Captains Meet

 NO ENTRY FEES WILL BE REFUNDED FOR ANY REASON AFTER REGISTRATION. IF UNFORESEEN MECHANICAL ISSUES ARISE, ENTRANTS MAY CHOOSE TO RIDE ALONG WITH ANOTHER ENTRANT-ENTRY FEES WILL NOT BE REFUNDED. BOATS THAT FAIL TO CRANK AND RUN AT INITIAL LAUNCH OR EXPERIENCE MECHANICAL FAILURE ANYTIME BEFORE 10:00 AM ON SUNDAY CAN BE REPLACED. 

  BOATS MUST BE LAUNCHED FROM ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE BOAT RAMP THAT ARE NAVIGABLE BY BLACK RIVER (EX: BLACK RIVER, MOORES CREEK, SOUTH RIVER, CAPE FEAR, NORTH EAST CAPE FEAR). 

 WEIGH-IN BEGINS SUNDAY MORNING AT 8 A.M. NO FISH WILL BE WEIGHED IN BEFORE 8 AM. ALL TEAMS MUST CHECK-IN AT Mossy Log 854 Black River Lane Harrells, NC 28444 BY 10:00 A.M. SUNDAY MORNING OR THEY WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. ALL FISH WEIGHED IN MUST BE RELEASED AND ALIVE. THIS WILL NOT BE PERFORMED BY CONTESTANTS, WE WILL HAVE A DESIGNATED PERSON AT DOCK TO PERFORM CPR AND ENSURE LIVE SWIM OFF. EACH TEAM LIVE RELEASE WILL HAVE TIME LIMIT OF 10 MINUTES OF CPR MAXIMUM. ANY FISH DEEMED NOT HEALTHY AFTER WEIGHIN WILL HAVE WEIGHT DEDUCTED FROM SCORE. 

 NO MORE THAN 20 HOOKS ALLOWED. (EXAMPLES: 20 BUSH HOOKS OR 10 BUSH HOOKS & 10 RODS WITH SINGLE HOOKS, OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF.) 

 SETS ALLOWED FOR THIS TOURNAMENT INCLUDE: BUSH HOOKS, JUG HOOKS AND SINGLE POLE OR ROD HOOKS-NO TROTLINES. 

 ELECTRO-SHOCK FISHING IS NOT PERMITTED. ANY ENTRANT CAUGHT WITH ELECTRO-SHOCK FISHING EQUIPMENT ON THEIR BOAT WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. 

 ONLY ONE REPRESENTATIVE NEEDS TO BE PRESENT FOR WEIGH IN (BOAT DOES NOT IF YOU CHOOSE. ONCE YOUR CATCH IS WEIGHED IN, YOU MUST REMAIN AT MOSSY LOG TO QUALIFY FOR PRIZES IF YOU PLACE. MEDICAL EMERGENCIES BEING THE ONLY EXCEPTION. 

 FISHING IS ALLOWED IN ANY WATERWAY ACCESSIBLE FROM THE BLACK RIVER-MOORE’S CREEK, CAPE FEAR RIVER, SOUTH RIVER, ETC.-ANY WATERWAY ACCESSIBLE FROM BLACK RIVER. 

 ALL FISH ENTERED FOR WEIGH-IN MUST BE ALIVE AT WEIGH-IN. ANY CATFISH WEIGHED AS AN ENTRY FOR THE TOURNAMENT MUST BE RELEASED BACK INTO THE WATER IMMEDIATELY AFTER WEIGHING.ANY FISH THAT DOES NOT SWIM AWAY MUST BE KEPT FOR CONSUMPTION. ANY FISH NOT WEIGHED CAN BE KEPT FOR CONSUMPTION. 

 CATFISH SPECIES FOR THIS TOURNAMENT ARE LIMITED TO: BLUE, CHANNEL AND FLATHEAD CATFISH.

 ANYONE CAUGHT CHECKING THE LINES OF OTHERS OR IMPEDING THE ABILITY OF OTHERS TO FISH, WHETHER OR NOT THOSE OTHER PARTIES ARE TOURNAMENT ENTRANTS, WILL BE DISQUALIFIED FROM THE TOURNAMENT. 

SPONSORSHIPS AND HATS - MAY 15

FISHING BOAT ENTRIES - JUNE 6