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2022

Dardanelle Solo Series

Official Rules

1. PREFACE-RULES: These rules will remain unchanged during the Get5Bass 2022 Solo Series. Interpretation and enforcement of the following rules and regulations will be left exclusively to the Tournament Director (Frank Leone). Decisions of the Tournament Director and Tournament Officials shall be final in all matters. PROTESTS MUST BE MADE IN WRITING WITHIN ONE Week of the tournament in question. Rules are in effect from March 1st, 2022 through September, 2022.

2. ELIGIBILITY: In order to fish the Get5Bass Solo Series, anglers must be Solo Series members and abide by rules of the contest as written. Anglers winning checks will be responsible for any taxes from winnings.

3. SPORTSMANSHIP: Conservation, care and courtesy must be observed at all times by all contestants. No alcoholic beverages may be allowed in the boat or used by the competitors during official tournament hours and the weigh-in. No stimulants, depressants or other drugs (other than those purchased over the counter or prescribed by a physician) shall be used by any competitor during tournament hours, and the weigh-in.

4. CONSERVATION: All bass to be weighed in must be presented to the director in a weigh-in bag filled with enough water to sustain the health of the fish through the weigh-in. No individual shall possess more than 5 legal bass at any time (Legal culling is permitted). Possession of more than 5 legal bass will be grounds for expulsion from the Tournament in question. If an angler/team self-reports making a cast with 6 fish in the livewell, a two pound penalty will be assessed and that team/angler will not be disqualified.At no time shall a competitor attempt to weigh bass caught during Get5bass competition with another tournament organization or entity, and doing so will be grounds for disqualification from the tournament in question and the Solo Series Points race.

5. ETHICS: Contestants may not seed or direct others to seed brushpiles, bays, weed edges, bridges, rockpiles, rip-rap etc. Seeding will be defined as the releasing of legal bass in specific areas of the lake with the intent of catching those fish again during the tournament competition hours. Contestants/Teams may not bait or direct others to ;bait brushpiles, bays, weed edges, bridges, rockpiles, rip-rap etc. Baiting will be defined as The application of light, food, dog food, fish food, corn, baitfish, crayfish, frogs, toads, insects, etc. to a specific area of the lake in order to attract baitfish or legal bass to that area. Normal culling practices are allowed (releasing of smaller fish to increase weight of bag). Legally fishing in areas known to be tournament release sites is permitted (Except in the State Park Cove on Lake Dardanelle as defined in rule #7) Seeding and & Baiting will be grounds for expulsion from all Get5bass Solo Series events.

6. TACKLE AND EQUIPMENT: Only artificial lures may be used. All fish must be caught in a legal sporting manner. No "live bait" or "prepared bait" will be permitted, with the exception of pork strips, rinds, etc. Only ONE casting, spin-casting or spinning rod and reel may be used at any one time. Alabama Rigs or Umbrella Rigs are not allowed. Alabama Rigs or Umbrella Rigs are defined as An apparatus consisting of wire strands, rigging, harness, or other device which allows a fanned out presentation, allowing the attachment of multiple lures with or without hooks to a single line. This apparatus is not approved for use in any Solo Series event. Solo Series officials have sole authority to determine whether a lure is considered a single lure as defined. Each cast must be completed before another rod and reel may be used. All bass must be caught live and in a conventional sporting manner. No trolling or strolling. Gaffs may not be used nor be permitted in the boat at any time. Landing nets may be used. Contestants may not use electronic bugging devices, or chemicals during official competition days on the tournament waters.

7. PERMITTED FISHING LOCATIONS: Fishing on the tournament waters is permitted anywhere navigable by boat from the Launch ramp except: within any area designated by state or federal agencies as a no fishingarea, in the State Park cove (Lake Dardanelle - Straight line from tip of state park jetty to upstream side of fishing pier), in the State Park Marina (Lake Dardanelle - Straight line from rock to rock in entrance), and in the ANO outlet (Lake Dardanelle) where posted. All other Commercial Boat Docks on Lake Dardanelle (including Dardanelle Bay Marina and the Spadra Marina) are also off limits. Anglers may not cast into or hold there boats in any area off limits.

