2024 RULES & REGULATIONS

Measuring & Photo Documenting

• All measurements must be on a official Safe Harbor Marinas measuring board.
  
• Fish should be recorded immediately and measurements noted by length.
  
• Submissions should be recorded through the official iAngler tournament app or website.
  
• All submissions must include at least two photographs: 1) A pic of you holding the fish 2) A pic of the fish on the measuring board. Close the fish's mouth. The nose should touch the bump of the measuring board (the belly is facing you). This photo needs to include the entire fish on the board. Entries with an open mouth will receive a deduction penalty of 1", as an open mouth can extend the length of the fish.
  
• The interpretation and enforcement of the rules is at the sole discretion of the director.
  
• The tournament director may change rules or impose sanctions as they deem appropriate, including but not limited to: disqualifications, forfeiture of prizes, and prohibition from competing in future tournaments. All decisions made by the tournament director are final.

Sportsmanship

All participants are expected to follow high standards of sportsmanship, courtesy, safety and conservation. Any participant who displays poor sportsmanship, violates these rules or brings unfavorable publicity to the sport of fishing could be disqualified. Encroachment is considered a sportsmanship rule.

Body of Water

Participants must fish in the area specified for the event. Fishing has to be legal and in public waters only: no private ponds, streams, lakes or rivers. Participants may fish in any water that is open to public fishing.

Tiebreakers

The tournament director will consider options for determining a tie, which could be 1) time of entry 2) the exact measurement instead of the ¼” measurement 3) the next largest fish submitted by each angler. A tie could also result in shared prizes.

Claiming Prizes

Ensure that your correct address, email, and mobile number appear in your app profile for prize announcements and delivery. Prizes are the responsibility of the winners. Transportation, taxes, and incidentals are the responsibility of the winner. It is the responsibility of the Tournament Director to disburse all prizes.

Laws and Regulations

• All federal, state, and local laws and all fishing and boating rules must be abided by.
  
• The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries implemented new striped bass conservation regulations aimed at reducing release mortality in 2020.
  
• Failure to comply with any tournament rules subjects participants to disqualification and removal from the competition, as determined by the tournament officials.
  
• The right to refuse sale and/or revoke a competition ticket to anyone is hereby reserved.

Cheating

All protests must be brought to the director’s attention before the end of the event. Anyone caught breaking the law or disobeying the rules will be disqualified. Fish must be hooked and caught live in a conventional manner. Fish cannot be snagged, netted, speared, etc.

Safety

Participants are responsible for their own safety, actions, and property at all times.

Questions?

If there are any questions about the rules, ask the tournament director.