For tournament information contact Lake Ecologist Darrell Bowman at (479) 855-5068, or e-mail DarrellB@BellaVistaPOA.com.

Fishing Tournament Rules and Regulations

1. A Fishing Tournament is identified as one, wherein a number of boats are gathered at a predetermined time and place, on specified village lakes, with permits obtained, prizes awarded and/or fees collected.

2. A Fishing Club is identified as a group of fishermen, competing in fishing tournaments, having a minimum of three tournaments per year, and registered with the Lakes & Parks Office. Tournament Fishing Clubs participating on Bella Vista lakes shall be limited to no more than nine (9) clubs.

3. Tournament Fishing lakes in the village are identified as Loch Lomond, Lake Windsor, and Lake Ann. The maximum number of boats participating for any given fishing tournament shall be (16) for Loch Lomond, (16) for Lake Windsor, and (10) for Lake Ann.

4. No more than six (6) tournaments per lake by an organization per year are permitted. Further, no more than one (1) tournament will be held on any given lake per week.

5. Tournament Fishing from June 15 to September 15 shall be restricted to the hours from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. No tournament fishing will be permitted during the day on the above dates.

6. All fishing boats participating in a tournament shall be registered with the POA and subject to inspection by POA authorized personnel.

7. Each boat must contain sufficient live well capacity to maintain healthy fish, prior to release, at the close of the tournament. Additives will be used to supplement the live well environment. No more than five (5) fish per angler may be in the live well at any time.

8. Weigh-in procedures shall be directed toward keeping the fish from each boat in a circulating live well until called for weighing,
and then immediately returned to the lake.

9. Travel Tournaments, or the transporting of fish from one lake to another, is prohibited on Bella Vista Lakes.

10. Safety measures for all boats shall include safe intervals in starting time from the no-wake zone, wearing of Life Preservers when underway, observing safe speed on the lakes, kill switches must be used when underway, and running lights during night fishing. Safe boating practices should always be in effect.

11. A Tournament Fishing result form provided by the Lakes & Parks Office must be completed and returned to the Lake Office at the close of the tournament.