2012 SKA GATE Jacksonville Rodeo by Patrick Farrell

present the

3rd Annual

Jacksonville

FISHING RODEO June 7-10, 2012 Inshore

Offshore Fresh Water

Metropolitan Park

40 Your Chance to WIN 1 of 3 $

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Every Angler with a Rodeo Ticket Who Weighs a Legal Fish Is Entered to WIN the Random Drawings! Three Grand Prize Winning Tickets Will Be Drawn Sunday! 5

TOURNAMENT OVERVIEW The Jacksonville Fishing Rodeo is promoted by The Southern Kingfish Association and GATE Petroleum and takes place at Metropolitan Park, 1410 Gator Bowl Blvd., Jacksonville, Florida. Unlike other fishing tournaments, this event will be a true rodeo with eighteen different species including offshore saltwater species, inshore saltwater species, and freshwater species. Within this venue will be two special Jackpot Divisions, which include Redfish and King Mackerel. Registration forms and sign up will be available at select GATE Convenience Stores and Strike Zone Fishing on Beach Boulevard from May 1st and will remain available up through Thursday, June 7th till noon. Registrations will only be available at the tournament site at Metropolitan Park on June 7th from 2PM until 8PM. Absolutely No Refunds Once Ticket Has Been Purchased!!! On-site Registration at the Park will begin at 2PM and end at 8PM. Mandatory Captain’ s meeting at 7:30PM on Thursday, June 7th. The site will close at 9PM on Thursday. Fishing will begin Friday, June 8th atFishing will begin Friday, June 8th at 6 AM (lines in the water) and end at 1PM (back to Metropolitan Park in line to weigh) on Sunday afternoon. (Some species have earlier deadlines.) See official rules for times. Fishing is Friday through Sunday with No Checkouts and No Check-Ins. But be sure to adhere to weigh-in deadline times for each species as outlined in the rules. The tournament site opens Friday, 9 AM with the scales open at 10 AM. Scales will close at 7PM. See the rules for weigh-in times for each category. Daily prizes for all species! (on Friday & Saturday only) On Saturday, the site opens at 8:30 AM. Scales open at 10 AM. See the rules for weigh-in times for each category. Daily prizes for all species! Scales close at 7 PM. Saturday is the final day for the Redfish Jackpot entries to weigh. On Sunday, the site opens at 9 AM. Scales open at 10 AM. See the rules for weigh-in times for each category. Awards at 5:00PM. For offshore fishing and inshore saltwater, there will be an east-west boundary from the Savannah River (North) 32N 01' 6

60" and an east-west boundary (South) 28N 24' 32" from Canaveral. All species of fish must conform to local, state, and federal regulation size limitations. Redfish must conform to the slot limit. All freshwater species must be caught in the St. Johns River and/or its tributaries. Species of Rodeo Fish Include:

FRESHWATER: Largemouth Bass Freshwater Catfish Bream Speckled Perch INSHORE SALTWATER: Redfish Speckled Trout Flounder Sheepshead Whiting

OFFSHORE SALTWATER: King Mackerel Barracuda Dolphin Cobia Menhaden Vermilion Snapper Mangrove Snapper Grouper Pompano JACKPOT: Redfish King Mackerel

This is an angler tournament! Each angler can weigh one fish per species per day. In the interest of conservation we will encourage any participant not to weigh after their first fish is weighed. You can, however, bump your own weight. Cash for three places in each species. Any Rodeo ticket holder can win (or place) in more than one species but can only win one place per species. Each angler who weighs a legal fish in the Rodeo gets his or her ticket placed into a drum with all other eligible contestants. At 5PM on Sunday night, a name will be drawn and that contestant will win the Rodeo’s grand prize: a 21' Contender Boat, Mercury Outboard motor, and Loadmaster Trailer package plus another angler will win a second prize of a JV13 Carolina Skiff, Honda Motor with a Magic Tilt trailer from First Coast St. Augustine Boat & Marine and a third grand prize from Hickory Bluff Marine a 15 HP Mercury Outboard motor. You must be present to win an award. Anyone purchasing a Rodeo Ticket is eligible to fish offshore, inshore, dock, 2012 GATE Jacksonville Fishing Rodeo

