DOLPHIN BRAWL TOURNAMENT
REGISTRATION
Entry $300
1) Registration Fees are non-refundable.
2) Payment of the entry fee constitutes a representation by each Captain that the Captain has read and understands the Tournament Rules, Procedures, and that the Captain and crew will abide by such Rules and the decisions of the Tournament’s Committees and Tournament personnel.
3) $300 Entry – 10 Dolphins can be weighed (5lb min.)
CAPTAIN’S MEETING
4) All Captains or their authorized representative must attend the Captain’s Meeting. Captains are responsible for being informed of all Tournament Rules and Procedures.
5) The Tournament Rules Committee may amend the Tournament Rules at any time prior to the end of the appropriate Captain’s meeting.
PRIZES
6) All advertised cash payouts are based upon a 15 paid entries to the General Tournament. Same team can only place once in the main tournament.
CHECK OUT AND CHECK IN
7) Gentleman’s lines in at 7:00am. Lines out at 2pm. If fish is hooked before 2pm it can be fought passed the 2pm mark. It is the sole responsibility of the captain to have his vessel checked in with the tournament check-in boat at Sands Harbor no later than 3:30 pm and receive verbal confirmation over VHF 71 or your catch will not qualify. There are not exceptions to this rule.
8) All catches can be filmed by video, and submitted to 954-540-6740 on Whats App with Team Name. A club video will be made of all teams in action within 5 days of date of tournament.
FISHING
9) Eligible species are Dolphin and Wahoo
10) No limit on the number of lines in the water.
11) No boat may make a landfall, receive, pass anything to or from land, or enter any inlet after Check Out before the boat has checked in. In the event any boats come together, regardless of the reason, or anything is passed between boats for any reason after the official start of that day’s fishing and before each boat has weighed in, then such boats shall be disqualified for that day of fishing. The Tournament Committee for emergencies may grant exceptions.
12) Hours of fishing are from 7:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.
13) There are NO North or South Boundaries. Eastern boundary is 79° 40’ 50.00” (25 miles east)
14) All registered boats are allowed take bait in the Atlantic Ocean on the day of the tournament.
15) Electric Reels are strictly prohibited, unless it is a kite or down-rigger reel.
16) All Fish must be caught on rod and reel, and wire/titanium lines are permitted. TREBLE HOOKS ARE NOT PERMITTED.
17) Fishing with live bait, frozen chum, and cut bait are permitted; however, live chumming is NOT permitted. Live bait that has almost expired must be kept in the boat until completely dead.
18) All anglers must hook, fight, and catch their own fish. Once a fish is hooked, that angler must fight the fish until it is properly released, boated or lost. Anglers may not pass rods to fellow anglers once a fish has been hooked. A fish is considered to be hooked once a strike occurs and the drag is engaged or the bail is closed. The use of a rod holder to hook a fish is allowable provided the individual that engages the drag is the same person that fights the fish until release, catch or loss. Mates may leader the fish if a planer is used. Planer must be reeled in to rod tip, before mate may begin leadering the fish.
FISH WEIGH IN
19) Eligible species for the general tournament is Dolphin and Wahoo. All Dolphin must meet FWC requirement of 20 inches to fork in tail 5 lb minimum. Wahoo is 10lb minimum.
20) All fish must be brought to the weigh-in station by the boat on which they were caught.
21) Boats weighing fish must reach the weigh-in unassisted.
22) Mutilated Fish are ineligible. Tournament Committee will make the decision on mutilated fish, and decision is final.
23) All fish submitted for weigh-in must be of legal size, fresh, edible condition and caught the same Tournament day.
24) All information printed on the weigh-in slip, including but not limited to the official weight, as accepted by the person who brings the fish to the scale, is binding on the Captain.
25) TOP FEMALE, MALE, AND JUNIOR ANGLERS that catch the heaviest fish in the tournament will win those prize categories.
26) In the event of a tie, the team that weighed their fish first will win and break the tie by time.
PROTEST
27) Any protest must be submitted to the Tournament Committee in writing by 7:00pm the day of the tournament . Only a Captain registered in the Tournament may file a protest. A three hundred-dollar ($300.00) deposit must accompany each protest. In the event the protest is upheld, the deposit will be refunded. If the protest is not upheld, the deposit will be forfeited. The decisions of the Tournament Committee are binding regarding any protest.
POLYGRAPH
28) Top teams will be required to take a polygraph. By entering the tournament all captains, anglers and occupants of their boats voluntarily consent to submit to a polygraph examination as deemed necessary by tournament officials. All decisions of the polygraph examiner will be final. Any captain, angler or occupant of a registered boat who refuses to take a polygraph or provides untruthful answers as determined by the examiner will be disqualified from the tournament without further notice. Such a disqualification will eliminate payment or provision of any prize money, awards and/or refund of entrance fees. Polygraph will be given on Sunday, and all winning Top Teams must be available for the test. Each captain/angler selected for polygraph must have in their possession a valid picture ID and Florida State fishing license.
MISCELLANEOUS
29) All decisions of the Tournament Committee are final.
30) The tournament participants should communicate on channel 71.
31) The tournament will be held as scheduled if at least 50% of the entries choose to fish (as determined at the Captain’s meeting), and there will be no refunds for the entry fees. In the event the tournament is postponed, the make-up date is Sunday the 16th.
32) Any matter not specifically covered by these rules may be decided by and at the sole discretion of the Tournament Committee and the decisions of the Tournament Committee shall be binding. The Tournament reserves the right to delay, cancel or reschedule the Tournament if weather conditions are unfavorable or unsafe in the sole judgment of the Tournament Committee. In the event that the Tournament shall be delayed or re-scheduled due to any cause beyond the control of OAPB (Offshore Anglers of Pompano Beach), no entry fee shall be refunded to the entrants and entrants shall have no claim against OAPB (Offshore Anglers of Pompano Beach), for return of any portion of the entry fee.
33) The GPS clock is the official timepiece of this tournament.
34) All cash prizes over $599 are subject to a W-9 prior to disbursement.
35) Registration for the tournament is at Dolphin Brawl Tournament.