1. Rule Changes: Decisions of the Tournament Director are final and are not subject to appeal. Interpretation of these rules will be left exclusively to the Tournament Director. Protests must be made in writing within 10 minutes of the official closing of the scales at each tournament.

2. Participation/Eligibility: All Skeeter Tournaments are open to all members of Skeeter Tournaments. Any person entering a Skeeter Tournament under the age of 18 must also have the signature of their parent or legal guardian in the provided space on the official entry form. All contestants are required to have a valid fishing license.

3. Pre-Tournament Practice: All Skeeter Tournaments will have no off-limits period prior to the tournament.

4. Registration: Entries may be mailed, paid online at www.skeetertour.com, dropped off at MORTON MARINE in Owasso, H & H MARINE in Oklahoma City, or paid in cash at the ramp the day of the pre-tournament meeting before the 6:00 p.m. entry deadline.

4b. Fee’s: Cash only entries will be accepted at the ramp. Those after 6:00 p.m. and the morning of the tournament will be assessed a $25 late fee. Those teams entering after 6:00 p.m. will be placed at the end of the field, but will weigh in with the first flight. A $35 fee will be assessed on all returned checks. Any contestant with a returned check on file (un-paid) will not be allowed to enter an event, with out first paying for that returned check (and fee) in cash prior to the current event. Entry fees are non-refundable once take-off positions have been established.

5. Safety: Safe boating must be observed at all times. Each contestant is required to wear a fastened, U.S. Coast Guard approved, personal flotation device anytime the boat is on plane. All boats must be equipped with an emergency ignition shutoff device, which must be securely attached to the driver’s body any time the boat is on plane. The driver must be seated in the driver’s seat anytime the combustion engine is engaged in gear. Tournament days may be shortened or canceled due to unsafe weather or any conditions that would endanger the safety of the competitors. The decision to shorten or cancel tournament days will be determined by the Tournament Director.

6. Permitted Fishing Methods: All bass must be caught alive in a conventional sporting manner. Only artificial lures may be used with the exception of pork trailers. Only one fishing rod per angler may be used at any one time. Additional rods may be in the boat and ready for use; however each cast and retrieve must be completed before another cast or rod is used. Trolling with the combustion engine as a method of fishing is prohibited. Switching or sharing fish with other teams or individuals will result in immediate disqualification. All angling must be conducted from the boat. At no time may a contestant leave the boat to land a fish or to make the boat more accessible to fishing waters.

7. Sportsmanship and Conduct: All contestants are required to follow high standards of sportsmanship, courtesy, conservation and to conduct themselves in a manner that will be a credit to themselves, to Skeeter Tournaments, sponsors, the sport of fishing and Skeeter Tournament’s efforts to promote that sport. Examples of conduct not complying with those standards include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) Consumption of alcoholic beverages or any mind-altering substance during tournament hours and/or prior to taking of the polygraph test, 2) Abuse of, or addiction to, mind altering substances, 3) Conviction of a felony within the past 36 months, 4) Any other words, conduct or actions reflecting unfavorably on Skeeter Tournaments or the sponsors of those tournaments or reflecting unfavorably upon efforts to promote safety, sportsmanship, fair competition and compliance with tournament rules. If conduct does not comply with the standards set forth, Skeeter Tournaments, and its director shall have the right to refuse any application, or to deny a confirmed application, by returning the entry fee of a previously accepted application, or disqualify a contestant. Skeeter Tournaments reserves the right to place an official observer in a contestant’s boat at any time during competition hours.

8. Boat Operation: During hours of competition, contestants may not receive assistance from non-competitors, follow a non-competitor’s boat, participate in the practice of “hole sitting”, or the placing of markers by non-competitors. The use of mobile communication devices such as cellular phones, marine radios, walkietalkies, CBs, etc., to communicate fishing information during tournament hours is strictly prohibited.

9. Boat and Horsepower Regulation: Each boat must have all required U.S. Coast Guard safety equipment. Boats must contain a properly aerated live well space to maintain alive a limit catch of bass. Maximum horsepower for all outboards used in tournament competition may not exceed the horsepower limitations as set by the maximum capacities rating plate. By signing the entry form, each contestant agrees to submit their boat and/or motor to an inspection. Falsifying information on entry forms or altering the horsepower numbers on the motor or rating plate will be cause for disqualification from the tournament and may result in future ineligibility to enter any Skeeter Tournaments.

