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September 21
Message regarding Tournament : Hobie BOS College Team Open – 2024
Director : Hobie College BOS
Director Email : bos@hobie.com
Thank you all for a great 1st day at the Engel Coolers Lake Chickamauga College Team open! You all have battled hard in some hot and tough conditions. You know that this lake can give, but it can take away too. Within this format, you are not out of it at all! If there were limited fish caught within your team today, you have tomorrow to make up for it at any level! Remember to hydrate properly tonight and tomorrow. We are sure to have an exciting final BOS day on the water as anything can happen!
Thank you all for your support of this series. We truly appreciate you all!
Thank your coaches and sponsors, what they are doing to support you all is incredible!
Hope you all have a great time tomorrow and safe trip home if you don’t make it to awards.
Thanks,
Hobie College BOS,
Tournament Director
bos@hobie.com
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Message regarding Tournament : Hobie BOS College Team Open – 2024
Director : Hobie College BOS
Director Email : bos@hobie.com
Welcome BOS College Anglers to The Engel Coolers Lake Chickamauga Open.
Below is what you Need To Know coming into the event and to prepare your for our meeting details. Please review the changes for Friday nights agenda below! If you missed the Practice email, you can find it at the link below in the event page.
*All times for this event will be Eastern Standard Time.
Tournament Director. AJ McWhorter is your direct contact for any tournament related questions or needs. The best way to reach him during tournament days is through cell phone 859-351-3617 or messenger. He should be your first contact for any questions or concerns.
While in the community, we ask that you support the local restaurants, tackle stores, convenience stores, and lodging opportunities. There are lots of great places to eat here, so make sure to enjoy yourself! Tell them you are here with the Hobie Bass Open Series Kayak event!
Event Headquarters– Dayton Church of God: The Family Church- 3314 Rhea County Hwy, Dayton, TN 37321
– Weather- Please always be weather aware during practice and event days. Be prepared for the heat and take care of yourself on and off the water.
– By registering, you have already agreed to our terms and liability. You have also acknowledged you read and will abide by all the rules. We do not need a physical copy of this form unless you are a youth entry.
– We are a METAL and KARBONATE Ketch Board series only. We wont have any boards available for sale at events this year.
– Hobie BOS Hats ($10) will be available. Cash only. Limited quantities. All BOS gear must go!
– Update TourneyX now. If you are not sure if you have the most up-to-date TourneyX app, please delete the current version and download the new version. Having the most updated version could be the difference in your system working right this weekend. Log in and be prepared BEFORE tournament day, not just when you are ready to submit fish.
– Practice ends at 4pm on Friday. This means back at the launch by 4pm. Done scouting, graphing and fishing. OFF the water. You can NO Longer Solicit Info from anyone after practice period is over. You are still allowed to communicate about fishing to competitors or non-competitors you just can’t ask them unwanted and specific questions to gain a competitive advantage.
– Friday Agenda – There will not be an in-person meeting for this event. By of before Friday AM there will be a published video to go over all event details. We will still have a board check and check-in at 5:00pm at the event HQ. We will pass out Day 1 and Day 2 IDs, and sticker anglers’ boards as needed. We will end this process a little by 6.. If there are any questions or part needs, anglers will need to stay until after 6 to communicate that directly to the TD.
– In this video briefing, we will not go over the rules word for word, we will discuss details and expectations as well as a few specific rules at this meeting. It is your responsibility to know all published rules and event details as well as everything covered.
– We ask that you have your boards cleaned and dried for this check. Please remove all stickers from the bump, including 2023 BOS Sticker. If you already have a visible 2024 BOS sticker, you will not need to remove it.
– As needed, You can bring a board to be checked for another angler that can’t attend and pick up their ID, but that will be your responsibility.
– Saturday night we will NOT have an in-person check-in. Everyone is invited to awards on Sunday at event HQ.
– Anglers are required to launch and land at the launches that are listed below. If an angler finds any of these launches are not public they are to report that to the TD Immediately. There will be no more additions to the list after 9pm Thursday night, only removal of ramps that are no longer public or available for the weekend.
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=15SW4JuHX7JSm0vxNNKqHXcEnJ0NwU28&usp=sharing
– Some of the public launches have published/ official times that do not coincide with the event times. At no time or location can an angler launch before the Public opening of the facility, even if they are camping or staying there. The facility must be open and available to all to be usable. Big Boats use the launches and canals, please be aware, visible and careful!
