BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//indianasfinest.com//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.30.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:3953cd71-9f62-4acf-a748-d45bc4cf7854 X-WR-CALDESC:The 2024 ISPA Bass Fishing Tournament\n\n1. TRUTH VERIFICATION TEST. Cheating will not be tolerated. Deceiving tournament officials or d oing any act in order to obtain an unfair advantage will lead to\ndisquali fication. By signing the entry\, contestants agree to submit to a truth ve rification test (polygraph or voice stress test). At the conclusion of eac h tournament a\ntruth verification test may be administered to one or two teams placing in the top ten positions or winning the Big Bass award. Shou ld a team placing in the top ten\nor catching Big Bass leave the tournamen t site making themselves unavailable if asked to take the truth verificati on test\, their catch may be disqualified. Lastly\,\ntournament director r eserves the right to request any contestant to submit to a truth verificat ion test within seven days of the conclusion of the tournament. Failure\nt o submit to a test when requested or failure of the same shall result in d isqualification and banishment from further tournaments.\n2. REGISTRATION. There will be a short mandatory meeting approximately 15 minutes prior to take off. Entries and fees must be received no later than JUNE 7\,\n2024. Starting positions will be determined by date received.\n\n*NO ENTRIES WI LL BE TAKEN ON THE DAY OF TOURNAMENT*\n\n3. PARTICIPANTS. Tournament is op en to active and retired Indiana State Police employees (enforcement and/o r civilian). In addition\, active and retired sworn\nIndiana Law Enforceme nt Officers may also participate *ANGLERS MAY NOT FISH ALONE*\n4. BOATS AN D MOTORS. All boats must be equipped with a lanyard type kill switch. Boat must be at least 15 feet in length. Trolling as a method of catching fish is\nprohibited. Stick steering is considered dangerous and shall not be p ermitted. Jet motors and tiller steering is allowed. Every boat must have an aerated livewell large\nenough to maintain a live limit of fish. Alteri ng a boat from factory specifications to gain length or height is not perm itted.\n5. HORSEPOWER REGULATIONS. Your motor must not exceed the manufact urers or Coast Guard horsepower rating for your boat. Jet drives are allow ed\; however\,\nmotor power head rating must still comply. Any questions p lease contact tournament director.\n6. TACKLE AND EQUIPMENT. Only artifici al lures may be used. No live or prepared bait will be permitted with the exception of pork strips or rinds\, etc. Only one rod\nand reel may be use d at any one time\, however\, several may be rigged and ready for use. Rod s shall not be more than 8 feet in length.\n7. SAFETY. Safe boating conduc t should be observed at all times. Competitors must have a US Coast Guard approved P.F.D. on and secured any time the gas engine is\nrunning. Violat ion of this rule shall be reason for disqualification. An operating lanyar d type kill switch must be attached to boat and operator when gas engine i s in\noperation. Boat operator must test kill switch prior to each tournam ent.\n8. PERMITTED FISHING LOCATIONS. Fishing on tournament waters is perm itted anywhere except areas designated by state or federal officials or an y other water\ndetermined by the tournament officials. ALL ANGLING MUST BE DONE FROM THE BOAT. Anglers shall not leave the boat to land a fish or ga in access to fishing\nwaters. Anglers must be in contact with the boat at all times except in case of emergency or brief excursions in "\;nature calling"\;.\n9. PENALTIES. Only largemouth\, smallmouth\, or spotted bass will be weighted. At no time shall a team have more than a limit of f ive (5) fish in their livewells. Doing\nso is grounds for disqualification . The length for fish shall be 14 inches or otherwise regulated by the sta te. Fish will be measured with mouth closed on a "\;Golden\nRule”. As solely determined by tournament official\, short fish will be culled from your sack and your largest fish will also be culled from the remaining fis h. For each\ndead fish a ½ pound penalty will be deducted from your total weight. A dead fish will not be weighed-in as big fish. Tournament directo r will make final decision if\nfish is dead or not. Fish that appears alte red or mangled shall be the tournament director’s decision to weigh or not to weigh the fish. A team who arrives at the\nofficial check-point area a fter prescribed check-in time will be penalized at the rate of one pound p er minute. After 10 minutes all weight shall be lost for that day.\nLate p enalties do apply to any "\;Big Bass"\; weights. At no time shall a bass be stringed and doing so will lead to disqualification.\n10. RULING S. The tournament officials shall reserve all rights for rule interpretati ons and to refuse an entry. Furthermore\, tournament officials have the au thority\nto announce or present any rule revisions (printed or not) as dee med appropriate. Violating tournament rules may be reason for disqualifica tion.\n11. SPORTSMANSHIP. Competitors are expected to follow high standard s of sportsmanship\, courtesy\, safety and conservation. Alcohol and abuse d drugs are not\npermitted in a boat during tournament hours. Fish must be caught in a sporting manner\, therefore\, snagging fish is not permitted. \n12. TIES. All monies will be totaled and split equally.\n13. PROTEST. Pr otest against another competitor must be in writing\, signed and in the ha nds of tournament director within 15 minutes after scales are closed.\n14. REFUNDS. Entry refunds will be issued up until June 1\, 2024. Partial ref unds of $50.00 will be issued between June 1\, 2024\,\nand June 7\, 2024. No refunds will be issued after June 7\, 2024\, for the tournament. There is a $20 bank charge for returned checks.