2010 FRANK SCHNEIDER JR. MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT RULES

SEPTEMBER 10 & 11 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM • SEPTEMBER 12 - 7:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Please refer to the rules in your registration packet. Offical rules are those copies given to you. Rules that are listed below are as accurate as possbile but they are for reference only.

DESIGNATED TOURNAMENT WATERS

LEECH LAKE • BABY LAKE • MAN LAKE • WOMAN LAKE • GIRL LAKE • LAKE WABEDO • LITTLE BOY LAKE
RICE LAKE • LAKE INGUADONA • BOY RIVER • BOY LAKE • SWIFT LAKE • LAKE ANDRUSIA • KITCHIE LAKE
WOLF LAKE • BUCK LAKE • CASS LAKE • PIKE BAY • LAKE WINNIBIGOSHISH • LAKE BEMIDJI • BIG LAKE

1. Boats, equipment, and conduct must comply with all Minnesota State laws. Minnesota State Fishing Licenses are required. All contestants must be wearing an approved life vest when boat is under power. All fish must be caught during tournament hours in the designated waters using legal sportfishing tackle. ONLY
ARTIFICIAL LURES/BAIT MAY BE USED.

2. THERE MUST BE A MINIMUM OF TWO PERSONS IN EACH BOAT. ALL OCCUPANTS IN THE BOAT, INCLUDING GUIDES, MUST BE REGISTERED TOURNAMENT
CONTESTANTS whether they fish or not.

3. All muskies entered must be a minimum of 40 inches in length. Contestants must remain with the fish until it swims away unaided. Fish must be returned to the water alive in the presence of one witness. Fish may not be transported. Fish that have been taken to a scale will be disqualified. The first muskie registered by each contestant qualifies contestant for an entry into the Grand Prize Drawing.

4. TOURNAMENT HOURS: 7:00 am to 7:00 pm Friday and Saturday and 7:00 am to 11:00 am on Sunday. For the duration of the tournament, tournament waters may be fished ONLY during tournament hours.

5. TOURNAMENT HATS: Each contestant will be issued a tournament hat. TOURNAMENT HATS MUST BE WORN AT ALL TIMES WHEN ON THE WATER. If you pre-registered, your tournament hat and registration packet will be available for pickup on Thursday at the pick-up station you designated when you registered. Your hat and tournament packet will be at that location ONLY.

6. FISH REGISTRATION: FOR EACH FISH ENTERED CONTESTANTS ARE REQUIRED TO CALL IN TO TOURNAMENT HEADQUARTERS, TURN IN FISH REGISTRATION FORMS AND DOWNLOAD TWO PHOTOS. Call in your entry to Tournament Headquarters at the numbers listed in your tournament packet. Time of registration will be the time of your call to Tournament Headquarters.

Registration forms and photos must be turned in at a Download Station the day the fish is caught. A fish is not considered officially registered until a Registration Form and two photos are turned in and they have been reviewed by Tournament Officials.

7. REGISTRATION FORMS: Fish Registration forms are in each tournament packet. Complete one Fish Registration form for each fish you register. Turn in the white portion of the Fish Registration at a Download Station on the day it is caught. Have your witness complete the witness portion. WITNESS
MUST BE ANOTHER TOURNAMENT CONTESTANT IN YOUR BOAT. Witness must be available at the Awards on Sunday to verify your entry to a Tournament Official.

8. PHOTOGRAPHS: Each contestant must have a digital camera and its USB connection cord. Phone cameras, film cameras and disposable (one-time use) cameras are not acceptible. The photo must show you holding your fish with you wearing your tournament hat on your head. Hat must be visible and identifiable. It is preferable to hold the fish in a horizontal (not vertical) position. Downloaded photos will become the property of Muskies Inc.

9. DOWNLOAD STATIONS: FISH REGISTRATION FORMS AND PHOTOS MUST BE TURNED IN THE DAY THE FISH IS CAUGHT. On Friday and Saturday evenings Download Stations are open between 6:00-10:00 pm. On Sunday, the only Download Station will be at Tournament Headquarters. All entries on Sunday must be turned in by 1:00 pm.

10. POINT SYSTEM: You will receive 10 points for each 40 inch muskie released. In addition, you will receive one point or fraction thereof for each inch or fraction over 40 inches measured to the nearest 1/2 inch. 1/2inch gets 1/2 point. Examples:
40 inches = 10 points 42-1/2 inches = 10 + 2-1/2 = 12-1/2 points

11. In the case of multiple contestants having the same number of points, the order of place will be determined by the time of the first fish registration by each contestant, with the earlier time getting the better place.

12. CONTESTANT CONDUCT: All contestants must be courteous to others. Trollers will respect weed beds. The Tournament Committee reserves the right to disqualify a contestant for any obvious misconduct on the water or at a launch site.

13. Any protest of violation of Tournament Rules must be presented in writing and signed. Protests must be turned in at one of the download stations on Friday or Saturday evenings, or before 1:00 pm on Sunday. Issue will be resolved in person with all parties involved and Tournament Judges.

