FISH HURON OHIO Walleye Challenge & Charity Raffle Dinner OCTOBER 3-4

[FreeByrd]

Fish Huron Ohio Walleye Challenge presented by South Shore Marine, Pursuit & Grady White Boats.
All info is live on the Fish Huron website - www.fishhuronohio.com

Saturday October 4, 2014 - Blow Date Sunday Oct 5, 2014
HURON BOAT BASIN 419 433-4848 http://www.cityofhuron.org/huron/par...on-marina.html dockage is available for the tournament. Call for details.

PAYING OVER $22,000 IN CASH! All payouts based on weight.

100 Team Maximum Field with 90 teams considered a full field for payout purposes.
Teams can have 2 to 6 members. Max of 6 rods in use. 2 man teams limited to 4 rods. ONE LURE PER ROD – THIS MEANS NO “SLIDER” OR “3-WAY” tandem / triple lures. Boat numbers & starting positions determined by the order of registration.

Entry Fee = $300 per team plus $5 online processing fee and INCLUDES Big Fish entry. Registration is non refundable but transferable to another party with Tournament Director approval.

REGISTRATION ONLINE VIA PAYPAL / CREDIT CARD WED SEPT 3 at 10AM on www.FishHuronOhio.com NOTE when you go on the website clear out your web browser’s “cache” – or REFRESH your browser screen to see the link that will be added for Tournament Registration. PAYMENT OF ENTRY FEE ACKNOWLEDGES ALL TEAM MEMBERS UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO RULES AND PROCEDURES OUTLINED IN THIS DOCUMENT.

1st Place = $5,000
2nd Place = $3,500
3rd Place = $2,500
4th Place = $2,000
5th Place = $1,500
6th Place = $1,200
7th Place = $1,000
8th Place = $900
9th Place = $800
10th Place = $700
11th Place = $600
12th Place = $500
13th Place = $400
14th Place = $350
15th Place = $300

Big Walleye Payouts 1st = $600 2nd = $300 3rd = $100 Sponsored by Marine Max Ohio

We will again offer the OPTIONAL “SIDE BET” that has added $4,000+ to past tournament payouts. $100 per team – PAYABLE IN CASH AT THE REGISTRATION MEETING between 5:30 – 7 PM Friday Oct 3. Payout for this will be 100% and will pay 2 places. 75% to the best weight of the teams in the side bet and 25% to the next best weight in the side bet.

FRIDAY OCT 3 RULES MEETING & DINNER & CHARITY RAFFLE AT MESENBUG HALL. 545 Cleveland Road West Huron, OH 44839. Located ½ mile West of the Boat Basin. Short Rules / Procedure meeting will start at 7PM SHARP with dinner immediately following. $10 per person donation for dinner tickets. At least one member per team must attend and check in PRIOR TO 7PM.

We are carrying on the tradition that started as the Walleye Central Get Together and Charity Raffle. Over $70,000 has been donated to various charities since the inception of the Walleye Central Get Together in Huron, OH.

In 2013 we donated $5,000 to the Wounded Warriors in Action Foundation www.woundedwarriorsinaction.org which runs events to involve Purple Heart medal recipients in outdoor activities: http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index..._catching.html

We also donated $2,500 from the 2013 event to the Outreach Walleye Club which runs fishing events for single parent children throughout Ohio.

Signup for the “BRAGGING RIGHTS” Big Fish Contest will take place Friday night at Mesenburg Hall and it will be for a single big walleye per team this year. Weigh in will run with the Walleye Challenge weigh-in. You can enter both the FISH HURON Walleye Challenge, and the Bragging Rights event, or each one separately. $20 per team cash.

The raffle will be the same format as 2013 – rather than giving out “a lot of little prizes” and the raffle taking several hours, we will pre-package raffle prizes in groups so that each winning ticket will win a more valuable prize package. You will have the opportunity to select which prize packages you would like to enter your raffle tickets in. Along with winning better prize packages this should help make the event more of a “social event” giving the opportunity to talk to more people than spending hours at your table looking at raffle tickets. The raffle portion should be wrapped up in 30 – 45 minutes.

