Entry Fee
$200 per registered fishing angler and $650 per team of 4 anglers. Entry deadline is June 30, 2010. After this deadline the entry fee is $275 per fishing angler and $750 per angler team of 4. Entry fee will include: participation as an overall fishing angler, tournament bag, one entrance ticket for Sunday’s Showdown Awards Banquet. Every extra division you choose to be in, will be an additional $75 per person. Extra lunch and drink tickets will be
available to purchase for non-registrants.No refunds will be given.

Licenses
All anglers must possess the necessary valid fishing licenses required by the State of Florida.

Tournament Hours
Saturday: Lines in at 7:00am, Lines out at 5:00pm.
Weigh-in stations will be held between 12pm and 6pm at above mentioned 5 locations.
Fishing is to be done between Key West to Boca Raton Inlet and 25 miles off shore.
Committee cell: 786-205-4271

Equipment
All fishing anglers must catch fish on rod and reel. The angler must fight and bring in the fish unaided by any other person. IGFA rules apply. No angler can bring a mutilated fish to the weigh-in stations.

Registration
All anglers on boats must be registered. The only exception is charter boat, captains and mates with registered anglers on board. No captains or mates may touch the line or rod for anglers. Captains and mates may register as a participating angler if they are chartered.

Eligible Fish
The Greater Barracuda only!
The anglers have the choice to either Catch & Release or Harvest the fish. The eligible fish for Catch & Release have to measure an overall minimum of 30 inches. Fish may not be brought into the boat to be measured (tie the measurement tape to a stick and measure the fish while it is on the hook in the water). All fish measuring 30 inches plus will be awarded 50 points.

Anglers catching a barracuda of 50 inches overall or more have the option to bring it to the weigh-in stations. The estimated weight of a 50 inch fish is 35 lbs. The weighed fish will be awarded one point per pound.
No angler can bring more than one fish to the scales.
Fish, brought to the weigh-ins not meeting the minimum of 50 inches, will be penalized 100 points.

Every fish has to be caught on the day of the tournament and documented on photo or video, including the fish with the measurement band, the individual angler or team card and the proof of time and date. Fish brought to the weigh-in stations have to include documentation of “location caught”, i.e. GPS numbers (needed for barracuda studies of University of Miami).

In the event of a tie, the time of documentation at the weigh station will take precedence.

All fish brought to the weigh-in stations become property of the Bare-Ur-Cuda tournament and will be donated to the University of Miami’s RJ Dunlap Marine Conservation Program, upon their request.

Divisions
World Record (currently at 85 lbs.) and State Record (currently at 67 lbs.) are included in the Overall entrance division. The overall division also has a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place award. There is also a Team award and a Highest Point Barracuda in each County award.

Individual Angler Divisions:
Overall Men division, Men Senior division, Men Junior division.

Overall Women division, Women Senior division, Women Junior division.

There will also be a Hard Luck trophy awarded to the best fish tale heard at the awards ceremony. This will be awarded by fellow participants based on applause. Hard luck contestants must get up and tell their story or have someone tell it for them.

Protests
Any protests must be filed in writing with the tournament committee, at a cost of $200 per protest, prior to the close of weigh-in (6:00pm Saturday, July 17). All decisions of the tournament rules committee are absolute and final.

Release of liability
It is expressly understood that all participants, their families and guests enter the 2010 Bare-Ur-Cuda Tournament at their own discretion and solely at their own risk. Sportsman’s Addiction and any affiliated companies, its officers and directors, sponsors, donors, charity organizations and all persons connected directly or indirectly with the operations of the tournament shall be exempt from any liability for libel, slander, loss, damage, negligence, harm, personal injury or death, suffered by any participants, boat captains, crew members, guests, vessel owners and equipment which may occur during said event. All participants and captains will fish or operate their vessels at their own discretion and solely at their own risk.

There will be no weather days. Short of the presence or immediate threat of a hurricane the tournament will be rescheduled. Any weather data posted or announced by the Tournament Staff will be for information purposes only. It is agreed that the Tournament Staff and the organizers will not be liable for such weather data postings or announcements or the omission of such postings or announcements.

Consent
By signing the entry form, the angler agrees to follow the tournament rules, and that the tournament committee may use any photographs in which he or she appears for any purpose including but not limited to advertising, commercial or promotional material without compensation or restriction. All anglers are required to sign their entry form as certification that they have read and agreed to abide by all the rules and the above liability release. No entry will be accepted unsigned. Any angler agrees and consents to voluntarily submit to a polygraph examination at any time before prizes are warranted. The polygraph examiner appointed by the tournament shall be the sole judge and his interpretation of the results will be final. Any fish may be examined by any means necessary.

Prizes
The prizes will consist of cash awards, trophies, tackle, trips, hotel stays and many other exciting items.

Charter Boats
If anybody is interested in chartering a boat, the Tournament Committee will be happy to help finding a charter boat. Please call the Committee cell: 786-205-4271.


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