1)  MUST HAVE A WORKING AERATED LIVE WELL. LIVE WELLS WILL BE CHECKED BEFORE EACH TOURNAMENT.
2)  5 FISH LIMIT, FOR EACH DEAD FISH THERE WILL BE A 1-LB. PENALTY, DEAD FISH DON’T COUNT TOWARDS BIG BASS.
THERE WILL BE A 1-LB. PENALTY FOR EACH SHORT FISH; THERE WILL BE A COURTESY BOARD AVAILABLE TO CHECK YOUR OWN FISH BEFORE WE WEIGH IT.
3)  NO LIVE BAIT, YOU CAN ONLY FISH WITH ONE POLE AT A TIME.
4)  IF YOU ARE LATE TO WEIGH IN YOU WILL BE CHARGED A 1-LB. PENALTY FOR EACH MIN. YOU ARE LATE, AFTER 10 MIN.YOU WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.
5)  IN CASE THERE IS A TIE, FLIP OF COIN, OR SPLIT MONEY (UP TO THE TEAMS THAT TIE).
6)  PLEASE BE COURTEOUS, TRY TO KEEP A GOOD DISTANCE BETWEEN BOATS.
7)  NO FISHING THE LAKE THE FRIDAY BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT, IF CAUGHT YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FISH IN OUR TOURNAMENT. (UNLESS YOU ARE FISHING IN ANOTHER TOURNAMENT.)
8)  TOP 3 TEAMS IN POINTS GET IN THE CLASSIC FREE, THE REST OF THE TEAMS THAT WANT TO FISH IN THE CLASSIC MUST PAY A $40.00 ENTRY FEE. (THE FIRST TEAM NOT IN THE TOP THREE IN POINTS WILL BE A WILD CARD AND GET IN THE CLASSIC FREE ON THE WILD CARD TOURAMENT.)                                                                                            9)  YOU MUST FISH IN 6 TOURNAMENTS TO FISH IN THE CLASSIC.
SUBS ARE ALLOWED, BUT THERE MUST BE ONE MEMBER OF THE TEAM FISHING, NO SUBS WILL BE ALLOWED TO FISH IN THE CLASSIC UNLESS IT IS A FAMILY MEMBER.
10)  TOURNAMENTS WILL NOT START BEFORE THE TIME POSTED WEATHER PERMITING
11)  ON ALL TOURNAMENTS YOU MUST HAVE WORKING LIGHTS BEFORE YOU START.  BOTH LIGHTS MUST BE ON AT ALL TIMES, IF YOU ARE COUHT WITH OUT WORKING LIGHTS YOU WILL  BE DISQUALIFIED.  IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH YOUR LIGHT YOU MUST CALL A DIRECTOR WHEN ITS BLOWN. YOU MUST PUT SOME TYPE OF LIGHT ON FRONT OR BACK.                                                                                                                  12)   POINTS:  YOU WILL GET  100 POINTS FOR FIRST, 99 POINTS FOR SECOND, 98 POINTS FOR THIRD AND SO ON.THE TEAM THAT DOES NOT CATCH A FISH GETS 10 POINTS LESS THEN THE LAST PERSON TO CATCH A FISH.
13)  NO PAIRING OF MEMBERS ALREADY IN POINTS UNLESS YOU START WITH 0 POINTS.
14)  WESTERN OHIO FISHING TOURNAMENTS ARE ALL ELECTRIC TROLLING MOTOR ONLY, (THIS GOES FOR LARGE LAKES ALSO.) (MUST USE A PUBLIC BOAT RAMP)
15) ALL BOATS ARE WELCOME.BOATS WITH MOTORS MUST GIVE KEYS TO DIRECTORS. MUST HAVE BOAT REGISTRATION AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT.
16)  ALL BOATS WILL USE SAME RAMP THIS YEAR
17)  $10.00 MEMBERSHIP FEE PER PERSON.AFTER THE FIRST TOURNAMENT IT GOES TO $20.00 EACH PERSON
18)  FISHING WITH A TEAM MEMBER SUBS WILLPAY$10.OO                   19)  ANY COMPLANTS MUST BE BROUGHT TO A DIRECTOR ASAP BEFORE THE WEIGH IN STARTS.                                                                       20} IF YOU ARE LATE YOU MUST FIND A DIRECTOR AND PAY AND HAVE YOUR LIVE WILL CHECKED BEFORE YOU FISH.