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1| Page 2024 INNOVATIVE OUTDOORS WALLEYE CHALLENGE 2024 TOURNAMENT PACKET
2| Page 2024 INNOVATIVE OUTDOORS WALLEYE CHALLENGE Welcome to the 9th Innovave Outdoors Walleye Challenge. This tournament promotes compeon, conservaon, and good sportsmanship. We are happy to be able to connue to bring this event to anglers near and far. Innovave Outdoors is a family-owned business based in Western New York that is dedicated to meeng the needs of hunng & fishing enthusiasts everywhere, this is another aspect of supplying the demand. Enclosed is your official 2024 INNOVATIVE OUTDOORS Walleye Challenge tournament package. Please take me to review the packet that includes: 1) Big Fish Friday Informaon (oponal) – Page 3 2) Captain’s Meeng Requirements – Page 3 3) Payout Structure – Page 5 4) Calcua Opons – Page 5 5) Marina/Docking Informaon- Page 9 6) Lodging Informaon – Page 9 7) Tournament Rules & Regulaons – Pages 10-12 8) Weather Call – Page 13 9) Tournament Waiver and Release Form – Page 16 More informaon can be found online at lakeeriewalleyetournament.com. If you have addional quesons, call Innovave Outdoors at (716) 481-5348 or email at info@innovave-outdoors.com. Sincerely, Jim Steel Capt. Jim Steel Tournament Chairman (716) 983-7867´
3| P a ge 2024 INNOVATIVE OUTDOORS WALLEYE CHALLENGE CAPTAIN'S MEETING INFORMATION Registraon and meeng will be held at Clarion Hotel Pavilion. Tournament/Team registraon starts at 6:00pm on Friday, August 16, 2024. The Captain's meeng is mandatory and begins at 6:30pm Sharp! It is mandatory that one member of each team has registered and is in aendance for the captain's meeng. Failure to register for the tournament/captain's meeng will result in a two (2) hour delay in departure for fishing of the main event. Your team's start me will be 9:00am. "BIG FISH FRIDAY" INFORMATION Big Fish Friday (BFF) will be held on Friday, August 16, 2024. • You must register and pay the entry fee by August 11, 2024 to parcipate. • Fishing me begins at 6:00am. You can depart any port or marina at anyme, however lines cannot be entered in the water unl 6:00am. • Weigh in will take place at the Clarion Hotel Pavilion, Dunkirk, NY beginning at 4:30pm. • You must be in the Official “Cooler Line” by 3:30 pm Sharp! Your team is responsible for bringing your cooler/fish to the “Cooler Line”. • Only one (1) fish shall be presented in the cooler, no other walleyes or species allowed in cooler. • No loose ice or water baths allowed in cooler, bagged or block ice is acceptable. • A maximum of nine (9) rods can be used at anyme. • All waters of Lake Erie and upper Niagara River are legal fishing waters, including Canadian waters. • All state and Federal Laws apply. • All fish weighed for Big Fish Friday will be gill clipped. • The top three (3) walleyes will be paid. All BFF prizes will be paid at the captain's meeng. • No fish shall be altered in any way to increase the weight of the fish. A live well may be used as long as it is follows the main event rules. Rule #9 of the main rules also applies to Big Fish Friday. • If a team is disqualified from Big Fish Friday, they will also be disqualified from the Main Event. Please reference enclosed Rules/Regulaons for Weather Cancellaons
4| Page 2024 INNOVATIVE OUTDOORS WALLEYE CHALLENGE CONTINGENCY BONUS CONTINGENCY BONUS Fish Hawk Electronics will pay a conngency bonus of $500 to the tournament winner if they have any of the Fish Hawk systems on board tournament day. LIME LAKE MARINE & RV BONUS CASH
5| Page 2024 INNOVATIVE OUTDOORS WALLEYE CHALLENGE PAYOUT STRUCTURE (based on a field of 43 boats) Saturday, August 17th, 2024 (BLOW Day – Sunday, August 18th) MAIN EVENT LARGEST WALLEYE 1st $ 6,000 $ 2,900 $ 2,500 $ 1,800 $ 1,500 $ 1,200 900 600 1st $ 1,000 $ 600 $ 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 400 4th 5th BIG FISH FRIDAY 6th (based upon a field of 41 boats) 7th $ $ 1st $ 2,000 8th 2nd 3rd $ 1,300 $ 800 All winnings are paid in US Funds by check payable to the team captain. Any teams that are paid more than $599.99 will be required to complete IRS Form W-9 and will receive a 1099-MISC no later than January 31, 2025. See the tournament staff aer the weigh-in show to complete to collect your prize. All team members must sign the