Entry form

*In order to fish any division within the City Championship, you must pay a City Tournament Entry Fee of $30.00*

City Tournament Entry Fee: $30.00 per person includes the Saturday meal and the Big Bass Pot. All contestants must pay the $30.00 entry fee regardless of their age.

City Big Bass Pot: $5.00 of your entry fee (per person) of which $4.00 covers 1st, 2^nd, and 3^rd Place Big Bass for Saturday and Sunday with $1.00 going towards the Striper Pot.

Tournament of Champions (TOC) Open Division Money Pot Entry Fee: $40.00 per person with 100% pay back based on $35.00. $25.00 of TOC entry goes towards 1^st(50%) 2^nd (30%) and 3^rd (20%) Place for heavy stringer. Remaining $10.00 will pay the TOC Big Bass 1^st (50%), 2^nd (30%) and 3^rd (20%) Place. The TOC Ladies and Junior’s Division competes for a plaque, with no entry fee required. Ladies and Junior’s are eligible to participate in the Open Division as long as the $40.00 entry fee is paid. In order to qualify to fish the TOC, you must have won any division for any given year within a club that is an existing member or a past member of METRO. If you have not won a division within a club that is a present or past member of METRO, you will NOT be allowed to enter the TOC. Each club will submit a club roster with a notation of who qualifies to fish the TOC. All TOC entries (including the Ladies and Junior TOC entries) will be verified through the METRO Officers. The TOC is considered a separate tournament but is included on this entry for the convenience of METRO members.

Ladies Money Pot Entry Fee: $30.00 per lady with 100% pay back based on $25.00. $25.00 of the entry fee goes towards

1^st (50%), 2^nd (30%), and 3^rd (20%) Place. All Ladies are eligible to fish the Ladies Money Pot. The Ladies Money Pot is considered a separate tournament but is included on this entry for the convenience of METRO members.

Headquarters/Registration: Civic Center, Zapata, Texas. Registration will be held on Friday, October 2^nd, at the Civic Center beginning at 5:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. All contestants must check in at registration. If you cannot make registration, please have one of your club members check you in. Should you not be able to have a club member check you in, please notify Robin McFarlane @ 210-416-4563. Participants who are not able to attend the tournament after registering will not have their entry fee reimbursed.

MONEY ORDER--NO ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER 8:30 P.M. ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2^nd. ***

All registration forms and entry fees must be postmarked by September 23^rd, 2009. Entries postmarked after this date will incur a $10.00 late fee.

Weigh In Times: Saturday, October 3^rd, 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. **Must be in line by 3:30 p.m.

Sunday, October 4^th, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. **Must be in line by 1:00 p.m.

Saturday Meal: Civic Center, Zapata, Texas ……Extra meal tickets for guests is $10.00 per person and may be purchased at registration on Friday night. Doors will open at 6:00 p.m. with the meal being served at 6:30 p.m.

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City Tournament: $30.00* Tournament of Champions: Ladies Money Pot $30.00

___________ $30.00 Open Division __________ $40.00 _________ $30.00

Extra Meal Ticket(s) ______ $10.00 ea. Ladies Division _________ No Entry Fee

Junior Division _________ No Entry Fee

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Late Fee: _________ $10.00 Total Amount Paid: __________ Cash ______ Check ______ Check # ______

NAME: ________________________________________________________________________________________________

ADDRESS: _____________________________________________________________________________________________

CITY/STATE/ZIP: _______________________________________________________________________________________

PHONE: ___________________________________ CLUB NAME: ______________________________________________

Having read the rules, I have completed this entry form and have paid the specified entry fee(s). In signing this registration form,

I hereby release all other contestants, the host, sponsors and tournament officials from all claims of injury or damages that I might incur in connection with this tournament. I understand that the Tournament Director reserves the right to refund my entry fee and refuse my entry if he/she chooses for any reason not to accept my application. By my signature, I agree to all of the rules and accept all decisions of the Tournament Director as final ALL JUNIOR CONTESTANTS AND THEIR GUARDIANS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE UIL RULES.

Signature of Contestant: _____________________________________________ Date: __________________________

1. Contestants may fish alone, with another METRO club member, or with a member of their immediate family (husband, wife,

2. All contestants must fish from a boat. Trailering is allowed. Fishing will be done on the tournament lake only.

3. All contestants must wear a fastened and zipped life preserver. All boats must be equipped with an emergency ignition shut

off device (kill switch) and must be securely attached to the driver while the boat is on plane.

4. Only artificial lures may be used with the exception of pork rinds. Trolling with the combustion engine is not allowed. Only

one (1) rod may be used at any one time. Other rods may be in the boat and ready for use; however, each cast and retrieve

5. All Federal, State, local laws, and regulations to include tournament traffic control must be observed. All contestants

must have a valid Texas Fishing License along with a Mexico Fishing License if fishing Mexican waters. Lake is off

limits to all contestants Monday through Friday preceding the tournament dates.

6. Fishing hours begin at 6:00 a.m. each day of the tournament. Saturday’s weigh in will be from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., with

Sunday’s weigh in taking place from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. There will be no grace period on either day. Contestants who

are not in line by 3:30 p.m. on Saturday or by 1:00 p.m. on Sunday will not be allowed to weigh their fish.

8. The daily limit will be five (5) fish per day per contestant. All fish must be weighed on the day they are caught.

9. All fish must be a minimum of fourteen inches (14”). Anyone bringing a short fish to the scales will be disqualified for that

day. Only Largemouth, Smallmouth, Spotted, or Guadalupe Bass will be weighed to determine the standings. Striped Bass

will be weighed to determine the winner of the Striper Pot. Should there not be a Striper caught during the tournament, the

funds collected for that Striper Pot will be rolled over to the following year’s City Championship.

10. There will be a .25# penalty per dead fish. No culling of dead fish, as this is a State Law.

12. Fish must be brought to the weigh in by each contestant or his/her fishing partner.

13. It is the responsibility of each contestant to notify the Tournament Director that he/she has a big fish to weigh in for

15. All fish weighed will become the property of the Tournament Director, Weigh in Committee, and METRO.

16. All contestants are required to follow high standards of sportsmanship, courtesy, safety and conservation.

18. All protest must be submitted in writing to the Tournament Director within 30 minutes after the weigh in is completed each

20. The Tournament Director and the Metro Officer’s have the right to refuse an entry form.

1. TOC Eligibility Criteria: In order to qualify to fish the TOC, you must have won any division for any given year within a

club that is an existing member or a past member of METRO. If you have not won a division within a club that is a present

or past member of METRO, you will NOT be allowed to enter the TOC. Each club will submit a club roster with a notation

of who qualifies to fish the TOC. All TOC entries (including the Ladies and Junior TOC entries) will be verified through

2. Contestants may fish alone, with another METRO club member, or with a member of their immediate family (husband,

THE METROPOLITAN LEAGUE OF BASS CLUBS CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT RULES APPLIES TO ALL PARTICIPANTS ENTERED IN THE TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS.