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CEDAR VALLEY WALLEYE CLUB 2008 TOURNAMENT RULES

1. Entry Fee and Prize Payout. The entry fee is $30.00 per person, if paid one week or more in advance.The entry fee is $40.00 per person if not paid in advance. The $10 delta goes to the club and will not become part of the prize payout. If you are paying the day of the tournament, payment must be by check. Please make checks payable to the Cedar Valley Walleye Club. Prize payouts will generally be made at a date following the tournament.

2. Qualifying Fish. A team format with a combination of up to FIVE walleye, saugeye, or sauger 15 inches in length or longer is eligible for entry per boat in the tournament. A maximum total of six legal walleye, saugeye, and sauger will be allowed per boat at one time. Once the sixth fish is put in the live-well all fishing must stop. Tournaments will be a no cull event. The entered fish must comply with any local regulations applicable to the body of water on which the tournament is held. The method of measurement is as described in the Iowa Fishing Regulations published by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
Every team's qualifying fish will be weighed. The combined weight of all qualifying fish will be used to determine the order of finish. If scales are unavailable for any reason, qualifying fish will be measured and their estimated weights will be computed via a conversion table selected by the tournament officials. In all cases the judgment of tournament officials is conclusive and final.
In the event of a tie, those anglers with the same weight will share equally the points for the combined places as well as an equal share of the prize money, if any, for those combined places of finish.

3. Points toward Angler of the Year Honors. Points will be awarded as a team event. Both anglers will receive the same points based on the place of finish in the tournament. Cedar Valley Walleye Club members will receive a minimum of fifty (50) points if they participate, by actually fishing,in the tournament regardless of whether they enter a fish. The winner of the tournament will receive 500 points, second place 490 points and so forth. Ranking for the Club's qualifiers for the Cabela's National Team Championship tournament shall be primarily by order of finish in the point's standings. However, all members qualifying for the Cablea's National Team Championship tournament must have met the Cedar Valley Walleye Clubs requirement of participation in one or more of the clubs projects prior to the last points tournament. Angler's who qualify for the Cabela's National Team tournament will arrange team pairings with all those members who qualify. If an angler declines to participate in the Cabela's tournament, then the next highest points earner shall succeed to their place in the rankings. In the event that there are anglers with the same number of points, tie-breakers shall be as follows:1. Number of tournaments entered. 2. Highest finish in any tournament.3.Coin Flip.

4.Payback. Eighty percent (80%) of the gross amount of in entry fees, excluding any $10 deltas collected will be paid back to the field. Payback will be made pursuant to the payback chart, which is available upon request from a tournament official. If the full payback is not paid for a particular tournament, then any money left over will be awarded to teams that weigh fish in the tournament. The Tournament Board will determine the payout for a tournament without full payout. If there are no fish weighed-in at a tournament then the prize pool is rolled over to the next tournament. If an angler fails to participate in a tournament, the entry fee will not be refunded and will become part of the tournament's prize fund.

5. Fishing and Boating Laws and Regulations. All contestants must wear a life jacket while the boat is on plane. Failure to wear a life jacket will constitute disqualification. All contestants must abide by and comply with all Iowa boating and fishing regulations. Violations of a boating regulation may result in the disqualification of all occupants of the boat. Violation of a fishing regulation will result in disqualification of the angler violating the regulation and any anglers occupying the same boat.

6.Fishing from the shore or bank. All anglers must start the tournament from a boat at the designated launch site. Fishing from shore or bank will result in disqualification.

7. Members only tournament. Only club members may participate in the tournament and Club members are not allowed to fish with nonmembers during the tournament.

8. Use of Name and Photograph. All participants in this tournament by their participation therein hereby authorize the Cedar Valley Walleye Club to use both their name and any photographs of the participant for future tournament promotion, public relations and fund raising purposes.

9. Special or Tournament-Specific Rules. There may be special rules for a given tournament
or tournament-specific rules. Tournament officials will do their best to communicate any special or tournament-specific rules to all participants. All contestants should inquire regarding the existence of any special or tournament-specific rules and are deemed to know and understand any tournament-specific rules.

10. Live fish. All fish must be kept in an aerated live-well to keep fish as fresh as possible. All fish entered must be alive and able to swim. The judgment of tournament officials regarding whether a fish is alive and able to swim is final. Tournament officials will look at several factors in making this determination, with the primary criterion being the ability of a fish to maintain itself in an upright position for an extended period of time. If a fish is determined to be dead, then the angler will be assessed a penalty of 2/10th of a pound per dead fish. All fish determined to be alive will be released!

11. Pre-fishing. Pre-fishing is prohibited after 3:00 p.m. on the day preceding a tournament on the body of water on which the tournament will be held. Any club member pre-fishing after this deadline will be disqualified for the tournament. Pre-fishing must cease at 3:00 p.m., a reasonable time to evacuate the water is allowed. Pre-fishing includes all fishing, operation of electronics, waypoint setting and other predatory activities. On the Mississippi river, fishing is allowed on pools other than the pool of the tournament after 3:00 p.m. on the day preceding the tournament.

12. Mississippi River Tournaments. Fishing is only allowed on the pool where the tournament starts from.There is no locking through to other pools on the river.

13. Ethical and Courteous Behavior. There is no minimum separation distance between boats nor is there any particular code of conduct. However, anglers are strongly encouraged to be courteous to all other anglers fishing the tournament. What constitutes crowding of other boats is different immediately below a dam than it is on a wing dam. Irritated anglers are encouraged to politely express themselves at the time of the discourteous or unethical behavior.A contemporaneous expression of irritation along with the response thereto, will be considered by the tournament officials when evaluating a report of unethical or discourteous conduct. Actions which cross the line between good ethical fishing and competitive practices may result in an angler being disqualified from the tournament in which the actions occurred and possibly disqualification from participation in future tournaments.

14. Check In Time. Anglers are required to check in by 6:30 a.m. the morning of the tournament. Failure to check in will result in disqualification. All boats must be checked in with the tournament director or check-in boat by 3:00 p.m... A team that arrives up to five minutes late to check-in will be docked half the weight of there fish.Teams arriving later than five minutes will receive no weight for the tournament.Weigh-in will begin as soon as practical thereafter. Check-in with the tournament director means making the tournament director aware of your presence at the launch site or being in close physical proximity so that your actions can be easily observed or otherwise being acknowledged by and in communication with the tournament director. The tournament director may excuse those who are tardy to the starting check in, upon good cause shown. Criteria for an excused tardiness shall include;advance notice of a late arrival, the circumstances which result in a late arrival and the fairness of granting an excused tardiness.

15. Boat numbers. Boat numbers will be used to arrange the order of the launch. Boat number one will be first launched and progress in numerical order from there. Contestants who pre-pay for all five points tournaments will get a year long boat number that stays with the boat.The lowest boat numbers will be awarded to the people that have prepaid all five tournaments.You must pre-pay for all five points tournament by the March monthly meeting in order to receive the year long boat number. All members who pre-pay for all five tournaments by the March meeting will be put in a random drawing to get their year long boat number. All other contestants will have a random drawing the morning of the tournament to receive there boat number.

16. Decisions of Tournament Officials. The decisions of tournament officials are final and binding upon all participants.


