Inshore "Job Descriptions" for Volunteers:
Check-In: Volunteers needed 30 minutes prior to check-in until tournament start time to help check in teams. Check that team members are present, have completed paperwork and paid tournament fees; collect missing items before team is cleared to fish. Sign-in sheet with paperwork/payment status, highlighter and blank forms provided.
Tournament Judge (see enhanced description below): Volunteers needed from check-in until tournament end time to ensure size minimum and record fish weights. Check that fish meets minimum size, ensure weight is accurate, and document team and weight/length on sheet. NO TOUCHING OF FISH IS REQUIRED. Weigh-in sheets, scales, measuring sticks, and pens provided; bring own chair.
Weigh-Master: Volunteers needed 30 minutes prior to tournament end time until awards to help add up team weights and determine tournament winners. Record each team’s top five fish weights, along with any penalties, add up totals and rank the teams based on highest net weight. Weight-in sheets provided; bring own calculator.
Photographer: Volunteers needed during weigh-in and awards (and during inshore tournaments) to take photos of the event. Take pictures of anglers, fish, volunteers at tournaments to be posted on websites. Bring own camera and provide photos via flash drive.
Spirit Wear Sales: Volunteers needed around check-in and around awards to help sell spirit wear. Collect cash/checks for items sold, use PayPal for credit card sales and document cash/check sales, and create a deposit sheet at end of shift. Items to be sold, prices, PayPal account on iPad, and deposit sheet provided; bring own chair.
STEPS FOR BEING A JUDGE AT OUR INSHORE TOURNAMENTS:
This also can be done without touching the fish (have angler(s) measure and put on scale)! :-)
1. anglers are responsible to bring the bass to the closest judge.
2. We will space ourselves around lake or pond. This depends on where the anglers fish.
3. TWHS BFT uses rapala digital scales for the tournament (see below). Place digital scale hook behind gill cover to weigh fish (see attachment).
4. Document fish weight using inshore bag sheet (click HERE for example).
Tournament Judge (see enhanced description below): Volunteers needed from check-in until tournament end time to ensure size minimum and record fish weights. Check that fish meets minimum size, ensure weight is accurate, and document team and weight/length on sheet. NO TOUCHING OF FISH IS REQUIRED. Weigh-in sheets, scales, measuring sticks, and pens provided; bring own chair.
Weigh-Master: Volunteers needed 30 minutes prior to tournament end time until awards to help add up team weights and determine tournament winners. Record each team’s top five fish weights, along with any penalties, add up totals and rank the teams based on highest net weight. Weight-in sheets provided; bring own calculator.
Photographer: Volunteers needed during weigh-in and awards (and during inshore tournaments) to take photos of the event. Take pictures of anglers, fish, volunteers at tournaments to be posted on websites. Bring own camera and provide photos via flash drive.
Spirit Wear Sales: Volunteers needed around check-in and around awards to help sell spirit wear. Collect cash/checks for items sold, use PayPal for credit card sales and document cash/check sales, and create a deposit sheet at end of shift. Items to be sold, prices, PayPal account on iPad, and deposit sheet provided; bring own chair.
STEPS FOR BEING A JUDGE AT OUR INSHORE TOURNAMENTS:
This also can be done without touching the fish (have angler(s) measure and put on scale)! :-)
1. anglers are responsible to bring the bass to the closest judge.
2. We will space ourselves around lake or pond. This depends on where the anglers fish.
3. TWHS BFT uses rapala digital scales for the tournament (see below). Place digital scale hook behind gill cover to weigh fish (see attachment).
4. Document fish weight using inshore bag sheet (click HERE for example).
Rapala digital scale
