Teams can consist of up to 3 anglers per boat. We want you to bring your ten biggest sand bass to the scales. For each 25 sand bass weighed in you will receive an entry into the prize drawings. We encourage everyone to bring a big cooler with lots of ice to keep the sand bass in edible condition. For those who want to keep their sand bass that is great, we encourage you to enjoy them at your own fish fry. For those who have no desire to keep your sand bass you will have the opportunity to donate them to others less fortunate. We will have wildlife transfer documents for each team member to fill out if you are donating your sand bass to others.
We have decided on the hours of first cast 6:00 AM and all fishing ceases at 11:00 AM, at that point proceed to weigh in. Anglers must be in weigh line with their 10 fish by 12:00 Noon!

As stated above iced fish will be weighed, not frozen fish. All fish being weighed must be caught during tournament hours of 6am to noon on tournament day. All entrants are subject to a polygraph.

This is going to be a fun event with limited rules and restrictions. I encourage anyone who is on them to invite others in to help wreck the school and increase the total amount of fish being harvested.

We will supply each team with a ribbon to display on their trolling motor throughout the tournament day so that others will be able to recognize a fellow competitor. There will not be a 25 yard rule in place for this event, these are school fish and with the size of these schools everyone should be able to fish around each other without issues.

Please remember to be courteous to one another and when approaching other boats who are fishing please shut off the main motor and approach the school with your trolling motor.

I will get an entry form and setup an online registration through PayPal later today (PayPal rates will be added to the online registration).

Diane and I will be at Pope's Landing Thursday for the working mans tournament where we will take on site registration and on site registration once again on Friday evening at The Minnow Bucket Marina from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. at the on the water pavilion. Saturday morning registration will be in the Minnow Bucket restaurant from 5:00 AM to 6:15 AM.

Thanks
Mark Howard
214-773-5451

Don't forget the culling scales.

You da man. Now I gotta find me a partner. Wonder if Clunn is busy.

Depends if you are fishing spinnerbaits

I might have to make it over to fork for this one have a 4 day weekend that weekend. Probably the only way I have a chance at catching a big bass out there is fishing for sandies.

Minnow Bucket just confirmed! I will keep updates on this thread.

Trailering WILL be allowed. The tournament director had even suggested we accept Three-Person Teams. Your team would still weigh TEN fish. Each team member that brings in a limit of 25 sandies will have their name entered into a drawing for a Very Special Prize to be given away at the end of weigh in.

Stay tuned!

Hmmm, my wife is out of town that weekend.

So what was determined where all the fish weighed in go? Might be several area churches i can think of that would take some.

Ken, I agree with Mark that 3-person teams should be okay. I would like to offer a suggestion that, if you guys want to allow three person teams, at least one person on a 3-person team be a JUNIOR angler or a kid (16 years old or younger).

Huge Fish Fry!!!

Texting and cell phone use should be encouraged for finding fish!

Zeeter...I am following you homie!!! Watch your boat brother, I will be tracking yo azz all over the lake!

I'm so in on this! Good idea Ken! Let me know if you need anything from me bud!

"we will need some paperwork on hand to transfer fish from person to person"

Here ya go:

http://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdforms/media/pwd_980_l2000_wildlife_resource_document.pdf

Me too!!

Can you say, Boat Show??

That is a deal on the drawing prize!! Ok a question or two. I doubt the GW will show up to weigh in but is there a minimum length limit on sand bass? I don't fish tournaments much but have a question. Does the entry fee need to be in cash since it is the day of and is there any kind of entry form we need to complete?

Three person teams will be allowed. They just weigh Ten fish like the other teams.

Try the horseshoe Nut, sits between Mustang Creek and LFM. Get about a quarter mile off the west bank into about 23ft. Of water and use a jigging spoon. There was a trotline tied up to a tree right on the ridge if it's still there that's the sweet spot.

Sounds like a fun event,i'm in. Has it been determined yet if you can sign up friday?

Is there any way to register other than the morning before the tournament? I will be coming from work that morning and might be running late.

I haven't read through this whole thread but you're saying every team that brings in 50 fish to weigh are in a drawing for these guide trips? There is 3 or 4 of them from Lake Fork guides?

I am discussing with Mark about this. It is not as easy as one might think to catch 25 sandies in a five hour period unless you are really on them.

Should we require each two-man team to have a limit of 50 fish? If Three Men, 75 total.

OR....

Should we allow each person that catches a 25 fish limit to be eligible for the drawing?

Open to ideas here.

Ken, I may end up fishing by myself. If so 25 would be my choice but don't change rules on my account. Majority rules.

TD call I guess. Going to be kind of hard to keep track of whose fish are whose if you make it an individual tourney. Especially if the fishing is fast & furious as is hoped.

I think if the team has 25 then one person gets their name in the drawing and 50 fish equals 2 names on the drawing.

This is what I'm thinking too.

Could do 75 for three man teams.

.......a lil eye candy.

This is a trailering event so we will have boats launching from ramps all over the lake. All contestants weighing fish will have until 1:00 PM to be in line with their 10 fish for weigh in. After weighing their 10 sand bass they may bring there fish up for the tickets for raffle prizes.

I will also try to get some of the guides to update us throughout the week on sand bass activity and areas to focus on. They want this event to be successful as much as anybody.

Thanks
Mark Howard
214-773-5451

I have 3 boys ages 8,8 and 9. Can I be the captain and not fish? I totally understand if the answer is no but who knows if there will ever be another fantastic tourney like this that is only 1/2 day. Thank you.

I have 3 boys ages 8,8 and 9. Can I be the captain and not fish? I totally understand if the answer is no but who knows if there will ever be another fantastic tourney like this that is only 1/2 day. Thank you.

I have no problem at all with that at all. With 3 boys you on sand bass you wouldn't get a chance to fish anyway! Anybody that sees this boat of younguns please wave them in on the juice!

Last time I was out both 515 road beds were covered up with them. You couldn't pull a crankbait through there without getting a 2 pound sandy!!

Last time I was out both 515 road beds were covered up with them. You couldn't pull a crankbait through there without getting a 2 pound sandy!!

Mark, will there be a check in and what time ? Rules said stop fishing at 12 noon so is there a time limit to weigh in or check in? Thanks