\n15. INSURANCE. Adequate liabili ty insurance is required of all contestants using their boats in the tourn ament. X-WR-RELCALID:b3fab6f3d4bdf82571eb84325528d85a X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20241103T020000 RDATE:20251102T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20250309T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:eacb8cd5-14bc-4758-a313-cc5661919a6a DTSTAMP:20260504T184133Z DESCRIPTION:The 2024 ISPA Bass Fishing Tournament\n\n1. TRUTH VERIFICATION TEST. Cheating will not be tolerated. Deceiving tournament officials or do ing any act in order to obtain an unfair advantage will lead to\ndisqualif ication. By signing the entry\, contestants agree to submit to a truth ver ification test (polygraph or voice stress test). At the conclusion of each tournament a\ntruth verification test may be administered to one or two t eams placing in the top ten positions or winning the Big Bass award. Shoul d a team placing in the top ten\nor catching Big Bass leave the tournament site making themselves unavailable if asked to take the truth verificatio n test\, their catch may be disqualified. Lastly\,\ntournament director re serves the right to request any contestant to submit to a truth verificati on test within seven days of the conclusion of the tournament. Failure\nto submit to a test when requested or failure of the same shall result in di squalification and banishment from further tournaments.\n2. REGISTRATION. There will be a short mandatory meeting approximately 15 minutes prior to take off. Entries and fees must be received no later than JUNE 7\,\n2024. Starting positions will be determined by date received.\n\n*NO ENTRIES WIL L BE TAKEN ON THE DAY OF TOURNAMENT*\n\n3. PARTICIPANTS. Tournament is ope n to active and retired Indiana State Police employees (enforcement and/or civilian). In addition\, active and retired sworn\nIndiana Law Enforcemen t Officers may also participate *ANGLERS MAY NOT FISH ALONE*\n4. BOATS AND MOTORS. All boats must be equipped with a lanyard type kill switch. Boat must be at least 15 feet in length. Trolling as a method of catching fish is\nprohibited. Stick steering is considered dangerous and shall not be pe rmitted. Jet motors and tiller steering is allowed. Every boat must have a n aerated livewell large\nenough to maintain a live limit of fish. Alterin g a boat from factory specifications to gain length or height is not permi tted.\n5. HORSEPOWER REGULATIONS. Your motor must not exceed the manufactu rers or Coast Guard horsepower rating for your boat. Jet drives are allowe d\; however\,\nmotor power head rating must still comply. Any questions pl ease contact tournament director.\n6. TACKLE AND EQUIPMENT. Only artificia l lures may be used. No live or prepared bait will be permitted with the e xception of pork strips or rinds\, etc. Only one rod\nand reel may be used at any one time\, however\, several may be rigged and ready for use. Rods shall not be more than 8 feet in length.\n7. SAFETY. Safe boating conduct should be observed at all times. Competitors must have a US Coast Guard a pproved P.F.D. on and secured any time the gas engine is\nrunning. Violati on of this rule shall be reason for disqualification. An operating lanyard type kill switch must be attached to boat and operator when gas engine is in\noperation. Boat operator must test kill switch prior to each tourname nt.\n8. PERMITTED FISHING LOCATIONS. Fishing on tournament waters is permi tted anywhere except areas designated by state or federal officials or any other water\ndetermined by the tournament officials. ALL ANGLING MUST BE DONE FROM THE BOAT. Anglers shall not leave the boat to land a fish or gai n access to fishing\nwaters. Anglers must be in contact with the boat at a ll times except in case of emergency or brief excursions in "\;nature calling"\;.\n9. PENALTIES. Only largemouth\, smallmouth\, or spotted b ass will be weighted. At no time shall a team have more than a limit of fi ve (5) fish in their livewells. Doing\nso is grounds for disqualification. The length for fish shall be 14 inches or otherwise regulated by the stat e. Fish will be measured with mouth closed on a "\;Golden\nRule”. As s olely determined by tournament official\, short fish will be culled from y our sack and your largest fish will also be culled from the remaining fish . For each\ndead fish a ½ pound penalty will be deducted from your total w eight. A dead fish will not be weighed-in as big fish. Tournament director will make final decision if\nfish is dead or not. Fish that appears alter ed or mangled shall be the tournament director’s decision to weigh or not to weigh the fish. A team who arrives at the\nofficial check-point area af ter prescribed check-in time will be penalized at the rate of one pound pe r minute. After 10 minutes all weight shall be lost for that day.\nLate pe nalties do apply to any "\;Big Bass"\; weights. At no time shall a bass be stringed and doing so will lead to disqualification.\n10. RULINGS . The tournament officials shall reserve all rights for rule interpretatio ns and to refuse an entry. Furthermore\, tournament officials have the aut hority\nto announce or present any rule revisions (printed or not) as deem ed appropriate. Violating tournament rules may be reason for disqualificat ion.\n11. SPORTSMANSHIP. Competitors are expected to follow high standards of sportsmanship\, courtesy\, safety and conservation. Alcohol and abused drugs are not\npermitted in a boat during tournament hours. Fish must be caught in a sporting manner\, therefore\, snagging fish is not permitted. \n12. TIES. All monies will be totaled and split equally.\n13. PROTEST. Pr otest against another competitor must be in writing\, signed and in the ha nds of tournament director within 15 minutes after scales are closed.\n14. REFUNDS. Entry refunds will be issued up until June 1\, 2024. Partial ref unds of $50.00 will be issued between June 1\, 2024\,\nand June 7\, 2024. No refunds will be issued after June 7\, 2024\, for the tournament. There is a $20 bank charge for returned checks.\n15. INSURANCE. Adequate liabili ty insurance is required of all contestants using their boats in the tourn ament. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240613T060000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240613T130000 LOCATION:Geist Reservoir \, Fishers\, IN 46037 US SUMMARY:ISPA Bass Fishing Tournament END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR