TORQEEDO ROUND 7 – NEW RIVER WEST VIRGINIA

July 29, 2023 8:24 PM EST

Message regarding Tournament : HOBIE & TORQEEDO – ROUND 7 – NEW RIVER WV
Director : Hobie Cat Company II LLC
Director Email : bos@hobie.com

Congrats anglers one a great Day 1 at the Hobie BOS New River event supported by Torqeedo!  There is still a lot at stake, so we look forward to seeing you fish hard tomorrow and capturing the opportunities available to you.  The points you earn for staying and grinding might make all the difference in accomplishing the goals for your season. Limits are very tight and tomorrow is a new day, anything can happen!

Thank you all again for showing up strong for our visit to the New River in WV.  Sign-ups are open for the St Croix Rods Mississippi River event out of Lacrosse, WI. We would love to have you fish with us there!

A couple details going into tomorrow-

–        Make Sure to Check in and out on TourneyX if you can.  You can still check out from today and please check-out when you leave tomorrow. Its ok if you don’t have the service to do so.

–        Please always be weather, wind, and water level aware!

–        Everyone did a great job today with pictures and IDs, just remember to keep your 3-digit ID visible in all pictures. You can use either the Day 2 or Backup ID.  You can use the back of your Day 1 as well.  I must see the code to count your fish.

–        The code I MUST see to score your fish is R2J.

–        Submit early and often to avoid any late day issues.  We will turn the leaderboard off to the public around 230pm.

–        Everyone is invited back to the awards, but we will be reaching out to the Top 15 for them to have a chance on the stage.

Payscale for tomorrow to go along with 3 qualifying spots for this years TOC:

July 27, 2023 11:52 am EST

Message regarding Tournament : HOBIE & TORQEEDO – ROUND 7 – NEW RIVER WV
Director : Hobie Cat Company II LLC

EVENT NEED TO KNOW INFORMATION

Welcome to ‘Wild and Wonderful’ West Virginia for the Torqeedo New River Event out of Beckley West Virginia!

If you are receiving this email unexpectedly, please contact BOS@hobie.com immediately.

SCHEDULE and event DETAILS below.

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 Messenger, or cell phone 859-351-3617. He should be your first contact for any questions or issues.

Event Manager- Steve Fields will be handling all media on and off the water.

While in the community, we ask that you support the local restaurants, tackle stores, convenience stores, and lodging opportunities.  Make sure to tell them you are here with the Hobie Bass Open Series Kayak event!  Swing in Elevation Outdoors in Beckley for any kayak and outdoor needs.  They are also a Hobie Eyewear Dealer!

Event Headquarters: Beckley- Raleigh County Convention Center: 200 Armory Dr, Beckley, WV 25801

– 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 will not go over the rules in full detail.

– We are a METAL Ketch Board series only.   These are also available at our local supporting dealerships if you need one. You need to have one before showing up to Fridays meeting.

– BOS Swag- There will be some BOS T-shirts, Hats, and Buffs available for purchase. $20/ $20/ $10 a piece and cash only.

– Hobie Fishing TourneyTags. These are available for purchase to hold your identifier.  $8 cash only. These are a convenience item and not mandatory to hold your ID.

– 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.  Please plan your floats accordingly.  

– Friday Agenda â€“ Angler Briefing will start at 630pm EST at the HQ.  Please arrive no later than 620pm.  We will be doing this before checking boards and passing out IDs.  Once that is wrapped up, we will check boards and pass out the ID’s as anglers leave.  We will be giving away around 30 prizes from our sponsors during this time.  Anglers must be present to win and must get their board checked and have ID picked up.

– We ask that you have your boards cleaned and dried for this check.  Please remove all stickers from the bump, including 2022 BOS Sticker. 

– 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 morning there will not be a 30 minutes launch buffer.  You are allowed to launch and fish at 6am.  This is due to safety and awareness of this fishery compared to others.  Please plan accordingly.  This time is made up on the back end of the event.

– Saturday night we will NOT have an in-person check-in.  We WILL have a live Facebook meeting to go over all details from day 1, announce the Day 2 ID code, and finalize details for Sunday.

– 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 Thursday night, only removal of ramps that are no longer public or available for the weekend. 

This list was updated this am. 

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1IhRiVhV5vyXGWjQh7PeWZncKVp1ShQ0&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.

– If anyone has equipment issues, please let us know and we can do our best to assist and get you back on the water as soon as possible.  While we do have some parts and pieces, anglers will be expected to repair their own equipment. There are dealerships surrounding the area that may also have parts and pieces or even kayaks to help you stay on the water. The Hobie Parts trailer will arrive Thursday evening.

Thank you all for your support, we couldn’t do this without you.  The results of this event can change the direction of an anglers season and opportunities. We will be paying out 15%, giving points to all anglers that catch a fish, and qualifying 3 anglers for the TOC at Lake Chickamauga, Dayton TN this November that will pay out over $80,000.  We can’t wait to see everyone at Check-in!

