Delaware State Park Marina
Saturday, May 3rd 2008

Tournament Sign-in: 6:00am – 6:45 am (Marina)
Tournament Hours: 7:00 am – 3:00 pm

***FIELD IS FULL***

Pre-registration (before 4/25/08)
$40 per team (2 man) (+ Paypal fees if applicable)
$20 per individual (+Paypal fees if applicable $5 side pot per person for big fish (optional)

Registration (after 4/25/08 Cash Only at ramp )
$50 per team (2 man)
$25 per individual
$5 side pot per person for big fish (optional)

Payout Schedule:
80% payback to 25% of field,
Example - 50 teams pays 12 places
100% payback to big fish (Will pay two places, 70%, 30%.)

Teams will weigh a combined 10 best fish, individuals will weigh 10 best fish.
Coffee and Doughnuts will be provided at the ramp.
Boat number is determined by registration order.

Rules and Regulations

1. Tournament is open to both boaters and shore anglers. Teams will be limited to two persons and members of the same team must fish within 25 feet of their partner, boat or shore.
2. Anglers may use two rods per person. Live bait and/or artificial baits are allowed.
3. Tournament will run from 7AM until 3PM. Teams must be checked in before 6:45AM. Boats will be launched in order of sign up at 7AM. Teams must check back in at the weigh-in site BY NUMBER by 3PM. There will be a 4oz per minute late penalty for teams not back by 3PM. One team member must present team's catch at weigh-in.
4. Fish must be a minimum length of 9 inches. State regulations will be followed at all events.
5. Fish must be caught with hook/rod/line, in the mouth or lip. No snagging.
6. Teams must comply with State fishing and boating regulations. Licenses are the angler's responsibility.
7. PFD's must be worn when gas motor is running.
8. No fishing within 50 feet of an anchored competitor. Same with shore fishing. 50 feet apart.
9. A safe, courteous distance will be maintained while motoring(gas or trolling) and boaters must follow navigation restrictions for each venue, i.e., no wake zones, etc.
10. There is a 20 possession limit per team. Of those, 10 fish will be weighed. The decision of what fish to be weighed will be done by the team PRIOR to arriving at the weigh-in site for check in. Minimum length on Delaware Lake for black/white crappie is 9”. Any fish under 9” brought to weigh-in will result in disqualification of the teams’ entire catch. We will provide a tournament official bank side at the marina to measure any fish you would like to weigh-in prior to lining up at the scales.  We will be using Frabill Crappie EZ-Checkers for our official length measurements.
11. There will be NO radio or cell phone communications of FISHING INFORMATION during an event.
12. NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES or drug use.
13. You may NOT hire or compensate anyone to fish with you or for you at an event. NO HOLE SITTING by non-competitors.
14. Pre-fishing is allowed up until 24 hours before the event.
15. In the event of a tie, the weight of the largest single fish will determine the winner. If that is also a tie, coin flip.

Results of the tournaments will be posted on ohiogamefishing.com within 48 hours of tournament completion.

Competitors MUST sign a release (hold harmless) PLUS a photo release for any media coverage we may receive.

Door prizes (available to registered anglers only)

• Drawing for (10) $20 gift certificates for Land Big Fish – courtesy of LandBigFish.com
• Drawing for Frabill Crappie EZ-Checkers – courtesy of Frabill.com
• Each participant will receive an assortment of Micro Spoons – courtesy of Microspoons.com