release waiver & declaraon prior to receiving the payout. If the tournament commiee is made aware of any team or team member that violated any of the rules, an invesgaon will take place. In the event that the invesgaon finds that the rules were violated, the team must return any of the funds they received within 72 hours of being nofied. CALCUTTA OPTIONS Below are our calcuas for this year’s event. These calcuas are oponal item, fish none, one, two, three or all four; completely up to your team. Sign-up and payment for these opons can take place with registraon or at the Captain's meeng on Friday, August 16, 2024. All payments must be in US funds. #1 Ulmate Heaviest Box Calcua (field of 10 teams*) #2 Heaviest Box Calcua #3 Heaviest Box Calcua #4 Heaviest Box Calcua $1,000.00 $250.00 $100.00 $50.00 $100.00 #5 Heaviest Walleye Calcua *Ulmate Calcua to include first 10 teams paid on Friday. Must fill the full field or refunds will be given. All Calcutta winnings will be paid out in 100% CASH (US Funds). NEW
6| P a ge 2024 INNOVATIVE OUTDOORS WALLEYE CHALLENGE VEXUS REWARDS The 2024 Innovave Outdoors Walleye Challenge is a VEXUS REV REWARDS Sanconed Event. Reel in your chance at a $10,000 Bonus. Rules and limitaons apply. WARRIOR CASH The 2024 Innovave Outdoors Walleye Challenge is a Tier 2 WARRIOR CASH Sanconed Event. Rules and limitaons apply. VIDEO & PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES You will see various video and photography staff during the event. Please conduct yourselves in a professional manner. We appreciate appropriate are when weighing your fish to make for a family friendly viewing experience. You can expect to see an episode of Experience New York Outdoors TV coming this fall from the event. The outdoor TV series airs on FOX 29 in Buffalo, BIG FOX Elmira, MyTV Rochester, MyTV Elmira as well as Hunt Channel and YouTube. Visit their website for more informaon. hps://experiencenyoutdoors.com/
7| P a ge 2024 INNOVATIVE OUTDOORS WALLEYE CHALLENGE COOLER HANDLING & WEIGH-IN PROCESSES To expedite cooler check in and the weigh in, please follow these procedures. • Please return your puck to tournament staff even if you are not weighing in. • When you receive your puck in the morning, you will receive a tag to place on your cooler. Please aach the tag to the handle of your cooler prior to checking in. • Please place your biggest fish (the one designated with the zip e) on the top. • Bring your cooler to the check-in line. See event rules for cut off mes. Your cooler will be taped shut by tournament staff. • Tournament staff will add sckers on the tape. These sckers will designate the number of fish in your cooler, if you have designated a big fish to weigh and if you have an esmated total weight of over 30 pounds. • Weigh in for the main event will start at 5pm (Big Fish Friday – 4:30pm). At this me, at least 2 people from your team should go to your cooler. Please stay with your cooler and move along in the line. • When it is your turn, present your cooler to the scale staff. The front of the cooler should face the audience. The scale staff will handle your fish. Aer being weighed, the fish will be returned to your cooler. • Take your basket to the “on deck” staon and wait to be called to the scale. • Aer your fish are weighed, take the basket back to your cooler. Empty the basket and return it to the bump staon. • If your team is in the payout, your cooler will be held for pictures and addional inspecon if needed. • Upon compleon of weight-in, winners will be announced, pending polygraph results. • Teams will need to complete W9 form if appropriate before collecng check. • No checks will be distributed unl aer the polygraphs have been completed. DAILY LIVE INTERACTIVE WEIGH-IN Scale system provided by The state-of-the-art hardware and customized soware provided by Get Hooked Tournament Soluons provides unmatched accuracy and efficiency. The cerfied scale is accurate to 250 lbs. with an automac lock funcon. The weights are automacally sent to the soware to ensure accuracy. With nearly 10 years’ experience, the precision of the results is unmatched by any other provider. Share with your friends and family that they can watch the live weigh-in and leaderboard by vising our website – innovave-outdoors.com/live-leaderboard.