Boat Inspections will take place starting at 6:45AM at the Huron Boat Basin / WEST river wall and at the boat ramp prior to launching. If you are docked at the Boat Basin we will inspect at your dock. Teams can pull boats up along the Boat Basin river wall for inspections – OR AN EMPTY DOCK in the Basin. Once your boat has been inspected you will receive a “token” that you will take up to get your boat number card. Boat # Cards will be handed out at the Boat Basin at a table set up on the South side of the office / restroom building. Once you have your boat card you can either remain tied up along the wall or at your dock or stage out in the river. HAVE YOUR VHF RADIO ON CH 17.

TAKE-OFF AND CHECK-IN LOCATION will be from the observation deck on the WEST WALL of the Huron River and will be clearly marked with flags and a photographer. Boats should line up in order prior to takeoff allowing enough time to be at the takeoff point at the designated time. Boats 1–50 will take-off beginning at 8:00 and must check-in by 3:30PM. Boats 51+ will take off at 8:30 and must check-in by 4:00. You may take off once your number has been called on VHF channel 17 and you pass to the NORTH of. Any boat not clearly SOUTH of the check-in location at 3:30 for flight one (boats 1-50) and 4:00 for flight two (boats 51+) will be late and will NOT weigh fish. You must pass close enough for the check-in volunteers to see and confirm your boat number.

SCALES WILL OPEN at 3:15PM. FISH MUST COME TO THE SCALES AT THE DESIGNATED DROP OFF LOCATION ALONG THE RIVER WALL ONLY. If you are docked in the Boat Basin you must drop your fish BEFORE going to your dock. After you have weighed fish, IMMEDIATELY move your boat away from the drop off location. There will be some open docks in the Boat Basin. DO NOT OCCUPY ANY DOCKS THAT HAVE LINES ON THEM. You can also tie up along the river wall or put your boat on the trailer after weighing in. You MUST bring your fish to the scales in one of the baskets/bags provided by Fish Huron Ohio.

Each team MUST weigh ONE walleye for big fish. Each team can only weigh one fish for “”Big Fish” awards. Present this fish at the scale FIRST. It is up to you to decide which fish you wish to weigh prior to getting to the scale. Big Fish weight will be used as a tie-breaker for overall weight. IF YOU ARE REGISTERED FOR THE BRAGGING RIGHTS BIG FISH CONTEST INDICATE THAT WHEN YOU PRESENT YOUR BIG FISH TO THE SCALE. After the weight of the heaviest fish is recorded, add your next 4 fish to the weigh basket one fish at a time – do not “dump” your basket into the weigh basket. It is up to the teams to PRE-SELECT the 5 fish they want to weigh. DO NOT BRING MORE THAN 5 FISH TO THE SCALES. If there is a tie for Big Fish weight, overall weight will be the tie-breaker for Big Fish awards. TURN IN YOUR BOAT NUMBER CARD AT THE SCALES. IF YOU ARE NOT WEIGHING FISH RETURN THE CARD.

Teams have the option of keeping your fish after weighing them, or Fish Huron Ohio will accept fish donations and will have the fish cleaned and then will donate the fillets to local charities in the Huron, OH area.

AWARDS / FOOD @ BRASS PELICAN UPSTAIRS BANQUET ROOM - 132 Main Street. Food will be supplied by Fish Huron and ready beginning at 4:45PM - CASH BAR. The awards presentation will take place at 6:00PM. This will give teams the time to return to their docks or put boats on trailers if desired.

Tournament Rules
Interpretation of the rules will be at the sole discretion of the Tournament Director and not subject to protest.

Fishing is limited to the Ohio waters of Lake Erie. No trailering during tournament hours. OPEN COMMUNICATION IS PERMITTED.

CLARIFICATION / RULING ON FUELING DURING TOURNAMENT
You MAY get fuel during tournament hours, but if you do it must be from a PUBLIC marina gas dock open to the general public (no private clubs), and the fuel must be purchased during tournament hours. Get and keep a receipt. If you fuel during tournament hours you must call or text the tournament director 330-283-2155 to advise you are fueling along with your team number, what marina you are at and the time. You may NOT transport fuel in portable fuel can/tanks in your boat or receive fuel from another boater, or have fuel “stashed” at a private dock / marina.
2 person teams limited to 4 rods in use per Ohio Fishing Regulations. 3 to 6 person teams limited to a maximum of 6 rods in use. ONE LURE PER ROD – THIS MEANS NO “SLIDER” OR “3-WAY” tandem / triple lures. No dead fish penalty but fish will be examined if there is any question of the fish being caught during tournament hours.

