Interpretation and enforcement of these rules will be left exclusively to ILF. Decisions of the tournament Commissioner are final in all matters and are not subject to appeal. Each Angler agrees to report any rule violation to the tournament director immediately upon discovery of the violation. Failure to report violations may be cause for disqualification. The violation of a tournament rule may result in, but is not limited to, weight loss, the loss of weight up to a specific time in the tournament day, the loss of weight for the entire day and or disqualification from the entire tournament.
(Penalty – MLF Commissioner: Sharing Information, Result: 10 min stop fishing and/or disqualification)
(Penalty – Boat Official: Penalty Compliance Violation, 1 Minute Additional Penalty)
(Penalty – Boat Official or Commissioner: Penalty Lines-In Lines-Out, 10 Minute Stop Fishing Penalty)
(Penalty – Boat Official: Hooking or Cross over other line, 2 Min., stop fishing when lines are untangled)
(Penalty – Boat Official: Fish Landing violation, 2 Minutes immediate, stop fishing)
(Penalty – Boat Official: Fish release violation, 2 Minutes immediate, stop fishing)
(Penalty – Boat Official: Illegal 2nd Line, 1 Min., stop fishing when 2nd lure is retrieved)
(Penalty – Boat Official: Leaving Boat to Land fish, 4 Minutes immediate, stop fishing)
(Penalty – Boat Official: Boat out of Bounds, 5 Minutes immediate, stop fishing)
(Penalty – Boat Official: Graphing between Periods, 5 Minutes at start of next period)
(Penalty - Boat Official: Safe-boat conduct Penalty, 3 Minutes immediate, stop fishing)
(Penalty – Official: Kill-switch connection, 5 Minutes immediate, stop fishing)
(Sportsmanship Violation, Penalty will be determined by the ILF Commissioner)
(Sportsmanship Violation, Penalty will be determined by the ILF Commissioner)
(Penalty – Boat Official: Self-inflicted Mechanical Failure, No time out for repair)
(Penalty – Boat Official: Litter and Smoking, 2-minute penalty)