short fish will have that fish removed from the stringer and a 1 lb. penalty will be assessed against the overall stringer weight. An 8 ounce penalty will be deducted from the total team weight for each dead fish presented.

Tournament  officials will perform live well checks each tournament morning.  For boaters' safety, gas motors will not be used above idle in the immediate vicinity of the ramp area prior to launch or weigh in.  All teams must wear a Coast Guard approved personal flotation device when the main combustion engine is running.  IF EQUIPPED, FUNCTIONAL EMERGENCY CUT-OFF DEVICES (KILL SWITCHES) ARE MANDATORY, AND MUST BE ATTACHED TO BOAT DRIVER WHILE ENGINE IS RUNNING. 

Tournament hours for each day:  safe light - 3:00pm.  Any specific instructions or changes to the launch, weigh-in times, or other information will be announced at welcome banquet and/or prior to launch.