My buddy and I were thinking of having a tournament series at Rest Haven. We were thinking of paying one price and it would cover either a team of 2 and/or fishing by yourself. We would have to cap the boats/teams at 10 or so due to the size of the pond. All tournaments would be at pond 8 or the donut pond or the handicap pond any of the names are the same pond. Size limit would obviously be 15 inch+ and it would be a best 5 fish weight. Tournament length would be near 4 hrs. They would be Sat. or Sun. and there would be at least one night tournament or maybe all night tournaments depending on what most people would like. We were thinking April would be a good start time and July would be a Championship. An Example would be: 1 in April, 2 in May, 2 in June, and 1 in July. With the Championship following the first 6 tournaments. So in middle to late July for the Championship. Points will be awarded for 1st-10th or however many we have after each tourney along with a point for each weighed in fish. For example 1st place with 5 fish would be awarded 15pts. The top 4 teams/person would make it to the Championship. The amount to be paid for each tournament per team/person would be $25-$50 depending on what you guys think is best. With $5 of that going to the championship per entrance fee. So 10 teams $50 dollars each tourney going towards the championship. So that would mean 10 teams at each tourney $50 each tourney x 6 tourneys = $300+$200 I'll personally through in....will be $500 to the championship winner. No 2nd -4th will be paid cuz first is the only place that counts in a championship. The other money for each tourney will be paid to the top 3 teams at the end of each tourney. In a 50% to 1st, 30% to 2nd , and 20% to 3rd format. It's a 100% payout. So if anyone has interest in this give me a shout either at my cell phone # 419-677-5451 or a pm on here will work. I have at least 5 teams that would be interested already so the earlier the better before it fills up. Thank you in advance Mark Shope
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How big of a boat would you consider "too big" ? I have an older 16' bass boat that I'll be using.
Count me in. I've got the boat and a partner already. By the way, have you run this idea by the ODNR yet? I think you may have to get a permit to have a tournament.
The only place in Ohio I've run into the permit issue is on Clearfork Reservoir. I'm past president of Findlay Area Bass Association and with small tournaments like this, no permits were ever required. (except Clearfork, those guy's are real sticklers, even with our small 5 and 6 boat tournaments)
all your big places and most city owned reservoirs need permits. nimisila is another one they are starting to crack down on.
I can see that, with weekend traffic and all. Luckily we don't travel very far and just basically fish the same places every year.
Does anyone think it would be good to get together b4 the tourney so everyone is on board with whats going on?
I think we can do most of that via phone or on this forum... I will be posting comments and questions about specifics as we get a bit closer to April. I think we are nearing the full amount of teams for the tournament series...I think we are right around 8 and I will be getting in touch with all of you that have seemed interested. Questions possed to all will be similar to this : Sat or Sun? Length of tournament? Things along that line and I will then figure out what is best for the majority. As that progresses I will then post a schedule and such so there is as little confussion on what...where...and those kinds of questions. We will probably meet 1hr or so before the first tournament to go over anything/questions that one might have. There are a couple of things you must have for the tournaments...must have everything on your boat in order to pass a Division of WaterCraft/ODNR test and you must have a spray bar in your livewell/cooler. Penalties for dead fish will be 1 lb per dead fish. Rest Haven gets checked a lot by the ODNR and if you get a violation you are disqualified for that tournament. Just a couple things like that will be gone over before the tournaments and of course livewell checks. Also once things are more finalized I will get together a list of rules along with the schedule and contact information from all members.....COME UP WITH SOME NAMES for this tournament series and I will choose the best. Something like the Pond 8 Pounders...or the Handicap Pond Hawg Catchers...or just Rest Haven Tournament Series/League will work as well...last one the Donut Pond Dredgers...
It would be a good idea to post the have to's for the boater so that I can get properly setup for it. Maybe some websites or ect. for guidance. Maybe can get Santa to help out....lol.
Will the motor restrictions be the same as they always are? Meaning that you can run a 9.9 motor on pond 8 for the tournaments?
9.9 is allowed on all the ponds. Also, I just saw the part about the night tournament. Whats the bat situation like up there? I HATE BATS!! Fished a couple nights this past summer up at the reservoirs here in Fostoria and got smacked pretty good in the head a couple times, even had one get tangled in my net. I've hit them with my crankbaits casting, Oh how I HATE BATS!!
to start with make sure you have life jackets. get a distress flag. fire extinguisher if you have an outboard. if you have those things they wont hassle you at resthaven.
as for the 9.9 horse limit... me personally i think that was stupid! i think its too small to have outboards but i dont make the decisions so ill just sit back and bitch about it 
My suggestions for the tournaments would be and an 8 hour day, unless there isn't that much water to cover. I've only seen the pond from the handicap platform, I have no idea what's behind that island in front of there. Also, I would like to fish Sundays, just in case there is a conflict with my regular club tournaments, however Saturdays would be fine too, my priority would be getting my son out in a tournament atmosphere, thats what I'm looking forward to most, the kid is good. And how about the Rest Haven Hawg Hunters Tournament Series? Maybe we could get coverage from BASSFAN.COM? LOL
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