Know the rules...

[cassidyta]

I figured I would pass this on for anyone who might be considering signing up for any type of tourney.
I work on a Marine Corps base which has a fish pond on the property. They have done some great clean up efforts to the pond and wanted to hold a little lunch time tourney to gain more interest in the pond. I mistakenly made an assumption that since they called it a tourney, I would be limited to artifical baits.
Well, I was the only of the 12 people not casting out shiners or live crawdads. This was only an hour and 15 minute event with everyone fishing from the shore. I managed to catch my 2 fish limit, but was not even close in the weight. I was lucky to catch these 2, while everyone else was culling within 30 minutes. I was not too upset because there was no buy in fee. First place got a trophy and a $25 visa gift card.

While this is the first bass event that I have ever fished that allowed for live bait, it did remind me that there are several variations to the rules from one event to another.

I figured I would pass on this lesson learned.