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Printable Official Tournament Entry Form FALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP CATFISH TOURNAMENT SEPTEMBER 24 & 25, 2011 Entry Fee $125.00 Team TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE Registration Desk, Restaurant & Tackle Shop Open 5 a.m. Sat. September 24, 2011. Team Member must pick up fish weigh-in card 5 a.m. thru 7:30 a.m. Sat. September 24, 2011 if they did not get their weigh-in card Friday. Blast Off- 7:30 a.m., Sat. September 24, 2011. Final Weigh-In 12 p.m. Sunday September 25, 2011. Awards & Prizes following weigh-in. Public welcome at weigh-in. OFFICIAL RULES- FALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP CATFISH TOURNAMENT SEPTEMBER 24 & 25, 2011 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.
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 $125.00 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 before tackle shop before closing on September 24th and from 9 a.m. through 12 p.m. on September 25th. All fish must be at the weigh-in station and declared to the weigh-in official by 12 p.m. Sunday, September 25, 2011. 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, September 24th 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 & 5th Place single Big Fish Pot participants. Entry Fee for Big Fish is $25. 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. Call 1-800-BIG-CATS for accommodation reservations. Printable Official Tournament Entry Form
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