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Once the sixth fish is put in the live-well all fishing must stop. Tournaments will be a no cull event. The entered fish must comply with any local regulations applicable to the body of water on which the tournament is held. The method of measurement is as described in the Iowa Fishing Regulations published by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Every team's qualifying fish will be weighed. The combined weight of all qualifying fish will be used to determine the order of finish. If scales are unavailable for any reason, qualifying fish will be measured and their estimated weights will be computed via a conversion table selected by the tournament officials. In all cases the judgment of tournament officials is conclusive and final. In the event of a tie, those anglers with the same weight will share equally the points for the combined places as well as an equal share of the prize money, if any, for those combined places of finish. 3. Points toward Angler of the Year Honors. Points will be awarded as a team event. Both anglers will receive the same points based on the place of finish in the tournament. Cedar Valley Walleye Club members will receive a minimum of fifty (50) points if they participate, by actually fishing,in the tournament regardless of whether they enter a fish. The winner of the tournament will receive 500 points, second place 490 points and so forth. Ranking for the Club's qualifiers for the Cabela's National Team Championship tournament shall be primarily by order of finish in the point's standings. However, all members qualifying for the Cablea's National Team Championship tournament must have met the Cedar Valley Walleye Clubs requirement of participation in one or more of the clubs projects prior to the last points tournament. Angler's who qualify for the Cabela's National Team tournament will arrange team pairings with all those members who qualify. If an angler declines to participate in the Cabela's tournament, then the next highest points earner shall succeed to their place in the rankings. In the event that there are anglers with the same number of points, tie-breakers shall be as follows:1. Number of tournaments entered. 2. Highest finish in any tournament.3.Coin Flip. 4.Payback. Eighty percent (80%) of the gross amount of in entry fees, excluding any $10 deltas collected will be paid back to the field. Payback will be made pursuant to the payback chart, which is available upon request from a tournament official. If the full payback is not paid for a particular tournament, then any money left over will be awarded to teams that weigh fish in the tournament. The Tournament Board will determine the payout for a tournament without full payout. If there are no fish weighed-in at a tournament then the prize pool is rolled over to the next tournament. If an angler fails to participate in a tournament, the entry fee will not be refunded and will become part of the tournament's prize fund. 5. Fishing and Boating Laws and Regulations. All contestants must wear a life jacket while the boat is on plane. Failure to wear a life jacket will constitute disqualification. All contestants must abide by and comply with all Iowa boating and fishing regulations. Violations of a boating regulation may result in the disqualification of all occupants of the boat. Violation of a fishing regulation will result in disqualification of the angler violating the regulation and any anglers occupying the same boat. 6.Fishing from the shore or bank. All anglers must start the tournament from a boat at the designated launch site. Fishing from shore or bank will result in disqualification. 7. Members only tournament. Only club members may participate in the tournament and Club members are not allowed to fish with nonmembers during the tournament. 8. Use of Name and Photograph. All participants in this tournament by their participation therein hereby authorize the Cedar Valley Walleye Club to use both their name and any photographs of the participant for future tournament promotion, public relations and fund raising purposes. 9. Special or Tournament-Specific Rules. There may be special rules for a given tournament or tournament-specific rules. Tournament officials will do their best to communicate any special or tournament-specific rules to all participants. All contestants should inquire regarding the existence of any special or tournament-specific rules and are deemed to know and understand any tournament-specific rules. 10. Live fish. All fish must be kept in an aerated live-well to keep fish as fresh as possible. All fish entered must be alive and able to swim. The judgment of tournament officials regarding whether a fish is alive and able to swim is final. Tournament officials will look at several factors in making this determination, with the primary criterion being the ability of a fish to maintain itself in an upright position for an extended period of time. If a fish is determined to be dead, then the angler will be assessed a penalty of 2/10th of a pound per dead fish. All fish determined to be alive will be released! 11. Pre-fishing. Pre-fishing is prohibited after 3:00 p.m. on the day preceding a tournament on the body of water on which the tournament will be held. Any club member pre-fishing after this deadline will be disqualified for the tournament. Pre-fishing must cease at 3:00 p.m., a reasonable time to evacuate the water is allowed. Pre-fishing includes all fishing, operation of electronics, waypoint setting and other predatory activities. On the Mississippi river, fishing is allowed on pools other than the pool of the tournament after 3:00 p.m. on the day preceding the tournament. 12. Mississippi River Tournaments. Fishing is only allowed on the pool where the tournament starts from.There is no locking through to other pools on the river. 13. Ethical and Courteous Behavior. There is no minimum separation distance between boats nor is there any particular code of conduct. However, anglers are strongly encouraged to be courteous to all other anglers fishing the tournament. What constitutes crowding of other boats is different immediately below a dam than it is on a wing dam. Irritated anglers are encouraged to politely express themselves at the time of the discourteous or unethical behavior.A contemporaneous expression of irritation along with the response thereto, will be considered by the tournament officials when evaluating a report of unethical or discourteous conduct. Actions which cross the line between good ethical fishing and competitive practices may result in an angler being disqualified from the tournament in which the actions occurred and possibly disqualification from participation in future tournaments. 14. Check In Time. Anglers are required to check in by 6:30 a.m. the morning of the tournament. Failure to check in will result in disqualification. All boats must be checked in with the tournament director or check-in boat by 3:00 p.m... A team that arrives up to five minutes late to check-in will be docked half the weight of there fish.Teams arriving later than five minutes will receive no weight for the tournament.Weigh-in will begin as soon as practical thereafter. Check-in with the tournament director means making the tournament director aware of your presence at the launch site or being in close physical proximity so that your actions can be easily observed or otherwise being acknowledged by and in communication with the tournament director. The tournament director may excuse those who are tardy to the starting check in, upon good cause shown. Criteria for an excused tardiness shall include;advance notice of a late arrival, the circumstances which result in a late arrival and the fairness of granting an excused tardiness. 15. Boat numbers. Boat numbers will be used to arrange the order of the launch. Boat number one will be first launched and progress in numerical order from there. Contestants who pre-pay for all five points tournaments will get a year long boat number that stays with the boat.The lowest boat numbers will be awarded to the people that have prepaid all five tournaments.You must pre-pay for all five points tournament by the March monthly meeting in order to receive the year long boat number. All members who pre-pay for all five tournaments by the March meeting will be put in a random drawing to get their year long boat number. All other contestants will have a random drawing the morning of the tournament to receive there boat number. 16. Decisions of Tournament Officials. The decisions of tournament officials are final and binding upon all participants.

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