2026–2027 Season

TuffMan Series

Event Four

Lake Whitney

Sunday • December 13, 2026

NON-FFS EVENT

Event 1 Lake Limestone Event 2 Stillhouse Hollow Event 3 Richland Chambers Event 4 Lake Whitney Event 5 Lake Belton Championship Lake Waco

Event Four • Lake Whitney

The TuffMan Series heads to Lake Whitney on December 13, 2026, for Event Four of the 2026–2027 season. This tournament is a designated NON-FFS event. Official results, awards, payouts, tournament recap and photos will be posted here following the event.

Tournament Date December 13, 2026

Lake Lake Whitney

Event Format NON-FFS

Series Stop Event Four

Event Four Is NON-FFS

Forward-facing sonar may not be used during competition at this event. Teams are responsible for complying with the official TuffMan Series NON-FFS equipment disclosure, lock-out, inspection and competition rules.

Official Event Four Results

Lake Whitney • December 13, 2026

Results Coming Soon

Official Event Four results will be posted here following weigh-in and verification.

TuffMan Series • 2026–2027

NON-FFS Events

The Rule Is Simple

No Forward-Facing Sonar.

No Exceptions.

NON-FFS Competition

At tournaments designated as NON-FFS events, forward-facing sonar is prohibited during official competition. All teams are responsible for understanding and complying with the TuffMan Series NON-FFS procedures below.

1. What’s Prohibited

Forward-facing sonar is prohibited during official competition.

Includes, but is not limited to:

Garmin LiveScope
Lowrance ActiveTarget
Humminbird MEGA Live
Any similar or successor technology

The prohibition applies to every operating mode, including:

Forward
Down
Perspective
360
Similar live-view modes

Traditional 2D sonar, down imaging, side imaging, GPS mapping and mapping cards are permitted.

2. Disclose, Disconnect & Secure

Every team must disclose all forward-facing equipment installed or carried in its boat.

Before launching, all prohibited transducers must be:

Removed
OR disconnected and secured

Any disconnected prohibited transducer must be secured with a TuffMan Series-approved serialized locking device or tamper-evident seal.

Turning off a graph, breaker, power switch or screen page does NOT satisfy this requirement.

No portable, spare or replacement forward-facing transducer may be carried in the boat during competition.

3. Inspections & Verification

Tournament officials may inspect any boat or equipment:

Before competition
During competition
After competition

Officials may photograph equipment, conduct random on-water inspections, place an observer or recording device in a competitor’s boat, or follow a competitor with an official observation boat.

Refusal to cooperate with an inspection or verification procedure will result in DISQUALIFICATION.

4. Seal Responsibility

Each team is responsible for protecting its assigned seal or locking device.

If a seal or locking device is accidentally damaged, the team must immediately:

Stop fishing
Notify the Tournament Director
Leave the equipment untouched until instructed by an official

Fishing may not resume until the Tournament Director authorizes it.

A broken, missing, altered or mismatched seal that was not immediately reported will result in DISQUALIFICATION.

5. Penalties

Connecting, activating or using prohibited sonar equipment during a NON-FFS event: Disqualification, forfeiture of all winnings and points, possible suspension.

Failure to disclose equipment: Disqualification.

Intentional tampering or false information: Disqualification + suspension.

Broken or missing seal without immediate notification: Disqualification.

Refusal of inspection, observer, video review or polygraph: Disqualification.

6. Final Authority

All contestants agree to submit to equipment inspections, video review, observer verification and polygraph examination when requested.

All decisions of the Tournament Director concerning this rule are final.