Fishers of Men Open Tournament

[Dr. Honey]

Fishers of Men Ozark Division

2015 Open Tournament

573-353-1994 or e-mail bwater731@embarqmail.com

No membership fee ​​​​ Table Rock

Ok to Pay at the ramp​​​​ August 15, 2015

Paying one place ​​​​Cape Fair Ramp

for every 5 entries​​​​​6:15 AM to 3:00 PM

$150.00 Entry Fee per boat. 25.00 Bonus Bucks side pot with 100% payback for top 3 finishers. $10.00 Junk fish pot (largest legal non-Bass) with 100% payback. If paying at the ramp or the Friday before the tournament, fees must be paid in cash. Contact the Director at 573-353-1994 for Friday night payment information

Big Bass Included in entry fee

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Contestant #1 ______________________________________ Contestant #2 _________________________________________

Address: _________________________________________ Address: ____________________________________________

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Phone: _________________ Cell: ___________________ Phone: _________________ Cell: _______________________

Social Security Number: __________ - ______ - __________ Social Security Number: ____________ - ______ - ____________

E Mail: __________________________________________ E Mail: _____________________________________________

My signature certifies I am over 18 years of age, If I am the boater I have the required insurance, and have read the rules.

Contestant #1_____________________________________ Contestant #2 _________________________________________

Mail $150.00 entry fee to: Fishers of Men, Ozark Division, 37597 South 4440 Road, Vinita, OK 74301 or bring completed

form to ramp the day of the event. Entries can also be paid via PayPal online at bwater731@embarqmail.com.

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Entries are per boat no more than 2 competitors per boat. OK to fish alone.

All Competitors must check in at the completion of the tournament, even if weighing in no fish.

Signed Liability release will be required if not already on file.

Rules Read and familiarize yourself with them!

OPEN TEAM TOURNAMENT RULES AND REGULATIONS 2014

1. PARTICIPANTS AND ELIGIBILITY: Open to all individuals, male and female. Those under 18 years of age may participate with written permission from a parent or guardian. We reserve the right to reject any entry which we feel is not in the best interest of the tournament.

2. ENTRY FEES: Entry fees are $150.00 per boat. Entry forms must be completed prior to participation. They are available online at www.fomntt.com

or can be completed the morning of the event. ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED THE MORNING OF THE TOURNAMENT Prior to 5:45 AM. Fishers of Men,

Missouri Ozark Division will be set up at 5:15 AM the morning of the event.

3. PRIZE PAYOUT: Prize money will be awarded following the weigh in.

4. OFF LIMITS/Electronic Devices: No off limits abide by all local, state, and federal laws. The use of electronic communication devices for

the purpose of sharing fishing information during tournament hours is prohibited.

5. TOURNAMENT HOURS: Tournament hours will be from 6:15 am to 3:00 pm. We reserve the right to assign flights and change hours if necessary.

6. LAUNCH SEQUENCE: Starting positions will be determined by the order entries are received.

7. SAFETY: Safe boating conduct must be observed at all times. Each competitor is required to wear a Coast Guard approved life vest, securely fastened, at all times while the boat is being propelled by the combustion engine. Furthermore a kill switch must be fastened to the driver anytime the combustion engine is propelling the

boat. Running lights must be operational and turned on at the blast-off. Each competitors boat must be equipped with a livewell system capable of keeping a

tournament limit of bass alive. All AUXILIARY gas tanks and BLADDER tanks that are not installed by the boat manufacturer are prohibited. Additional gas tanks that

are factory options and installed by a manufacturer's authorized dealer are legal. Boats that do not have factory-installed gas tanks are restricted to a maximum of 18 gallons of gasoline in tanks that meet U.S. Coast Guard regulations. Gas tanks must be properly secured or strapped in a boat. No portable gas tanks or containers capable of holding gasoline can be placed anywhere on the tournament waters or shoreline for use by any tournament competitor.