pier, surf, bridge, or river bank of the St. John’s River or its tributaries. You may fish in any size motorized vessel, sailboat, kayak, or canoe. Rodeo tickets will be checked at the scales for everyone. You will not be allowed to weigh any legal fish without your ticket. Jackpot entries must come to the scale by boat. All others can come by boat, car, or truck. We recommend that all Redfish and Bass be kept alive so they may be released into the river. All King Mackerel Jackpot participants: SKA rules to apply. A copy of the rules is available at www.FishSKA.com. Entry fees: $40 per angler (Everyone on team (boat) must have a rodeo ticket.) If you come to the weigh-in dock, before you can get off your boat, all people on the boat must present their Rodeo Ticket. If anyone on your boat does not have a Rodeo Ticket, no one on the boat can weigh. Payouts: Each species: $1,000 for first, $500 second, and $200 for third. $250 for big fish in each species Friday & Saturday only Jackpots: Redfish and King Mackerel These Are Boat Events With Every Team Member Or Persons On Board Having A Valid Rodeo Ticket!

King Mackerel Jackpot is based on 50 boats. Redfish Jackpot is based on 25 boats. Based on number of boats in each category. All Jackpot species will become the property of the Rodeo. Redfish will be released at the dock by the angler. All Jackpot fish must come to the tournament dock by boat. Winning teams and/or species anglers should be prepared to take a polygraph on site. All protests must be filed with the Tournament Director at the weigh-in site within half an hour after the last fish is weighed in each category along with a $200 fee. If the protest is upheld, monies will be returned to protester. If the protest is not upheld, monies go to the tournament.

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JACKPOT OVERVIEW The purpose for all Jackpot Ticket holders to have a Rodeo Ticket is 1. You will have a chance for the random drawing for the Grand Prize Drawings, if you weigh an eligible fish and 2. You also can win or place in other species categories.

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KING MACKEREL JACKPOT Based on 50 boats entered

Jackpot ticket $375 (per boat + sales tax) Paying one place for every 10 boats Everyone on board must also have a general $40 (+ tax) Rodeo Ticket. TOTAL PURSE $18,750

2. $4,000 3. $3,000

4. $2,000 5. $ 750 (Plus TWTs)

SMALL BOAT CLASS: 1. $1,000

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REDFISH JACKPOT Based on 25 boats entered

Jackpot ticket $175 (per boat + sales tax) Paying one place for every 10 boats Everyone on board must also have a $40 Rodeo Ticket. TOTAL PURSE $4,300

1. $2,100

2. $1,300

to Win Redfish Jac kpot

3. $ 900

(Plus TWTs)

T/W/Ts will be available for both Jackpot species for Friday and Saturday weigh-in only. Big fish daily $100 for Kingfish, $50/$50 for each day, and $100 for aggregate. For Redfish there will be $100 for 2-fish aggregate and a $100 4-fish aggregate. Plus $100 for Big Fish overall for both species. Payable in cash only at the tournament site on Thursday up until 8PM. 8

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Three Grand Prize Drawings! Tickets are drawn at random from all eligible entries. Just 3 Steps to Winning: First, buy a Rodeo Ticket. You can get them at area GATE locations or Strike-Zone Fishing until noon on June 7th. Tickets will also be for sale at Metropolitan Park on Thursday, June 7th from 2:00PMâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;8:00PM.

Second, weigh a legal fish during the prescribed weigh-in times for each species and your ticket will be placed in the random drawing drum. Pictures are representative only. Actual prize may differ.

Finally, come to the awards on Sunday, June 10th at 5:00pm. You must be present to win. Picture ID is required to claim drawing prizes.