Thanks,
Hobie Cat Company II LLC,
Tournament Director
bos@hobie.com

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July 22, 2023 10:30 am EST

Message regarding Tournament : HOBIE & TORQEEDO – ROUND 7 – NEW RIVER WV
Director : Hobie Cat Company II LLC
Director Email : bos@hobie.com

Practice Period E-Mail:

Welcome anglers to the official practice period of the Hobie BOS Anchored by Power-Pole; New River event sponsored by Torqeedo! We are so excited to present our first Open visit to the New River and state of West Virginia and coming in in a big way with 100 Anglers!  This is our 8^th event in a row with 100 or more anglers and we couldn’t do it without your support.  No matter if it’s your first event or you are a regular, we appreciate you and wouldn’t be here without you.

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:

All times are EST.

July 22nd Anglers are allowed to begin fishing the tournament waters.

July 27th Anglers will receive their Need to Know email to go over details of Friday’s mandatory registration and meeting.

July 28^th @ 4pm- Practice is officially over and all anglers must be OFF the water. Plan accordingly if you are on a float.

During Practice anglers must follow all practice rules, including the following:

–        Must be in a tournament legal vessel, but are allowed to utilize a motor during this period as long as craft is legally registered for motor usage. We love Torqeedo here at the BOS.

–        Must have a valid Fishing License for the waters/ state you are fishing in. It is the angler’s responsibility to be aware of how this fishery operates with state lines.  Where you launch and where you fish is reflective on what license you need to be legal.

–        Cannot solicit, utilize, pay for or receive information that comes directly or indirectly from a guide that has been active on the river in the last 14 days. If information is public it is available to all.

–        Anglers are allowed to gather information from tackle shops, fellow anglers, and dock talk, etc.

–        Anglers are allowed to share information with fellow anglers.

Launches and boundaries-

Anglers are allowed to launch outside of these published ramps for Practice Only.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1IhRiVhV5vyXGWjQh7PeWZncKVp1ShQ0&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 and inaccuracies 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.

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 even on tournament days.

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.  There will be no launch additions after Thursday night.

Lodging–

We hope all of our anglers have already secured lodging, but if you haven’t, we encourage you to stay in West Virginia.  We are hosting all events out of Beckley, we have dealer support in Beckley and its an easy access to many areas there.  The state of West Virginia is who brought us to the River, any support our anglers can give back to these towns, is greatly appreciated and why we are here.

Hobie Parts/ Needs-

We encourage anglers to check, maintain and prepare their equipment prior to arriving.  There are many dealers around and, on the way, depending on direction you are coming from.

We do have Andrew and his team at Elevation Outdoors that can help you with any Hobie or about any other brand kayak issue.  They also have a full selection of Hobie Eyewear; Check out the floating frames!  Please stop by and see them and tell them you are here for the BOS.

Our Hobie Supplies will arrive later on Thursday.  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.

Payments:

15% of the field will get paid this year. We will announce the pay table once the field is set completely in our Need to Know email you’ll receive next week.

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 #NewRiver #VisitWV #Wildandwonderful

–        If you use any products from our great sponsors, please share and tag them as well:

#Hobie #PowerPole #Lowrance #Aftco #Torqeedo #BerleyPro #FPVPower #MarineMat #Engel #StCroix #Hobieeyewear  #Yakgear #THMarine

Water Conditions and Weather- As with any event on any water way, we will always monitor the conditions and make sure we are putting our anglers out to safe and manageable conditions for next weekend.  We will not dictate or control what anglers do during the practice period.  If you find the water is too high or swift in an area, we encourage you to find and explore different areas until the water levels are comfortable for you.  This river system will change throughout every day, please look at gauges and pay attention to the flow and level, it’s very important.

Please be aware of weather coming through the area, being on the river surrounded by mountains can blind you from storms that are coming. Be aware and prepared.

Safety- You may be fishing this event alone, but you need to make sure you have a safety contact.  Someone that knows where you launch, where you take out, and when you are safely off the water.  Service can be limited in some areas.  Single access opportunities may be beneficial to you while at this fishery. Safety First.

TourneyX- TourneyX got updates this week for iPhone and Android.  Please delete your current App and download the updated version.   Having the updated version should allow you to get the best usage out of that app for this week.

Final Notes-

Metal Ketch boards are mandatory for this event.  We will only have a couple available at the meeting, it is the angler’s 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 refund period is over, if for whatever reason you can’t come, please communicate with the event staff so they are aware.

The TD is AJ McWhorter and can be reached if needed at 859-351-3617 or BOS@Hobie.com.  He will not be on-site until Thursday.

Looking forward to seeing everyone at the Mandatory Check-in on Friday night!  Safe Travels, be safe, and have fun this week!

Thanks,
Hobie Cat Company II LLC,
Tournament Director
bos@hobie.com

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Let’s DO IT!

The Torqeedo New River Event hosted by Beckley and Visit Southern West Virginia!

