$100 per team entry fee, with optional $20 side bet for largest Bass.
Boat numbers/starting order will be assigned as entries are received. Entries must be paid in cash prior to takeoff.
Entries will continue to be received until Friday, May 31 at 8:30pm.
Logistics
The date of the event will be Saturday, June 1, 2024
Tournament fishing hours will be from 7:30am to 3:30pm. All times are based on GPS.
Anglers may actively fish until 3:30pm. Submissions will only be accepted until 3:30pm (3:31pm timestamped messages will not be eligible).
In the case of fifty (50) or more boats entered in the competition, the field will be divided in half as needed to form two separate flights. Tournament hours will change as follows:
Flight 1 – 7:30am to 3:30pm
Flight 2 – 7:45am to 3:45pm
Take-off will be a trickle start in groups of 5. Boats taking off before being called will be disqualified. Boats missing their call must wait until all boats in the field (or their flight if applicable) have taken off before leaving.
Pre-fishing will cease at 6:00pm on Friday, May 31, 2024. No boat shall travel tournament waters or actively fish after this time until take-off time the following morning. Persons travelling to and from accommodations/property on the river after pre-fishing has ceased must only do so for the purpose of commuting and not to actively locate fish or conditions.
Boat inspections at the Faloma boat launch will commence at 6:30am.
Boat Inspection
Tournament volunteers will conduct boat inspections at the Faloma boat launch prior to start of tournament and will flag and record each boat as completed.
Failure to have boat recorded as ‘Inspected’ before taking off will result in disqualification.
Volunteers will check for: appropriate Personal Floatation Device for each team member; ensuring livewells are empty of water, ensuring no live minnows, AIS cursory check.
Teams will receive an Official Kickerfish Judge Tournament ruler during morning boat inspection. Each ruler will have a serial number.
Teams will receive an Official Fish Tag Set of numbers during morning boat inspection.
Boats and equipment
Canoes, houseboats, kayaks and other similar personal or cumbersome watercraft are not permitted.
Tournament Directors reserve the right to refuse entry or disallow use of any boat, motor, or equipment deemed unsafe, unsuitable, or contravening of tournament rules.
Competitor boats must not come into contact with any other boats on the water whether they be other competitors or not. The passing of items from one boat to another will result in disqualification.
Boats will be respectful and sportsmanlike in regards to other competitors and property on tournament waters. A twenty-five (25) foot radius shall be respected between boats during the competition.
Safety
Competitors are not permitted to consume alcohol directly before and during tournament hours.
Competitors are required to wear approved Personal Floatation Devices whenever the boat is on plane or travelling beyond trolling or drifting speed.
Emergency contact is the Weighmaster via WhatsApp.
All teams must adhere to safe boating practices while participating in the tournament.
For the purpose of accounting the safe return of all competitors, all boats are required to check-in at the conclusion of tournament hours. Failure to do so may affect further participation in this event in the following year.
Competitors are strictly not permitted to step ashore/off their boat at any time during tournament hours other than at Selkirk Park boat launch. In the case of lightning or other severe dangerous weather, competitors can seek safety at the nearest shoreline as necessary.
Fishing
Only fish caught by angling hook and line in a normal manner will be permitted for inclusion in bag limit.
Competitors are permitted to use only one (1) line in the water per person at a time.
Only walleye, sauger, and saugeye (hereafter designated as ‘fish‘) are permitted for inclusion in team bag limit. All other species caught must be released safely back to the water immediately.
Fish shall not be altered or purposefully deformed in any way.
All care for the well-being of any/all fish caught during the tournament shall be of the utmost priority of each competitor.
The use of sonar (fish/depth finders) is permitted including ‘Live’ technology.
Boats must return to the Faloma boat launch area and ‘check-out’ before 4:00 pm. Official Rulers must be handed in to the Tournament Official at this time also in order to complete check-in.
Boats who do not complete Check-out process will not be eligible for scoring that day.
Scoring
Catch, Photo, Video Release format competition
All fish must measure a minimum of 35cm to qualify. Fish under 35cm are not eligible for scoring.
Hero photo will be taken with the fish’s head in an angler’s right hand with the fish’s left side facing the camera. Entire fish must be in frame, angler’s face must be in frame, fish tag must be placed on the fish’s left side and visible in the photo.
Measurement photo will be taken with the fish laying flat on its right side, head placed against the bump of the ruler (0″) with its mouth closed (see Judging below). Tail may be pinched to achieve maximum length. Angler may hold the fish in place for the photo. Entire ruler must be in frame and bump screws and serial tag must be visible in the photo (photo taken from above the bump). There should be no colour-coded tape visible between the fish’s mouth and the bump. Camera person may take the photo from either the fish’s dorsal side or belly side (photo can be rotated by the weighmaster after).
