GTG HOW Benefit Fishing Tournament

GTG –HOW Benefit CPR “Fish Week” Tourney

Fish your favorite spot, ALL WEEK LONG, ANY TIME YOU WANT! And help Heros on the Water help Veterans get back to having fun. 50% of the entry fees go to Heros on the Water Dallas Chapter and the rest is 100% payout. Here are the details for this traditional closed mouth, natural tail judged Fishing Tournament.

Spring G2G TO BENEFIT HOW - MULTI SPECIES TOURNAMENT
May 3rd – May 9th, 2014
This will be a unique tournament that will include those who fish for all different species.
•The tournament begins on May 3rd at 12:00 am and ends on May 9th at 11:59 pm
•Fish can be caught from any body of water but must be caught from a kayak or SUP
•The tournament will be CPR only (all fish must be released alive)
•All fish must be caught with a rod and reel (conventional or fly).
No jug lines, limb lines, or trot lines
•All anglers must have a valid Texas fishing license
•Live bait will be allowed
•Unique identifier must be included in all pics
(identifier will be emailed to each participant starting on May 2nd)

$20 entry fee per category and you can participate in as many as you choose

The categories will be as follows:
1.Largemouth bass (and all related bass such as spots, Kentucky’s, and small mouth)
2.Hybrids and Stripers
3.Catfish (all)
4.Crappie
5.Rough Fish (all)

Scoring will be based on total inches of your best 5 fish in the category you chose.
Closed mouth, lip against the end of ruler, natural tail rules apply.

Registration will be open on-line at mariner-sails.com from now until May 9th.
All anglers should go online, register, pick their category, and pay their entry fee.

Prizes will be based on 50% of the entry fee with 50% going to HOW.

Veteran Only Category – a special category for our HOW Vets
HOW Vets-Only entry fee is $10 per category and Vet-Only Categories pay out 100%

There will be an optional $5 Big Fish Pot in each category which will be a 100% payout to the winner.

Weigh-In will be at the Spring GTG event at Lake Lavon on May 10th at 11:30 am. You must be in line at 11:30 am or you will be DQ’ed


Click here to Register
http://shop.mariner-sails.com/Benefit-Fi...m?categoryId=-1

Veterans Click Here to Register
http://shop.mariner-sails.com/Benefit-Fi...m?categoryId=-1

I'll be in Rockport that weekend of the GTG but hope to see some huge stringers!

It'll be hard to measure a 30+# blue in a yak, specifically my pescador. So we measure the fish take a pic and release? And the"weigh ins" will be a turn in of the pics or the actual fish?

Just trying to make sure I understand

It is a turn in of Pictures......Most folks use a measuring device called a Hawg Trough to take the picture with, it's a scale designed to be easier to measure a fish with in a kayak. We'll score based on lenghts not pounds - "weigh-in" is sort of confusing - sorry 'bout that!

Jose and all,
For big blues, gar, or anything over about 30 inches any tape measure will be acceptable.

This is a fun tournament to raise money for HOW so we don't want to get "ruled" to death on it.

Has anyone been to the registration site? Any Feedback?
Thanks!

Of course - registration at the store is great too!

Ok, youve got me convinced! Im in! Lookout chess...but if you wanna take a raptor you can. Easier to measure you mamoth beasts in.

Cool!!! Chess needed a little competition!

Who else is in???

The last time we fished he put a whoopin on me...i need revenge. Hahaha

I'm in - just need to decide which one(s) I want to sign up for.

•The tournament will be CPR only (all fish must be released alive)

Why the live release? Releasing your crappie to the grease alive sounds dangerous.

That's a good question.
What we mean is you don't have to bring the fish to a weigh in.
Nobody will be penalized for keeping fish to eat!!!

Yes, I was sure that was what was intended.

Other as it's easier to clarify things now rather than at "weigh in": I know this is to benefit HOW and I fully support that and any prizes are seconday, but on the prizes will the payout for a category be based upon entries for that category or the overall entries - IOW, do all categories winners get the same payout?

Payouts will be per category so everybody needs to encourage their buddies to sign up so they can win more and HOW can win more. (wow, that was a mouthful)

Each Catagories "pot" will be based on it's individual registrants so I'm guessing the payouts will be different in each category.....

Okay, the tourney starts in 8 days and nobody has registered yet.
We need some feedback. Is this a bad idea? Are you just waiting until the last minute? Do we need to change something? Do I need to quit worrying about it and go back to work?

I'll be signing up today.

C.M- I think I'll give my pescador some love this go round. Only because I don't have a raptor of my own

A quick trip to Mariner Sails could fix that problem!!!

Registration has ended for this event!