Practice

All ABTT regular season events have a 5 day off-limits period which consists of the Monday-*Friday prior to the tournament. *The Friday prior to each regular season tournament will be considered an official practice day ONLY for those anglers that have pre-registered and paid entry for the event before 5 p.m. Thursday. The Thursday and Friday prior to the Championship will be considered official practice days ONLY for those teams pre-registered and paid before 5 p.m. Wednesday. During the official practice period non-competitors are not allowed to be in a competitor’s boat on the water for any reason. (only exception is immediate family) No contestant may be on designated waters for any reason during the official off-limits period (this includes “walking” the shoreline, marinas, boat docks, etc. for the purpose of locating or catching fish). If an angler plans to leave their boat in the water at a dock this must be complete by 6:00 p.m. Friday evening until takeoff the morning of the tournament. Contestants area allowed to travel by boat from another launch ramp or dock directly to the takeoff site for takeoff the morning of the tournament