rules page 2

These are only tentative

16) In the case of a tie for a position a coin flip conducted by the tournament director will decide who qualifies for the next position and the looser of the coin flip will move down to the next position.

17) Protests must be made in writing to the tournament director within 30 minutes following the end of the official weigh in. All protest must site rule number(s) broken.

18) No one can be hired or compensated in any way to fish for you, or spot for you 30 days prior to the tournament.

19) During tournament hours no one may spot fish for you or mark fishing spots for you.

Good job guys. Some may not agree with all of the rules but now atleast it is black and white. The only thing I missed is what are the qualifications for the Championship?

coming later

What happened to going to the next big fish to break a tie?

torch, i don't have a livewell in my wareagle boat....

guys one of those Cube Ice chest with a 15.00 aerator will keep 7 fish alive. It is not hard to keep them alive except in July and August. I can show you how to rig it and not that expensive.

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Originally Posted by biggerjigger

What happened to going to the next big fish to break a tie?

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+1, by going to the next biggest fish you would actually earn the top spot and not let luck decide. We work hard during these tournaments and a coin flip shouldn't decide our reward.

Great job so far Torch.

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Originally Posted by biggerjigger

What happened to going to the next big fish to break a tie?

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That is the way to do it.

Maybe what we ought to do, is the first person to weigh in has his heaviest fished weighed. Him and his fish can't leave until his heaviest fish and or stringer is beaten. When the next person outweighs him, he remains until he's beaten etc. Kind of a hot seat deal.


We've always had the rule for heaviest fish to break a tie, but I've always worried about how folks scattered after their weight was recorded.

The hot seat will be harder to administer and we could get into a situation that if someone leaves the scales, we'd have to award the place to a potentially lighter catch, but we gotta do it one way or another.

Wannabe...

I like the coin toss so we will not have to weigh fish again.

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Originally Posted by Wannabe...

Maybe what we ought to do, is the first person to weigh in has his heaviest fished weighed. Him and his fish can't leave until his heaviest fish and or stringer is beaten. When the next person outweighs him, he remains until he's beaten etc. Kind of a hot seat deal.


We've always had the rule for heaviest fish to break a tie, but I've always worried about how folks scattered after their weight was recorded.

The hot seat will be harder to administer and we could get into a situation that if someone leaves the scales, we'd have to award the place to a potentially lighter catch, but we gotta do it one way or another.

Wannabe...

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As much as this pains me I agree with you.:o

Pretty much a mute point. Yikess and I plan on winning big fish at all of em next year so you guys can just pay us before the tourny

Ummmm....that would be moot there Speck.....what, were you educated in MO too?

Wannabe...

Kinda like Creek, I hate to admit it but the "hot seat" concept works. While this is my first year to fish crappie T's with you guys I have fished a few hundred bass T's, anything from a little FJ to a full blown pro tournament. This keeps the potential winners in view the whole time until the weigh in is complete. It also does not matter if it is the first team or a subsequent team has the heaviest bag of fish. Also, if the team holding the lead is worried about their fish dying I will personally buy a set up like Torch is talking about (cube cooler) to keep fish alive during the weigh in process.

Man ya'll make crappie fishing hard. I got about 35 more rules I will get posted up tonight.

I will admit, this is the most complicated FJ tournaments I have seen.

The only thing that makes them complicated is trying to PLEASE everyone, IT CANT BE DONE!

Kissing sat on the cheek before 5 AM. hehe

you better say after 1:00 pm after you hit the cup

Why not just have each team pick their big fish to stay on the scales after they weight there 7, and record it's weight and use that for any ties, if there is still a tie then go to the coin flip.

Just an idea.

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The only thing that makes them complicated is trying to PLEASE everyone, IT CANT BE DONE!

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No need for it to be complicated. Don't really need polls. Just make the rules, make them clear enough for everyone to understand and stand by those rules all season. If anyone doesn't agree with or doesn't like the rules, no one is forcing them to fish. Rules maintain guide lines and order. Without rules, you have chaos.

Thanks Speck, that is exactly right!

I thought this was supposed to be a "fun" FJ tournament trail. With all of the rules y'all coming up with, your taking the fun out of it. Pay your entry fee and go fishing, weigh in seven fish and be done with it. The weights tell the tale. Use the KISS theory--KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID!!

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Originally Posted by crappiholic

I thought this was supposed to be a "fun" FJ tournament trail. With all of the rules y'all coming up with, your taking the fun out of it. Pay your entry fee and go fishing, weigh in seven fish and be done with it. The weights tell the tale. Use the KISS theory--KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID!!

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Exactly. KISS

Sat gets pissy when you KISS him LOL

About KISS....

Well you could, but somebody's gonna get their feelins hurt and then there will be lots of whining and complaining and arguing and a big falling out... I think the rules laid out to take care of every situation is best. That way if there is an issue, there will be an answer. I like fishing the lakes the fj's are held on and am enjoying getting to know everybody and learning from them, and I want to see these FJ's keep rollin for a long time

K.I.S.S is good but C.Y.A is better.

Speck, I've seen your back side. I think what you meant was C.Y.A C.Y.A. C.Y.A.

Wannabe...

My question here is....WB, why are you checking Speck's backside out that close?

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Speck, I've seen your back side. I think what you meant was C.Y.A C.Y.A. C.Y.A.

Wannabe...

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Hey man, you can't drive a railroad spike with a tack hammer ;)

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Originally Posted by Speck

Hey man, you can't drive a railroad spike with a tack hammer ;)

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Haha I'll have to use that sayin sometime....

C.Y.A. is good but it ain't gonna work. Something gonna rise up and bite ya in hineside.

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C.Y.A. is good but it ain't gonna work. Something gonna rise up and bite ya in hineside.

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Actually, the reason we need more specific rules is, before, without them, several back sides were bitten. I think the committee is trying to prevent that from happening again.:)

There will always be something but cover as many scenarios as you can, have a crew appointed to work out the ones you didnt think of, and deal with the sore hiney for a little bit