Here it is again. Last year went real well so no changes to the rules this year. The island at Lions levee has been a great place to host this so same place again this year.
Pool 2, Fall Hog Haul
Come join us for the Fall Hog Haul at Lions Levee park on Oct 5th. This will be a fun and friendly catch, photo and release contest, followed with a pot luck cook out on the island at Lions levee park.
Fishing Contest info and rules:
Take off and Finish: Lion’s Levee landing, St Paul Park, MN. Pool 2, Mississippi River.
Date: Saturday Oct, 5th 2013
Contest Time: 8am to 2pm.
Entry fee: $15 per person with an Optional $5 per person for big fish pot.
Boats: Contest is limited to 25 boats.
Teams: In trying to make this a fun, social contest we decided to allow both 2 person and 3 person teams.
Registration. Registration is the morning of the contest. We will have a table set up for this at the landing. Sign in your team members, pay entry fee for team and receive control item and boat sheet for recording fish measurements.
A quick rules meeting will be held 7:30am in the park on the island. We will be set up at the park by 7am for registration.
Launch time is at 8am. Launch will be a shot gun start. Stage boats at the river side of the island. At 8am proceed to the main channel and take off. Please use extreme caution during this. Larger boats watch out for smaller boats. Smaller boats please heed way to larger boats taking off.
Fishing time ends at 2pm. All boats will need to be back to Lions levee and boat sheets turned in by 215pm. Fish caught after 2pm will not count and are not to be recorded on the boat sheet.
All size walleyes, saugers or saugeyes count as legal fish for the contest. There is no size limit for this contest.
All fish must be caught by legal MN fishing methods. Only one line per person. Illegally caught or kept fish will be disqualified.
MEASUREMENT and RECORDING of LENGTHS
All fish that are entered in the contest will need to have a length measurement and photo verification of the fish using the following procedures:
Fish measurement and recording. Fish measurements are to be taken with the nose of fish touching 0 end of measuring board. The fish tail will need to be pinched and centered on the other end of the measuring board. Take measurement to the nearest 1/4 inch. Record this measurement on the boat sheet.
Photo record. The fish needs to be on the fish ruler with head touching 0 side and pinched tail touching the center of the ruler visible on the other side. Both ends of the fish and control item need to be visible in photo. Photos of winning teams fish will need to be presented to judges by 2:30 on Saturday.
Each team will need to provide their own camera and fish ruler for the event. Measuring boards with an end are preferred for measuring. If using a tape measure make sure the fish is photographed on top of the measuring tape. Plastic measuring tapes if used will need to be checked for accuracy before start of contest. Please make sure cameras are fully charged and in good working order before contest.
At the end of the contest each team will need to total up their 5 longest fish and add this measurement to the team total space at the bottom of boat sheet. Present boat sheets to judges by 215pm at Lion Levee. We will be located on the island at the park across from the landing. We will display teams names and totals on display board at the park. The top teams will need to present their photos to the judges at this time for verafication. Once verified winners will be awarded. You must have photos to win. The big fish pot will be awarded at this time also.
Any disputes will be handled by the judges. Ties or disputes on measurements will be decided by toss of coin if needed.
PAYOUT:
Top three places will be paid as follows.
1st place… 50%
2nd place… 30%
3rd place… 20% of entry fees collected.
Big fish winner gets 100% of big fish entry fees.
Please practice good sportsmanship and safe boating practices. Wearing of lifejackets is encouraged at all times and is required while on plane.
Judges will be Michael Westman 763-755-6886. Please feel free to contact us with any questions or problems during the contest.