– Please let me know if there are any issues or anything needed. I am here to help you before and during the event!
See everyone tomorrow! Have Fun and Be Safe
Thanks,
Hobie College BOS,
Tournament Director
bos@hobie.com
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CC: Practice period notes September 14th
Message regarding Tournament : Hobie BOS College Team Open – 2024
Director : Hobie College BOS
Welcome to the final open of the 2024 season and the official practice period of the Hobie BOS Powered by Lowrance; Engel Cooler Lake Chickamauga College Event! We are so excited to have you with us for our most visited BOS location and conclusion of the season. We have rolled out a new and unique format for this event compared to previous events.
This is a team event. Teams need to be 1-3 anglers. If you aren’t currently on a team you either need to join your team or create one. Reach out to me with any questions.
Please make sure you have the most updated version of TourneyX. Please make sure you are shown as active in this tournament on your TourneyX app.
Practice period details:
Please be weather and boat traffic aware at all time while on the water.
All times are EST
September 14th- Anglers are allowed to start fishing tournament water.
September 18th – The late registration period ends that evening around 11pm. If you have any friends that still want to enter, please let them know they can still do so until this time. For this one event there is no late fee. Please encourage as many as possible to come on out!
– This is also a reminder that if an angler can’t make it to the meeting Friday, They can send their board with another angler Friday to get checked and have their IDs picked up.
September 19th- Anglers will receive the need to know email that goes over all the details for Friday and the weekend. Please read this email!
September 20th- Final day of practice. Off the water by 4pm. Once the practice period is over anglers are no longer allowed to solicit info from anyone outside of the event participants.
During Practice anglers must follow all Published practice rules, including the following:
– Must be in a tournament legal vessel, and are allowed to utilize a motor during this period as long as craft is equipped for motor usage. Motors ARE allowed to be used on tournament days.
– Must have a valid Fishing License for the waters you are fishing in.
– Cannot solicit, utilize, pay for or receive information that comes directly or indirectly from a guide.
– During practice, Anglers ARE allowed to gather information from tackle shops, fellow anglers, and ‘dock talk’, etc.
Launches and boundaries-
Anglers are allowed to launch outside of these published ramps for Practice Only.
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=15SW4JuHX7JSm0vxNNKqHXcEnJ0NwU28&usp=sharing
Anglers need to utilize this link for the Official published ramps list. This link is live and may have changes throughout the week. Please check this link often and communicate any issues to BOS staff. If you are attempting to utilize a ramp and it is closed, not public, hazardous, etc… please contact BOS staff immediately @ BOS@Hobie.com. Please include the ramp name, pin drop, details of the situation, and your concerns. We will address as quickly as we can. You can submit ramps to be evaluated to this list until 8pm on September19th.
Not all ramps are free and not all ramps have hours that coincide with event hours. This is the angler’s responsibility to know and follow facility rules.
Due to changing conditions, launches on this list are subject to change through the end of the tournament and any changes will be published/ announced.
Lodging–
We hope all of our anglers have already secured lodging, but if you haven’t, we encourage you to check out the options in Dayton TN! This is the community that has invested in us and we would greatly appreciate our anglers supporting them back!
We greatly appreciate any and all support for the community and its businesses that support us. Let them know you are here for the Hobie Bass Open Series!
Hobie Parts/ Needs-
We encourage anglers to check, maintain and prepare their equipment prior to arriving. There are many dealers on the way that you can check with.
Our event Hobie parts will arrive late on Thursday. We are limited on what we will have. In addition, Hobie staff will no longer be able to offer any repairs tournament week, only supplies to help get you back on the water. Hobie has a great support page with directions and video instructions of almost all repairs. We encourage checking and fixing gear prior to arriving at the event.
Proper/ Legal Lighting:
We expect all anglers to be legally lighted on their kayak if they plan to take advantage of our early launch times. If you are going to be on the water during low light conditions you are supposed to have a 360 style light. This applies to all kayaks.
If you are going to be using a motor and be under power during low light- you must have navigation lights.
As always on Chickamauga there will be plenty of other boats on the water, including a 100 boat event out of Dayton, at minimum. Be aware, cautious and courteous on the water.
Media:
We highly encourage sharing your travel and fishing experiences this week. Please share on your personal page! You can also submit to the BOS page for approval, and/or send pictures directly to our staff at BOS@Hobie.com. Please include any or all of the following hashtags in your post!