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Bring Your Kids to the Fishing Rodeo Angler’s for Conservation along with GATE Petroleum and the Southern Kingfish Association will host a “Hook Kids on Fishing” event Saturday, June 9th at Metro Park in Jacksonville. The event is to be held in conjunction with the 3rd Annual Jacksonville Fishing Rodeo June 7-10 and is FREE for kids ages 6 to 16. The event will be from 9-11am (kids and parents should show up no later than 8:30am) There will be clinics for kids on casting, conservation, fishing safety, knot tying, catch and release tactics and more. Professional guides and knowledgeable anglers from across Florida will work with the children in a safe, hands-on learning experience. The first 100 kids to register will receive a FREE rod, reel and tackle box courtesy of Anglers for Conservation. YOU MUST REGISTER. Call us today at 904-4616773 to sign your kids up or to volunteer. Anglers for Conservation is a 501(c) (3) rated nonprofit organization based in Satellite Beach, Florida. Founded in 2007, the AFC’s mission is to create a new generation of coastal stewards using communitybased angling education, habitat restoration and applied conservation science. Through funding from individual donors and grants from foundations and the

government, the AFC will offer its programs to various aspects of the general public and the community. For more information, visit the website www.anglersforconservation.org, or call 1-321-777-2030.

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Lewis Rogers won the Menhaden Division with this 7 oz. fish.

Alexa Keiser took third in bream.

MENHADEN 1st

Lewis Rogers

7.00 oz

2nd Alison Thornton

6.80 oz

3rd

6.20 oz

Matt Miller

Norman Boyett picked up second place catfish.

BREAM 1st

Gary Stickney

1.23

2nd Scott Spivey

1.17

3rd

1.12

Alexa Keiser

Kyle Craven won the Speckled Perch Division.

CATFISH 1st

Jake Crabtree

16.77

2nd Norman Boyett

16.16

3rd

13.28

Robert C. Preston

Last Year's Winners by Species! SHEEPSHEAD 1st

Scott Spivey

7.50

2nd Todd Weatherly

6.94

3rd

6.54

Phil Cury

SPECKLED PERCH 1st

Kyle Craven

1.45

2nd Kenneth J. Day

1.43

3rd

1.29

Adam Pound

Scott Spivey won the Sheepshead Division with this 7.50.

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Crawfish won the King Mackerel Jackpot with this 41.42. Al Morris, Kenny and Cindy Crawford, and Matthew Farlow.

Kenny Crawford

Alden Thornton

9.86

3rd

Tony Gitzen

9.38

1st

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Chris Kellum with the first place trout that got his ticket into the drum

32.33

2nd Bill Adams

26.51

3rd

25.53

David Tarisi

SPECKLED TROUT 41.42

1st

2nd Ron Roberson

26.25

2nd Shawn Crain

6.07

3rd

25.89

3rd

5.55

Darren Carter

10.27

2nd Carl Carder

BARRACUDA

KINGFISH JACKPOT 1st

MANGROVE SNAPPER 1st

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Chris Kellem Clay Hamblen

6.69

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Sturgeon and Hastings captured the Redfish Jackpot. Had a four fish aggregate of 24.56.

REDFISH JACKPOT 1st

STURGEON & HASTING

2nd TEAM MAJEK

1st

(Day 1) 12.76

(Day 2) 11.80

Total 24.56

(Day 1) 12.64

(Day 2) 11.17

Total 23.81

Travis Carter caught this seven pound largemouth bass and won the category.

1st

Travis Carter

Austin Adams

3.66

2nd Wayne Mikell

2.96

3rd

2.77

William Goodling

Ron Keiser Jr. won first place flounder.

LARGEMOUTH BASS

Daniel Blair was second in the whiting category.

FLOUNDER 7.00

1st

Austin Adams had the winning 3.66 pound vermilion snapper.

VERMILION SNAPPER

Ron Keiser

WHITING 6.88

1st

William Eichholz

1.32 1.25

2nd Hunter Fletcher

4.53

2nd Paul Harnage Jr.

