Maybe BNT should vote on it at its annual meeting & consider allowing boats for running @ the Open. That would at least put the question of transporting fish to rest, assuming that BNT will disallow transportation of live fish by truck/car.

The SCBBBC could vote on it, too, but my hunch is that the club won't go for it. I agree that it's somewhat arbitrary, but, then again, a lot of tournament rules are arbitrary (e.g., in boat tournaments, no trolling, no fishing with two rods even if licensed to do so, no live bait, etc.). My guess is that most of the guys would say that you have to have a float tube/kickboat to fish, & you need some way to get to the tournament, but you don't need a boat.