Information The Ocean City Marlin Club would like to extend a special thanks to our great sponsors. 63rd Annual Labor Day REGISTRATION White Marlin Level Sponsors: White Marlin Tournament Thursday, September 2 @ 6:30-8:00 p.m. Decatur Diner Ocean City Fishing Center Delaware Elevator Sunset Marina In-Person Captain’s Meeting 7:30 p.m. or Virtual Captain’s D.W. Burt Concrete Construction, Inc. SEPTEMBER 3, 4 & 5 2021 Meeting available on our website and Facebook. Over the You do not need to be phone registration available M-F 10:30-5:30 p.m. Blue Marlin Level Sponsors: a member of The Marlin Club to fish this tournament. 410-213-1613. A representative from each boat must Atlantic General Hospital Henley Construction Co. Inc. watch/attend the Captain’s Meeting. Bahia Marina Intrinsic Yacht & Ship Carey Distributors Ocean City Golf Club Open Bar - Beer & Wine Only & donated Appetizers by Consolidated Commercial Services PYY Marine Decatur Diner until 8:00 p.m. (while supplies last) DBS, Inc. Red Sun Custom Apparel Delmarvalous Photos Rt113 Boat Sales Fish in OC Ruth’s Chris Steak House AWARDS BANQUET September 5, 6:30-9:00 p.m. at the Club Billfish Level Sponsors: Awards Presentation: 8:00 p.m. Billfish Gear Ocean Downs Casino Four Tickets included with entry fee. Bluewater Yacht Sales PKS & Company, P.A. C & R Electrics, Inc. Premier Flooring Installation 1, Inc. C.J. Miller LLC Racetrack Auto & Marine FISHING DAYS Casual Designs Furniture SeaBoard Media Inc. (2 of 3) September 3, 4 & 5 Creative Concepts Steen Homes Lines In 8:00 a.m. | Lines Out 4:30 p.m. Eastern Regional Insurance Tanks Direct Hild’s Marine Service, Inc. The Inn on Turville Creek You may leave from either Indian River Inlet or Ocean City Hooper’s Crab House The Windrow Group – R. Erik Windrow Inlet. You may leave at any time, observing the prescribed Intrinsic Yacht & Ship Tipsy Tikis McClung-Logan Equipment Top Dog Services fishing times. ALL fish must be weighed at Sunset Marina. Mid-Shore Electronics, Inc. Top Gun Water Sports

WEIGH-INS Sailfish Level Sponsors: September 3, 4 & 5 Ability Rehab Associates, P.A. Kennington Realty – A Buyer’s Agent 6:00-8:00 p.m. Absolute Demolition Mark’s Meats & More, LLC Sunset Marina Advanced Marina Milwaukee Tool Corporation Boats must be inside the Marina cut by 8:00 p.m. You Alason Electrical Contractors, Inc. Mitchell and Hastings Financial Services All Tackle Monkey’s Trunk may get the fish to the scales by any means you wish, American Refrigeration Co. Inc. Northern Building Restoration, Inc. including transferring the fish to another boat or by car. An Optical Galleria, LLC Old Pro Golf All fish weights will be rounded to the nearest 1/10 pound. Bank of Ocean City Poole Contracting ALL CATCH REPORTS MUST BE TURNED IN TO THE Bayside Jet Drive LLC Pruitt P3 & Company, P.A. OCEAN CITY MARLIN CLUB WEIGH MASTER AT SUN- Buzz Boat Water Taxi PT’s Marine C/W Building Services RJ Lock & Security SET MARINA ON THE DAY OF FISHING BY 8:00 P.M. Coastline Supply Company, Inc. Royal Plus Inc. NO EXCEPTIONS. (THIS INCLUDES BILLFISH RELEASE.) Designing Windows Sea Bay Hotel & Café Dickenson Road LLC Senor Cigars Eastern Excavating Shannon Management Co., Inc. Eric Davis Rental Properties Smoker’s BBQ Pit FMB Laundry, Inc. Stanley & Richstone, P.A. Fortress Training Sugarloaf, Inc. Framing Corner Superior Fire Sprinkler Design Inc. Gismondi Insurance Associates Tax & Financial Services LLC Grand Hotel & Spa Taxi Taxi LLC 9659 Golf Course Road, Ocean City, MD 21842 H and H Woodworking Inc. Weaver Boatworks, Inc. Phone: 410.213.1613 Heritage Plumbing Service, Inc. West O Bottle Shop [email protected] | www.ocmarlinclub.com

