OAPB DAYTIME SWORDFISH TOURNAMENT RULES
1)All anglers must be listed on entry form. Please call Charlie Johnson at 954-258-9285 OR Shaughn Miller at 954-540-6740 if any changes need to be made.
2) Electric reels are allowed and multiple rods/reels can be utilized at the same time. All fish must be caught on rod and reel. No entangling devices are allowed.
3) Swordfish must measure 47’’ long from lower jaw to fork of tail. Dolphin must be minimum 20’’ from tip of nose to fork of tail. No mutilated fish will count.
4) Gentleman’s line in at 7:30AM-lines out 4:30PM weigh station closes at 6:30PM. Weigh station is at Lighthouse Point Marina. Unfortunately spectators aren’t allowed because of parking issues.
5) “ Good Time Charlie’’ will be the committee boat. If Good Time Charlie can’t be reached please relay your fish until a response is received.
6) Fish hooked before lines out may be fought after 4:30PM but must be visually verified by the committee boat and you must be at weigh station by 6:30PM.
7) All catches must be time video time stamped. You must video ‘’ proof of life ‘’ dead fish don’t count. Meaning the video must show the fish being fought to the gunwale, gaff, and pulled over gunwale. These videos will be readily available to all teams after tournament.
Video of fish being fought is mandatory. Establish a go pro turned on if a videography is not available. Position go-pro in necessary position. This is the responsibility of the captain to insure this is followed.
8) Tournament channel is #10 alternate is channel #63.
9) Only one fish per boat will be eligible for general prizes. No limit for calcutta’s.
10) by entering the tournament the captain of the vessel agrees to get the consent of himself and his crew to hold ‘’ Offshore Anglers of Pompano Beach ‘’ harmless and assumes sole responsibility for the safety of it’s vessel and the crew, and further agrees, himself and his crew will submit to a polygraph test if requested.
11) All decisions concerning this tournament ( items not covered in the official rules ) will be made by the OAPB tournament committee, and will be made with the utmost fairness and common sense possible, and are final.
*** Thanks’ from OAPB for entering this tournament. Please conduct yourselves like gentlemen out there. Give your neighbor plenty of room to fish. Let’s have a great time with family, friends and other Sword fisherman and enjoy one of the biggest thrills in life ‘’ Catching a Swordfish ‘’.