LODGING-

Clarion Pointe

300 Harper Park Drive

Beckley, WV 25801

304-255-5291 (call this number for reservations and mention Hobie BOS

Rooms for July 27-30, 2023

Nightly rate $114.00 plus tax

Best Western Plus Beckley

125 Hylton Lane

Beckley, WV 25801

304-252-8661 (call this number for reservations and mention Hobie BOS

Nightly rate of $149.00 plus tax

Cut off date for reservations will be 7/21/2023

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Round 7 of the Hobie Bass Open Series Anchored by Power-Pole takes us to Southern West Virginia and back to an original BOS Satellite location!

The New River and its tributaries are some of the most famous smallmouth waters in the entire country. With its deep pedigree and history of record catches there is always an opportunity for a Smallmouth of a lifetime when floating on the waters of the New. With some recent quality spawns and overall water conditions, we expect plenty of opportunities for our anglers to show-out on this fishery. To note- Parts of the eligible waters have white water rapids and/ or very low depth shoals. Anglers will be allowed to wade/ portage at this event. Anglers are expected to use sound judgement and caution around shoals, whitewater and dams. Safety is always first.

Event Headquarters: Beckley- Raleigh County Convention Center: 200 Armory Dr, Beckley, WV 25801

In order to support the host communities that support us, we encourage our anglers to stay, eat, and shop within Beckley and South West Virginia!   Make sure to tell everyone you are there for the Hobie Bass Open Kayak tournament!

– For information on all things to do in the https://visitwv.com/

Local Dealer Support:  Elevation Sports, 3100 Robert C Byrd Dr, Beckley, WV 25801 1 304 – 255 – 2664

A maximum capacity field of 225 or less will be competing for a cash payout to 15% of the field and the top 3 non-qualified anglers will earn their spot in the 2023 Tournament of Champions (TOC) at Lake Chickamauga, Dayton TN Nov 8-10.

The TOC is a 3-day, 60 angler Championship that saw a $100,000 payout in 2022!

If Maximum capacity is reached, anglers can use the waitlist feature on TourneyX  to get inline if any spots become available.

All BOS questions can be sent to:

BOS@Hobie.com

Tournament Director- AJ Mcwhorter

Event Media – Steve Fields

Official Schedule- All times are EST.

June 15th  -12 EST Registration Opens

July 8th – Off- limits begins- Anglers are no longer allowed on the water in any capacity. Hiring, communicating, or receiving information from guides is no longer allowed through the end of the event. Public information from a guide that is available to anyone, like websites or social media posts are allowed to be utilized.

– Waters that are out of event boundaries are not considered off- limits at this time.

July 14th- Refund Process ends at 6pm EST.  This is the last opportunity to request a partial refund (70%).  No refunds will be processed after this date.

July 21st – Registration/ waitlist window closes at 7 pm EST if not already capped at 225.  Anglers will receive a practice email from BOS Officials to their Tourney-X registered email.

July 22nd – Official practice window begins.  Anglers are now allowed to access the waters, but must be in a kayak and follow all practice rules. Motors are allowed for practice only.  Receiving and gathering info is allowed as long as the info isn’t paid or bartered for and the source is not a guide.

July 28th-

4pm- Practice Window Ends/ Off the water

620- All Anglers are expected to be at Event HQ with their measuring device.

630- Angler Meeting and event Instructions

7 pm- Board check/ Day 1 and Day 2 ID Distribution.  Sponsor Prize Giveaway

– If anglers can’t attend the Friday night events, they are still responsible for coordinating with the director, getting their Ketch board checked, receiving event IDs and being aware of everything covered during the meeting.

July 29th-

6:00 am- Launch and Fishing begins

3:00 pm- Fishing ends

4:00 pm- Submission deadline

8:00 pm- Facebook Live meeting and Day 2 ID code Announcement

June 25th-

6:00 am- Launch and Fishing begins

3:00 pm- Fishing ends

4:00 pm- Submission deadline

5:30 pm- Live Awards at HQ.  Anglers are welcome.

Event Boundaries:

Anglers are allowed to Wade and Portage in this event-

Fishing while wading – Anglers must be tethered to their kayak.  Tether can’t exceed 20′ in length.

Upper Boundary- Eggleston Rd, Eggleston VA.  Anglers can launch at Ingles Landing, but can’t fish up river of Eggleston Rd (730)

Lower Boundary- The Shoals above Thurmond WV/ Thurmond Rd.  Dun Glen Boat launch is last legal launch

Bluestone Lake is in play, Bluestone River can only be accessed from the lake.

Upper Green Briar Boundary-

Published launches:

Anglers must use launches from the Official list to launch and land on competition days. Anglers must follow the rules of the facility they use. Some ramps and locations have published hours that are not reflective of event hours. This is a live map and running list.  It is subject to updates at any time and will be announced to the field. Participants are expected to help this list stay up to date through communication with the TD as they learn additional details through local knowledge, map study and time during pre-fishing. Not all access areas will be considered legal launches for the event. Link is below.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1IhRiVhV5vyXGWjQh7PeWZncKVp1ShQ0&usp=sharing

The Hobie BOS requires a Metal Ketch Board for competition.  Anglers are expected to have and provide their own board.

Anglers must have a valid fishing License before they get on tournament waters.

West Virginia License: https://www.wvhunt.com/login

Virginia License: https://dwr.virginia.gov/licenses/