Daytime Tournament - "Sunburned Swordfish" by RJ Boyle Studios and Global Fish Mounts

[Swordgeek]

The Sunburned SWORDFISH
Outing Rules
This Outing is being held in the effort for research and development.

1. Entrance Fee is $250

2. You may register for the outing at the following locations:
RJ Boyle Studio (954.420.5001) ,Deerfield Beach
or
Southeast Swordfish Club meeting at Lighthouse Point Yacht Club
(Wednesday September 19)

3. This is a boat outing not an angler tournament.
4. Two fish may be weighed per boat. Cumulative weight wins.
5. .Official tournament channel is VHF 72.
6. Conventional Rod and Reel as well as Electric Reels are permitted.
7. No buoy gear is permitted.
8. All fish will be reported through the SESC yearly outing.
9. Boats may leave from their home port.
10. Boundaries for fishing:
Government Cut is the South Boundary
Boynton inlet is the North Boundary
11. Lines in at 12pm
12. Lines out at 7pm. If you are still hooked up at 7pm you must contact the committee boat.
13. Scale will open at 7pm and close at 9pm.
14. The weigh station will be at Lighthouse Point Marina.
15. All hookups must be called in at the time of the hookup.
(We will have Reel Adventures film crews on numerous stake boats. Once a fish has been
hooked up the film crews will document your catches if possible.
16. Eligible swordfish for the weighed category must be 50 inches short length measurement.
17. In the event of a tie, the first boated fish will be the tie breaker.
18. Bad weather will postpone the outing to Sunday September 23.
19. All participants who enter the outing do so at their own risk.
20. In the event that One fish is caught, the winner will receive 1st-3rd place
21. In the event that no fish are caught, entries will be refunded.


THE $250 ENTRY WILL BE A (50/ 30/ 20)

CALCUTTAS:
WE WILL HAVE A $300 CALCUTTA (50/ 30/ 20)+ $1000(Donated by Altier Jewelers)
WE WILL HAVE A $100 BIG FISH CALCUTTA +$1000(Donated by Hi Liner Fishing Gear)

RELEASE CATEGORY:
WE WILL HAVE A $1000 AWARD TO THE TOP RELEASE BOAT(Donated by Global Fish Mounts)

OPTIONAL CATEGORY:
WE WILL HAVE A $50 WAHOO DOLPHIN TUNA category
If no fish are caught in a certain category, the $ will roll into the other categories.

EVERYONE IS INVITED TO THE SOUTHEAST SWORDFISH CLUB MEETING SEPTEMBER 19 AT THE LIGHTHOUSE POINT YACHT AND RACQUET CLUB FOR THE CAPTAINS MEETING.
RJ WILL BE GIVING A TECHNICAL PRESENTATION ON DAY DROPPING.
IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS THEY CAN CALL RJ AT 954-420-5001

Hey Guys...just wanted to get the word started that RJ Boyle is putting on a DAYTIME SWORD TOURNAMENT on Saturday, September 22. RJ is still ironing out some of the details, so the official information including rules will be up first thing tomorrow.

Sunburned Swordfish - Saturday September 22.
Time: Noon to 7pm
Entry: $250
Can weigh two fish. Heaviest total weight of combined two fish wins.
Global Fish Mounts is offering a $1000 prize to the team with the most releases and a mount to the winning overall team.

At the Southeast Swordfish Club Meeting on Wednesday, September 19, the topic of discussion will be daytime swordfishing, and RJ will be presenting a clinic on "How-To". You can register for the tournament there or in RJ's shop.

This should be a really fun tournament, and hopefully, we can all learn a lot about this daytime swording. I really look forward to sharing and learning new tactics. Catching one of these suckers during the day and having it jump and shake it out is AWESOME!!!

RJ will run the committee boat out of Hillsboro inlet and will also be fishing, but not as a tournament participant.

[Beerman]

Ought to be interesting ........wonder how many will enter as well.....sounds like a unique tourney to say the least

[UFCroft]

Is it going to be IGFA rules?

[OFFDUTYpushbutton]

I don't think it can be??? IGFA does not allow electrics???

