This is a release points contest for Billfish. Our goal is to have an affordable, fun competition. We wish to promote sportsmanship, angling skills, and most of all friendship. This tournament is open to anyone in the Hospitality Industry.

Entry fee is $450 per boat for up to four anglers. Additional anglers may be added to a boat at $50 per angler with a maximum of six anglers per boat. Entrance fee is non-refundable. Added entry levels are available. Also, winner takes all for heaviest Dolphin, Tuna, and Wahoo.

Prizes will be awarded for the most Billfish points. There will be additional prizes for the heaviest Dolphin, Tuna, and Wahoo.

1. All IGFA Rules apply unless otherwise noted.
2. All boats must leave the Ocean City, Maryland or Indian River, Delaware inlet. No boat may pass the sea buoy prior to 5:00 a.m.
3. Fishing hours are from 8:00a.m. to 3:00 p.m. No boat may place lines or teasers in the water prior to 8:00 a.m. All lines and teasers must be removed from the water by 3:00 p.m. Fish hooked prior to 3:00 p.m. may be played until boated or released.

   All hook-ups must be reported to a committee boat or another tournament boat. All catch reports and weigh-ins must be to Bahia Marina by 7:30 p.m. (catch may be trucked to Bahia Marina)

4. To be eligible for prizes, all fish must be weighed in on the official scale at Bahia Marina. All fish must be accompanied by a signed catch report and must be made available for weighing between the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on the day that the boat left the inlet to go fishing. Any fish not available for weigh-in by 7:30 p.m. for any reason will NOT qualify. Any angler may use any means to make their fish available for weigh-in. This includes switching their boated fish to another boat to get it to the scales, being towed by another boat, or trucking the fish to the scales from inside the Tournament area. The Tournament Committee determines all cash prizes. All decisions are final.
5. All fish may be hooked by anyone. However, the rod must be transferred immediately to the angler after hook-up. The angler from this time must fight the fish alone until boated or released. In the event that a boat becomes disabled, contestants may transfer to a second boat and assume the original boat number without additional charge or penalty. In the event a boat becomes disabled while fighting a fish, the angler may NOT transfer to another boat or get assistance in fighting or boating the fish from another boat.
6. The decision as to which day to fish rests entirely with the angler and crew. An angler may fish only one day of the two day event. All teams shall inform Tournament Officials by phone 410-289-7438 or VHF Channel (TBA) between 4:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. the day that they plan to fish. If a call is not received, the boat will be considererd NOT FISHING. If a team has a change of plans, Tournament Officials must be notified by 8:00 a.m.
7. Billfish Points:
   All white Marlin/Sailfish 100 points
   All Blue Marlin 120 points
8. All fish must be weighed at Bahia Marina. IN the event of a malfunction in the primary weighing system, the Tournament shall switch to a calibrated back-up system. All weights registered on either system will be considered official.
9. Tournament officials have the right to disqualify any angler and/or team from the tournamentfor any unsportsmanlike conduct or rule infraction with no monetary return. Only one day needs to be fished by at least one boat to make an Official Tournament and for prizes to be awarded.
10. Participants enter at their own risk. Bahia Marina/ Bartenders Open and all other sponsors will not be held responsible for injury or damage to any entrant or boat.

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Bartenders Open / September 11 & 12, 2005
Bahia Marina / On The Bay between 21st & 22nd Streets / 2107 Herring Way / Ocean City, Maryland 21842 / 410-289-7438

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