All Panhandle Bass Angler members must show good sportsmanship, courtesy, and a high standard of ethics at all PBA functions and events.
Officers of the PBA reserve the right to refuse membership or tournament entries to anyone, including all tournaments operated by the PBA. Officers are the President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer.
Non PBA members are allowed to fish one club tournament to decide if they like the club and tournament format. They will be required to join the club if they would like to fish any others. That includes any non-members that have fished club tournaments in the past. Past club members are required to be a current member to fish club tournaments.
Mebership dues are $40.00 a year per family. $20.00 of that will go to the national B.A.S.S. Federation and $8.00 will go to the Idaho State Federation. The remainder will go into the club's account. Children 17 & under are included in the family membership. Any children 16 & older that intend on fishing state qualifiers must have their own club membership.
Membership in the PBA will run from the time the club dues are paid untill December 31st of that year.
Members of the PBA are responsible for their own membership to B.A.S.S. You become a B.A.S.S. member by subscribing to Bassmaster magazine.
As a member of the PBA you may be required to help at charity functions, work with the Idaho Fish & Game on conservation or habitat, or any number of projects that the club may support. You may also be required to help redistribute fish back in the lake after tournaments and help out before and after tournaments when needed.
In order to qualify for Angler of the Year, other awards, and state qualifiers, you must attend 50% of the club meetings and events.
Angler of the Year will be decided by a points system. Points will be awarded for each club tournament fished.
Example: 1st 100pts. 2nd 99pts. 3rd. 98 pts.
No fish: the last number of points given minus the number of participating members.
In case of a tie during a tournament, each person will receive the same number of points
and the option pot will be split between the contestants for each spot.
Example: Their were 19 contestants at this tournament.
John Doe 18.27 lbs. / Jane Doe 18.27 lbs.
1st - 100 pts. / 1st - 100 pts.
$100.00 for 1st, $70.00 for 2nd, equals $170.00 split between the two, each will receive $85.00
Jack Doe 16.69 lbs. 3rd - 98 pts. $50.00 for 3rd place.
Jill Doe 2.14 lbs. 18th place - 83 pts.
Justin Doe (no fish) 19th place - 64 pts.
Tie breakers for Angler of the Year will go to the total number of fish caught in each tournament, then to biggest fish caught in any of the qualifying tournaments. There will be one throw-out tournament per year per member.