5.73

2nd Daniel Blair

3rd

4.43

3rd

4.89

3rd

Stephanie Roberts

Mark Chesser

Leroy Holloway

1.77

REDFISH 1st

Brittany Stack

7.30

2nd Karson Mullany

7.25

3rd

7.13

Alexa Keiser

DOLPHIN 1st

Carl Carder

24.23

2nd

Tom Trout

13.61

3rd

Gary Mikell

13.40

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Carl Carder (left) caught the biggest dolphin. Brittany Stack earned top redfish, a 7.30. 2012 GATE Jacksonville Fishing Rodeo

OFFICIAL RULES & REGULATIONS Preamble: Every sport has its code of ethics. The sport of fishing is no exception; therefore, all participants shall display honorable, ethical, sportsmanlike conduct in regard to the Jacksonville Fishing Rodeo rules and their own competitive fishing. 1. A copy of the overview, rules and regulavalid driver's license, employee ID cards, tions shall be kept aboard each boat and etc. Any registration ticket that appears made available to each participant. Each to have been altered will not be acceptparticipant shall read and thoroughly ed.) Tickets Are Not Transferable Or familiarize him or herself with the Refundable. overview, rules and regulations. Any par- 7. All fish entered must be caught within ticipant who violates any overview, rules the territorial waters of the Jacksonville and regulation of the Jacksonville FishFishing Rodeo. For offshore and inshore ing Rodeo, whether intentional or not, saltwater, the territorial waters of the could possibly disqualify him or herself Jacksonville Fishing Rodeo include all and all other participants aboard his/her open and public waters from an eastboat. A disqualification shall prevent a west boundary from the Savannah River participant from collecting prizes for fish (North) 32N 01’ 60” and an east-west registered. boundary (South) 28N 24’ 32” from 2. All participants are subject to a polyCanaveral. All freshwater species must graph test. Any or all that place in the be caught on the St. Johns River or its money in the Jackpots (King Mackerel tributaries. and Redfish) or species prizes may be 8. Official start time of the Jacksonville required to take a polygraph test before Fishing Rodeo is lines in the water at awards on Sunday. Failure to submit to 6:00AM on Friday, June 8th, 2012. See or pass a polygraph test will subject the below for designated weigh-in deadline participant to disqualification. times. 3. Every participant must be registered WEIGH-IN DEADLINE TIMES: prior to fishing. A participant is deemed Friday, June 8th to be anyone competing for cash prizes Scales open at 10:00AM and shall include everyone aboard a Must be in line to weigh: boat, fishing from a pier, the surf, and/ All species and Jackpots: 7:00PM or a dock. The captain or owner of each Daily Prizes on all species! participating boat shall see to it that every person aboard his/her boat has a Saturday, June 9th Rodeo Ticket. A Captain may be any Scales open at 10:00AM male or female over the age of 16 prior Must be in line to weigh: to the event. All Freshwater: 4:00PM 4. Any captains permitting a person on All Redfish Jackpots: 5:00PM his/her boat to violate any rule of the All King Mackerel Jackpots: 6:00PM Jacksonville Fishing Rodeo may cause All Inshore and Offshore General all participants aboard his/her boat to be Rodeo Species: 7:00PM disqualified. Daily Prizes on all species! 5. The Jacksonville Fishing Rodeo is a Captain’s Choice Tournament. Captains Sunday, June 10th fish at their own discretion and accept Scales open at 10:00AM full responsibility for their crew and vesMust be in line to weigh: sel whether on land or in the water. All Freshwater: 12:00 NOON 6. All tickets must be properly completed All King Mackerel Jackpots: 1:00PM with the required information at the All Inshore and Offshore General time of ticket purchase. Only registered Rodeo Species: 1:00PM participants are eligible for prizes. RegisAwards: Promptly at 5:00PM tration tickets must be presented at the 9. At the close of each day’s fishing, those Weigh Station when entering a fish for anglers who are in line at the Weigh Staprize competition during the hours listed tion, or identified by a Jacksonville Fishbelow. (Participants may be required to ing Rodeo official as being docked as the present acceptable personal identification Weigh Station closes, will be allowed to when registering any fish into Jacksonhave their catch weighed and entered. ville Fishing Rodeo competition, i.e. 18