8| P a ge 2024 INNOVATIVE OUTDOORS WALLEYE CHALLENGE MOTOR GIVEAWAY Thank you to Suzuki Marine & Lime Lake Marine & RV for providing a Suzuki 9.9hp long sha Trolling Motor. Each team member will be given an entry cket on Friday prior to the captain’s meeng. Stop at the merchandise table to get your cket. Drawing will take place aer the captain’s meeng. Must be present to win. MAJOR PRIZE GIVEAWAYS Thank you to Doc’s Tackle for donang these great prizes. • Garmin 12” ECHOMAP Ultra II AND LiveScope w/LVS34 Transducer • (6) Diawa Wilderness Trolling Rods, (6) Diawa Accudepth Rees, (1) Diawa RG Snap Jig Rod & (1) Diawa Kage Snap Jig Rod • (2) Penn Squall II Reels • Muddy Creek – (2) Triple Horizontal Tree Track Mount Assembly & (2) Large & (2) Small Cradle Standard Track Mount Assembly • Dakota Lithium Powerbox 10, 12v 10Ah Baery Included • (3) Tuf-Line Walleye Microlead • (6) Douglas Trolling Rods • (4) Douglas Spinning Rods • Crossman .22 Air Rifle • Crasman 20v Impact Gun • Portable Wash Down Kit
9| P a ge 2024 INNOVATIVE OUTDOORS WALLEYE CHALLENGE MARINA INFORMATION Chadwick Bay Marina 263 Lake Shore Drive & Central Avenue, Dunkirk, NY 14048 (716) 366-1774 All slip fees, launch fees, lodging fees and all other associated fees are the responsibility of each team. Chadwick Bay Marina is offering discounted rates. To receive these rates on Thursday and/or Friday, you will need to show this document to the marina staff. They will cross check the informaon against the captains list. On Saturday, your boat number must be displayed on your boat to receive the discount. The transient dock fee is $25/night. This rate is good for Thursday night - Saturday night. Daily launch fees will be discounted to $5 for Friday and Saturday. They will have ice, beverages, bait & lures, diesel & non-ethanol 91 octane gas. Trailer parking in the lot next to Demetri’s (overnight parking is okay). LODGING CONTACT INFORMATION Clarion Hotel Marina & Conference Center 30 Lake Shore Dr. E., Dunkirk, NY 14048 (716) 366-8350 Special room rates have been secured. Call to book your room at this rate. Be sure to tell them you are booking for the Innovave Outdoors Walleye Challenge. We suggest calling to book your reservaons. City of Dunkirk Camping Camping has been available in years past in the vacant space between the Clarion and Tim Hortons. Apply for camping permit in person between 9am – 4:30pm Monday – Friday at the City of Dunkirk town clerk’s office, 342 Central Avenue, Durkirk. You are required to complete an applicaon & provide a valid driver’s license. Call for more informaon (716) 366-0452. 2024 Rates: (1) night $45 – (2) nights $80 – (3) nights $110 .
