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Apple Valley Tuesday Night Bass Fishing Rules

Items in Bold are either differrent or were not in rules from last year.
All boaters must have current Apple Valley decal and be in good standings with
AVPOA. (Valid Card must be shown at least once)
Tournaments start April 25th and finish August 29th. Championship will be held
on Saturday September 9th. Entry Fee will be $80. Payout Big Fish $10 per
boat. 1st place 50% of pot, 2nd place 30% 3rd place 20%. No escrow money held
from other tournaments.
No tournament JULY 4th. (Tuesday)
Safe boating conduct must be observed at all times. Each contestant is required to
wear an approved personal
floatation device (PFD), anytime the combustion engine is operated above idle
speed. All boats must be equipped with an ignition shut-off device, securely
attached to the operator when boat is operated above idle speed.
Must fish 12 of the 19 Tuesday night tournaments to be eligble for the fall
chamionship.
No fishing allowed the day of tournament until tournament starts.
First 2 tournaments and last 2 tournaments will end at 9:00 pm. The remaining
will end at 9:30pm.
Team tournament format. You may also fish alone.
5 fish limit.
Largemouth, Smallmouth and Spotted Bass only.
12 minimum length with mouth closed.
o If short fish is brought to scale you loose largest fish in your bag.
All fish must be culled before end of tournament hours.
There will be a 1 pound penalty for each dead fish. This penalty will be be
deducted from final weight.
Only 1 rod per angler may be used at a time. No overboard unattended rods
permitted.
No Live bait, Trolling or strolling during tournament hours.
No running after official sunset. If yellow warning flags are out, no wake must be
observed.
o Any ticket or written warning will result in disqualification for the night.
o If two or more competitors see you on plane after official no wake will
result in disqualification for the night.
Sutton Beach ramp will be used all season.
o Competitors must be within the no wake zone at Sutton beach or boat
docks next to beach anchored and no longer fishing by tournament
hours end. Teams not inside no wake zone or boat docks next to beach
anchored and no longer fishing by tournament end will be disqualified.
o Any boats using another ramp or coming from docked location must have
livewells checked before tournament start time.
Total weight will be kept and recorded for all 18 tournaments. The winner of
points /Angler of the Year get free entry fees into next years tournament but
must agree to run tournament for the year. If unwilling to run tournament, option
goes down the standings until someone is willing to run it for the free entry for the
year. End of the year standings will determine take off order for chamionship.
Cost of each tournament is $20 with $5 going to big fish.
Payout is 100% each night.
Big bass pot is not optional and will be paid out every night to the biggest bass of
the evening.
Only 1 fish may be presented to the scales for big fish.
Must be paid by 5:50PM (Money will be counted and start between 6 and
6:15.)
Competitors paying with 4- $5 bills will get to double draw for boat position.
Ties: 1st and 2nd place money will be added together and split. Same for 2nd and
3rd. 3rd place tie will be determined by coin flip. Tie for big fish will split the pot.
There will be random live well checks before take off. Any team caught cheating
will forfeit entry fee money and will no longer be elgible to fish future
tournements.
Extra weekend events will be held throughout the season. Dates and times on
separate page. These events will follow the same rules and entry fee but will not
count for the Tuesday weights, standings or particiapation qualification for fish
off.
Boats 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Big Fish
5 $75 0 0 $25
6 $90 0 0 $30
7 $105 0 0 $35
8 $70 $50 0 $40
9 $80 $55 0 $45
10 $85 $45 $20 $50
11 $95 $50 $20 $55
12 $105 $55 $20 $60
13 $115 $60 $20 $65
14 $125 $60 $25 $70
15 $135 $65 $25 $75
16 $145 $70 $25 $80
17 $150 $75 $30 $85
18 $160 $80 $30 $90
19 $170 $85 $30 $95
20 $180 $90 $30 $100
21 $185 $95 $35 $105
22 $195 $100 $35 $110
23 $205 $105 $35 $115
24 $215 $105 $40 $120
25 $225 $105 $45 $125
Sunset Times
Suns Weig
Date et h in
25-Apr 8:20 9
02-
May 8:27 9
09-
May 8:34 9:30
16-
May 8:41 9:30
23-
May 8:47 9:30
30-
May 8:53 9:30
06-Jun 8:58 9:30
13-Jun 9:01 9:30
20-Jun 9:03 9:30
27-Jun 9:04 9:30
04-Jul N/A N/A
11-Jul 9:01 9:30
18-Jul 8:57 9:30
25-Jul 8:52 9:30
01-
Aug 8:45 9:30
08-
Aug 8:37 9:30
15-
Aug 8:28 9:30
22-
Aug 8:23 9
29-
Aug 8:07 9

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