14. ALL DECISIONS OF JUDGES AND/OR TOURNAMENT OFFICIALS ARE FINAL.

15. Judges may inspect boats at any time during the tournament.

16. The Tournament Committee reserves the right to require a POLYGRAPH TEST of any winners at contestant’s expense.

17. JUNIOR DIVISION: Contestants 17 and under are eligible for the Junior Division. All tournament rules are the same. Junior Division will have 3 places with its own prizes. Junior Division entries are eligible for the Grand Prize.

18. NORTHERN PIKE DIVISION: One prize awarded to the longest Northern Pike caught in the tournament. All tournament rules will apply except for length requirement which is 38 inches minimum length. Northern Pike entries are NOT eligible for the Grand Prize Drawing.

GRAND PRIZE DRAWING

To be eligible for the Grand Prize, a contestant must register ONE muskie.
Contestant’s name will be entered into the Grand Prize drawing ONCE AND ONLY ONCE, regardless of the number of muskies registered.
The Grand Prize winner will be selected by draw at Awards Ceremony on Sunday.

DOWNLOAD STATIONS & FEEDS

MOONDANCE FAIRGROUNDS (Friday and Saturday Feeds & Sunday Closing Ceremony)

7050 39th Ave NW, Walker, MN (2.5 miles east of Hwy.
371/Hwy. 200 intersection).
Open 9:00 am tournament days. Downloads 6:00-10:00 pm
Friday and Saturday, until 1:00 pm Sunday.

Feeds with free food, results, door prizes, silent auction,
product displays Friday and Saturday. Meal, Awards
Ceremony and Grand Prize Drawing on Sunday.

CASS LAKE LODGE

16293 60th Avenue NW,Cass Lake, Minnesota 56633 phone:(218) 335-6658
Downloads 6:00-10:00 pm Friday and Saturday evenings.

Feeds with free food, results, door prizes, silent auction,
product displays both nights.

ANCHORAGE INN

2972 County Road 7 NE, Longville, MN. phone:(218) 363-2236.
Downloads 6:00-10:00 pm Friday and Saturday evenings.

Feed with free food, results and door prizes both nights.

ABU GARCIA BONUS PRIZE

The top three legal muskies caught and witnessed using any
Abu-Garcia reel will win:

$500 $200 $100
LONGEST 2ND LONGEST 3RD LONGEST
RELEASE RELEASE RELEASE

In the form of Gift Certificates for Abu-Garcia fishing products at Reeds Family Outdoor Outfitters-Walker, Joe’s Sporting Goods-St. Paul, or Thorne Brothers-Fridley. IN CASE OF TIE, FIRST FISH REGISTERED WILL HAVE BETTER PLACE.

LARGEST RELEASED MUSKIE

A graphite replica from Lax Reproductions will be awarded for the largest released muskie. Fish must be a 53 inch minimum. Please take girth measurement for fish replica. IN CASE OF TIE, FIRST FISH REGISTERED WILL HAVE BETTER PLACE.

LARGEST RELEASED MUSKIE -YOUTH DIVISION ONLY

$250 for the largest muskie released by a youth in the youth division. Please take girth measurement for fish replica. IN CASE OF TIE, FIRST FISH REGISTERED WILL HAVE BETTER PLACE.

MEASURING A FISH
To determine the total length of a fish, lay it flat on its side, with its nose or jaw, whichever is longer, against a flat, upright surface. Lay your measuring device against
the same upright surface. Squeeze the tail from tip to tip and measure from the nose or jaw, whichever is longer, to the farthest tip of the tail when fully extended.
403938374321information from www.dnr.state.mn.us Minnesota statute 84D.09 prohibits the transportation of aquatic vegetation on any public roadway including state forest roads. This statue also prohibits the placement of any watercraft or trailer into State waters that has any aquatic vegetation, zebra mussels, or
prohibited exotics species attached. Tournament sponsors will require inspections of all watercraft when entering or leaving tournament waters. Inspections will include a thorough search, inside and out, for the presence of any aquatic vegetation, and other prohibited exotic species, including zebra mussels. No boat
may be launched when entering tournament waters until all vegetative materials have been removed and properly disposed of, and until all live wells and bilges have been drained and boats have been made free of any prohibited exotic species. Similar inspections must be made when leaving tournament waters.

Tournament officials and/or contestants may not usurp the boat ramp(s) or parking spaces at a public access. Tournament anglers may not usurp an area of the lake to the exclusion of non-tournament anglers. All anglers, whether participating in the contest or not, must be allowed access to all areas of the lake surface.

Muskellunge entered in the catch and release division shall not be held in livewells…. Culling or livewell sorting is prohibited. …Fish released by anglers must be capable of holding themselves upright in the water and have a high probability of survival. Under no circumstances will a muskellunge exceeding the legal length
limit in poor condition, likely to succumb to post-release mortality, be released. (M.S. 6212.2600, subp. 2)