Shoreline Bass Tournament Rules
Tournament Committee will make interpretation and final decision of the following rules.

1. There is a one-time yearly membership fee of $20.00 per person. 
2. This must also be paid by all subs.  The entry fee for each tournament is $100.00 per boot. $22.50 of this goes into the Classic Fund/Angler of the Year incentive and $10.00 goes towards Big Bass. The Big Boss pot is split 60%-40%. You may only weigh one big boss at any one tournament. An additional $7.50 is taken for tournament cost.
3. Entries will be received as a team entry or single entry. If you enter as a team, you will be allowed to use one sub per person per team. If you enter as a single you get no subs. Your team is determined by how you sign up to fish the first tournament.  Everyone must register prior to the pre-tournament meeting. You must decide on your team or single classification on your first entry.
4. Registration will begin at the tournament site at 5:3O a.m. with a tournament meeting immediately following.  Start time will be between 6:30 and 7:00 a.m. depending on when the meeting finishes. Alt tournaments will begin after registration and tournament meeting. Anyone showing up after the Start of the tournament will not be able to fish. Weigh-in time is 3:00 p.m.
5. Total weight determines the winning boat.   If there is a tie then half points wit) be rewarded and money will be split up between the places (we no longer use big bass for tie breaker). If you are late for the weigh-in, YOU WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.
6. Any violation of a Michigan state fishing law or Michigan Boating Regulations is an automatic disqualification.
7. You will be fishing for five fish per boat. Only Largemouth or Smallmouth Bass are accepted. A minimum length of 14 inches with the mouth closed on a Golden Rule. If you bring in a short fish, it will be culled, along with the largest fish in your creel. There will be a .250 penalty for each dead fish.
8. NO live bait. Artificial lures only.
9. We will use a 50 point system. First = 50 points. Second = 49 points, etc. Total points at the end of the 5'h Classic Qualifier will determine the final standings. We will average the entrants in the 5 Classic Qualifiers and the top 20% will be invited to the classic. Any boat that fished team or single in all Classic Qualifiers will go into a drawing for the wildcard team to attend the Classic. There will be 20 bonus points awarded to those teams that fish all 5 qualifiers.
10. Safety: Life jackets MUST be worn when the gasoline engine is running. Operating a boat in a careless or unsafe manner could result in disqualification. Kill switches are mandatory and will be checked. 
11. NO consumption of alcohol during the tournament or until after the payback is completed.
12. NO passing in a NO WAKE ZONE.
13. Off Limits: There will be times when certain stretches of water will be off limits due to released fish, etc. This will be up to the tournament directors. Lake Michigan will be off limits for all tournaments. 
14. You must leave and return to the tournament site by boat. If you break down, one person from the team may return in another contestant's boat with your fish to be weighed in.
15. The tournament directors and a committee of three tournament members selected by the tournament directors will decide protests.
16. Before starting your big engine, you must cull down to 5 fish. You may never return for a weigh-in with more than 5 fish in your live-well.
17. If a team wins one of the five qualifiers for that year then that team will automatically qualify for the end of the year Classic only if the team has fished all of the five qualifiers as a team. The tournament director will make any other rulings on this.
18. A team that wins Angler of the Year for the season will have their entire entry fee and Big Bass paid for the next Season. This is not a cash award. If a team splits up for the following year than the entry wilt be paid for only the person on the new team that was part of the Angler of the Year prize winning team. The prize winning team will still have to pay their membership fee for the season. The tournament director will make any other rulings on this interpretation.
19. Sportsmanship:  Each participant will practice a high level of sportsmanship both on and off the water. The tournament director and a committee of three tournament members have the right to disqualify a team if this high level of sportsmanship is not met.