I fish Crappie USA Tournaments. If you are fishing the Monroe tournament, there will have already been 4 tournaments in our region and there are always some people in the top 10 that have pre-qualified by doing well in the other tournaments, so they bump down at that point. Crappie USA now only allows a 7 fish limit for each team, I believe last year it was near 12 lbs to win it, and about 8 lbs to qualify for the regional. Hope this helps!