60Th Annual Labor Day White Marlin Tournament
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Information THE OCEAN CITY MARLIN CLUB would like to extend a special thanks to our great sponsors. th REGISTRATION 60 Annual Labor Day Thursday, August 30 @ 6:30 p.m. White Marlin Level Sponsors: Captain’s Meeting 8:00 p.m. White Marlin Tournament Decatur Diner Ocean City Fishing Center Open Bar—Beer & Wine Only Delaware Elevator Sunset Marina & Appetizers until 9:00 p.m. Fantasy World Entertainment AUG. 30-SEPT. 2, 2018 A REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH BOAT HAS TO ATTEND THE You do not need to be CAPTAIN’S MEETING. WE WILL TAKE ROLL CALL. Blue Marlin Level Sponsors: a member of The Marlin FREE Club to fish this tournament. Atlantic General Hospital Delmarvalous Photos TO PAID AWARDS BANQUET Bahia Marina Fish in OC Sunday, September 2, 2018 at the Club Carey Distributors Ocean City Golf Club OCMC BOAT Red Sun Custom Apparel 6:30 p.m.- 9:00 p.m. Consolidated Commercial Services MEMBERS! DBS Rt113 Boat Sales Awards Presentation: 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $15.00 per person. Billfish Level Sponsors: Bluewater Yacht Sales Hild’s Marine Service, Inc. FISHING DAYS C & R Electrics, Inc. Hooper’s Crab House (2 of 3) August 31, September 1, & 2 C.J. Miller LLC PKS & Company, P.A. with overnight option Friday/Saturday or Saturday/Sunday Casual Designs Furniture Premier Flooring Installation 1, Inc. DAY 1 Creative Concepts Racetrack Auto & Marine Davinci’s by the Sea SeaBoard Media Inc. Lines in 8 am Eastern Regional Insurance Steen Homes Lines out at Midnight Henley Construction Co. Inc. Top Dog Services DAY 2 Heritage Plumbing Service, Inc. Top Gun Water Sports Lines in at Midnight Lines out at 3:30 p.m. Fishing days are at entrant’s discretion. You may leave from either Indian River Inlet or Ocean City Sailfish Level Sponsors: Inlet. You may leave at any time, observing the prescribed Ability Rehab Associates, P.A. Mitchell and Hastings Financial Services fishing times. ALL fish must be weighed at Sunset Marina. Advanced Marina Mitrecic Builders Alason Electrical Contractors, Inc. Monkey’s Trunk AllTerra Group LLC New Wave WEIGH-INS American Refrigeration Co. Inc. Northern Building Restoration, Inc. August 31 , September 1, & 2, An Optical Galleria, LLC Ocean Downs Casino EXTENDED 5:30-7:30 p.m. Assateague Crab House Proper Pitch LLC FISHING Bank of Ocean City Pruitt P3 & Company, P.A. Sunset Marina Bayside Jet Drive LLC PT’s Marine HOURS! Boats must be inside the Marina cut by 7:30 p.m. You Buzz Boat Water Taxi RJ Lock & Security OVERNIGHT may get the fish to the scales by any means you wish, in- Cropper’s Inc. Royal Plus Inc. OPTION! cluding transferring the fish to another boat or by car. All Delmarva Marine Detail & Yacht Maint LLC Sea Bay Hotel & Café Designing Windows Senor Cigars fish weights will be rounded to the nearest 1/10 pound. Dickenson Road LLC Shannon Management Co., Inc. ALL CATCH REPORTS MUST BE TURNED IN TO THE Eric Davis Rental Properties Smoker’s BBQ Pit OCEAN CITY MARLIN CLUB WEIGH MASTER AT Farlow-Taylor Woodworks Stanley & Richstone, P.A. SUNSET MARINA NO LATER THAN 7:30 PM ON THE FMB Laundry, Inc. Sugarloaf, Inc. BOAT’S SECOND FISHING DAY. NO EXCEPTIONS. Framing Corner Superior Electrical Services, Inc. Gismondi Insurance Associates Tax & Financial Services LLC (THIS INCLUDES BILLFISH RELEASE) Grand Hotel & Spa Taxi Taxi LLC H and H Woodworking Inc. The Windrow Group-R. Erik Windrow Kennington Realty-A Buyer’s Agent Vinnie Myers Mark’s Meats & More, LLC West O Bottle Shop Mid-Shore Electronics, Inc. 9659 Golf Course Road, Ocean City, MD 21842 Milwaukee Tool Corporation Phone: 410.213.1613 [email protected] | www.ocmarlinclub.com Photo Credit: Dave Messick of Hooked On OC and Steve Poore IGFA RULES: All IGFA rules apply with the following exceptions. The fish may be hooked and the rod passed to an angler. The angler eligible for the Master Angler Award has to self-hook. Spreader bars may be used. The use of non offset circle hooks is mandatory in natural bait & natural bait/lure combinations in the 57th annual labor day white marlin tournament. Intentional use of live bait or live bait teasers is not allowed. ENTRY FEE TOURNAMENT CHANNEL—72 You must call in all th released billfish. You do not need to call in meatfish. 