10 | P a ge 2024 INNOVATIVE OUTDOORS WALLEYE CHALLENGE 2024 OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT RULES AND REGULATIONS 1.) Fishing hours will be from 7:00am to 3:30pm, August 17, 2024. (Foul weather date will be Sunday, August 18th, same fishing hours) *Should Big Fish Friday be a total loss, deemed unfishable – 80% of the entry fees for this poron of the event will be refunded. Should the Main Event be a total loss, deemed unfishable – 80% of the entry fees for the Main Event will be refunded. All calcuas will be refunded 100%. This will be done at 12:30pm on Sunday, if required. 2.) There will be a shotgun start from the lighthouse at Chadwick Bay, Dunkirk, NY. There will be starng/locaon device or boat (to be announced at the captain's meeng). The shotgun start will be specifically 7:00am sharp. Monitor VHF Channel 68 for the official countdown and call. • If you depart prior than our official shotgun start at 7:00am, you will be immediately disqualified. 3.) ALL waters of Lake Erie and the upper Niagara River are legal fishable tournament waters, this includes Canadian waters. 4.) Each boat will ulize a maximum of up to nine (9) rod/reels per boat - total. All other USA and Canadian laws apply. 5.) Boats may have from two (2) to (5) anglers per boat. 6.) Two team # signs will be provided (port and starboard); it is the team captain’s responsibility to clearly post them visible to other tournament officials and tournament boats. If these numbers are not visibly displayed, you will not be idenfiable therefore disqualified from the compeon. Please make sure the signs are posted before your boat is inspected. 7.) Each Team will present up to six (6) walleyes in their box. The largest being idenfied with the ZIP-TIE provided. The only species allowed in the box are walleyes. If your team is eligible for the payout, your cooler will be held for pictures and addional inspecon if necessary. Familiarize yourself with the cooler handling and weigh-in procedures in the tournament packet. Failure to follow these procedures will be a condion for disqualificaon. • Any more than six walleyes or any other species in the box will immediately disqualify the box and the team for the event. All culling is to be completed prior to entering the cooler check in staon. • The fish will be presented in a cooler with bagged or blocked ice only. No loose ice or water baths allowed. 8.) The walleyes presented must be a minimum of 20” from nose to tail; any fish short of 20” will be removed from the box and a 0.500 lb (one ½ pound) penalty will be applied per short fish. The box weight will be adjusted accordingly. An official tournament measuring board will be on stage to measure any quesonable short fish. To expedite the weigh in show, please do not bring fish smaller than 20” in your cooler. 9.) Any fish found being altered in any manner is unacceptable and will result in immediate disqualificaon. Fish should be handled in a manner that does not change the naonal digression or increase the fish’s weight. This includes but is not limited to water bath, injecon of any materials (ice, water, bait, lead, etc.), rubber banding of the fish’s mouth, plugging of the anus, weight clipping of the gills, and clubbing or instantly killing the fish. Bagged or block ice is permissible. A live well (by Webster’s definion - a well for keeping fish alive in a fishing
11 | P a ge 2024 INNOVATIVE OUTDOORS WALLEYE CHALLENGE 2024 OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT RULES AND REGULATIONS (CON'T) boat by allowing seawater to circulate through it) is permissible, but dead fish cannot be kept in a live well with water in it (this would be considered a water bath). 10.) The team “puck” will be issued upon compleon of the morning boat check. EVERY boat will be checked prior to departure at the Clarion Hotel Pavilion. Bring your boat check slip to the marina pavilion to pick up your puck. If you depart without your puck, you will not be able to weigh your fish. 11.) The team “puck” is returned to the cooler check in staon at the tent at Clarion Hotel Pavilion when you drop off your fish cooler with tournament officials. It would be appreciated if you would please return you puck regardless if you are presenng a cooler for weigh in or not to help with the accountability that the enre fleet has returned safely. 12.) Boat checks will begin at 5:30am, NO boat/team can depart the docks or launch prior to having boat checks completed and team puck in hand. Monitor VHF Channel 68. 13.) Tournament boats cannot make contact with each other at any point or me once your boat check is complete. No boat is allowed to float or pass equipment, fish, bait, ice, coolers, food or drink between them at any point throughout the day aer you boat has been checked. This includes at the dock, leaving Chadwick Bay, on the lake during traveling or fishing, or returning back to Chadwick Bay. Any noted or witnessed contact between boats will result in an immediate disqualificaon for any/all boats involved. 14.) There is NO stop fishing me, HOWEVER, your cooler must be turned in to the check in staon at Clarion Hotel Pavilion by 3:30 PM Sharp! (NO EXCEPTIONS). Once the coolers are dropped off and in the possession of the tournament officials, they will be sealed and labeled. Tournament coolers cannot be re-opened by the team from this point on. If any access to the cooler is aempted by the team, the cooler/team will be disqualified. 15.) Fish will be weighed in at Clarion Hotel Pavilion. Weigh-In will begin at 5:00pm. Teams will be called to get their cooler and present their fish to be weighed. 