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PLEASE NOTE
THAT ONLY THAT YOU ONLY NEED TO REGISTER BEFORE SEPTEMBER
27.
ENTRY FEE DUE
BEFORE BLAST OFF ON SEPTEMBER 27.
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Registration Desk,
Restaurant
& Tackle Shop Open 5 a.m. Sat. Sept. 27, 2008.
Team Member must pick up fish weigh-in card 5
a.m. thru 7:30 a.m. Sat. Sept. 27, 2008.
Blast Off- 7:30 a.m., Sat. Sept. 27, 2008.
Final Weigh-In 11 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008.
Awards & Prizes following weigh-in.
Public welcome at weigh-in.
OFFICIAL RULES- NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP CATFISH TOURNAMENT
SEPTEMBER 27-28,2008
All
South Carolina
Wildlife Resources Department Rules & regulations must be
followed.
New laws regulate Santee
Cooper Arkansas
Blue Catfish
Governor Mark
Sanford and the General Assembly have approved a new
law limiting the harvest of
Arkansas Blue
Catfish. The law applies to only the waters of
Lake Marion, the Diversion Canal, the Re-Diversion
Canal above St. Stephen Dam, and
Lake Moultrie.
The law limits the catch of Arkansas
Blue Catfish to one fish 36 inches and larger per
person per day, regardless of harvest method. This includes
bow fishing and applies to both recreational and commercial
anglers. The new law was instituted to address catfish
anglers’ perception of fewer large blue catfish as the
popularity of these large fish has grown over the past decade.
The law is expected to shift more of the harvest of large blue
catfish to recreational rod and reel anglers, whose tourism
dollars add considerably more to the local economy than do
other harvest methods.There continues to be no harvest
restrictions on blue catfish less than 36 inches and anglers
are encouraged to harvest as many as they can reasonably use.
The law will be considered for renewal in 2010.
1. Fish will be inspected
upon weigh-in by
Tournament designated official. There will be a polygraph
given to random members of the winning teams.
2. No team may weigh- in more than 5 fish.
3.
Big fish
weighed in MUST be alive and pass inspection. May be released or
kept by team.
4. Remaining 4 fish
weighed in can be kept alive for release. Fish that are weighed
in dead and pass inspection can be kept by team or donated to a
local orphanage.
5. Entry fee is $100.00 per team. A team can be
1,2,3, or 4 people.
6. In the event of severe
weather, i.e. high winds where Tournament officials feel that it
will be unsafe to send boats out, tournament will be rescheduled
to be held the next weekend.
7. Stringers are allowed, but the hole in the
lower jaw can be no more than 1/2 " square or not more than 1"
long for a single cut. Only one fish is allowed per stringer. No
stringers are allowed through the gills.
8. Fish may be weighed in any time from 7:30
a.m. through 8 p.m. on Sept. 27th and from 8 a.m. through
11a..m. on Sept. 28, 2008. All fish must be at the weigh-in
station and declared to the weigh-in official by 11 a.m. Sunday,
Sept. 28, 2008.
9. No team can win more than 1 prize from each
category, In the event of a tie the money will be split equally
from that prize.
10. Tournament boundaries will be all waters
navigable by boat from the top of the lock on Lake Moultrie to
the confluence of the Wateree and the Congaree Rivers at the
headwaters of Lake Marion.
11. All teams must pick up their weigh in card
prior to starting to fish on Saturday, Sept. 27th and must
depart from Randolph's Landing by water and return by water. All
travel must be done by water. If you take your boat out during
the tournament you must put it back in at the same landing.
12. No guides, commercial, or professional
fishermen are allowed to fish this tournament. No one who earns
a portion of their income by fishing may enter this contest.
13. All fish must be caught on rod & reel or
cane pole. No none game methods may be used. All South Carolina
Wildlife Resources Department Rules & regulations must be
followed.
14. During the tournament no team may anchor
their boat within 100 ft. of another boat, all fishing must be
done from a boat.
15. Any tournament entrant may be given a
polygraph test prior to awarding prizes. In all instances and
circumstances the decision of the tournament judges will be
final. Any protest must be made in writing to the tournament
judges no later than 20 minutes after the weigh-in deadline.
16. It is agreed that Randolph's Landing will
not be held responsible for any accidents caused by or to anyone
participating in this tournament. Payment of entry fee
constitutes acceptance of all rules by the entire team.
17. An optional
Catch and Release Contest
Big Fish Pot
will be awarded to the participating teams that weigh-in the 1st
& 2nd Place single Big Fish Pot participants.
18. No spectators are allowed on a participants
boat, only team members are allowed. Media personnel may be
present on a contestants boat with written permission of
tournament officials.
19. All members of the team must be present at
final weigh-in to be eligible for cash prizes. Individual must
be present to win door prizes.
20. All tournament fishermen are required to
wear a life preserver while their boat is powered by a
combustion engine.
PRINT THE ENTRY
FORM HERE
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