60 Annual Labor Day FREE for OCMC boat members $500 for non-boat members LAY DAY: Must be declared by 10:00 a.m. White Marlin Tournament NO EXCEPTIONS. Leave message at the Club: BILLFISH RELEASE DIVISION 410.213.1613. If no call is received by 10:00 a.m. boat is automatically considered as fishing. You may also declare 2018 Official Registration Form Level A - $200 $ _______________ a lay day at registration. Level B - $300 $ _______________ Level C - $500 $ _______________ FISHING GROUNDS OFFSHORE & INSHORE: BOAT NAME Levels A & B pay 50/30/20 Within 100 miles of the OC sea buoy. You may leave from either Indian River Inlet or Ocean City Inlet and all Level C is Winner Take All fish must be weighed at Sunset Marina. SLIP # DAILY BILLFISH RELEASE DIVISION SCORING Most Billfish Released—1st, 2nd, 3rd $500 Winner Take All $ _______________ Heaviest Fish—1st, 2nd, 3rd MARINA In the event of a tie, the money will be split. Scoring for the Release Division works on a point Will be divided among all fishing days system. NO POINTS AWARDED FOR BOATED CONTACT INFO: To be used during tournament only. BILLFISH. 34’ & UNDER BILLFISH RELEASE DIVISION POINTS DIVISION $500 Winner Take All $ _______________ White Marlin, Sailfish, Spearfish—100 pts In the event of a tie, the money will be split. Blue Marlin, Swordfish—150 pts Name Photo identification required of a Blue Marlin to MEATFISH DIVISION ensure proper identification of the Billfish. If no photo Level A - $200 $ _______________ identification is available, White Marlin points will be Level B - $300 $ _______________ received. In the event of a tie: the boat which released its last fish first wins. No points awarded for boated Cell Phone # Level C - $500 $ _______________ Billfish. Tuna - 50% (No Bluefin), Dolphin - 50% HEAVIEST FISH DIVISION If no qualifying fish is weighed in a level, that Tuna—30 lbs. (Yellowfin, Big Eye, Longfin) level’s entry fee is returned; less the 10% Marlin Club Dolphin—10 lbs. Street Address retention. Each level may be won by one qualifying species, meaning if only a qualifying dolphin is caught in level A, MASTER ANGLER AWARD! 100% of the Calcutta will be awarded to the dolphin. In a An award will be given for the single angler that catches case of a tie, money will be split. Levels A & B pay 50/30/20 and releases the most Billfish during this Tournament. Level C is Winner Take All (Fish must be hooked and caught by angler.) City, State, Zip Code The Marlin Club retains 10% of all monies. In the event no fish is caught HEAVIEST SWORDFISH in a particular Calcutta the money will be returned; less the 10% Marlin $500 Winner Take All $_______________ Club retention. All protests must be made to the Marlin Club President in writing by 7:30 p.m. on Sunday September 2, 2018. The tournament will LAY DAY Minimum length = 48 inches become official at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, September 3, 2018. The ruling of the Tournament Committee is final. Winner payment - All winners must complete a W-9 form with Amanda prior to receiving a check. All checks AWARDS BANQUET TICKETS will be mailed by 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 5, 2018. In the *Tickets not included in Entry Fee. event of a tie, the money will be split equally. _______x $15.00 per person $ _______________ TOTAL DUE $ _______________ By entering this tournament I agree to abide by all of the tournament rules. Please make all checks payable to: OCMC.