16.) In the event of a e for the largest walleye (for Big Fish Friday & Main Event), the respecve prize will be split equally. During the main event, if there is a e in box weight, the big fish weight will be used first to break the e. If the e sll cannot be broken, the respecve prize money will be equally split. 17.) All slip fees, launch fees, lodging fees and all other associated fees are the responsibility of each team. 18.) Liability & Rules Waiver must be signed by all parcipang anglers. Waivers must be handed in no later than at registraon before the captain’s meeng. Any teams that are paid more than $599.99 will be required to complete IRS Form W-9 and will receive a 1099-MISC no later than January 31, 2025. See the tournament staff aer the weigh-in show to complete the form and collect your prize. 19.) The tournament is an OPEN communicaon event. 20.) All boats must depart and return under their own power. Jumping boats or transferring coolers is a violaon of rule #13 and therefore not allowed. 21.) As the event will have a professional weigh in, it is mandatory that each team will be properly dressed. Ideally team t-shirts or jerseys are the best choice; as they look professional and show well for pictures and videos. No Ripped, bloody t-shirts, tank-tops or cut off sweat pants are allowed. No alcohol or smoking is allowed on stage. No profanity, unsportsmanlike conduct, acons or deliberate vulgarity will be allowed on stage, this will result in immediate disqualificaon.
12 | P a ge 2024 INNOVATIVE OUTDOORS WALLEYE CHALLENGE 2024 OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT RULES AND REGULATIONS (CON'T) 22.) Tournament team registraon begins at 6:00pm on Friday, August 16th at Clarion Hotel Pavilion. Each team must be checked in no later than 6:30pm. Addional tournament informaon will be presented at that me. 23.) Captain's Meeng (Mandatory) - At least one member of each team must be checked-in/registered and be present for the captain's meeng on Friday, August 16th , 2023. Captain's meeng starts at 6:30 pm sharp; registraon begins at 6:00pm. Registraon and captain’s meeng will be at Clarion Hotel Pavilion. Teams not registered by 6:30pm and present for Captain's meeng will be penalized 2 hours for departure for the day of fishing (9:00 am departure me will be enforced). 24.) Big Fish Friday - Big Fish Friday (BFF) is not part of the payout structure or a requirement of the main event. Our tournament scales will be ulized for weighing of the fish for this poron of the event. Rules are provided separately for Big Fish Friday poron of the fishing. It is each parcipang team’s responsibility to know, understand and abide by the rules that apply for Big Fish Friday if they so choose to fish this poron. Please reference the Big Fish Friday informaon sheet provided. If a team is disqualified from Big Fish Friday, they will automacally be disqualified from the Main Event. 25.) Unsportsmanlike conduct of any kind will not be tolerated. Abuse, verbal or otherwise directed towards the tournament commiee members, its volunteers or supporng staff will result in immediate disqualificaon, NO Excepons. 26.) The intent of the rules is to promote good sportsmanship and good compeon. Any infracon of the rules in the opinion of the tournament commiee will result in disqualificaon. The tournament commiee’s decision will be final for all maers pertaining to the interpretaon of the rules. 27.) Protest/Challenge Submials - In the event a team wishes to enter a protest to formally challenge a competor conduct, a formal document will be available for submial. This form, in addion to a charge of $200 will be presented to Tournament Officials. Submials must be made no later than 15 minutes aer the weighing in of the last team on the day of the event. Should the challenge be awarded in favor to the protest subming team, the $200 fee will be refunded to the challenging team. Should the challenge be invalid, the $200 fee will be forfeited. 28.) The Innovave Outdoors Walleye Challenge maintains zero tolerance of cheang or misconduct within ANY tournament venue anywhere throughout the USA or Canada. The Innovave Outdoors Walleye Challenge will prohibit parcipaon of any captain or team member(s) documented as cheang or misconduct within ANY tournament event. Tournament officials will have the final decision. 29.) Polygraph tesng and/or legal deposion will be ulized for winning teams (this could include any or all members of the team) within various porons of the tournament payout structure. This includes Big Fish Friday and the Main Event. Refusal or being unable to parcipate when called to test will result in automac disqualificaon. All test results will be considered final with no excepons. Any form of decepon recorded by the test will be considered a failure and result in disqualificaon. 30.) Teams/boats cannot go ashore once they have departed boat check. All boats must leave the harbor by water and return by water. The rules are presented to be clear, understood by teams captain/team members and provide an even playing field for each team. If you have any quesons, please see a tournament official at the captain’s meeng for clarificaon. The tournament officials have the final decision in any/all reported or idenfied situaons/incidents that require aenon. Any no-show or disqualificaon from the tournament will not result in a refund or credit. The tournament will be considered closed at 12midnight on Sunday, August 18th .
