At Casa de Campo
2008 Tournament Rules
- Headquarters
The tournament headquarters will be located at the
Casa de Campo Yacht Club (CCYC) at the
- Mandatory Meeting
There will be a mandatory meeting for Captains, Crews
and Anglers on April 8th, time and location TBD.
- Registration
All boats must be registered with the Tournament
Committee and entry fees must be paid no later than 6:00 PM on April 8th
in order to enter the tournament. If a boat
breaks down, such team may substitute with a different vessel as long as the
substitute vessel is registered with the Tournament Committee, prior to fishing.
The tournament reserves the right to deny entry to anyone.
- Fishing Days
The tournament fish days will be April 9th through
April 12th with fishing three out of four days. A designated lay day
will offer the opportunity to participate in a sporting
clay’s competition and a golf tournament, which will be held at Casa De Campo
Resort.
- Fishing Time
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
No lines or teasers in the water before official
fishing hours each day. Official time will be GPS time. Fishing days for all
eligible boats shall be the three designated days.
- IGFA Rules
The International Angling Rules formulated by the International
Game Fish Association will apply, as long as they are not in conflict with
other Tournament Rules, as follows:
a) Live bait not permitted. Daisy
chains of artificial or dead bait, hook less lures and dredges are legal.
b) All line and leaders including double line must comply
with the IGFA requirements pertaining to either 30lb. or 50lb. line class and the
Tournament Committee has the reserved right to test the line of any angler. The
30lb. and 50lb. lines have to be on the respective 30lb & 50lb reels.
c) Any line exceeding the IGFA requirements will be
disqualified. Reels exceeding 50lb. class will not be permitted.
d) Circle Hooks (non offset) must be used on all bait
fishing including bait lure combination.
J hooks are permitted lure fishing.
e) Leaders of IGFA length can be of any lb. test.
- Line Class
There
will be two eligible line classes. 50lb. and 30lb. class.
- Scoring
a) Points will be awarded
as follows:
50lb.
class – all released Blue Marlin will be scored at 600 points.
30lb.
class – all released Blue Marlin will be scored at 610 points.
50lb.
class – all released White Marlin will be scored at 300 points.
30lb.
class – all released White Marlin will be scored at 310 points.
Circle
hook used with artificial lure rigs will receive 10 additional points.
b) All Billfish must be
released. A Billfish will be
considered released when:
- Any
member of the crew touches the leader
- When
the swivel or the leader touches the tip of the rod.
In case of a tie the Angler or boat first achieving
the points will win.
- The Marlin
Masters Invitational is composed of a Boat Division and an Anglers
Division. The Anglers Division must
comply with the specific Marlin Masters Angler rules below while still
being eligible for the top boat prize.
The purpose is for the Angler Division to compete on a dead bait
basis (pitch bait and lures with bait or naked bait), while still being
able to be in the Boat Division and compete with lure fishing boats.
The
rules for the Boat Division and Anglers Division are as follows:
Marlin Masters Invitational Boat Division
a) You must have three
anglers fishing.
b) They must rotate clockwise every hour.
c) No more than four hooked lines are allowed in water at
any time.
d) There is no limit on the number of teasers that can be
used.
Marlin Masters Angler Division
a) You must have three
anglers fishing.
b) They must rotate clockwise every hour.
c) Bait and Switch must be used for short (flat)
lines. The long lines (outrigger lines) will have dead bait or lures with dead
bait.
d) There is no limit on the number of teasers that can
be used. Teasers will be placed in the location where the short rigger or flat
lines are normally used, and controlled from the fly bridge or from the transom
of the boat.
e) The angler in the pitch bait position will have
control of all the teasers and any fish that is attracted by those teasers can
be hooked only by using the Bait and Switch system by that angler. The anglers
in the long (outrigger) position cannot take their lines from the outrigger
clips to try to hook that fish. If the
fish fades back from the pitch bait angler, the pitch bait angler will be
deemed to have lost control of the fish and becomes a possible outrigger angler
fish.
f) Anglers in the long (outrigger) position may not
advance the position of their bait and/or lure bait combination past the
original position from where it was located in the outrigger clip.
g) If there are
two fish on the teasers, the outrigger angler on the side of the boat on which
the second fish is raised will be able to pitch bait to that fish but only
after the pitch bait angler is hooked up.