– #HobieBOS #Hobiefishing #HobieBassOpenSeries #Collegekayakfishing #Fishdayton #LakeChickamauga
-#Newportvessels, #Lowrance, #engelcoolers, #berleypro, #yakgear, #railblaza, #tasline, #hobieeyewear, #stcroixrods, #marinemat, #fpvbatteries, #hobiewayoflife
Final Notes-
Metal or Karbonate Ketch boards are mandatory for this event. We won’t have any available at the meeting, it is the anglers’ sole responsibility to have all the required equipment for this event.
All information is published at the TourneyX event page and the www.hobiebos.com event page. As things update, those will be too.
The TD is AJ McWhorter and can be reached if needed at 859-351-3617. He will not be on-site until Thursday night.
Looking forward to seeing everyone at the Mandatory Board Check-in on Friday night! Safe Travels, be safe on and off the water, meet someone new and have fun this week!
Thanks,
Hobie College BOS,
Tournament Director
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The Hobie Bass Open Series Powered by Lowrance presents the Inaugural Fall College Tour Team Open!
To wrap up our 3rd season of the College Tour, we are looking at a new semester for students! With this provides new faces and schools and we want our anglers to have this event to gear up for what the 2025 season and format will look like while getting to represent your school and a team for the first time!
This unique format of our college tour presents an opportunity of a team of 1-3 anglers from an institution to fish on a team for their best 10 fish over 2- days. An institution can have as many 1-3 person teams as they can field. Allowing teams to be competitive with each other, but also representing their school!
A team can catch up to 10 fish on Day 1 as a combined total from all anglers. The team will also have a chance to cull or improve all 10 fish on day 2. This ensures as many fish will count as possible and that no team is completely out of the hunt on day 2!
This event will run in conjunction with the Hobie BOS Event on Lake Chickamauga in Dayton TN. Anglers are encouraged but not required to participate in that event also. Friday night meetings, and Sunday awards will be together.
Tournament Director: AJ McWhorter
Motor Status: Allowed for practice and a single motor is allowed for competition.
Event Headquarters Friday: Dayton Church of God: The Family Church- 3314 Rhea County Hwy, Dayton TN 37321
Event Headquarters Sunday: Rhea County Welcome Center: 107 Main St. Dayton TN 37321
In order to support the host communities that support us, we encourage our anglers to stay, eat, and shop within this community. Make sure to tell everyone you are there for the Hobie Bass Open Series Kayak Tournament! Dayton has something for everyone, so stay with us there!
Additional Lake area info: https://fishdayton.com/
Check out local shop https://realdealtackle.com/ for the best selection, prices and service around!
All questions must be sent to BOS@Hobie.com
Official Schedule- All Times EST
8/21/24- Registration Opens
8/31/24- Off- Limits period begins.
9/13/24- Registration ends.
9/14/24- Official Practice Period Begins. Practice Email Sent.
9/19/24- Need to Know email sent.
9/20/24- 4pm – Practice Period Ends.
– 5:00- Board Check Begins.
– 6:00- Mandatory Event briefing begins.
9/21/24- Day 1 of Competition.
– 6:30am – Blast Off!
– 7:00am – First Cast.
– 3:00pm- Lines Out of the Water/ Pic deadline.
– 3:30pm- Submission Deadline.
– 6:30pm- Live Feed ID Distribution, Day 1 recap, Day 2 Prep. Watching is expected!
9/22/24- Day 2 of Competition.
– 6:30 am- Blast Off!
– 7:00 am- First Cast!
– 3:00 pm – Lines out of water/ Pic deadline.
– 3:30 pm – Submission Deadline.
– 4:30 pm – Live event Awards at Sunday HQ.
There will be no refunds for any College Tour Entry. If an angler can’t make it their entry can get transferred to another angler on their team.
Event Boundaries:
Anglers are allowed to fish and legal and connected body of water or portion of Lake Chickamauga as long as they launch and land from the published launches and follow all BOS Rules in accessing water. No portaging or wading. Locking up or down will not be allowed for this event.
Published Launches: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=15SW4JuHX7JSm0vxNNKqHXcEnJ0NwU28&usp=sharing
Anglers must use launches from the following list for competition days. This list is subject to updated. Participants are expected to contribute to this list both in additions or removal of launches as needed, by communicating with the TD. No additions will be made after 9/19/24 at 10pm.
The Hobie BOS is a Ketch Board Only Series! We allow metal and Karbonate boards. Boards must be checked and stickered before each event to be legal. There will be no boards available for sale at the event. Please clean your boards before getting them checked.
