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Bellingham Salmon Derby Rules
1. Fees and prizes.
We Use Certified Scales
a) Adult
Derby tickets cost $50 per person.
Tickets go on sale June 1. All ticket sales end at 5 PM July 9.
Adult derby ticket sales will be limited to 500 total tickets.
b)
Kids 14 and under can enter the kids derby for free when
accompanied by an adult ticket purchase. Kids derby tickets not
eligible for adult derby winnings and adult boat raffle. Kids
must not turn 15 by the end of the derby.
c) Kids may
purchase an adult derby ticket to enter the adult derby.
d) Adult cash prizes
and first, second, and third place prizes in the kids derby are
as described in the Derby literature; other prizes may change.
e) The first fish
recorded at a given weight wins a tie. Ties will be decided by
time of entry. A coin toss will decide identical times. Fish
will be marked after weigh-in. All fish must be whole and fresh
caught and may not be altered in any way. Any fish showing
signs of having been altered, frozen or in any way unnaturally
preserved will be disqualified. Any fish entered may be
retained by officials until awards ceremony Sunday afternoon.
All fish are subject to inspection at official’s discretion.
f)
Contestants must show a valid derby ticket and a valid
Washington State Saltwater Fishing License and a valid
Washington State Salmon Card showing the catch properly recorded
before entering a legal fish in the derby.
g)
All
contestants must fish according to the applicable laws of the
State of Washington. Fishing is limited to Marine Area 7 as
defined by the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Each contestant must play and weigh-in his or her own fish.
h)
If any
person aboard any boat that has derby contestants fishing does
not have a derby license or proof that they purchased one,
including children, and skippers and mates aboard charter boats,
all ticket holders aboard that boat will be disqualified from
the derby. Provided that infants and small children not angling
(and not in possession of a WDFD Catch record Card) shall not be
required to have a ticket.
i)
All fish being entered in the derby must be transported to an
official derby weigh station only by water. j) All adult ticket holders will automatically be entered in the 2009 Northwest Salmon Derby Series boat giveaway.
k)
First,
second, and third place winners in the adult derby will be
awarded the cash prizes and need not be present at the awards
ceremony to claim their prizes. All other consolation prizes
will be awarded to those present at the awards ceremony. Names
of the winners will be called based on the weight of their fish
from highest to lowest. First, second and third place winners in
the Kid’s Derby need not be present at the awards ceremony to
claim their prizes. (See Awards Ceremony below).
l)
All disputes will be decided by derby officials, whose decisions
will be final.
m)
Tickets are fully transferable, provided that the transferee is
otherwise eligible to compete and that his or her contact
information be provided to derby officials before the start of
the derby. One person may purchase tickets for other
contestants; in that event the person buying the ticket shall be
determined to agree to these rules on behalf of the other
contestant(s) for whom the tickets were bought.
n)
All winners are responsible for any taxes that may be due as a
result of winning the prize and shall be required to submit to
derby officials any tax identification information, including
Social Security numbers, in order to qualify for prize.
Merchandise prizes shall have no cash value. All prizes shall be
final at the time of award.
o) No
contestant may win more than one “ladder” prize (i.e. a prize
based on the size of the fish) regardless of the number or the
size of the fish entered. This does not apply to Bonus Prizes or
giveaway/raffle prizes.
2. Weigh Stations –
All fish
must be weighed in at one of the official derby weigh stations
by a derby official. All fish being entered must be transported
to the weigh in station only by water. Weigh stations will be
established and manned as follows:
Bellingham – Squalicum Harbor Boat Launch. The weigh station will be
set up near the top of the boat launch and will be open Friday
and Saturday from 2 PM to 8 PM and on Sunday from 10 AM to 12:00
Noon.
3. Awards ceremony. The
awards ceremony will be held Sunday, July 12 at Squalicum Harbor
in Bellingham in the area adjacent to the Port of Bellingham
Offices in Harbor Center. This is the area inside the walkway
near the Squalicum Harbor Boat launch and Gate 10. Food and
drinks will be provided. The food starts at 1:00 PM and the
awards ceremony will start at 2:00 PM. 100’s of prizes will be
awarded.
The winners of the first, second and third place cash prizes need
not be present to collect their prizes. If you do not attend the
awards ceremony you will be responsible to contact a derby
official to make arrangements to get your prize after the awards
ceremony. No prizes will be awarded before the awards ceremony.
Winners of the first, second and third place prizes for the
kid’s derby do not have to be present at the awards ceremony to
collect their prizes. If you do not attend the awards ceremony
you will be responsible to contact a derby official to make
arrangements to get your prize after the awards ceremony. Derby
officials will attempt to contact absent winners after the
derby.
All other prizes and awards will be given away at the awards
ceremony. Prizes will be awarded to derby entrants in order from
the largest fish down to the smallest fish weighed in. If any
prizes remain after these prizes have been awarded, a raffle
will be held with all remaining tickets and all remaining prizes
will be raffled away to those present.
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