10. Permitted Fishing Locations: Contestants may fish anywhere on tournament waters accessible by boat, except areas designated as “off limits” or “no fishing” by state or federal officials or within 50 yards of a competitor’s boat which was first anchored (an anchored boat is a boat held in a stable position by a line attached to a weight with the trolling motor in the up position), or within 25 yards of a nonanchored competitor’s boat unless otherwise agreed upon by the other tournament angler. The act of moving bass from one area of the lake to another confined area of the same lake is not permitted.

11. Off-limits areas: Will be established and announced at each pre-tournament meeting. Contestants fishing inside the established off-limits area will be immediately disqualified. Contestants’ boats must remain in the tournament waters during the event.

12. Trailering: All boats must leave the official check point by boat in the order designated at registration. Contestants may launch their boat at a ramp other than the designated take-off location, but all contestants must come through the official check point location before leaving to fish. In the event of severe weather alternate take-off instructions will be given at the registration site. Trailering of boats before weighing is only permissible at the tournament site ramp.

13. Official Checkpoints: There will be only one official checkpoint for boat inspection in the morning and one official check-in point in the afternoon. Failure to go through boat checkout in the morning or failure to check-in at the check-in point will result in disqualification. During morning take off, all teams are required to idle a minimum of 100 yards before putting the boat on plane. It is the sole responsibility of each contestant to arrive at the designated check-in location on time, regardless of what they are told. It is the angler’s responsibility to verify their provided flight time. All fishing must cease upon check-in.

14. Scoring: Will be determined by the pounds and ounces of each angler’s catch during the tournament. Only Largemouth, Spotted, or Smallmouth Bass are accepted species. The limit will be five bass per team or individual. You must cull immediately after catching your limit for the day. No culling is allowed after checking in with the check-in boat. Any contestant who possesses more than the tournament limit will have their catch for that day disqualified. Official length limits will be 14” minimum at each event. Bass presented for weigh-in, which fail to measure the prescribed length limit, will result in loss of that particular fish and a one pound penalization to remaining weight. Each contestant’s catch must be presented in an official weigh-in bag and verified by the signature of at least one team member. The Pro-Rule measuring board is the official measuring board of Skeeter Tournaments.

15. Live Fish: Every effort must be made to keep bass alive through the use of a properly aerated live well. The use of chemical live well additives, (such as “ Rejuvenade”) which promote the healthy return of bass to their natural habitat are recommended. A One Pound Penalty will be deducted for each dead bass presented for weigh-in. Any team who weighs in a dead fish for the Big Bass award will receive a one pound penalty from the total Big Bass weight.

16. Late Penalty: Contestants who are not at the official check-in point at the appointed time will be assessed a one pound per minute penalty from the total weight including any weight to be counted toward a Big Bass Award. Any contestant more than 10 minutes late will forfeit that day’s catch. In the event of a mechanical break down, a contestant may return to the check-in location with their catch by receiving a ride from another registered contestant or tournament official, towed in by another registered contestant or tournament official only. The contestants must return to the official check-in location by their assigned check-in time to avoid late penalty.

16a. Closing of the Scales: Scales will close 15 minutes after the last flight is due in. Due to certain weigh-in locations this time may be lengthened or shortened at the tournament director’s sole decision. Any change to the above stated official scale closing time will be announced during the pre-tournament meeting and during boat checkout. It is the angler’s responsibility to verify the official scale closing time and to be in the weigh-in line by that time.

17. Ties: All ties will be decided by the total number of fish. All ties will be resolved by splitting that place and the next place’s money. The Tournament Director may elect to break a first place tie with a fish-off.

18. Payout Definition: All payout checks will be made payable to the registered team captain. Teams will be responsible for handling the division of monies won and payment concerning 1099’s.

19. Super Tournament: Must fish at least three regular season events to qualify. Every member must have fished at least one regular season event to fish the Super Tournament.

20. Skeeter Tour Pre-Tournament Meeting: A non mandatory pre-tournament meeting will be held on Saturday prior to each tournament at 7:00 p.m. at the weigh-in site. Take-off positions will be on the website, skeetertour.com, after the 7:00 PM meeting.