media east are on athens that date so ya'll will be missing out on alot of teams

yes you're probably right. its hard to dance around everybody this time of year.

lance, i know that is right , to throw a bug in your ear , for next year.I Fish etba just about every year and the best turn out for this tournament in my opinion has always been the third weekend in march 70-80 boats .

Sounds good, I am looking forward to it. My favorite Open Tournament.

Lane you gonna bring in two 12lbers for the win this year ? That was a pretty impressive win last year

The third weekend in March every year is when the State B.A.S.S. Top 6 tournament is which puts our state team members unable to help put the annual ETBA Open on. Just another conflict the club has to work around every year.

East Texas Bass Association
29th Annual OPEN Bass Tournament

Saturday, March 1st, 2014
LAKE TYLER, @ Marina ----- 6:30 am to 3 pm
$110 per Team (Includes Big Bass)
No Off Limit Period

Sponsor Prizes given away after Weigh-In (Must be present to win)



Early Registration Friday, February 28, 2014 Gander Mountain, Tyler, TX 4pm-8pm

Late Registration Saturday, March 1, 2014 @ Lake Tyler Marina 5am-6:30am



Contact Information:
President: Lance Eitel (903)-571-0988
Tournament Director: Tyler Fisher (903)-530-7198
www.ETbass.net
Tournament Rules & Regulations

1. Eligibility: Tournament is open to anyone 16 years of age or older. Contestants under 16 years of age must have written parental permission to participate.
2. Rules: Texas Parks and Wildlife/ Texas State regulations apply. Life jackets must be worn anytime combustion engine is operating. Combustion engine operative kill switch lanyard must be attached to operator during combustion engine operation. Tournament boats must be equipped with operative live well system. All decisions of the tournament director will be final.
3. Trailering: Trailering is allowed. Contestants may launch boats from any Lake Tyler launch site. Launch permit required from Lake Tyler Marina (concession 1 ramp), polygraph question. Contestants may not leave their launch site until 5 am.
4. Tackle: Only one rod may be used at a time. No trolling. Only artificial bait may be used.
5. Sportsmanship: No fishing is allowed (outside) while not in the boat or within 50 yards of another contestants boat anchored or tied. Anyone displaying poor sportsmanship will be disqualified. Any contestant caught cheating will be prosecuted.
6. Weigh In: Each team may weigh (5) five Largemouth, Smallmouth, or Kentucky Spotted Bass in any combination. All fish must be (14) fourteen inches minimum length. Dead fish will be assessed a 1.00 pound penalty. Only (5) five fish may be in the live well at any time. Teams presenting fish shorter than (14) inches minimum length to the scales for weigh in will be disqualified from the contest. Each team will draw a boat number for official weigh in time which will be posted on a weigh in slip and registration form. Teams must receive their weigh in slip from tournament officials by the teams posted weigh in time to legally weigh tournament catch.
7. Official Start Time: Official start time is 6:30 am; contestants may not make their first cast before 6:30 am. Contestants may not leave their launch site until 5 am.
8. Off Limits: No off limit period prior to the tournament.
9. Official Inspections: Tournament officials will be on the lake during tournament hours, contestants must cooperate with inspection request.
10. Alcohol/Drugs: No alcohol or illegal drugs may be consumed during tournament hours.
11. Protest: Protest must be submitted in writing within 15 minutes of final weigh in.
12. Tournament Director: All interpretations and decisions regarding the above rules and running of the tournament shall be left to the discretion of the Tournament Director. All decisions of the Tournament Director are final.

All fish presented for weigh in become property of East Texas Bass Association for release back into Lake Tyler.

Open Flyer/registration form
http://www.etbass.net/2014-open.html

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Hey guys, just my 2 cents and fyi......except for January I run my Media East Teams the first weekend of the month unless there is a conflict that beat me to a lake in my area....that and Mother's Day weekend always seems to pull a crowd for me!!!!

Good luck and wish you all well.

TM

Tommy, FYI, "just my 2 cents", please continue to schedule your tournaments as you deem, and ETBA will continue to schedule our club business as the club deems which seems to pull a crowd for us.

Good luck and wish you all well.

I think that I have fished about 25 of the ET Opens. As I remember, they were mostly on the 3rd weekend of March. I enjoy these tournaments,however, since it was scheduled on top of Media East, several of us will be on Athens that day. Good Luck to all!

Good luck to you Eric, the Open was reserved at Lake Tyler Marina early last fall......not sure if that's on top or not.

Jc Outdoors schedule was out last Fall and was scheduled on March 1st at Lake Tyler. I went through all the tournament series schedules and helped JC Outdoors with their schedule. We did ours early so people could schedule around it. None of ours were on anyone else's date's at the time, I researched it. We changed ours when Media East decided to schedule on top of us and some of the Media Anglers wanted to fish both Trails..... That's a fact.

Robert Lane

We will be there! Thanks ETBA! You guys to an awesome job with this tournament every year. John Brothers always makes me smile with his comments..he is funny:)