4th Annual 2 Rivers St Jude Bass Fishing Tournament
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Date: Feb. 04, 2012
Start Time: 5:00 AM
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PLACE: BRUNSWICK CAMPGROUND AT BRUNSWICK, MARYLAND
DATES: Saturday, February 4, 2012, is the primary date of the tournament. In the event that we have no water, high water or ice the “rain date” will be posted on Facebook and the website http://2riversfishnhounds.webs.com/stjudetournamentsite.htm
APPLICATIONS: Applications will be completed at the boat ramp and placement will be drawn. Cash or Check Only!
CHECK IN: Check in will begin at 5a.m. at the Brunswick campground and end promptly at 6:30a.m.You can MapQuest Brunswick, Maryland, for the public boat ramp. (Instead of taking a right once you cross the railroad tracks to go to the public boat ramp, go straight across once you cross the railroad tracks and follow the dirt road to the campground.)Any questions feel free to call me at 717-328-9096 or email 2riversfishnhounds@gmail.com also follow us on facebook.
TIME: Time of launch will be at 7a.m., if we can’t launch at 7a.m. we will launch as soon as it is safe enough to run. Weigh in will be at 3p.m. There will be a bucket at the ramp with a slot cut out in the lid to place your boat number in by 3p.m. Please do not be late for weigh in or you will be disqualified and your entry fee will not be refunded. Allow your self enough time to make the run back to the ramp. LATE COMERS: In the event you arrive late (after 6:30 a.m.) you will not be permitted to launch until the last boat has been launched.
5 FISH LIMIT: There will be a 5 fish limit per boat. Each fish has to be 15 inches or better to keep. Any short fish weighed in will result in disqualification and your entry fee will not be refunded. Anglers, please take the time to re-measure any fish that may be short before you try to weigh them in. We will be measuring by a golden rule before the fish are weighed. Smallmouth and Largemouth Bass only. Artificial lures only, no live bait. 8oz. penalty for each dead fish. Automatic disqualification for culling dead fish, your entry fee will not be refunded.
LIVE WELLS: Anglers, make sure your live well is working properly; we will be checking all live wells before each boat is put in the water. Properly working live wells results in healthy fish. Fish will shrink in live wells due to stress. There is a great product for live wells called “Catch and Release” or “Please Release Me”. I’ve personally used both and both products work well. Each product calms the fish and protects slime coating on the fish which reduces weight loss and shrinkage.
BOUNDRIES: Just pass the Route 340 bridge (to the Whitehorse) up river to the Route 15 Bridge down river the Rt. 340 boundary to the Whitehorse.
ENTRY FEE: $100 per boat with an optional $10 lunker fee. Lunker fee is 100% payback depending on how many boats participate in lunker - Cash or Check are only forms of payment.
PAYOUT: Payout IS BASED ON 50 BOATS and subject to change according to participation - Payout is as follows: 1st place $700 2nd place $500 3rd place $400 4th place $300 5th place $100.
MISCELLANEOUS RULES: All Maryland DNR rules apply while fishing this tournament. Fish are measured from tip of closed mouth to the longest point of the tail.
Upon start of the tournament and during the tournament, you must stay in the boat while fishing. DNR is going to be on site with a tanker truck. All weighed fish will go in the tank for revival and then released at the boat ramp after every boat has exited the river for the fishes safety. Only the dead fish will be taken to be studied, to better our fisheries.
Anglers,
We hope that this tournament goes well; there has been a lot of preparation from a lot of different people to make this happen. Hopefully it will be an every year event. St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital is a non-profit hospital to help kids fight cancer of all kinds. I challenge you to go to there web site at www.Stjude.org and go to about us and it will give you a better understanding why they need are help. As a fellow angler, I can’t think of a better way to raise money or a better reason to enjoy this sport.
Thank you WFRE 99.9; Midland Radio; Skeeter Boats; Steve Fogle - Back Yard Custom Rods & Repairs; Andy Smothers; Rob Snyder; HBI Roll Offs; Tim Moore; Sam Baker; Brunswick Fire and Ambulance Stations; City of Brunswick; K&R Engraving; Pint Kline Leather Crafts; John Mullican MD DNR; Donna Shives; JTNS Concessions; Sam & Tony Donini; Brunswick Police Department and the anglers especially!
