1.          Time: 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (Mens & ladies)  Unless advised by Tournament Control

                        Cancellations will be announced one half hour before start time.

 2.         Entry Fee:  $ 30.00 per boat.    (SUNDAY WILL BE BLOW DAYS)

 3.         All entries at least 1/2 hour before tournament.  Phone entries accepted.

 4.         D.N.R. Rules 9 rod maximum limit.  3 rods per eligible entrant, maximum of 9 rods. No culling will be allowed.

4a         Ladies tournament:  In the spirit of making this more fun. .if you have at least one lady on board for the tournament, you may fish NINE rods per D.N.R. rules providing you have enough licenses on board to do so.  You may only catch & weigh-in D.N.R. limit for each lady aboard during the tournament. You must stop fishing and proceed to the weigh-in once the D.N.R. limit is attained. (example 1 lady 5 fish, 2 ladies 10 fish)

5.          Ladies must do all rod work during the ladies tournament.  The captain or mate may only set lines and net fish!

 6.         At least one paid up M.S.S.F.A. Chapter member must be aboard, except May 10^th, June 21, Aug. 2, & Dec. 6, which is open to the public.

 7.         You may leave the pier head at 6:00 a.m.  Any boat in the tournament observed fishing by a committee member before 7:00 A.M.  WILL be disqualified.  (Lines in water.)

 8.         Fish counts will be at 8:30/10:00/11:30; no penalties issued for failure to answer.   

 9.         All fish counts and tournament control will operate on channel #78. PLEASE CALL IN.

10.        Weigh-in is at the River Bend Boat Club You must be in the weigh-in line 1 1/2 hour after fishing period ends.  IF NOT IN WEIGH-IN LINE, YOU WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.

11.        Five prize categories entered:  Steelhead, Brown, Lake Trout, Salmon & total weight.

12.        Scoring:  Prizes for 1st & 2nd places in each category will be determined by weight only; total is determined by 10 points per fish plus a point a pound to the nearest hundreds (15 fish limit-total catch)

12a        Catch Five - 3 Man DNR limit per boat, weigh-in 5 fish only. (Total Weight)

13.        Prize monies split:   65% for 1st & 35% for 2nd in each category, 2 fish in each category must be weighted for 1 St. & 2 nd place prize money. Entrants are allowed only 1 entry per category. Any ties for places, Moines will be split. Except weigh-two tournament pays 10 places.

14.        Entry forms, contact tournament committee at River Bend Boat Club at 6:00 A.M. 

15.        In the Merle Morris Tournament it will be required that you leave from the South Haven  Pier        on the day of the Tournament and return to that same Port.