2013 White Bass/Sand Bass & Hybrid Striper Tournament

When: "Saturday" March 16th, 2013"

Where: Miller Bridge (Map at Bottom of Page)

Time: Check-in and Registration starts at 5:00 AM - 6:30 AM

Start Fishing: 6:00 AM

End fishing: 12 PM and head to Bass Pro Shop Garland for the official weigh in. Deadline is 1 PM. NO EXCEPTIONS. Its a 20 minute drive from any of the locations. If there is a crazy wreck or cows in the road, call me ASAP.

5001 Bass Pro Drive Garland, TX 75043 (Lake Ray Hubbard)
(469) 221-2600




Tournament Rules are as follows:

Lures & Live Bait are Allowed

Tournament Options:

Adult Entry Fee(s)17 and Older

$20 Heaviest (1-5) Fish Stringer of "White Bass"

-$10 Heaviest (1) Single Fish "White Bass" *(Optional)
-$20 Heaviest (1) Single "Hybrid Striper" *(Optional)

Jr Angler Entry Fee(s): 16 and Under

$10 Heaviest (1-5) Fish Stringer of "White Bass"

-$5 Heaviest (1) Single Fish "White Bass" *(Optional)
-$5 Heaviest (1) Single "Hybrid Striper" *(Optional)


*(Optional) means you do not have to pay for that category, It's just a way to win more money.




Rules:

White Bass: Must be 10 inches or longer to enter into the tournament. Anything a hair under 10 inches will be disqualified. Period. Match your measuring tape or ruler with mine before you go fishing.

Heaviest Stringer of one (1) to twenty five (25) fish will be weighed for "Heaviest White Bass Stringer".

Hybrid Striper: Must be 18 inches or over. If you are a hair under 18 inches, you maybe issued a citation from the Texas Game Wardens for undersized fish and you will be disqualified, no exceptions.


Tournament Check In: Starts at 5:00 AM at my Bright Blue Toyota Tacoma 4 Door @ Miller Bridge. You will receive a ticket. (DO NOT LOOSE IT, NO EXCEPTIONS)
-Tournament check in ends at 7:00 AM unless you contact me prior to the starting time.


You can start "establishing" a fishing spot after you check in. You may start fishing at 6:00 AM

All people must stop fishing at 12:00 PM and head to Bass Pro Shop Garland Location for the Official Weigh IN, sits on Lake Ray Hubbard on I30, 10-15 minutes from the creek.

5001 Bass Pro Drive Garland, TX 75043
(469) 221-2600

You may weigh your fish early, starting at 11:00 AM at check in location at Bass Pro Shop if you call me and let me know you need to come weigh in..

Your ticket must be dropped into the jar by 1:00 PM at the check in location. No exceptions. If you are late you are disqualified. Time it well.


-No one is responsible for damages to any person or property, but yourself. Hide all stuff out of site in your car and lock it.

There is no minimum age of participant's.


The consumption of Alcohol is NOT permitted and against the law in this location.

Fire Arms are not allowed in Park.

This is an at will tournament and you may quit at anytime but your entry fee is forfeited.


You may have only one (1) rod fishing at a time. But, you may bring as many as you like, with only one line in the water at a time.

Live Bait, Lures, Flies, or Cut Bait: IS ALLOWED.


You may keep your (25) fish limit of Sand Bass/White Bass and turn in your best 25 at weigh in.

You may keep you limit of Hybrid Striper and turn in your biggest (1) Hybrid Striper.


If you see or think someone is cheating somehow, call me ASAP.

No one can give you fish, you must catch them on your own.


-I know what a 6 hour old fish looks like, so don't try cheating.

Adults can enter their kids into the tourney, without having to enter it themselves.

All "Optional" categories are for bonus wins. You "Do Not" have to enter those if you don't want to.

Miller Bridge parking lot is the start of the tourney. You may drive to a new location. Locations are any creek or river that feeds Lake Ray Hubbard.

Bank fishing or wade fishing only. No boats.

Payout will be 1st place to 3rd place of entry money with 1-10 entries on Heaviest Stringer category. A place will be added every 10th entry. The payout scale will be made after the last entry.

This is a 90% Pay Out Tourny.

Only 1st place wins on "Optional" Categories.




Have fun and be safe. Post all questions in this thread for all to see.


PM me if you think a rule needs to be added. Post here if you think you might make it. Otherwise you can just show up at the tourney. But head count would be great!



It would not be fair for me to enter, so I am sitting this one out. If you want to fish against me, put your money up and we will go hit the creek any time.....


MAP:

Check-in (starting at 5:00 AM) is going to be at Miller Bridge. It is due East of Centerville.







Bass Pro Shop is located on the map below. The purple Pin is where the store is located. 10-15 mins from the creek. This will be the weigh in location. Last chance to turn in ticket is at 1:00 PM, to weigh in fish. At 1:15 or sooner, the results will be announced, or when every person is present that entered tourney. You must be present to win.




Please have correct change..... PLEASE

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If you have any prizes to donate please text me or call me. Anthing you want to promote your buisness or just have to many worms or gear or whatever!

Sounds like fun

Tip and answer to question:

If the fish is alive, it wont loose much water weight.

If the fish is dead or dies, it looses a couple oz's. Get them on ICE ASAP to slow the OZ loss down. You never know on tournys, it can come down to the very ounce.

Keep the fish alive as long as possible or in a cooler of creek water on the drive to Bass Pro Shop and you will loose minimal water weight. Plus if they are alive, we will let them go in the front ponds of Bass Pro Shop, if you dont want to eat them.

-I know what a 6 hour old fish looks like. So dont think about cheating. I have a DNA machine in my truck. I can figure out what body of water it came from.

If you find a school of females, your in the money. 25 fat females are what you are looking for.

You can not cull your fish. If you stringer a fish, you Can Not take that smaller fish off the stringer, and replace it with a bigger one. It hurts or kills the fish, plus its illegal to do so.

-Lets say you had a blast catching these sandbass, every cast or so and you have a limit of sandies on a stringer laying in the water. You CAN NOT give a fish away to Joe Shmo fishing beside you on the bank. That means you harvested another sandbass making you 1 fish over your limit. Think next time you throw your buddy a fish when you already limited. Might cost you $225 each fish you throw at him.

Looks like fun. Will need to check it out.

We got the much need rain to get the sandies moving up Rowlett Creek! So the tourney is on! Perfect weather!

Any guess on how many people are going to show up?

With temps forecasted in the 70's for the remainder of the week AND the rain we just got, I would expect a pretty big turnout.

Its during Spring Break, and yes, temps are great! We just had a flood in the creek and the water got 20 ft high in the creek. So I am 100% sure we had a great batch of sandies that came up. Some Hybrids should be mixed in the bunch as well. Last year we had 37 people enter. Should be some huge Females on the stringers this round. Anyone can win it.

The Sandbass and the hybrids have shown up! The hybrids are way early this year but they're there and a couple dozen have been caught. People are starting to take limits out of the creek so the tournament is on!

( hint ) think downstream more of the normal areas. )

Tip: at 10 am, the sun hits the water. Fish the shaded pockets or deep holes to hook up.

Jonathan won again! Destroyed the other guys. Brought in 27.86 lbs with a 1.67 lb kicker for big fish.

All of the fish were caught at the Miller bridge?

Near 66

Nice stringer. Congrats to Jonathan! Sounds like he's got the creek fishing down pat since he's doing a repeat on the win. Good job Jonathan!