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Yellowstone Challenge
Huntley, Montana
May 19th, 2007 12:00 p.m.
$50.00 Per Two Person Team
Entry Fee Due May, 18th (Max. 50 Teams)
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1st Place – $600.00, Champion Plaques 5th Place – $150.00
2nd Place – $400.00 6th Place – $100.00
3rd Place – $300.00 7th Place – Prizes $75 Value
4th Place – $200.00 8th Place – Prizes $75 Value
Sumo Cat Award (Biggest Catfish) – Skeeter one man pontoon ($300 Value)
(All payout figures are based on a 50 team field. If the tournament does not fill/ cash & prizes will total 80% of entry fees.)
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Any Questions or for more information Contact: (406)-591-3528
Security Patrol Boats or Vehicles Needed. Gas & T-shirt will be supplied.
Montanacats.com Yellowstone Challenge – Saturday, May 19th 2007 12:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
1. When: Meeting begins at noon on Saturday, May 19th, 2007. Please arrive @ 11:30 for registration/check-in.
2. Where: The Minnow Bucket (Huntley, MT)
3. Eligibility: Tournament is limited to 50 teams on a first come first serve basis. Contestants must enter as a two-person team. No Changes to teams may be made after 7:00 p.m. Friday May 18th. Any person 14 or younger must be teamed with someone of 18 years of age. Each team member must sign this form. Each team member must have a current
Montana fishing license. (You will be checked at the opening meeting by fish and game)
4. Entry Fees and Deadlines: Entry fee is $50.00 a team; this will automatically enter your team into both the tournament and big fish contests. Entries are non-refundable and may not be resold. Mail-in entries must be received by May 17th,2007. No entries will be accepted after 7:00 p.m. Friday, May 18th.
5. Payment: Can be made by cash or check. ($50.00) Make checks payable to: Yellowstone Challenge
Payment can be dropped off at: The Minnow Bucket or Sent to: Jason Flaten
Huntley, MT 59037 3440 Granger Ave. So. #23
Billings, MT 59102
6. Mandatory Meetings: Will be held before and after the tournaments. Please arrive @ 11:30 for registration instructions & tournament meeting will directly follow. This meeting covers the rules and regulations of the tournament and Team ID’s. The second meeting begins at exactly 7:00 p.m.; this will be the official weigh in and award presentation.
7. Boundaries: Duck Creek Bridge west of Billings to the mouth of the Bighorn River near Bighorn, MT.
8. Limits: The limit is four catfish per team. The total weight of all your catfish will determine who wins the tournament. (For example: Team #1 catches two catfish weighing a total of 8 lbs. And Team #2 catches their limit of four cats weighing 7 lbs. Team #1 has more weight even though they failed to catch their limit.) If a team is in possession of more than four catfish during the tournament or at the weigh in station they will be disqualified.
9. Catch and Release: All of the catfish caught during the tournament hours will be released back into the Yellowstone River
the night of the tournament. (Volunteers are appreciated.)
10. Weigh-In: Will begin at the weigh in station at exactly 7:00 p.m. If you have not arrived you will be disqualified. Fish MUST be alive! All dead fish will be discarded and not weighed. Tournament committee will determine whether a fish has been tampered with, altered in anyway, or caught on a setline and will disqualify them if needed. NO STRINGERS will be allowed at the weigh in station, you must have the fish removed from stringers and in proper storage container or cooler before arrival. Fish on stringers will not be weighed.
11. Fishing Hours: Contestants can only fish during tournament hours. Pre-fishing is allowed up until Friday May 18th at 7:00 p.m. Tournament Hours are 12:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
12. Bait: Any bait is allowed during tournament hours.
13. Ties: The following will be used to break ties. Regular tournament will be awarded to the team that caught their limit of four catfish, if both teams caught their limit, it will than be awarded to the team with the heaviest catfish. Big fish contest will be split between the two winners if the weight of the catfish is the same.
14. Prizes and Awards: If less than 50 teams are entered, prizes will be reduced proportionally. Based on 50 teams, prizes will be awarded as listed on the front of this application. Must be present to win door prizes. (Weigh in meeting)
15. State and Local Ordinances: All state and/or local ordinances will be enforced. Violations will result in disqualification.
16. Identification: Team ID must be worn and visible at all times.
17. Patrols and Officials: During the tournament hours their will be security vehicles & boats on patrol. These individuals will have the right to check your catch amount and approximate weight. They may also count rods and check for any illegal fishing tactics.
18. Boat Fisherman- If your team plans on fishing from boat, your boat must be present at the mandatory pre-tournament
meeting. Boats will be subject to search.
More Rules
* Boat or Shore (All boats will be washed prior to entering the water and after leaving the water.) * If you wish to fish on private land, seek permission from landowner * No Trotlines, Setlines, or Seining Nets, etc.
* Team members must stay together. (No splitting up at any time.) * Two rods per person
* Asking Catfish Security about other team’s weights is prohibited. * No pre-marked spots
* No other people, but the two fishermen on the team, are allowed at the fishing site at all times.
* No fishing within 100 yards of another team during tournament hours.
2007 Montana Cats.Com
Yellowstone Challenge Entry Form
(Please Print All Information Below To Assure Entry)
Name______________________________________ Name______________________________________
Address_____________________________________Address_____________________________________
City______________ St______ Zip_______________City________________ St_______ Zip____________
Phone No.___________________________________Phone No.___________________________________
Age________ Age________
Please circle the following question:
Is your team fishing from: Bank Boat
Incomplete or unsigned applications will be returned. I (we) have read and understand the rules. I (we) release with our signatures(s) all sponsors, tournament director & officials concerned from any and all responsibility and liability.
Signature__________________________Date_______Signature__________________________ Date______