Rules and Regulations
1. All boats must be represented at the Captain’s meeting to be held at the Ocean City Yacht Club, Sunday, August 8, 2010 at 6pm.
2. *This year we ask that you report the day you are fishing* (rather than a non-fishing day as required in past years). You must do this by calling and leaving a message for Brian Logue at 609-827-0820 or Jack Davidson at 856-982-5250. You may also report a fishing day by emailing Brian Logue at blogue@sjmarina.com. Please report your fishing day the morning of your departure or the evening prior to your departure. This is a Captain’s choice format with no weather committee. The crew members of each individual boat will be solely responsible for the decision as to which day to fish. The OCMTC assumes no liability or responsibility for any damage or loss.
3. Boats may leave any inlet from Manasquan to Cape May after 5am. Fishing times are 8am to 11am the following day. The fishing boundary is the Hudson Canyon to the Washington Canyon.
4. All Billfish must be reported to a committee boat at the time of release. Please give your boat name and number. If you cannot raise a committee boat, you must report your release to another boat fishing this tournament or call Brian Logue via sat phone (leave message) at 609-827-0820.
5. Any fish hooked prior to 11am may be played until boated or released, but the hook-up must be reported to a committee boat before 11am. The boat must reach the weigh dock by 4pm.
6. All boats must make weigh-in from 1-4pm on the day you return. All boats weighing fish must return via Great Egg Inlet directly to the weigh-in dock in order to qualify for prize consideration. However, boats with no fish to weigh may drive their release form to the weigh dock provided the form is received during the official weigh-in hours on the day of the boats’ return.
7. Weigh-in will be held at the new Ocean City Marina at 2nd St. and Bay Ave. in Ocean City, just south of Harbor House. (Look for the yellow OCMTC flag.) Please have your catch and release form completed and signed at the weigh dock. All weights at the weigh dock will be considered official.
8. In the event of a tie in the Billfish release category, the winner will be the boat with the earliest time of release of the last Billfish.
9. Boated Billfish, with the exception of Swordfish, do not count in this tournament.
10. Junior anglers are those 16 years of age, or younger, prior to the start of the tournament.
11. In the event of a tie in a cash prize category, the prize money will equally divided among those tying.
12. We will use channel 72 VHF.
13. Charter boats are permitted.
14. It is the captain’s and angler’s responsibility to know and obey all Federal and State regulations including current NMFS circle hook requirements.
15. IGFA rules apply – no restriction or weight class of tackle. The tournament chairman and committee retain the sole authority for interpreting and implementing the IGFA rules.
16. Any protests must be submitted in writing to the tournament chairman or weigh master on the day of the alleged infraction. The chairman, co-chairman, and weigh masters shall serve as judges and their decision will be final. Polygraph examination may be required of winning crews.