The tournament hours may be modified, rescheduled or cancelled at the discretion of the tournament director for safety reasons. Teams are responsible for the safety of their boat and team members. You must have all required USCG Safety gear and a working VHF radio.

Bait and tackle may not be passed between boats after the take-off. Only registered contestants are allowed to be on the boat during tournament hours. Competitors must not come in physical contact with any other boats during tournament hours. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BOAT OWNER TO MAINTAIN THE BOAT IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. IF THERE IS A MECHANICAL / SAFETY ISSUE AND YOU REQUIRE ASSISTANCE TO MAKE IT TO THE CHECK-IN ON TIME THE ASSISTANCE MUST COME FROM A COMMERCIAL TOWING SERVICE. IF YOU MAKE IT TO THE CHECK-IN ON TIME UNDER TOW FROM A COMMERCIAL TOWING SERVICE YOUR FISH WILL BE WEIGHED. Any disabled boat must notify the tournament director by phone 330-283-2155. Fish must not be combined between teams or accepted from someone not in the tournament.

The tournament committee or any contestant has the right to protest another team or contestant. The protest must be made to the tournament director prior to the Awards Presentation & accompanied by a $300 cash fee. If protest is upheld, the fee will be returned. If it is not, no refund will be given.

Fish Huron Ohio Tournament Director has right of entry refusal or expulsion from the tournament for any reason.

NOTE: If the weather does not allow fishing on Saturday Oct 4 or the blow day Sunday Oct 5, the prize money will be awarded via a random draw of the team numbers. This drawing and prize award will take place on Sunday Oct if necessary at The Huron Boat Basin at 10:00AM with the first ticket drawn getting the payout for 3rd big fish, next 2nd big fish, next 1st big fish, then 15th place and the last ticket drawn getting the payout for 1st place. Once a ticket has been drawn it does NOT go back in the pot. A separate drawing will take place for the teams in the side bet. 1st ticket gets 25% of the pot and 2nd ticket will get 75% of side bet pot. The schedule at the Boat Basin and the unpaid volunteers that run the event do not allow for the tournament to be run on another weekend.

THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR THE SUPPORT FROM THE SPONSORS AND ANGLERS.

If you would like to be involved in sponsoring the event please contact Steve Carlson.

Tournament Director Steve Carlson 330-283-2155 steve@southshoremarine.com

[Pezman38]

Who from walleye central is going to attend this event?

I am trying to find some guys to form a team as we speak.

[Modog]

I'll be there. Already have a team though...

[southerncomfort1]

will be there

Here is a link to the roster. There are 106 teams that got in. The way this works is it is a manual process to "activate" the registration and a manual process to "stop" the registrations. By the time the person that manages the website and the Paypal interface saw we had 100 teams there were 6 more teams that got in before we could get it stopped.

Thanks for the unbelievable support. I never thought we could top filling the field in 90 minutes like we did in 2013, but the 2014 field was full in less than 15 minutes.... WOW!

Steve Carlson

http://www.fishhuronohio.com/pds/tou...e-registrants/

[FreeByrd]

Charity Dinner Raffle set for Friday Oct 3 at Mesenburg Hall. This is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. 545 Cleveland Road West Huron, OH 44839 (about ½ mile West of the Huron Boat Basin)

We are carrying on the tradition that started as the Walleye Central Get Together & Charity Raffle. We’ve donated over $70,000 to various charities from this annual Get Together. One of Walleye Central’s mottos was “Fishermen Helping Fishermen.” We will be donating to the Wounded Warriors In Action Foundation again in 2014 to help them put on another Lake Erie event for Purple Heart Medal Recipients. We will also donate to the Outreach Walleye Club which introduces fishing to children throughout Ohio that wouldn’t otherwise get the chance to learn about fishing.

The raffle prizes are coming in as strong as ever. We have been posting photos of some of the larger prizes as they come in on this Facebook group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/279103805630211/

Dinner donation of $10 / person for a great meal from Mesenburg Catering. Doors will open at 5:30 to give people a chance to browse the great raffle prizes and purchase tickets while socializing with anglers from around the country that are in town for the sold out Fish Huron Walleye Challenge on Saturday Oct 4.

