Kings of Cowtown Championship Tournament

Tournament Details

Registration is only for qualified teams.
To be qualified, you MUST have finished in the top 30 of Kings of Cowtown 2022 OR finish in the top 10 (not already qualified) in one of the qualifying events 2023.

REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT CLOSES ON SUNDAY, JULY 30TH, AT 5:00 PM. TEAMS WHO HAVE NOT REGISTERED WILL BE SCRATCHED.

August 5th is a MANDATORY MEETING. At least ONE team member MUST attend or your team will be scratched from the tournament.

Rules will be given at the meeting and will be reviewed at the meeting. Please, no phone call questions prior to the meeting. If you have any questions about the tournament, we ask that you please ask them during the meeting so that everyone will have clarification at one time. 

• Please be sure that you have the correct information for you and your partner. We will use email, phone, and address for our records.
• There are NO SUBSTITUTIONS after our Calcutta auction. If your partner cannot fish, you must fish solo.
• At the conclusion of the meeting, you cannot practice with anyone other than your partner. NO EXCEPTIONS.
• NO membership dues are required

MANDATORY MEETING   2023 Kings Of Cowtown rules (A HARD COPY WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE MEETING)

• At least ONE team member MUST be present or your team will be scratched from the field.
• Meeting begins at 6:00 pm, Saturday, August 5^th
• Location – Fun N Sun Boats and Tackle, 320 W. Hurst Blvd, Hurst, TX 76053
• We will discuss all the rules and you may ask questions openly to be sure that everyone is clear on all expectations
• At the conclusion of the meeting, you cannot practice with anyone other than your partner. NO EXCEPTIONS.

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CALCUTTA AUCTION

• We will auction teams in our open Calcutta
• ANYONE can bid on a team to win. You do not need to be a registered team to participate. This is open to the public.

NO INFORMATION RULE in effect SATURDAY, JULY 29, 11:59 pm, through the conclusion of the tournament

• Beginning Saturday, July 29th, at 11:59 pm, no team shall give or receive any information to help them or another team in this tournament. 
• You cannot practice with anyone other than your partner. NO EXCEPTIONS.
• No private messages regarding the 3 lakes in this tournament are allowed on any social media websites or forums. Other than using publicly available information, no fishing information may be purchased, bartered, solicited or received from ANYONE.
• Anyone who violates this No-information rule, the entire team will be scratched from the field without refund of entry fees.
• This will be a polygraph question.

OFF LIMITS PERIOD

• Off limits begins at 11:59 pm on Sunday, August 6^th, and runs through the start of the tournament.
• No team may be on the lake for any reason. This includes any other fishing, leisure activities, etc. You may not be on tournament waters during this off-limits period.
• Anyone who violates this off-limits rule, the entire team will be scratched from the field without refund of entry fees.
• This will be a polygraph question.

LAKES – Decision made as of Tuesday, July 25th:

• Eagle Mountain (Lakeview Marina – Everything inside the entrance to Lakeview Marina is off-limits)
• Granbury (Rough Creek Park)
•  Lewisville (Boats 1-30 put in at Tower Bay and Boats 31-60 put in at Arrowhead – CONTROLLED START FROM TOWER BAY)
  • Parking at Lewisville is LIMITED so PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE RAMP FOR YOUR BOAT NUMBER!! 
  • Boats 1-30 put in at Tower Bay
  • Boats 31-60 put in at Arrowhead

LOW POINTS ON EAGLE MOUNTAIN LAKE

CHECK-IN – 

Eagle Mountain Lake: August 12^th Start at safelight (Lakeview Marina) Check-in times are listed below and scales close at 12:30 pm.

Flight One (#1-20) – check-in by 11:30 am

Flight Two (#21-40) – check-in by 11:45 am

Flight Three (#41-60) – check-in by 12:00 pm

Lake Granbury: August 12^th start at 3:00 pm (Rough Creek Park) Check-in times are listed below and scales close at 9:00 pm.

Flight Three (#41-60) – check-in by 8:00 pm

Flight Two (#21-40) – check-in by 8:15 pm

Flight One (#1-20) – check-in by 8:30 pm

Lake Lewisville: August 13^th safe light till 12:00 pm

Boats 1-30 (original boat number) put in at Tower Bay

Boats 31-60 (original boat number) put in at Arrowhead

CONTROLLED START FROM TOWER BAY IN ORDER OF DAY 1 STANDINGS

STOP FISH TIMES (NO CHECK-IN)

Boats 1-30 (in order of standings) – stop fishing at 12:00 pm

Boats 31-60 (in order of standings) – stop fishing at 12:15 pm

There will be no official check-in at the lake and no dead fish penalty for this weigh-in of Lake Lewisville only. A dead fish will not be considered for big fish competition.

The scales will open at 1:00 pm at Fun n Sun. All teams must be checked-in no later than 1:45 pm at Fun n Sun Hurst. All teams must have in possession documentation that you are entered in this event for transporting fish (Zebra Mussels). Documents are provided by Team trail Outdoors on Sunday morning at the ramp.

Boat Numbers: Boat numbers will be drawn at the meeting on August 5th. Your fishing times for each lake will be on your boat card.

Registration and check in:  All teams must check-in before each leg of the tournament. Any team that fails to check in before any leg of this tournament will not be able to weigh in their catch for that lake. It is each team’s responsibility to notify the tournament directors that they will be late for any reason. If a team is late and have notified the tournament directors, no penalty will be assessed. If a team is late, their live wells must be checked prior to making their first cast. (There are absolutely no exceptions to this rule)

Weigh-in Procedures: You MUST come to the designated spot and get a TEAM TRAIL OUTDOORS bag for your fish. You will not be allowed to weigh your fish unless you have them in the designated bags. Once you weigh your fish, you will return the bag to the tub for another team to use. We will have 30 bags total in rotation for use.

At the conclusion of the Meeting on August 5th, any tournament questions MUST be directed to Tournament Director: Tim Brockway 214-801-4135