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10. The official Weigh Station is Metropolitan Park, Jacksonville, Florida and have your VHF radio turned to the official tournament channel, VHF 72, when coming to the tournament dock. 11. All non-jackpot species can come to the event by truck or car, however, the angler who caught the fish must accompany his or her fish to the scale. All anglers must have his or her Rodeo Ticket on their person in order to weigh fish and have proper identification. Ticket(s) must be presented prior to putting the fish on the scale. Absolutely no person or persons can give a fish they caught to another ticket holder to weigh. This will be a part of the polygraph exam! 12. All Jacksonville Fishing Rodeo winners will be determined by the largest fish entered in each category according to weight and are subject to limitations. If there is a tie, earliest fish weighed gets the win. 13. All fish shall be weighed using platform or hanging scales, per the judge’s discretion. Those fish requiring to be weighed by hanging scales will be lifted and weighed by the tail. In case of a tie in any category, the first fish weighed in that remains on the final board will be declared the winner. 14. This is an angler tournament! In the interest of conservation we will encourage any participant not to weigh after their first fish is weighed. You can, however, bump your own weight if you continue to fish after your fish is weighed. An angler will be permitted to hold and win only one place per category at any one time but may place in more than one category simultaneously. If there are two or more anglers on board a boat, each angler can weigh the same species of fish. Cash for three places in each species. Any Rodeo Ticket holder can win (or place) in more than one species, but can only win one place per species. For each angler who weighs a legal fish in the Rodeo, their name will go into a drum with all other eligible contestants. At 5:00PM on Sunday, at the awards ceremony, a name will be drawn and that contestant will win the Rodeo’s Grand Prize: a 21’ Contender boat, Mercury www.JacksonvilleRodeo.com

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Outboard motor, and Loadmaster Trailer package, then another name will be drawn to win the 13JV Carolina Skiff boat, Honda Motor and Magic Tilt package, and a third will be drawn to win the 15hp Mercury Outboard Motor. YOU MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN THIS AWARD and have photo identification and your rodeo ticket. 15. All fish shall be kept in edible condition, preferably on ice, so the judge can make an accurate judgment as to its freshness. Redfish to be entered in the Redfish Jackpot must be kept alive in an authorized livewell, (See Redfish Jackpot Rules). Any fish deemed to be frozen, spoiled or rotten, will be disqualified. Any fish that has been shot, cut, mutilated, bang struck, or shows signs of unsportsmanlike handling may be disqualified. In addition, all fish entered may be subject to a Tory meter test for freshness. No fish will be accepted for registration that has been gutted or chemically treated prior to weighing. The official judge or his representative may at his discretion gut any fish presented. A marine biologist may be on hand to determine the freshness of your catch. Judge’s decision will be final. 16. The participant must catch all fish entered into competition and it must be caught with a rod and reel or a pole and line. No participant shall be assisted in any way to land his or her fish except for help in netting or gaffing his/her catch. No exceptions are made. Flounder may NOT be gigged. Menhaden can be netted. 17. Daily prizes will be awarded to the top fish in each category on Friday, June 8th and Saturday, June 9th only. No daily prizes for Sunday including daily T/W/T’s. 18. Jackpot Tickets must be purchased in conjunction with a Jacksonville Fishing Rodeo Ticket, one Jackpot Ticket per boat/team. Everyone on the boat/team must have a Rodeo Ticket. If a boat/team comes to the dock and any person on the boat/team, including women and/or children, does not have a Rodeo Ticket, the boat and/or team members will not be allowed to weigh. The largest kingfish on board will be declared the Jackpot entry. Other king mackerel caught on a team boat can be brought to the scale for individual King Mackerel category entry for the Grand Prize Drawings. For the Redfish Jackpot, both fish will count for the Redfish Jackpot, but one fish for each 20

