2017 Fishing Tournament - NACE Corpus Christi Section

5th ANNUAL NACE “HOOKED ON EDUCATION” FISHING TOURNAMENT
June 1st, 4:00-7:00 PM Registration
June 2nd 5:00 AM Tournament Start Time
All Proceeds Will Benefit Local NACE Scholarship Fund
All registrations must be accompanied by payment and must be complete. No refunds after 5/19/2017
NOTE: Late registration forms received after May19th, 2017 will be charged $150/fisherman.
SPONSORSHIP - Please select from the following: (Credit Card Purchases subject to a 3% charge)
TROUT: $1,500 – Includes 8 fishermen, company will be highlighted on gift giveaway, local NACE Chapter
website (www.NACE-CorpusChristi.org), and on a sign at registration and weigh in.
REDFISH: $800 – Includes 4 fishermen, company will be highlighted on gift giveaway, local NACE Chapter
website (www.NACE-CorpusChristi.org), and on a sign at registration and weigh in.
FLOUNDER $400 – Includes 2 fishermen, company will be highlighted on gift giveaway, local NACE Chapter
website (www.NACE-CorpusChristi.org), and on a sign at registration and weigh in.
Individual Entry $125 – Includes 1 fisherman, entrant responsible for providing own transportation.
Sponsor Company
Contact Name
Address
Phone
Email
REQUIRED TEAM INFORMATION (please print)
Name
Email
Company
Phone
* First 150 paid fisherman will receive a tournament t-shirt.
FISH POTS (please print) Cash Only. Payment will be received at Captains Meeting Thursday June 1st.
List boat/team name and list Fish Pot(s) they want to enter.
Boat/Team
Stringer Pot
Trout Pot
Redfish Pot
Flounder Pot
Total
$200*
$100*
$100*
$100*
Amount
*Pots will pay out 100% per pot.
PAYMENT OPTIONS:
By Check: Check Amount
Check #
Make check payable to: NACE Section 27 and mail registration form with check to: NACE Section 27, P.O. Box 9722, Corpus
Christi, TX 78469.
By Credit Card: If paying with credit card, log on to www.NACE-CorpusChristi.org and register. To pay, click on the
appropriate yellow “Buy Now” button and enter the credit card information.(Credit Card Purchases subject to a 3% charge)
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5th ANNUAL NACE “HOOKED ON EDUCATION” FISHING TOURNAMENT
Friday, June 2nd 2017
Bluffs Landing / End of Laguna Shores Drive
Corpus Christi, Texas - 361-937-7100
QUESTIONS: Please contact Lee Roy Navarro, Phone: 361-533-6131, Email: [email protected]
INFORMATION:
Nearby Hotels:
http://www.bluffslanding.com/lodging.php; Best Western 361-949-2300; Hampton Inn 361-949-9777.
Registration/Captains Meeting: Thursday, June 1st - 4:00-7:00pm @ BLUFF’s LANDING
Fishing Tournament: Friday, June 2nd
Weigh-in Location: Bluff’s Landing, End of Laguna Shores Dr., Corpus Christi, TX
Fishing Time: 5:00 am – 4:00pm
Weigh In 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm – Must be in line no later than 4:00 pm
FOOD, NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINKS, & DOOR PRIZES WILL BE PROVIDED AT WEIGH IN
Individual Prizes:
1st PLACE $300.00 & Trophy, 2nd $200.00 & Trophy, and 3rd $100.00 & Trophy for individual category (team may only
enter one fish per individual category, 1- trout, 1- redfish and 1 flounder).
Stringer Prizes:
1st PLACE $500.00 & Trophy, 2nd $300.00 & Trophy, and 3rd $200.00 & Trophy for stringer including each species:
Redfish/Trout/Flounder.
Fish Pot Prizes:
Prizes will vary depending on participation in pots. Pay-out will be 100% of funds raised in each category.
Judges: Chris Maze, Lee Roy Navarro, Kevin Miller
TOURNAMENT SPONSOR INFORMATION:
Food Provided by:
Carboline/DH Technologies
Pavilion Sponsored by:
Shirt Sponsor:
Shafer Project Resources
Apache Industrial Services
Beer and Signs Sponsored by:
Weigh-in Water Provided by:
L&F Distributors
Ainsworth Trucking
Volunteer Shirts Sponsored by:
Trophies Sponsor by:
Marco
Mesa Products
5th ANNUAL NACE “HOOKED ON EDUCATION” FISHING TOURNAMENT
Friday, June 2nd 2017
Bluffs Landing / End of Laguna Shores Drive
Corpus Christi, Texas - 361-937-7100
RULES & INFORMATION:
1.