Release Video will commence from the same framing and fish position that the measurement photo was taken. Fish will then be taken off the ruler and tail-held in the water to assist with recuperation. Fish will swim away under it’s own power. Video may end once angler is no longer physically touching the fish and the fish has swum away healthily. Fish may be held in a landing net in the water at any point in the scoring process for the purpose of aiding recuperation/health of the fish.
Record your catch using your phone’s camera. Send all three required recordings to the Weighmaster via WhatsApp (similar to attaching pics and videos for text or messenger). Send one fish at a time, sending all three recordings per fish. Do not send records for multiple fish at the same time.
The Weighmaster may ask you to resend if you send records for multiple fish all at once. One message per fish (hero, measurement, release video). The Weighmaser reserves the right to request additional photos/videos of any fish to determine length.
Teams must submit fish as they catch them. The Weighmaster will inform you of your smallest fish to assist with not submitting fish unnecessarily once you have reached your bag limit of four (4) fish.
Anglers may send submissions beginning at 7:30am up until 3:30pm. Messages sent to the Weighmaster with a 3:31pm timestamp will not be eligible. Note: in cases of a late catch, only one of the three required photos/videos needs to have a 3:30pm timestamp.
Lost or damaged rulers may disqualify you from the tournament and you will be subject to a replacement cost of $100.
Judging
Official walleye Length-to-Weight Conversion Chart published here will be used to calculate Team Bag Weight.
Official recording of Team Bag Weight shall be in pounds and two decimal point places.
Measurements surpassing a quarter inch line will round up to the very next quarter inch line for scoring purposes. The final determination for this will be the sole discretion of the Weighmaster.
Penalties or disqualification of individual fish may be levied if the required photos and release video conditions are not adhered to.
Quarter inch (0.25”) penalty: No Fish Tag visible in one or more of a Hero, Measurement, OR Release Video set (max one quarter inch penalty per fish)
Half inch (0.50″) penalty: Mouth open in Measurement Photo with discernible advantage (discretion of the Weighmaster)
Individual fish disqualification:
Release Video – none submitted; unsuccessful release (dead or stressed fish)
Measurement Photo – none submitted; photo missing serial tag and/or end of ruler; wrong side of fish facing camera; fish not touching bump
Hero Photo – none submitted; wrong side of fish facing camera, entire fish not in frame
All measurements and weights declared by the Weighmaster are final.
Awards
The Main Prize Pool will be awarded based on highest total team bag weight with the top weight winning first place. Prize placing spots will descend to the top 20% of the field (eg. 25 teams, cash to Top 5).
All prize placing spots in the Main Prize Pool will be cash awards broken down by proportional percentage of the prize pot. 100% of entry fees will be paid out as cash prizes.
Tiebreaker Rule – In the event of a tie (same exact official weight), the higher placing team will be determined by each team’s longest scored fish of the tournament. If still tied, then the higher placing team will be determined by each team’s next longest scored fish and so on until the tie is broken. Teams will combine award values of placings and split the award evenly if the tiebreaker rule cannot break the tie.
Tiebreaker Rule – In the event of a tie (same exact official measurement/weight), the higher placing fish will be determined by the next longest fish scored by each team on that day. If still tied, then the higher placing fish will be determined by the third longest fish and so on until the tie is broken.
Prizes will be awarded on a team basis and must be accepted as awarded.
The Tournament Directors reserves the right to adjust the stated prize structure accordingly in relation to the actual size of the total field of entrants.
Other
Each team must register for the tournament by texting Eric at 204-995-6583.
Upon entering, competitors are permitting the use of their name and image on all media coverage relating to the promotion and reporting of the Falcon Lake Jackpot Derby. Competitors also free the organizers, volunteers, sponsors, and other agents involved in the above named event of any responsibility for death, injury, damage, theft, or related loss as a result of participating in the Falcon Lake Jackpot howsoever caused.
Tournament Directors reserve the right to delay, shorten, or cancel the tournament in the case of severe weather or unsafe conditions.
Competitors who have been disqualified will not be entitled to a refund of their entry fee.
Any protests of contravention of rules must be submitted directly to the Tournament Organizers accompanied with $200 cash before the completion of weigh-ins. Fee will be refunded if allegations are found to be justified and result in a change in the final standings.
It is the goal of the Tournament Directors to organize a fair and sportsmanlike competitive event, in all cases the ‘spirit of the rule’ will apply.
