2008 Striped Bass Classic National

Championship Format

(Friday-Saturday)

·         Two (2) day Competition with a two (2) fish per day weigh-in

·         Heaviest two (2) day aggregate weight wins the event

·         Must keep fish alive, or receive one (1) pound penalty per dead fish

·         Payout of ten (10) places (based on accumulating 400 or more paid entries during the season)

·         Qualify from multiple opportunities:

1. Finish in the top-25% of any of the nine Points Tournaments
2. Finish in the top-25% of any of the SBCC Hosted Tournaments 

3. Fish in 3 tournaments in one of the two regional schedules and automatically qualify,

4. Finish in the Top-50% of your Regional TOTY point’s standing and receive a NO ENTRY FEE (Must fish at least 4-Points Tournaments to be eligible for the free entry) Invitation to the National Championship

5. Win or be the 1^st  or 2^nd runner-up in an Official SBCC Sanctioned tournament (Sanctioning is subject to approval by the Regional Tournament Director) and receive an Invitation to Participate in the National Championship (FULL ENTRY FEE required)

Date         Lake         City/State  Payment Due        Fish Days

Nov 7-8, 2008    tbd                    tbd, tbd                         Nov 6, 2008                   Friday-Saturday

FINISH                                   Prize                      

1^st Place         $10,000

2^nd Place           $  4,000

3^rd Place            $  2,000

4^th Place            $  1,000

5^th Place            $  1,000

6^th-10^th Place     $     400

Special Note 1: Based on accumulating 400 or more paid entries during the season.  Payout will increase if we accumulate more than 400 paid entries.  Is this a possible number to reach?  Well, if the East Region averages 65-boats across the 5-tournaments on their schedule and the Central Region averages 15-boats across the 5-tournaments in their schedule that will total 400 entries. Those are very close to the numbers we averaged in 2006.  So I think this is a very high possibility, but it depends on you the members to make it happen!