Tournament Information for the 2025 Bobby Lane Cup
- Pre-fishing: Must be off the lake by 3:00pm on Friday, December 5th. South of 60 Bridge off limits for practice and day of tournament.
- Meeting at 5:30 pm, Friday, December 5th at Camp Mack (weigh in trailer) – not mandatory
- Prayer and National Anthem with launch to follow at safe light as follows on December 6th
- Juniors will launch first at safe light
- Juniors Weigh-In: 1:00 pm
- High School will launch second
- High School Weigh-In: 2:00 pm
Chick-Fil-A of Lakeland will be providing breakfast for anglers and captains at 5:00 am Saturday morning. Check in at Angler Registration table by 5:45 am. Captains MEETING 6-6:30am Saturday morning with mandatory meeting to follow at stage.
Rules:
- 5 fish limit – 12” minimum (will have exemptions)
- High school captains cannot assist anglers in any way except for driving the boat (outboard engine). No netting, no trolling motor, no fish care. High school anglers must do it all on their own except for driving with outboard engine.
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Junior captains may assist anglers with trolling motor, netting fish and fish care. Captain must drive boat (outboard engine).
Captains are NOT allowed to fish. - Life vests must be worn at all times (Captains and Anglers) when the boat (outboard motor) is running.
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Prior to launch - Junior angler boats ONLY east of gas dock for take-off. Highschool angler boats must stay west of gas dock back to ramp. Stage boats by assigned boat numbers.
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Launch - Boats MUST leave from east side of canal. Check boat will be in canal. All running lights must be on and functioning, livewells open and empty, lifejackets on and killswitch attached. Boat numbers must be visible at launch.
- Boundaries – Nothing south of the Highway 60 bridge. You may not go under or pass the bridge south. All other lakes are open to fish, including Lake Toho. Violators will be disqualified.
- Check-In - Check-in boats will be at the ends of the Camp Mack canal. Teams must check in with boat #. Late penalty will be 1 lb per minute. 15 or more minutes late = disqualification.
- Boat numbers must be returned to receive an official weigh-in bag. Personal weigh-in bags are not allowed.
- Dead Fish penalty = 4 oz. / Big Fish cannot be dead. If dead, winner will go to next largest.
- No live bait, only artificial bait can be used