Fundraising:
Reelin’ for a Cause is a tournament to raise money for Cancer Care at CalvertHealth. It is requested that all entries raise at least $1500.
Entry Fee:
$500 per boat for four (4) anglers (the captain and up to three additional anglers). Each team is responsible for providing their own boat.
Fishing Area:
Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
Fishing Hours:
Saturday, September 7, 2024 – Fishing lines in at 6 a.m. and fishing lines out at 3 p.m. Catch and release photos must be submitted (via the official tournament app) by 3 p.m. to qualify.
Eligible Fish:
This is a catch and release tournament. Any special of legal game fish is eligible. All fish must be legal according to MD DNR rules and laws.
Fishing Method:
All legal forms of fishing (hook and line only) are allowed. This includes chumming, trolling, live lining, etc.
Line:
All types of line may be used.
Measurement:
Only photo entries submitted via the official tournament app will be accepted. All fish must be measured with the tournament issues measuring stick – which will be provided to each boat/team captain at the Captain’s Meeting on Friday, September 5.
All participants are required to register for no charge at ianglertournament.com.
The length of each fish will be determined by length measured from the tip of the snout to the tip of the tail (you may pinch the tail). Put the 2024 measuring stick on the deck of your boat. Lay the fish on the measuring stick, or next to the stick if the fish size will cover the entire ruler. Put the snout on the zero mark (the end of the stick). It helps to jam the measuring stick against a vertical surface to ensure that the zero mark, and the snout of the fish are even. Fish will be measured to the nearest 1/8th of an inch.
In case of a tie, the fish submitted first will be the winner, and the time considered will be the time that the iAngler tournament servers received the photo.
Prize Categories:
Trophies will be awarded for longest fish overall, women’s longest fish, longest stringer and to the team that raises the most money.
Weather:
Participants enter the tournament at their own risk and discretion.
Disclaimer of Liability:
All participants and guests of participants are responsible for their own personal safety and the security of their personal property and expressly assume any and all risks to their personal safety and well-being, as well as their personal property, as a result of their participation in the tournament. It is a pre-condition of participation in the “Reelin’ for a Cause Tournament” that all participants shall release and hold harmless anyone associated with this tournament from any and all claims, losses, costs and expenses, personal injuries, wrongful deaths and property damage, of any nature whatsoever, arising from or during participation in the Fishing Tournament. By electing to participate in the “Reelin’ for a Cause Tournament,” all participants agree to, and grant, this release of liability and shall not be permitted to withdraw or disavow that release of liability.