angler on the team will count toward the Grand Prize Drawings. 19. To promote conservation and in some cases comply with the State of Florida or federal regulations, the Jacksonville Fishing Rodeo judge will not accept an entry of any fish in the Rodeo categories that does not meet minimum length or slot limit requirements as specified. The Jacksonville Fishing Rodeo reserves the right to amend these lengths and/or remove any fish from competition, without notice, at any time in order to comply with federal and/or state requirements. 20. All anglers must conform to local, state, and federal laws. All entrants coming to scale by boat must conform to all no wake zones and speed limits. Speeding tickets or citations issued will result in disqualification for that day. Everyone on board a tournament boat must have a valid Florida fishing license. Remember, you are returning to a Florida destination regardless of where you elect to fish. (Within tournament boundaries.) Unsportsmanlike conduct will result in disqualification without refund of tickets. Participants under the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs will not be allowed to weigh. 21. All fish entered, with the exception of kingfish may be retained by the angler. The Jacksonville Fishing Rodeo reserves the right to hold all board fish for display purposes until official closing time of the day the fish is entered into competition at which time the fish must be claimed or forfeited. All fish registered are subject to scientific evaluation by conservation personnel on site. (i.e. removing the ear bone and/or fish skeleton). The angler must reasonably dispose of those fish not held by the Jacksonville Fishing Rodeo. 22. All prizes not claimed at the awards ceremony on Sunday, June 10, 2012 or at the SKA office 15 Garnett Avenue in St. Augustine, FL by June 25, 2012, will become property of the Jacksonville Fishing Rodeo. Recipient is responsible for all taxes on prizes won. 23. The Jacksonville Fishing Rodeo Committee reserves the right to reschedule the Jacksonville Fishing Rodeo due to weather. No refund of tickets will be made due to rescheduling. One day of fishing constitutes a tournament. 24. Protests of any nature must be submitted in written statement form and personally turned in to the Jacksonville Fishing Rodeo Committee / Tournament Director no later than one-half hour after the last fish 2012 GATE Jacksonville Fishing Rodeo

is weighed along with a $200 fee. If protest is upheld, monies will be returned to protester. If protest is not upheld, monies go to the tournament. 25. Ticket outlets are ticket sales representatives of the Jacksonville Fishing Rodeo and in no way act as an agent for or on behalf of the Jacksonville Fishing Rodeo. All rules interpretations shall come from the Jacksonville Fishing Rodeo Committee or the SKA. (Ticket outlets cannot give rule interpretations.) 26. Any matter not specifically covered by these rules may be decided by and at the sole discretion of the Jacksonville Fishing Rodeo Committee. Information and/or rules in the Jacksonville Fishing Rodeo website are for informational purposes only. The Jacksonville Fishing Rodeo brochure shall serve as the official rules. All decisions made by the tournament officials will be final. 27. Disclaimer: The Jacksonville Fishing Rodeo is not responsible for typos within the awards package and rules, and reserves the right to amend or substitute prizes due to events beyond the Jacksonville Fishing Rodeo’s control. 28. To contact tournament base call 386801-3200 on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. 29. All Tournament Participants Are Responsible For Reading The Rules Of The Tournament! GRAND PRIZE DRAWINGS RULES: Any angler entered into the Jacksonville Fishing Rodeo must weigh an eligible species (fish must register a weight on scale) during the prescribed times of the event to be eligible for the Grand Prize Drawings at the end of the event. A part of your Rodeo Ticket will be removed and placed in a drum (one entry per ticket) when you weigh. Make Sure You Fill Out That Portion Of Your Rodeo Ticket And Print Legibly. At the end of the Rodeo, three drawings will take place a 21' Contender boat, Mercury Outboard motor, and Loadmaster Trailer package; plus a second place prize of a JV13 Carolina Skiff, Honda Motor and a Magic Tilt trailer; and a 3rd Place prize is a 15hp Mercury Outboard motor. YOU MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN! And present photo identification with your rodeo ticket. Awards approximately at 5:00PM Sunday. GENERAL TOURNAMENT ENTRY: $40 plus sales tax

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