Photo Credit: Dave Messick of Hooked On OC IGFA RULES: All IGFA rules apply with the following ENTRY FEE exceptions. The fish may be hooked and the rod $500 PER BOAT $______passed to an angler. The angler eligible for the William O. Fenwick Master Angler Award has to self-hook. 75% of the Entry Fee to be returned in Guaranteed Prize Money Spreader bars may be used. The use of non offset Hypothetical Payout based on 40 boats in tournament: circle hooks is mandatory in natural bait & natural bait/ lure combinations in the 61st annual labor day white 40 boats x $500 = $20,000 Total Entry Fees marlin tournament. Intentional use of live bait or live 75% x $20,000 = $15,000 Guaranteed Prize Money bait teasers is not allowed. No chunking in any OCMC Tournaments. Bailing dolphin is not allowed in OCMC 50% 1st Place billfish release = $7,500 tournaments. 30% 2nd Place billfish release = $4,500 TOURNAMENT CHANNEL—72 You must call in all rd 20% 3rd Place billfish release = $3,000 released billfish over the radio--boat name, species, & 63 Annual Labor Day time. You do not need to call in meatfish. BILLFISH RELEASE DIVISION White Marlin Tournament Level A - $200 $______LAY DAY: Must be declared by the start time of the Level B - $300 $______fishing day. NO EXCEPTIONS. Leave message at the Club: 2021 Official Registration Form Level C - $500 $______410-213-1613. If no call is received by the start time of the Levels A & B pay 50/30/20 fishing day, boat or shore based angler is automatically Level C is Winner Take All considered as fishing. You may also declare a lay day at registration. DAILY BILLFISH RELEASE DIVISION $500 Winner Take All $______FISHING GROUNDS OFFSHORE & INSHORE: BOAT NAME In the event of a tie, the money will be split. Within 100 miles of the OC sea buoy. You may leave from either Indian River Inlet or Ocean City Inlet and all 34’ & UNDER BILLFISH RELEASE DIVISION fish must be weighed at Sunset Marina. SLIP # $500 Winner Take All $______

SCORING In the event of a tie, the money will be split. Most Billfish Released—1st, 2nd, 3rd MARINA Heaviest Fish—1st, 2nd, 3rd MEATFISH DIVISION Scoring for the Release Division works on a point Level A - $200 $______system. NO POINTS AWARDED FOR BOATED Level B - $300 $______BILLFISH. Level C - $500 $______

POINTS DIVISION Tuna - 50% (No Bluefin), Dolphin - 50% White Marlin, Sailfish, Spearfish—100 pts If no qualifying fish is weighed in a level, that level’s entry fee is Blue Marlin—150 pts CONTACT INFO: To be used during tournament only. returned; less the 10% Marlin Club retention. Each level may be Photo identification required of a Blue Marlin to won by one qualifying species, meaning if only a qualifying dolphin ensure proper identification of the Billfish. If no photo is caught in level A, 100% of the Calcutta will be awarded to the identification is available, White Marlin points will be dolphin. In a case of a tie, money will be split. Levels A & B pay received. In the event of a tie: the boat which released Name 50/30/20. Level C is Winner Take All its last fish first wins. No points awarded for boated Billfish. HEAVIEST WHITE MARLIN MINIMUM SIZE 70” LJFT HEAVIEST FISH DIVISION LIMIT OF 1 BOATED FISH PER BOAT PER DAY Tuna—30 lbs. (Yellowfin, Big Eye, Longfin) Cell Phone # Dolphin—10 lbs. Level A - $200 $______Level B - $300 $______WILLIAM O. FENWICK MASTER ANGLER AWARD! Level C - $500 $______An award will be given for the single angler that catches and releases the most Billfish during this Tournament. E-Mail LEVELS A & B 50/30/20 (Fish must be hooked and caught by angler.) LEVEL C - WINNER TAKE ALL

The Marlin Club retains 10% of all Calcutta monies. In the event no fish is caught in a particular Calcutta the money will be returned; less the AWARDS BANQUET TICKETS 10% Marlin Club retention. All protests must be made to the Marlin Club ______x $15.00 per person President by 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, September 5, 2021. The tournament LAY DAY will become official at 8:30 p.m. on Monday, September 6, 2021. Winner TOTAL DUE $______payment - All winners must complete a W-9 form. All checks will be mailed by 12:00 p.m. on Friday, September 10, 2021. In the event of a tie, the money will be split equally. By entering this tournament I agree to abide by all of the tournament rules. Please make all checks payable to: OCMC