General Tournament Rules

Any person interested in becoming a member of the Raleigh Bass Anglers Club, for the upcoming year, needs to be at the ramp on the first tournament to pay the membership fees. After our first TX the person must contact us one month in advance of the next TX. If there are less than seven tournaments remaining prospective member must ride with a club member the first tournament.

100% Payback
Club dues $25 per year
Club dues will go to pay for operating expenses and trophies. Any monies remaining at the Classic will be put into the Classic Pool.
Tournament entry fee is $40.00 per member paid out as follows:
$10.00 = Classic
$  5.00 = Big Fish
$25.00 = Pay positions
One position paid for every six entries.
Trophies to be awarded at the end of the year to the top three (3) point positions and a plaque for the lunker of the year and biggest sack.
Two members may fish out of the same boat, but all fish must remain separate AT ALL TIMES.
All anglers must remain at least 50 ft. from other anglers while fishing unless the first angler on the spot gives permission to the second angler.
Only artificial lures allowed.
Only one rod, per angler, may be used at a time.
Life Jackets must be worn when boat is on plane.
All members are expected to follow high standards of Sportsmanship and Safety.
Any member that violates any of these rules or any Federal, State or Local Laws is subject to DISQUALIFICATION.
To cover any discrepancies, the discretion of the Tournament Committee will be applied.
In the event of a tie, the member with the biggest fish WINS!
One Guest per year per member is allowed and that Guest may not fish with anyone else in the Club that same year.
Boats must be tournament ready with live wells capable of handling at least a 5 fish limit.
Meetings are to be held at the boat ramp after every tournament for 15 minutes.
Pre-registration will be at the meeting by draw and at the ramp - first come first serve.
Blast Off will be no sooner than 30 minutes before sunrise.
Weigh time will be announced at Blast Off and will be approximately 8 hours after Blast Off.
All member MUST BE inside the No Wake Zone by the weigh in time or there will be a one-pound penalty for every minute late. (15 minutes late is automatic disqualification).

Specific Rules

• Length of Tournament: No less than 8 hours. No more than 9 hours.
• 0.25 pound penalty for dead fish brought to the scales.
• 1 pound penalty for bringing a short / slot fish to the scales in addition to that fish not being weighed.
• If your Big Fish dies, your Big Fish weight will be penaliized 0.25 of a pound.
• Guest: Does not figure in points. Only members will receive points.
• Children under 14 fish free, but must pay entry fee if they want to qualify to win money.
• Emergency Back-up lake - Gaston.
• Snow/Ice Plan - 2 week delay.

Position Pay out Schedule
01-06 members = 1 position
07-12 members = 2 positions
13-18 members = 3 positions
19-24 members = 4 positions
25-30 members = 5 positions and so on.
Only 1 Big Fish Position will be paid.

Points Schedule
1st  = 110 points
2nd = 105 points
3rd  =   100 points
4th   =   95 points
5th   =   90 points
6th   =   85 points
7th   =   80 points
8th   =   75 points
9th   =   70 points
10th =   65 points and so on to 15 points for 20th position

Big Fish = 10 points

After the 20th position all members that participated in the tournament will be awarded 10 points.
Your total weight for that tournament will be added to your point standings. At the end of the season each member's worst tournament will be dropped when calculating final standings.
For further information contact Kevin Miller at Contact Us!