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We are ready to send out flyers for the Working Mans Series on Travis…  We are collecting email addresses through Monday…  If you want to participate in this series – send an email to todd@austinboats.com and make mention of the Working Mans Series…  We will send you a flyer with all the details…  See you on the water…

Man glad to see these back! Guess I know what I'm doing Thursday!

                              Working Man Tournament Series

Weigh-in and Registration held Thursdays at Mansfield Dam 5:30- 8:30 pm

March 24th, 2011 through June 16th

1st – $200 Austin Boats & Motors sponsorship cash PLUS 25% pay back

2nd – 30% pay back

3rd – 20% pay back

4th – 10% pay back

5th – $50 AB&M Gift Card

Big Bass- pays 100% of side pot

• 3- Fish Limit Format (14” minimum on all guadalupes, spotties, largemouth)

  $15 per person (or $30 per boat if fishing alone)

• $10 Big Bass side pot is optional ($10 per team)
• Weekly winner gets to fish following week from a NEW! 2011 Ranger Z-series Comanche
  • Winner can choose model of interest (based on inventory availability)
  • Winner can pick up boat from AB&M at 2pm
  • Ranger will be full of gas, charged, tagged and clean!
• Ranger Bonus
  • $50 Ranger Bonus paid to highest placing Ranger owner (placed in Top 5)
  • Additional $50 Ranger Bonus paid if you purchased your Ranger from Austin Boats & Motors!
• 10% – pay back held for Championship Tournament payout to be held in September/October (Saturday tournament)

Official Tournament Rules:

1. Participants and Eligibility

- Participation is open to all legal anglers.

- A team will consist of one or two anglers per boat; all contestants must have a valid fishing license unless the angler is not required by TPW.

2. Entry Fees/Payout

- Entry fees are $30.00 per boat per tournament, with an optional $10 big bass side pot per team. Overall Big Bass takes the entire Big Bass pot.
Payout as follows:

1st – $200 Austin Boats & Motors sponsorship cash PLUS 25% pay back.
2nd – 30% pay back
3rd – 20% pay back
4th – 10% pay back
5th – $50 AB&M Gift Card

- All ties will be resolved by splitting that place and the next place’s money.

3. Registration/Tournament Hours

- Registration will begin half an hour before the start time posted in the tournament ad.

- Each team must register in person at the designated registration area. Cash only, no checks.

- All boats are subject to a livewell check.

- Tournament hours will be 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm.

-Upon registration, contestants are allowed to launch and leave. First cast is 5:30 pm.

- Boats must be inside the Mansfield Dam no wake buoys by 8:30pm.

- It is the angler’s responsibility to get the official time from the Tournament Director.

4. Permitted Fishing Methods

- Only artificial baits may be used. No live or cut bait is permitted (pork baits are permitted).

- All bass must be caught alive in a legal and sporting manner. No snagging.

- Each competitor may only use 1 rod at a time. No more than 1 line in the water at a time per angler.

- Trolling with the combustion motor is not permitted.

5. Live Fish/Weigh In

- A limit of 3 bass (largemouth, smallmouth, Guadalupe/spotted) may be weighed in per team. No team may have more than the tournament limit (3 bass) in the livewell at any time during the tournament except during the short time frame of culling a fish.

- All fish must be a minimum of 14”; short fish presented for weigh-in will result in the loss of that particular fish.

- There will be a ONE POUND fish care penalty for each dead bass presented for weigh-in. Culling dead bass is prohibited.

- Weigh-in will be back at the launch site on a first come first serve basis.

6. Sportsmanship/Safety

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

- Safe boating must be observed at all times.

- In case of inclement weather it will be the contestant’s decision to stay and fish or seek shelter/leave. Once tournament fees are paid and the tournament has begun there will be no refunds for any reason.

* Decisions of the Tournament Director are final and are not subject to appeal. Interpretation of these rules will be left exclusively to the Tournament Director.
* All participants expressly assume all risk(s) associated with each tournament event and hereby release, indemnify and hold harmless Austin Boats & Motors, the host, all sponsors, and tournament officials from all claims or injury and/or damage arising out of, or related to and/or incurred in connection with any Austin Boats & Motors sponsored event(s).

Please call Todd or Erik at 512.263.2811 with questions.

                                                                               12 teams competed for a total of $726 in cash and $50 ABM Certificate…

                                                                                      Watch our website at http://www.austinboats.com for updated results…

Thanks Andy…  Here is a link to our Tournament Page…  The fresh results are posted…  http://www.austinboats.com/cus…..tournament 

See everyone again next Thursday…

Andy…  Thanks for the posts and the kind words in support of Austin Boats and Motors…  We are hopeful that we get back to 15 to 20 boats tonight and through the weeks ahead…

As a reminder – you need to fish in 7 of the 12 events to be eligible for the series championship in September or October - unless of course you win one of the Thursday nighters or you have fished in one of the Thursday nighters out of a Ranger boat that is owned by you…

See y'all on the water tonight…  5:00 registration…  5:30 first cast…  8:30 weigh-in…  Mansfield Dam!!!

The PIGS were hungry on Lake Travis last night!!!  13 Boats – 2 fish over 7 POUNDS – three fish limit – over 15 POUNDS TO WIN!!!

Two Thursday Night events left in our spring series…  Championship tourney to be announced…

Check out the Working Man Updates on our website at http://www.austinboats.com/cus…..tournament