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If you are fishing this tournament please understand that these will be fish that
may be staging in the lower harbor before spawning. We want them all released!
Please use circle hooks and take precautionary even perhaps extraordinary measures to
bring fish in alive. We will do everything we can to help you release your catch alive.
Let's all do our part to preserve this great resource.
If you want to investigate a live well capable of keeping your fish alive go to this
discussion on Striper
Tubes.
Rules and eligibility requirements. |
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| 1. | The Derby is open to everyone except the Tournament Staff |
| 2. | Applicants may fish from the shoreline, an approved party or charter boat or a private boat. |
| 3. | All participants must comply with all Coast Guard laws and rules, local law enforcement laws as well as New York State DEC and New Jersey DEP laws. |
| 4. | If competing in a private boat ALL OCCUPANTS must be entered in the Derby. The only exception is a charter captain in the performance of a charter. He or she need not purchase an entry. If a captain chooses this option he will not be eligible to personally enter any fish in the Derby . |
| 5. | Only one fish may be entered per registrant per day unless it is released
alive by one of our release boats. (If your fish is released alive you may continue to fish and enter more catches as per NY/NJ state law) |
| 6. | Any fish that is frozen, gaffed, foul hooked, snagged or caught in an unsporting manner as per IGFA* rules will be disqualified. |
| 7. | No treble hooks may be used while live bait fishing. |
| 8. | Fishing shall begin Friday at 10:00 PM May 5 and continue until 5 p.m. Saturday May 6. |
| 9. | Weigh in times will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. . Weigh in station will close to all fish at 5:00 pm |
| 10. | The Official Weigh-in Stations are located at the Liberty Landing Marina Dock A in Jersey City, the Atlantis Princess party boat and at the Atlantis Marina in Staten Island . |
| 11. | All winning anglers may be subject to a polygraph examination if requested to do so. |
| 12. | The largest fish will be determined by length. In the case of a tie, the fish presented for measurement at the earliest time will be declared the winner. |
| 13. | A 2 inch bonus will be added to the length of each fish entry that is released alive. |
| 14. | The weigh-in slip must be presented when weighing in a fish in order to collect any prize. |
| 15. | Any angler participating in this event, UNDER THE AGE OF 18, must have a parent or guardian's signature on the application. |
| 16. | The DECISIONS OF THE JUDGES COMMITTEE ARE FINAL |
| 17. | All fish must be brought in to one of the official the weigh in stations no later than 5:00 pm on Saturday May 6 to qualify for tournament prizes. |
| 18. | A Captains Meeting and fishing seminar will be held Friday Evening May 5 in Liberty State Park at 8:00 pm |
| 19. | All prizes shall be awarded starting at 6 p.m. Saturday May 6 at the weigh in area in Liberty State Park |
| 20. | Fishing for the Derby will be restricted to NY and NJ marine waters and all fish must be caught between the hours stated in the tournament. |
| 21. | When coming in with your boat to the weigh in areas, call ahead on Ch. 68 to allow us to prepare for you. |
| 22. | You have to be an up to date paid member of the HRFA to be eligible for the
additional bonus $1000.00 prize This prize will go out to the longest length released alive striped bass caught by an HRFA member in this event. |
First Prize...
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To be awarded for the largest striped bass caught in the derby. |
Largest Live ReleaseEngraved Trophy |
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2nd place
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3rd place
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Largest Striper caught by a
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$1000.00It pays to be a HRFA member |
| Striped Bass Magazine Subscriber and Striper Tube User Bonus Prize Fish in the HRFA/NSBA May 6th tournament and win! Subscribe to Striped Bass Magazine and win more! Use the NSBA Striper Tube and keep your fish alive and win even more! The NSBA is guaranteeing to pay out two bonus prizes of $250 each to Striped Bass Magazine subscribers fishing in the May 6 HRFA/NSBA tournament. But you can win more! It is simple! The NSBA will allow any subscriber to collect one or more of these bonus prizes. Therefore, if you are a Striped Bass Magazine Subscriber, use an NSBA Striper Tube, keep your fish alive, and weigh in at the Liberty Park site, you can win up to $1,000 instant bonus as a thank you for subscribing to the magazine and for using the Striper Tube. |
Striped Bass Magazine Subscriber Bonus:
The NSBA will pay a $250 bonus to the Striped Bass Magazine subscriber weighing in the largest striped bass in the May 6th tournament. Additionally, the NSBA will double the bonus to $500 if that subscriber is the overall tournament winner, and weighs in at the Liberty Park site. Striper Tube Bonus: NSBA will pay a $250 bonus to the Striped Bass Magazine subscriber using the NSBA Striper Tube who weighs in the largest live striped bass in the May 6th tournament. Additionally, the NSBA will double the bonus to $500 if the fish is released alive and healthy from the Liberty Park site. |
| Youth Angler Largest Fish Must be under age of 14 |
Pick of Items from Boaters World or... Hudson River Rod & Reel Combo |
| Other prizes will be announced as they come in. | Interested in sponsoring a prize? email us! |
Memberships in both organizations are available
Warren Turner
President, NSBA
"Customer Service and Value Added Service-The NSBA Standard!"