INDIVIDUAL PRIZES: 1ST PLACE $300.00 & Trophy, 2ND $200.00 & Trophy, and 3rd place $100.00 & Trophy for
individual category (fisherman may only enter one fish per individual category, 1- trout, 1- redfish and 1 flounder).
2.
STRINGER PRIZES: 1st PLACE $500.00 & Trophy, 2nd $300.00 & Trophy, and 3rd place $200.00 & Trophy for stringer
including each species: Redfish/Trout/Flounder.
3.
FISHING WITH A GUIDE: Guides and/or Commercial Fisherman may be hired, fished with, and followed during the
tournament. A guided team may include up to four anglers, and the guide is NOT ALLOWED TO FISH unless the guide
makes up the fourth person of the team and is registered and paid entrant. (A “guide” is anyone that has a fishing guide
license or a commercial fishing license).
4.
ASSISTANCE — Someone may assist you in baiting your hook, casting, and netting. It is your job to “set the hook” and
reel the fish to the boat or net. All persons on boat over the age of 12, excluding those holding a guide license must be a
paid entrant.
5.
Fishing will begin at 5:00 AM. All fishermen must be in line to weigh in by 4:00PM no exceptions.
6.
Deadline to enter is June 1st, 2017, LATE FEE WILL BE CHARGED IF AFTER May 19, 2017.
7.
Texas State Waters only. All Texas Parks and Wildlife Rules govern this tournament and will be strictly enforced.
Violators will be disqualified. All fish must be caught by person weighing in fish for the individual prizes OR by team
weighing them in for team stringer. All are subject to a polygraph test. Only rod and reel may be used. Redfish must be
no more than 28 inches to be entered into the tournament. No trout over 25 inches should be entered into the tournament.
All weights determined by the Weigh Master will be final. In the event of a tie, winner will be determined by length. Any
disputes must be presented to the judges to be resolved within thirty minutes of posting. Judges decision will be final.
8.
There will be (4) Fish Pots in the tournament –Heaviest Trout, Heaviest Redfish, Heaviest Flounder, and Team Heaviest
three fish stringer, stringer- MUST BE (one trout, one redfish, one flounder) no exceptions. A team is only eligible to win
one prize per species. A team can weigh only one stringer. Those fish will then be eligible for the pots. If there are no 3
fish stringers (must be one trout, one redfish and one flounder) weighed in, the winner will be determined by the heaviest
stringer consisting of one trout and one redfish.
9.
The team Pots will pay 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.
10. Teams will consist of no more than (4) members & (1) boat. Kayak, or wade-fishing is allowed as individual entries or
team entries. Polygraph test will be given at random to all winners.
5th ANNUAL NACE “HOOKED ON EDUCATION” FISHING TOURNAMENT
Friday, June 2nd 2017
Bluffs Landing / End of Laguna Shores Drive
Corpus Christi, Texas - 361-937-7100
11. Team members must remain within plain eyesight of their team and boat at all times.
12. TIES: In the event of a tie in any category, the length of the fish that is weighed will prevail. In the event that there is still a
tie, the first fish weighed will prevail. All decisions by Weigh Master are final.
13. Any fisherman entering under false names or false pretenses- the entire team will be disqualified.
14. *Picture ID will be required by each team member for claiming all cash prizes*
15. Any dispute that may arise will be addressed by judges and their decision will be honored.
16. Participants must agree and adhere to these rules to participate in this event
17. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE OF ANGLER: As with any
recreational activity, participation in the 5th Annual “Hooked on Education” Fishing Tournament presents a certain degree
of risk of personal injury. By electing to participate in the tournament, each participant agrees to assume such risk. In
consideration for being permitted to participate in the tournament and/or the related Captains Meeting, and by so
participating, each participant additionally agrees, individually and for such participant’s heirs, executors, administrators,
successors and assignees, that he/she shall hold harmless and indemnify fully, and does thereby release, acquit and
forever discharge, NACE, its affiliates, agents, representatives, officers, directors, employees and sponsors from any and
all claims, causes of action, demands, rights, damages and losses which may accrue on account of, or in any way arise
from, his/her participation in said tournament and/or Captains Meeting, even if caused by the acts or omissions of others.
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