13 | P a ge 2024 INNOVATIVE OUTDOORS WALLEYE CHALLENGE 2024 OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT RULES AND REGULATIONS (CON'T) 31.) Weather CALL – The safety and integrity of the event is our priority. Every effort will be made to make a compeve event. All decisions will be made solely by the tournament officials. In the event we have unfavorable weather condions for the event, the following process will be followed for both Big Fish Friday and Main Event Saturday. Big Fish Friday a) Tournament officials will monitor hp://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/Forecasts/FZUS51.KBUF.html. Monitor VHF channel 68. b) If there is a Small-Cra Warning posted for Dunkirk, NY prior to opening fishing hours (6:00am) for anyme during the days event, the Big Fish poron of the event will be evaluated by tournament staff. The fishing hours may be abbreviated if at least 6 hours of fishable me is available. Fishing will not begin earlier and will not be extended for any reason. (For example, at 6:00am a small cra advisory is posted to start at 2pm, fishing hours will be adjusted from 6:00am unl 2:00pm. In addion, if a small cra advisory ends at 9:00am, fishing hours will be adjusted from 9:00am unl 3:30pm). All teams will be nofied of any changes, via text and email to the registered captain and will be posted on social media and the event website. If the enre day is deemed unfishable, refer to Rule #1 for entry fee refund policy. In addion, if the lake is deemed unfishable, no team will be allowed to be on the lake fishing prior to the beginning of the next day of the event. c) If weather is rough or unfavorable condions are present, but no Small-Cra Warning has been posted, Big Fish Friday will be considered OPEN and fishable. It is the team captain's responsibility to make the judgment/decision if he feels his team/vessel can safely fish the condions. d) In the event, a Small-Cra Warning is posted once fishing hours have started (past 6:00am), fishing will be considered OPEN and fishable. It is the team captain's responsibility to make the judgment/decision if he feels his team/vessel can safely fish the condions. Main Event a) Tournament officials will monitor hp://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/Forecasts/FZUS51.KBUF.html. Monitor VHF channel 68. b) If there is a Small-Cra Warning posted for Dunkirk, NY prior to opening fishing hours (7:00am) for anyme during the days event, the event will be evaluated by tournament staff. The fishing hours may be abbreviated if at least 6 hours of fishable me is available. Fishing will not begin earlier and will not be extended for any reason. (For example, at 7:00am a small cra advisory starts at 2pm, fishing hours will be adjusted from 7:00am unl 2:00pm. In addion, if a small cra advisory ends at 9:00am, fishing hours will be adjusted from 9:00am unl 3:30pm). All teams will be nofied of any changes, via text and email to the registered captain and will be posted on social media and the event website. If the enre day is deemed unfishable, the day will be considered officially cancelled and the fleet will prepare for Sunday as the make-up blow day. In addion, if the lake is deemed unfishable, no team will be allowed to be on the lake fishing prior to the beginning of the next day of the event. c) Should Sunday be ulized as the tournament main event day, all rules, mes and weather call (Main Event (b) ) and processes will apply as Saturday. If Sunday is also deemed unfishable, refer to Rule #1 for the entry fee refund policy. d) In the event the weather is rough or unfavorable condions, but no Small-Cra Warnings are posted; the Main Event will be considered OPEN and fishable. It is the team captain's responsibility to make the judgment/decision if he feels his team/vessel can safely fish the condions. e) In the event, a Small-Cra Warning is posted once fishing hours have started (past 7:00am), fishing will be considered OPEN and fishable; It is the team captain's responsibility to make the judgment/decision if he feels his team/vessel can safely fish the condions. f) Monitor and use VHF Channel 16 for safety and emergency informaon, monitor VHF Channel 68 for Tournament updates and informaon.