[TOPPDAWG]

igfa does not allow braided lines either!!!!!!!!!

[UFCroft]

I'm pretty sure that braids are IGFA legal, because braided backing is legal. But I hope they allow electrics, 7 hours of hand cranking deep baits is going to require some serious stamina.

[islandshark633]

just fish it how we do the deep drop tournament here - IGFA rules are ignored. Does not mean an angler can not fish under those rules though (in case he wants to or wants to submit a record if he gets one)

[Nick C]

Talked with RJ had said something to me about it a last week. Gonna be interesting.

[Max'd Out]

Same date we are having the YoYo Tournament down in Miami. Maybe I'll fish the swords with a YoYo? ouch... Maybe not..

[Cutler]

going to have the new boat by then...guess i will have to break it in by winning bobbie's tourney

[RiskTaker]

Originally Posted by Swordgeek

..... RJ will run the committee boat out of Hillsboro inlet and will also be fishing, but not as a tournament participant.

That is good to hear, as RJ Boyle in addition to Bill Collector he may have a slight advantage over the rest of the gang that would like to participate.

The presentation of " ' Zen and the art of ' Catching Swordfish in the Daytime" sounds like a great and timely subject to discuss at the next Swordfish Club meeting.

One suggestion: Could it be possible that there could be a PSAT tag or two available to tag a fish or so? If so, hopefully the rules could be adjusted to compensate such that a tagged fish could still count towards combined weight, perhaps a LJFL with a predetermined estimated weight defined in the rules. ie. show a measurement 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70 with a listed weight to substitute.

Going the extra step could enable a PSAT tag to be applied to the bottom huggers, just in case there may be any behavioral differences from those that are caught and tagged higher up in the water column.

Hey Max'ed out, I think somebody is speaking your same language. Now you can have your friendly neighborhood inter-county competition, just like you were asking for. Would you like to attend the next Swordfish Club meeting? (Maybe, you can teach us a trick or two, since you have already been there, done that, succesfully that is. )

[nestor]

Originally Posted by Swordgeek

Hey Guys...just wanted to get the word started that RJ Boyle is putting on a DAYTIME SWORD TOURNAMENT on Saturday, September 22. RJ is still ironing out some of the details, so the official information including rules will be up first thing tomorrow.

Sunburned Swordfish - Saturday September 22.
Time: Noon to 7pm
Entry: $250
Can weigh two fish. Heaviest total weight of combined two fish wins.
Global Fish Mounts is offering a $1000 prize to the team with the most releases and a mount to the winning overall team.

At the Southeast Swordfish Club Meeting on Wednesday, September 19, the topic of discussion will be daytime swordfishing, and RJ will be presenting a clinic on "How-To". You can register for the tournament there or in RJ's shop.

This should be a really fun tournament, and hopefully, we can all learn a lot about this daytime swording. I really look forward to sharing and learning new tactics. Catching one of these suckers during the day and having it jump and shake it out is AWESOME!!!

RJ will run the committee boat out of Hillsboro inlet and will also be fishing, but not as a tournament participant.

I was planning to do a day drop that day already. I'm interested. Keep us posted on the details.

Nes

[JahMussa]

Originally Posted by TOPPDAWG

igfa does not allow braided lines either!!!!!!!!!

Braided lines are infact legal. FINS and Jerry Brown both offer IGFA rated spectra lines in various sizes.

-Tek

[Swordgeek]

Rules are up at the top of this thread. Check em out boys!

[Bonnie&Clyde]

Should be interesting!!

[Jesslyn]

Awesome! I am in what a great oppertunity run buy 2 Swordfishing legands and awesome business'.

Good luck to all and bring your SPF50

[quack quack]

I will be putting an arrow or 2 into that hog that chased me a few weeks back.

[JahMussa]

How is the $250 entry fee being paid out?

[Relentless33]

Funny how this tourney is sponsored by Hi-Liner commercial fishing gear.

[islandshark633]

Hi-Liner sells an awful lot of gear (indirectly) that ends up in the hands of rec fishermen