.....Then join the Texas Small WatersTournament Trail on Lake Holbrook Saturday March 29th.

The Texas Small Waters Tournament Trail is now open to all boats up to 17.5 foot in length. Whether you have a john boat, float tube, canoe, kayak, bass buster, or a fiberglass bass boat-as long as the length does not exceed 17.5 ft you can fish the TSWTT. Use of gas powered motors for purposes other than loading/unloading/emergencies is prohibited. Take advantage of low entry fees, friendly competition, 100% pay out on entries, new lakes, and escape from the cost of fuel on the water.

We would like to welcome our new sponsor, Lakeline Watersports ! They are the premier source for all your small watercraft needs and will be providing prizes for the top finishers of our tournaments!

2008 Schedule for the Texas Small Waters Tournament Trail

Saturday Feb 23: Mineral Wells State Park
Saturday Mar 29: Lake Holbrook
Saturday April 19: Cleburne State Park
Saturday May 31: Mill Creek/Canton City Lake
Saturday June 21 Lake Cisco
Saturday July 19 Lost Creek Lake
Saturday Aug 9 White Rock Lake
Saturday Sept 27 Lakeline Water Sports Demo Day and Open Practice with paid entry.
Sunday Sep 28: Lakeline Water Sports Small Waters Classic at Town Lake (Austin)
Saturday Oct 18 TSWTT Charity Tournament: Locations and Details TBA

There is a 1 time annual membership fee of 12.00 for non charter members.

Entry fees are 25.00 per angler (includes big bass and angler of the year pot).

All anglers must have an approved live well or floating live well-no stringers cages or chains.

For more details and rules, please join our free website.

Do you use electric trolling motors then?

Yes, trolling motors are allowed.

more tired of filling my truck at $3.10 per gallon

What time are we taking off at Holbrook Saturday? It's only 6 hours and 20 minutes for me to get there. See ya there.

SE Kansas grass grower

You must have a very long extension cord

I will just wire my 3 batteries (crank & TM) in parallel for ALL DAY power.

Registration from 5:45am-6:45am and take off at 7am

ttt

Well shoot...

Looks like I'm 3 1/2 feet over the limit.

yea im 3 foot over....not that i could make it out to holbrook, but just for grins, if you aint allowed to run your big motor why would it matter what size your boat is? is there a lake size limit or is that just the rules?

I'm only 4 inches over.
If you only allow the use of electric power for motivation what difference does it make? Just curious.

Im tired of not filling my boat at 3.10 a gallon!!!!!! I need some time on the water, work is killing me! But Im in the oilfield, I love 110 dollar a barrel oil

I'm a foot and a half over. Dont have an engine on my boat right now. I'm not understanding not using the big motor if you have one. Everyone would be fishing on top of each other because they cant go very far.

I pay almost 3.50 a gal so 3.10 sounds great.

The TSWTT was originally developed to provide a competitive tournament opportunity for small craft only (jon boats/kayaks/float tubes ect...). We found that there was a lot of interest from those who had larger, "Bass Tracker" style aluminum boats, so we made the descision to start allowing any boat 17.5' and under the option to fish with us. We really don't want to stray to far away from what this club was designed for,(small boats on small lakes), that's why we decided to limit the boat length to 17.5'. Also, in order to keep as even of a playing field as possible, we decided to keep the "electic power only" rule in effect(which we've had since the beginning).Plus, we only fish small lakes (under 1000 acres), if we allowed 21' bass boats w/ 225's the ability to run all over the lake, it would become crowded and could be a dangerous situation for some of the small craft participants.

2008 Texas Small Water Tournament Trail Official Rules and Entry Form

I kinda figured the reasoning was along those lines. Thanks for clarifying. Didnt mean to sound like I was bashing your club. I for one know ALL clubs are not created equally.

No problem Bassaholic, I'm sure alot of people were wondering the same thing.

ttt

bassin striper is right on the money.

if u have a diesel then u share the same feelings as me, $100 for a
tank of diesel!!!!!and almost $200 to fill up the boat!!!!!

Makes me wish I still had my 2 man.

I'd fish it if you allowed larger boats, like some have mentioned, not sure what difference it makes, if you make a rule that it is electric motors only, any size boat could fish... they do this A LOT in the north.

Makes for a hilarious launch, especially guys with rigged out jon boats with 101 pound foot controlled TMs on them throwing out a wake!

ttt

you should see my bass buster with the 55 pound thrust on the back and the 30 thriust up front. i have gotten up to 22 mph with both of them going on the gps, lol

Sure! Just like you have a Bass Cat that will go 400MPH! ........J/K

Good luck at Fork this weekend!