There will be an open “Bragging Rights” Big Walleye contest open to the public as well on Saturday Oct 4. Sign-Ups for this will take place Friday night at $20 per team with the weigh in running in conjunction with the Fish Huron weigh in Saturday Oct 4 at 3:30 PM held at the Huron Boat Basin.

Hope to see you Friday night at the dinner and/or Saturday at the Weigh-In.

[FreeByrd]

THANKS Bob Luellen for the sponsor $$ donation from Worldwide Marine Insurance to support the event. See you Friday night.
Steve Carlson

I made the decision to use the Blow day Saturday. We will hopefully fish sunday

As much as I wanted to have the teams fish I made the decision to cancel this morning after a delay. I took a boat that is significantly bigger than the bulk of the field would have been fishing inand went out to the North end of the Huron Dumping grounds to see conditions for myself. There is still a Small Craft Advisory issued for the Vermilion Zone (extends to Cranberry Creek Area) The SCA was discontinued for zones West of Vermilion. After checking with as many sources as I could and going out on the water myself, I ultimately decided to error on the side of safety. I understand that no matter what I decided there were people that weren't going to like it and that is the nature of running events on Lake Erie.

We ended up awarding a total of $28,450 between the main tournament payout, big fish payout, and the two optional side pots. One was the "Bragging Rights" tradition from Walleye Central that had 45 teams, and the Side Bet for the tournament that had 54 Teams.

Most people stayed around for the drawing - only one team that won $$ was not present and they have been contacted to arrange for payment.

Bragging Rights
$500 "Concrete Fun" boat 86
$300 "Team Reel Science" boat 55
$100 "Walleye 1 Kinobie" boat 23

Fish Huron Marine Max Big Fish
$600 "Budman" boat 7
$300 "Berk-Eye" boat 9
$100 "C-Goin II" boat 45

Fish Huron South Shore Marine Pursuit / Grady White Boats
$5000 "Hooked Up" boat 74
$3500 "Elbow Deep" boat 37
$2500 "Lorenzo's Pizza" boat 34
$2000 "Crazy Ranger" boat 56
$1500 "Eye Spankers" boat 49
$1200 "1 more fish" boat 24
$1000 "Julie Anne" boat 51
$900 "Fintastic" boat 1
$800 "Bite Me" boat 29
$700 "Eye Bustin" boat 10
$600 "Lund # 1" boat 44
$500 "Good ol Boys" boat 93
$400 "T-Bone" boat 39
$350 "6 Click" boat 32
$300 "Pink Crusher" boat 46

SIDE BET
$4050 "Guns Hoses & Outlaws" boat 35
$1350 "Bite Me" boat 29

We also had a fantastic turnout for the Charity Raffle Dinner with our best year ever in terms of the amount of donations. We will have final numbers from that after expenses early in the week but it looks like we will have over $10,000 to donate to charity - so THANK YOU for allowing us to carry on the tradition started with the Walleye Central Get Together of "FISHERMEN HELPING FISHERMEN"

Steve Carlson

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HUGE THANK YOU TO THE GENEROUS PRODUCT & CASH SPONSORS THAT MAKE THINGS POSSIBLE:
Audiovox, Big Papa Sportfishing Products, Cranberry Creek Marina, Offshore Tackle, Silver Streak Lures, Cisco Fishing Systems, American Angler Knifes, Erieau Marina, Auto & Truck Accessories, Amish Outfitters, Hi Tech Custom Baits, Winfield Tackle, Marine Tech Products, Dean Sellers Ford, Okuma Fishing Products, Warrior Spoons & Lures, Tempress, Mike's Taxidermy, Bert's Custom Tackle, Pro King Spoons, Fishermen’s Wharf, Lurk Divers & Disc's, Rodmaker’s Shop, Navico / Lowrance Electronics, Reef Runner Lures, Walleye 101, Suburban Collection, World Wide Marine Ins, Rho Mar Insurance, Chicago Parts 7 Sound, Big Fish Tuff Tackle, & Huron Boat Basin, Mesenburg Catering, Marine Max Catawba Island, Vic’s Sports Center, South Shore Marine, Jerry Cox, Wounded Warriors In Action, Outreach Walleye Club.

PLEASE SUPPORT THOSE THAT SUPPORT US – AND LET THEM KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT.