North Country Bass Club

Club Rules

1) All tournaments will be team events.  There will be a $50 entry fee per team per tournament.  Also, there will be a big bass entry fee of $10 per team with a 100% payout to the biggest bass weighed in for that tournament. The big bass pot is split in the event of a tie.    
2) This season will consist of 1 preseason catch and release tournament (not for points), 14 regular season tournaments and a finals tournament.  Of the 14 tournaments, 3 of your lowest points will be dropped - we will count your 11 best tournaments. Payouts for regular season tournaments are as follows: 1st place will be 50% of the tournament pot; 2nd place will be 30% of the tournament pot; and 3rd place will be 20%.
3) The Finals will be available to teams that fish at least 5 tournaments for the season. The finals will be a 2-day total weight tournament. There will be a $100 per team entry fee, and the payouts will double. There will be a separate big bass entry fee of $10 per team each day, which will be paid to the biggest bass weighed in each day.  
4)  Points will be awarded for each tournament as follows.  It will be a 20-point system, with first place receiving an extra point for winning. The first place team will receive 21 points, 2nd will receive 19, 3rd 18 and so on. If a team does not weigh in any fish or come to the weigh-in, they will receive points for last place.
5)  No more than 5 total bass per boat. (Bass must be no less than the minimum inches legal for that body of water). Each dead fish weighed in will deduct 0.25 lbs. from a team’s gross weight and cannot count towards the day's big bass.
6) Tournaments will start at 6 am and weigh-in at 2 pm.  *Changes in sunlight may push start and end times!
7) No fishing before the start time of the tournament, and all boats must be back to the weigh-ins by or before the ending time.     
8) No trolling    
9) Entry fee is due by 5:30 am each tournament day. *Or 30 minutes before the start of the tournament.   
10)  All watches will be synchronized with that of the tournament director.    
11) If a competitor fails to return to the tournament weigh-in site by the designated finish time, one pound will be deducted for each minute that he is late up to 15 minutes, and then he shall be disqualified from that tournament.  There will be no excuses for being late, and anyone who shows up to the weigh-in sight more than 15 minutes late will be disqualified.   
12) Tiebreaker.  Each contestant's largest bass will be weighed individually, and the weight recorded will act as a tiebreaker in the event of a tie.   
13) Boat partners must stay together until the weigh-in.   
14) Largemouth and Smallmouth only.    
15) You can provide a sub if a team member cannot attend a tournament. Points will be awarded to the boater.   16) Live bait is not allowed.   
17) The launch number will be given when each team registers on the morning of each tournament.   
18) Both team members in each boat must wear a Coast Guard-approved life jacket whenever the outboard is in gear.   

19) Championship - this year, the biggest smallmouth and largemouth throughout the year will be used to determine the location for the finals.  The person(s) who caught one or both will select the finals.

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*League entry fee of $20 per team at first tournament you fish (even if that is the last tournament of the year)...this will go towards the top 2 leader board teams at the end (split 60/40)! This is paid out before finals.  The finals are completely separate.

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**Biggest Small and Largemouth Bass of the Year: You can enter the season's biggest bass pots at registration for the first tournament you fish in for the year.  The cost is $20 per person ($10 for each bass), and the person with the biggest bass (small and/or large) at the end of the season (not counting the championship) wins 100% of the pots.  

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