These rules were adopted, voted on and approved May 20, 2004 by both clubs representatives.  The Club VS. club Tournament Bass-Jon's VS. Rule-9. Bass-Jon's has won the first of three annual events for the 2004, 2005 & 2006 Season and Rule-9 has taken the honors for 2007.  Bass'n-9 Event on Aug 5th 2007 won by Rule-9.

• The tournament 28 June 2008 on the Nottoway. This year it's on a Sat.
• The tournament will last from 0700 until 1600 (4:00 PM)
• The tournament will be held at a lake determined by drawing. The lake to be fished will be drawn from a hat at 0600 on date selected. The drawing will be done at the Sentry Mart Truckstop on Rte 460 (same place as the doubles & singles do). The lakes to go in the hat are Prince, Western Branch, Burnt Mills, Cohoon/Meade. If Cohoon/Meade is drawn, entrants have the option of fishing either lake.

• There will be no limit to amount of boats each club can field in the tournament. There is a maximum of two (2) anglers per boat, but clubs may fish one (1) angler per boat if desired. The club that fields the least amount of boats will determine the number of best weights of the same number of boats from the opposite club. Say Bass-Jon?s has 14 boats and Rule-9 has 11. Bass-Jon's can only use its Top 11 weights for the competition.

• The cost of the tournament is five ($5) per head. The pot will be a 100% payback. The pot will be awarded to the angler who weighs the heaviest fish that day. There will be no money awarded for placing 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.
• There will be a five (5) fish limit per boat. There is NO MINIMUM size limit. All fish must be kept in an aerated livewell. All live fish are to be released in the lake they were caught in.
• There will be a four (4) ounce penalty per dead fish. This penalty will apply to the weight of the dead fish(es). A dead fish is defined as one that cannot right itself and swim away upon release.
• Bass-Jon's tournament director will inspect Rule 9 livewells and Rule 9 tournament director will inspect Bass-Jon's livewells prior to blast off. If a contestant from either club is late, he must find an angler from the opposing club to inspect his livewell prior to fishing.
• All fishing must be done from inside your boat and no changing of partners is permitted.
• All fish must be taken in a sporting manner. No netting, snagging, gigging etc. Landed nets are permitted to aid in boating your catch.
• No trolling is permitted and no live or prepared baits may be used or possessed. Pork baits and self-applied fish attractants are authorized.
• Only one rod may be used at a time by any angler. Being used is defined as having the bait in the water, whether or not the angler is holding the rod.
• Competitors may not handle or possess fish caught by other competitors. You may handle your partners fish if fishing two to a boat.
• Anyone issued a citation from a Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries officer or Norfolk/Portsmouth Lake Patrol shall be disqualified from the tournament. Anyone getting a citation and failing to bring it to the attention of the tournament directors will disqualify their entire club.
• Competitors may not fish within twenty-five (25) yards of another boat. If you feel you are encroached upon by another angler/team, you must issue a verbal statement to the impeding boat as to this nature.
• Competitors must be back to the weigh-in site by the tournaments finish time on the tournament directors watch. Anyone not back in time will be penalized eight (8) ounces per minute. All fractions of a minute will be rounded up to the next whole minute. More than ten (10) minutes late will result in disqualification from the tournament.
• Both clubs catches will be weighed on the same scale. The cumulative weight (minus penalties) from each club will determine the winning club for this event.
• The tournament directors may penalize/disqualify any entrant for any violation of the tournament rules, lake rules, Virginia fishing regulations or unsportsmanlike conduct.
• This tournament will have two directors (one from each club) acting jointly and concurring on all decisions. Their joint decision is final unless they cannot come to agreement. Any grievances between the two directors that cannot be resolved shall be presented before a predetermined committee of equal representation from both clubs. This committees decision shall be final.
• Any grievances shall be brought to the attention of both tournament directors prior to weigh-in.
• Both clubs shall display a web banner type trophy on their home page for the entire period between this tournament and the successive inter-club tournament. Each trophy will be clearly identifiable as winner or loser of the tournament.