first question

smpboy · Post by **smpboy** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 1:54 am

It says you cant leave your boat but can your boat leave the water? example jumping over something and yes it has been done before in jet and outboard.. second example using a mechanical device to move your boat across land?

Ray L. · Post by **Ray L.** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 12:28 pm

you can jump stuff as long as you do not leave the boat to advance it in any way.
You can leave your boat if you are leaving an area as long as you are not trying to get into a spot.

smpboy · Post by **smpboy** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 2:21 pm

how about winching a boat would that be legal?

Ray L. · Post by **Ray L.** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 11:15 am

Hey Ryan what are you going to do have a girl pull you around or what......
No really could you explain how you were thinking of doing it.

John Barron · Post by **John Barron** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 11:30 am

I would like to see a little more explaination please
jb

smpboy · Post by **smpboy** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 11:50 pm

still in the works but a small flat bottom or aluminum boat and mount a winch on it set up cables during prefish and drag the boat into virgin backwaters would be easy $ would problie pay for your investment in the 1st tourney.

tunaman (SCFF Duplicate) · Tue Dec 16, 2008 11:24 pm

Not sure about a winch, or how you'd manage one, but they use push poles all the time for that scenario. As long as you don't leave the boat, you're golden.

Had the pleasure of doing so with one of the Havasu sticks at last year's WON, and got treated to seeing some of the backwater wonderlands out there.

Roger

smpboy · Post by **smpboy** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 11:46 pm

a push pole is only good if their is water under the boat

tunaman (SCFF Duplicate) · Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:25 am

Ryan C wrote:a push pole is only good if their is water under the boat

Uh, not exactly... they're great for getting over beaver dams that are completely blocking a lane, as I've seen that one first hand.

Roger

Bill Hutcheson · Post by **Bill Hutcheson** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 8:49 am

Ryan,

Your question is a good one as it really pushes the envelope of what is and is not legal. This is one of the reasons that most organizations have to place generalized "sportsmanship" caveats and such in thier rules. It is impossible for a set of tournament rules to cover every possible scenario which may occur.

Personally, although it is not specifically stated in our rules, I would not allow this to occur in any WON BASS event. Our rules also do not state that one could not hire a helicopter to "airlift" a boat with its occupants in it to an area inaccessable to normal craft, but this too would be what I would consider beyond the rules of good jugement and sportsmanship.

When all else fails, there is rule # 36 - my personal favorite "Alll decisions of the tournament director shall be final"

Let me know if you have any further questions

Bill Hutcheson
WON BASS
(949) 366-0030 ext 29

John Barron · Post by **John Barron** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 9:08 am

The Tournament Director is Judge, Jury and Executioner!

smpboy · Post by **smpboy** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:05 am

the helicopter is a really good idea bill i will look into that 1

jk but thanks for clearing it up and for Ron C i heard about that delta thing before but i thought it was all BS but i guess not its kinda sort of the same as going though a river lock but not really