8. SPECIAL SITUATIONS: Contestants must not depart the boat to land fish. Contestants must leave and return to the official checkpoint by boat. Competitors may depart the boat in the case of emergency or toilet break.

9. Cell phones/Marine Radios: A competitor may not use a CB radio, A VHF band marine radio, a cellular phone, or any other communication device for the purpose of locating or catching fish during the normal tournament hours.

10. SCORING/POSSESSION: Largemouth bass, Spotted (Kentucky) bass and Smallmouth bass will be counted. Five fish per Boat may be weighed in each day. The official length limit for bass will depends upon species. Largemouth Bass must be 14-inches, and Spotted Bass and Smallmouth Bass must be 12-inches. Bass shall be measured on a flat board with mouth closed and tail pinched. Bass presented for weigh-in which fail to measure the official length will not be counted and will cause a 1.00 penalty for each such bass presented to be deducted from the contestant's score. At no time during tournament hours shall a contestant possess more than a 5-fish limit. If an angler/team self-reports making a cast with 6 fish in the livewell, a two pound penalty will be assessed and that team/angler will not be disqualified.In the event of a tie for 1st place, the first tie-breaker is number of fish weighed and the second tie-breaker is biggest bass weighed. If the tie is not broken with the tie-breakers, 1st and second place checks will be split amongst the tied anglers.

11. PENALTY POINTS: For each legal dead bass presented to weigh-in officials, the competitor shall be penalized 0.50 pounds to be deducted from his daily score. If an angler self-reports making a cast with 6 fish in the livewell, a two pound penalty will be assessed and that team/angler will not be disqualified. The Tournament Director and his designated appointees shall have sole authority for assessing penalty points

12. LATE PENALTY: Competitors who are not in the official checkpoint area at the appointed time shall be penalized at the rate of 1 pound per minute to be deducted from the total weight of his catch that day. Any team/angler that is late may not weigh a bass for the big bass award. Any competitor more than 15 minutes late shall lose all credit for that day's catch.

13. Points - Get5Bass Solo Series Anglers of Year Award Points will be awarded to each angler fishing a Get5Bass Solo Series event if they weigh a bass. The winning angler from each qualifying tournament will be awarded 50 points, the second place angler will be awarded 49 points, etc. An angler weighing a bass will receive a minimum of 5 points. The top 15 anglers in the points following the 6th tournament of the year will be invited to fish the Get5Bass Solo Series AOY Championship. Anglers fishing in all of the 6 qualifying tournaments will also be invited to the Championship. In lieu of 1 absence, an angler may pay an entry fee to retain automatic qualification to the AOY Championship, as long as the entry fee is received before the tournament in question. The Championship points will be allocated in the following manner: 1st place - 100 points, 2nd place - 98 points, 3rd place - 96 points, 4th place - 94 points, etc... At the conclusion of the AOY championship the angler accumulating the most points will win the 1st place AOY prize package. In the event of a tie for any AOY prize package (1st, 2nd, or 3rd) total weight for the series will act as the tie-breaker.

14. POLYGRAPH: All contestants in the Get5bass Solo Series are subject to a polygraph test. Failure to submit to a polygraph test will result in immediate disqualification from all Get5Bass Solo Series events. Any contestant who fails a polygraph or whose results are found to be inconclusive will be disqualified from the Get5bass Solo Series. Any contestant who has failed a polygraph test in connection with any bass tournament for cheating or whose results are found to be inconclusive will not be eligible to compete in Get5Bass Solo Series Events. Any Angler banned for cheating or unsportsmanlike conduct by any other tournament organization will also not be eligible to compete in Get5Bass Solo Series Events.

15. Live Vests: All Anglers must wear a U.S. Coast Guard Approved flotation device while the boat's gasoline motor is running.16. Off Limits Period: Lake Dardanelle and all pools of the Arkansas River will be off limits at 8:00 PM the day before each tournament.