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Official Rules for Regular Tournaments

1. This is a team tournament, however an angler may enter alone.

2. Teams must fish from a boat. All waters MUST be accessible by normal boat propulsion to be legal fishing waters. (If you are not sure if your means is considered normal propulsion ask a tournament director before the tournament!!)

3. The tournament director may cancel the tournament in the event of severe weather. The tournament may be rescheduled or money will be refunded. (It is the fishermen's responsibility to find out about cancellations and or rescheduling.)

4. Starting place for tourney will be discussed at the seminar. The lake is off limits from midnight the night before the tournament to 1 hour before sunrise . The Official fishing times will be sunrise to 3 p.m. No line may be in the water before official start time. All teams must quit fishing by the official quit time, and must be in the weigh in line no later than 1 hour after the official quit time. The weigh-in line will open 2 hours before quitting time.

A: Live well inspection will be at the official launch ramp announced at the seminar. Inspection will start 1 hour before sunrise. After your livewell has been inspected team may put boat in or travel to a ramp of their choice (if allowed by state park). Once you have your boat in the water your team may travel to their fishing spot, and start fishing at sunrise. Inspection line will close at sunrise unless prior arrangements are made. Any team not checked in for livewell check will be disqualified.

5. Alcoholic beverages are not permitted during the tournament or weigh ins. This will be strictly enforced.

6. A total of 8 fish may be weighed in. They must be alive at the weigh in line. If you are in line and have a struggling fish, a tournament official may verify that the fish is alive in line.

7. All fish must be hooked legally in the mouth.

8. All fish must be at least 9” long or legal limit, if the lake has a size limit greater then 9”. It's the team’s responsibility to find out if size limits apply to each lake.

9. Both live and artificial bait may be used.

10. In case of tie, the money will be evenly split. If there is a tie for the final position to qualify for the classic, both teams will qualify.

11. Any protest must be in writing no later than 4:30 PM the day of the tournament. All teams are subject to a polygraph and/or voice stress test. If a team member fails or refuses to take our polygraph and or voice stress test, that team will forfeit any winnings and entry money, and may not be eligible to fish any other Buckeye Crappie Challenge tournament. All decisions by the tournament director are final.

12. All state and local laws must be obeyed.

13. Seminar will be held the day before the tournament. All teams must have a representative at the seminar unless prior arrangements are made.

14. All teams who fish must check-in at the weigh-in site to qualify for the points race. If you have no fish you still must check in or no points will be awarded and the tournament will not count towards your points.

15. The tournament directors reserve the right to accompany or follow any team during the tournament

16.The tournament Directors will have final say on all rule infringements and may call upon the Rules committee at any time for a vote. If a vote is necessary it shall be by majority decision by the Rules Committee and Tournament directors.

17. The Rules Committee shall consist of 4 designated members, with the tournament director acting as alternate in case of a rules committee member not being present. The duties of the Rules Committee shall be to assist the directors with weigh-ins, and to propose adopt and amend all BCC rules and vote on any issues or complaints deemed feasible by the directors.

18. Once set forth, no rules may be changed, added, adopted or removed until the following season.

19. The Classic waters are off limits the day of all regular tournaments.