Member, SD-AFS Striped Bass Management Committee
www.fishNSBA.com
PRESS RELEASE
(For immediate release)
The Hudson River Fisherman's Association (HRFA) and National Striped Bass Association (NSBA) are happy to report a special opportunity for striped bass fishermen interested in learning how to keep and handle striped bass alive and in a manner that will allow the opportunity to release them after handling them during a tournament weigh-in so the fish can be returned to the waterways and add to the future stocks for our natural Striped Bass fishery. During the Captain's meetings for the Liberty Striped Bass Derby, the NSBA will provide to HRFA and NSBA members instruction on proper handling and operation of the Striper Tube (TM) and how to use them to bring striped bass to the Derby weigh-in alive. Any member (in good standing) of either of these organizations can participate in this free demonstration and trial use of the striper tube. The NSBA will have approximately 50 or so of the Striper Tubes available for free use and demo. The Striper Tubes will be loaned out on a first-come-first-served basis, but NSBA Competition members and subscribers to Striped Bass Magazine will be given first consideration of those present. And the NSBA will reward those trying it out by offering a special contest and drawing for a Lowrance Color Sonar and GPS+WAAS Mapping Combo System (LMS-332c). This brilliant New 480Vx480H Pixel, 265-color Fullsize Sonar/GPS+WAAS Mapping Combo from Lowrance includes all of the normal Lowrance features including a built in temperature sensor in the transducer capable of accurately reading surface temperatures at speeds up to 70 MPH, the Innovative FlashGraf LCD flasher with COLORLINE, and Lowrance's built-in background mapping with the exclusive plug-&-play high detailed Fishing Hot Spots Elite, and compatible with the optional FreedomMaps (TM), NauticPath (TM) coastal, and Navionics (TM) electronic chart options, many with depth contour lines, and optional Map Create 6.3 Software where users can build their own specialized maps with contour lines.
This special drawing and contest will be free to those participating and will work as follows:
1). Any person attending the Captain's Meeting free demonstration and signing up and trying out a Striper Tube and either returning it or purchasing it will receive a ticket for the drawing.
2). Any person delivering a striped bass alive and releasable in the striper tube to the Liberty Derby weigh-in scale at the Liberty Park weigh-in site during the official weigh-in period will receive 1-ticket for each pound their striped bass weighs.
4). Any person purchasing a striper tube during the weekend event up to the awards ceremony will be given an additional ticket for the drawing.
5). At the awards ceremony on May 6th, a winner will be drawn from the eligible tickets and the prize will be awarded.
Following information provided from:
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The derby will be held rain or shine. It is the sole responsibility of the captain of all entered boats to determine if weather and sea conditions are safe to fish. The National Striped Bass Association, Liberty Landing Marina, Atlantis Marina, the New Jersey Chapter of the Hudson River Fishermen's Association, it's officers and tournament sponsors assume no responsibility or liability for any boats entered or individuals participating in the tournament. All applicants release and discharge the owners of the The National Striped Bass Association, Liberty Landing Marina, Atlantis Marina, the Hudson River Fishermen's Association New Jersey Chapter, and all members or employees form any and all claims, demands, or causes of action arising out of or resulting from any anticipated or unanticipated incident resulting from any participation in this fishing Derby. This is a striped bass derby. No other species of fish may be entered. Emphasis on this tournament will be "Catch and Release." So...in an effort to encourage that fish be brought in ALIVE...We have introduced the following rule: Each fish weighed in and released alive will receive a bonus of two inches added to its length. You must set your browser to "Accept Cookies" or PayPal will "time you out" Final date for "on-Line" payments...May 4, 2006 9:00pm. HRFA Members have an Added $1,000 Prize! Sign up for Membership Here and be eligible! Only $25 per year and you become a member of the leading conservation organization representing ALL sport anglers of the Hudson!
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Facilities offered for this tournament:
Bait will be available for purchase in the vicinity of each weigh in station.
Boat slips will be available at the marinas.
Gas is available at the marina
Restrooms
Showers
Beer, soda and box lunches will be available for purchase
Tournament will be monitoring marine radio channel 68.
Captains Meeting & Fishing seminar Friday Night May 5th
8:00 PM
Capt. Chas Stamm Guest Speaker!
An awards ceremony will begin on May 6th, Saturday night at Liberty State Park -after 6:00 pm
American Littoral Society Fish Tags will be used!
HRFA Members have an Added $1,000 Prize! Sign up for Membership Here and be eligible! Only $25 per year and you become a member of the leading conservation organization representing ALL sport anglers of the Hudson!
HRFA Members have an Added $1,000 Prize! Sign up for Membership Here and
be eligible! Only $25 per year and you become a member of the leading conservation
organization representing ALL sport anglers of the Hudson!
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