All of these rules apply to the members of the Badland Bass Bandits club. These rules are made to protect every member during club activities. These rules are also made to make competitive fishing more fun. All of these rules can be avoided from being broken by simply following them. This will help improve the quality of the tournaments, as well as making them more enjoyable to fish. These rules are firm, but they are also fair. Any violation of these rules will result in the penalty of the following:
All Tournaments have a starting time and an ending time. All Tournaments will be operating on the Mountain Time Zone. No tournament angler can fish before the starting time on the tournament date. A tournament angler cannot competitively fish after the tournament period is over. Any angler still competitively fishing after the weigh in or check in time is disqualified from the tournament.
For every minute after the weigh in or check in time a tournament angler is late for, that tournament angler will lose a ½ a pound on EACH fish they turn in. If the tournament angler is late for more than 15 minutes after the weigh in or check in time, that angler is automatically disqualified for that particular tournament. This rule applies for all boaters and non-boaters.
During a tournament, there is no set limit on how many rods and reels or other fishing equipment you can have in a boat. However, only one rod and reel can be used while competitively fishing. Any angler caught using more than one rod and reel to fish will be disqualified from the tournament.
All tournaments will be fished with artificial bait only. No live bait of any kind is allowed. Tournament anglers who are using live bait in the boat during a tournament event will be disqualified from that event.
All bass must be 12 inches or greater in length to qualify for weigh in. Any fish turned into the weigh master and does not make the 12 inch margin will be penalized. The penalty for turning in a bass that does not meet this rule will result in the loss of that fish as well as a 1 pound of weight deduction from the final total weight.
There is no culling of any kind during a tournament. Any bass kept and put into a live well will stay in the live well until it is time to weigh that fish. A limit of 3 bass per tournament angler is allowed. This is a North Dakota Game and Fish Law. Any act culling a fish during a tournament is considered cheating. Anglers will face the penalty of elimination during that particular tournament.
All fish turned into the weigh master must be alive. Each dead fish turned into the weigh master to be weighed will result in a 1 pound penalty from the final total weight.
All tournament anglers must abide by the North Dakota Game and Fish laws. The Badland Bass Bandits club is not responsible for any penalty an angler may receive from the North Dakota Game and fish Department. All members are responsible for their own actions.
The Badland Bass Bandits club is not responsible for any accidents, injury or death during a club activity. Members of the club are responsible for their own actions.
Tournament anglers will use common courtesy to other fellow members as well as public fisherman. Please respect other tournament anglers on the water if they are fishing an area near you. Communicate with the other angler to avoid any hard feelings or problems during a tournament. Remember we are out here to have fun and become better bass fisherman.
Life jackets must be worn by the boaters and non-boaters when the combustion engine is running. This rule is applied for the safety of every angler competing. If a boat does not have a combustion engine, then this rule does not apply. However, anglers must follow ND Game and Fish laws, and have enough lifejackets in the boat for every angler fishing from that boat.
During weigh – in, if a boater and non-boater cannot come to an agreement about whose fish are who’s in a live well. These anglers qualifying fish will be eliminated from the competition. Therefore marking you’re fish with some kind of identification device (without hurting the fish) should be used to prevent this problem from occurring. This is the tournament angler’s responsibility, not the clubs.
The Badland Bass Bandit club practices catch and release. All bass caught and weighed during tournament competition must be released.
All Badland Bass Bandits club tournaments will abide by the North Dakota Game and Fish Dept. lake rules. If some lakes have certain length limits and possession limits or other rules for that particular lake, the BBB club will abide by those rules. No exceptions!
If you have any questions please call BBB President Paul Reinbold at 701-290-4168 or email him at dakotakidbassmaster@yahoo.com