No angler can place his bait in the side of the boat where the other
angler is fishing.
h) The first angler to hook the fish controls the boat.
i) Teasers will not be placed at more than half the
distance between the transom and the long bait and no angler using the Bait
& Switch system will be permitted to drop his bait farther back than where
the farthest teaser was located when the fish was first raised.
- Hook up
When an Angler has hooked a fish the other Anglers in
the boat shall immediately retrieve their baits and remove them from the water
unless another fish is sited in the spread. In case of a double hook up (two
fish on two different lines) the first Angler to hook up shall have control of
the boat until the first fish is released, tagged or lost.
- Mandatory
Hook Requirements
J hooks may be used for Boat Division lure fishing
only, regardless of line class. Circle hooks must be used with natural bait and
with natural bait artificial lure combinations. Circle hooks are defined as any
hook regarded as a circle hook designated by the manufacturer and the hook must
be non offset.
Reporting
Only Marlin will qualify for the tournament. All
Marlin must be reported to the Tournament Headquarters when hooked, released,
tagged and/or subsequently lost. If released, the angler name must be reported. You must have a video or digital photograph
showing the release with the verification color in the photo. For tagged fish a
photo of the tag shall also be included. Radio frequency shall be VHF Channel 72 and alternate channel 78 and Single Sideband Channel 4146.0.
In the event the Tournament Headquarters can not be
reached by radio, you must report your hook up, release or loss on the radio
and if possible to at least two other boats fishing in your vicinity.
The Tournament Committee reserves the right to have
observers on any boats.
- Boundaries
None
- Weather
There will be three days of Tournament fishing unless
any is canceled due to reasons of weather. One fishing day will make the
tournament complete.
- Prize Payout Schedule
Prize money checks will be made payable to the person
or entity so indicated on the registration form of the winning boat. 10% will be donated
to the charity
Daily 50% 1st
place 30% 2nd
place 20% 3rd
place
Tournament 50% 1st
place 30% 2nd
place 20% 3rd
place
Overall Winner take all
- Compliance
and Protest
Angler’s boats and crews are advised to be familiar
with these rules and all applicable IGFA rules. They must test their lines and
measure their leader and double line. The Tournament Committee is entitled to
enter any boat to check the equipment. Any angler or team protest shall, when
aware of the infraction, radio in their intention to file a protest. No later
than one hour after arriving at the dock the team shall deliver a written
report of the complaint to the tournament director. The Tournament Committee’s
interpretation of any and all rules is of their sole discretion and shall
supersede any other interpretation whatsoever. All decisions regarding protest
and awards shall be made by the Tournament Protest Committee and shall be
final.
Other
All participants in the tournament enter at their own
risk. By registering as a participant in the tournament, the angler holds
harmless the Marlin Masters Invitational and Casa De Campo Yacht Club its
officers, managers and directors, its sponsors and donors and all persons
connected directly or indirectly with the operations of the tournament from all
liability for libel, slander, loss, damage, negligence, harm, injury or death
suffered by any participant, entrant sport-fisherman, their companions, boat
captain, crew members, family members, vessels and equipment which may occur
during or in conduction with the tournament.
Marlin Masters Invitational and Casa De Campo Yacht
Club do not encourage, approve, or sanction the formation, or organization of
money pools or any other kind of betting during the tournament. If any such
pool is formed or any kind of betting is conducted or performed, be it anglers
or captains of the participating boats or any other persons, said participation
in the pools or betting will be at their own risk.
Marlin Masters Invitational and Casa De Campo Yacht Club
in no way will regulate, establish the rules for, or control any money pools or
any other kind and in no way will they judge, adjudicate, award or mediate in
any controversy related to money pools or betting of any kind. Any angler or
person participating in any money pool and/or any betting of any kind during
the tournament, hereby releases and holds harmless (in the most extensive,
inclusive and embracing meaning of said terms), Marlin Masters Invitational and
Casa De Campo Yacht Club from any responsibility and/or liability and/or claim
and/or action in any way related to the formation, organization, execution and
development of said money pools and/or betting and/or in any way related to the
award and/or selection of a winner in any pools or betting.
Founders
Committee: Andres Fanjul,
Michael Skenian, Richard Ganter, Tim Choate, Keith Beatty, Tony Cummings,
Stuart Campbell, Jamie Macgregor, Robert “Fly” Navarro,
2931 NE 16 St. Pompano Beach, Fl 33062 (954) 784-1807 (ph) (954) 784-1822 (fax)