8. SPORTSMANSHIP: Each contestant is expected to follow high standards of sportsmanship, courtesy, and conservation. NO TEAM MAY FISH WITHIN 50 YARDS OF ANY OTHER BOAT WHICH IS ANCHORED WITH THE TROLLING MOTOR UP, FURTHERMORE NO TEAM MAY FISH WITHIN 25 YARDS OF ANY OTHER

BOAT WITHOUT THE OTHER BOATERS PERMISSION. PERMISSION MAY NOT BE GRANTED TO ANY TEAM AT THE EXCLUSION OF ANY OTHER TEAM. No hole sitting by a non-competitor or by another competitor, to aid a tournament participant will be allowed. Violators will have their catch disqualified.

9. TACKLE AND FISHING METHODS: Only artificial baits may be used. No live or cut bait is permitted (pork baits are permitted). All bass must be caught alive in a legal and sporting manner. No snagging. Each competitor may only use 1 rod at a time. No more than 1 line in the water at a time per angler. Trolling with the

combustion motor is not permitted. No competitor may leave the boat to land or catch fish.

10. STATE AND FEDERAL GAME REGULATIONS: All participants are required to abide by all state and federal laws and game regulations. Any participant who consumes, or is under the influence of alcoholic beverages, stimulants or depressants during any Fishers of Men function will have their catch disqualified. (prescribed medications taken per doctors instructions are excluded)

11. SCORING: A limit of 5 bass (largemouth, smallmouth, spotted bass) may be weighed in. Minimum length is 15 inches. Lengths will be measured with mouth closed on a "Pro-Rule" ruler. A short fish brought to the scales will not be weighed, and will result in a 1 pound penalty. Dead fish will be penalized .25 (1/4) pound.

The dead fish penalty will also apply to any fish weighed as a Big Fish if that fish is dead. All culling must be done on the lake; no team may have more than the tournament limit in the livewell at any time during the tournament.

12. EMERGENCIES: Competitors shall remain with their partners in the boat at all times during the tournament, except in the event of sickness or brief excursions for "nature calling", severe storm or other such hazard. Competitors may leave the boat to dislodge it, but only to return the boat in the direction it came from. Leaving the boat to advance it is not permitted. (In falling water conditions, a team may leave the boat to advance it only to return from water they accessed without leaving the boat.) If for any reason either or both team members decide to leave the tournament waters early, both members shall bear full responsibility for notifying a tournament official.

In case of a breakdown, one partner may return with fish by another tournament boat or a Fishers of Men Staff Boat. The other partner may stay with the disabled boat.

13. WEIGH-IN PROCEDURES: Weigh-in will be on a first come first serve basis. Once fish have been presented to a Tournament Official to be weighed-in all fish become the property of the F.O.M.N.T.T. and no additional fish may be brought to the scales. Teams not weighing any fish are still required to check in with tournament officials in order to account for all teams. Once a participant has checked in or left the boat for the pupose of checking in, they, or any other person in the boat, may not continue fishing.

14. LATE PENALTY: Competitors who are not checked in by the check in deadline will be penalized at a rate of 1 pound per minute, up to 15 minutes at which time

their catch will be disqualified. Late penalties will be deducted from Big Fish weight as well as total weight.

15. PROTEST AND POLYGRAPH TEST: Any protest must be submitted in writing to the Tournament Director within 15 minutes of the close of the weigh-in. The Fishers of Men National Tournament Trail reserves the right to give a polygraph test to any participant at any time. This test does not have to be administered on site

and may be set up by the Tournament Director at his discretion. All participants agree to abide by the results of any polygraph test administered. In the event of a

protest and an off-site polygraph test the Tournament Director will have the option of mailing all the checks to the teams in the money pending the outcome of the polygraph.

16. LIABILITY INSURANCE: A minimum of $100,000 of liability insurance is required on any boat a participant might use during any Fishers of Men Tournament.

Failure to do so, or reporting of false information will result in disqualification of catch. Participants must include the company name and either the policy number or the name of the agent binding the coverage on the entry form for each tournament

17. RULES INTERPRETATION: Interpretation of these rules will be left to the Division Director. Infractions of any rule may result in disqualification of catch.