2023 CLASSIC SERIES - NEELY HENRY EVENT

DATE:   Saturday, March 11, 2023

LAKE:  Neely Henry

LAUNCH:  Coosa Landing, Gadsden, AL

• 200 Lake Street, Gadsden, AL 35903
• (256) 549-4677

WEBSITE: Alabama Northeast Division FOM

• All tournament information
• Pay online with added processing fee

LATE FEE DEADLINE: Friday, March 3, 2023 by midnight

• Entry fee must be paid by midnight on Friday, March 3, 2023 or there will be a $25 Late Fee added to payment

FINAL ENTRY FEE DEADLINE:  Friday night, March 10, 2023 by 7:00PM

• All entries MUST be received by 7:00pm
• NO ENTRIES ACCEPTED ON SATURDAY

OFFLIMITS:  NO off-limits prior to tournament except;

• All anglers MUST be off the tournament waters by 4:30pm on March 10, 2023
• No fishing within 100 yards of the ramp on tournament day after 1PM

PERMITTED FISHING AREA:  All water accessible by waters from the official launch site

BLAST-OFF PROCEDURES:  Blast-off will be conducted from pier

LIVE-WELL CHECKS:  Live-well checks during Blast-off by boat numbers

MANDATORY PRE-TOURNAMENT MEAL/MESSAGE/MEETING:  Friday night, March 10, 2023

***** NEW FOR 2023 ***** (At least one team member MUST be at the MEAL/MESSAGE/MEETING to be eligable to compete)

Location: North Glencoe Baptist Church

Address: 1119 Chastain Blvd., Gadsden, AL 35905

• Meeting MUST be attended by at least one team member to compete
• All teams represented at this MEAL/MESSAGE/MEETING will also receive their 50 meeting points
• Registration starts at 5:00PM
• Meal starts at 6:00PM
• Message starts at 6:30PM
• Meeting starts at 7:30PM
• Boat numbers by 8:00PM

MENU: BBQ with all the fixins

SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER: Pastor David from North Glencoe Baptist Church

LAUNCH PROCEDURES:

• Be in the water by 5:00AM
• "On the Water" devotion by Michael Ingram starts at 5:30AM
• Prayer and National Anthem starts at 5:40AM
• Blast-off by boat numbers starts at 5:45AM

FLIGHT TIMES:

• Flight #1 (Boats 1 - 20) check-in by 3:00PM
• Flight #2 (Boats 21 - 40) check-in by 3:15PM
• Flight #3 (Boats 41 - 60) check-in by 3:30PM
• Flight #4 (Boats 61 - 80) check-in by 3:45PM
• Flight #5 (Boats 81 - 100) check-in by 4:00PM

WEIGH-IN PROCEDURES:

• Weigh-in before or after the loading of your boat
• All teams are asked to come up on the stage to view scales during their weigh-in
• Please be prepared to share a little about your day

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