B-n-T's official stand on running is this.

Running is not allowed.

Alternativly you may choose to launch from a different location than the designated launch site however, you can only transport fish to the weigh in location on the water, via fin and oar power only. If you choose to launch at an alternate location you must wait until the official blast off time to leave the designated launch site.
In other words you won't get a head start.

One example is at last years Clear Lake Open. We launched 1 day out of Lucerne. A couple of guys decided to launch in Nice and fish there way back to Lucerne. This is OK since they arrived at the weigh in on the water.

Our tournament rules do not specifically state this but it is covered under rule #2

B-n-T has no specific rule on hook size. If you are within DFG regs then you are OK.

Hope this helps.

MT