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16 | Page 2024 INNOVATIVE OUTDOORS WALLEYE CHALLENGE INNOVATIVE OUTDOORS WALLEYE CHALLENGE RELEASE WAIVER & DECLARATION THE FOLLOWING MUST BE COMPLETED AND SIGNED BY ALL ANGLERS In consideration of acceptance of this entry, to participate in the 2024 Innovative Outdoors Walleye Challenge (August 17, 2024 – blow day August 18, 2024) including the Big Fish Friday portion (August 16, 2024) I, for myself, my heirs, my teammates, executors, administrators and assigns, waive, and release absolutely and unconditionally any and all claims I may become entitled to for injury or damage, and release all organizing groups, and any other organizers, sponsors, and their active members, servants, agents or employees, from any claims, demands, damages, actions or causes of actions arising out of any loss, injury or damage to my property incurred while attending at or participating in this tournament, notwithstanding any such loss, injury, or damages which may arisen by reason of negligence of any other organizers, sponsors and their respective members, servants, agents, or employees. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, I further release any recourse which I may now or hereafter have resulting from any decisions of the Innovative Outdoors Walleye Challenge and/or organizers, sponsors, and their respective members, servants, agents, or employees. The undersigned release (give permission) that any/all video/photographs collected by professional and amateurs filming/photography groups can be utilized by the Innovative Outdoors Walleye Challenge committee as they see fit. The undersigned, participated in the Innovative Outdoors Walleye Challenge (including Big Fish Friday on August 16, 2024) on August 17, 2024 (blow day, August 18, 2024). The anglers below declare that followed all tournament rules including but not limited to catching the tournament fish during tournament hours in the waters of Lake Erie or the Niagara River by rod & reel and followed all federal and state regulations. All team members possess a valid fishing license in NY and any other state/country where they fished. All team members followed the rules of the tournament including but not limited to a maximum of 9 rods in the water, did not make contact another boat, did not alter the fish in any way and allowed the fish to naturally digress. If a live well was used, they did not knowingly keep dead fish in the live well. If the tournament committee is made aware of any team or team member that violated any of the rules, an investigation will take place. In the event that the investigation finds that the rules were violated, the team will return any of the funds they received within 72 hours of being notified. I CONFIRM I HAVE READ THIS WAIVER AND RELEASE AND UNDERSTAND ITS CONTENTS AND EFFECT ON MY LEGAL AND EQUITABLE RIGHTS, AND AM SIGNING IT VOLUTARILY. Name: ___________________________________ Address: _________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ Phone No. _______________________________ Signature: _______________________________ (Signature of parent/guardian if applicable) Name: ___________________________________ Address: _________________________________ Name: ___________________________________ Address: _________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ Phone No. _______________________________ Signature: _______________________________ (Signature of parent/guardian if applicable) _________________________________________ _________________________________________ Phone No. _______________________________ Signature: _______________________________ (Signature of parent/guardian if applicable) Name: ___________________________________ Address: _________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ Phone No. _______________________________ Signature: _______________________________ (Signature of parent/guardian if applicable) Name: ___________________________________ Address: _________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ Phone No. _______________________________ Signature: _______________________________ (Signature of parent/guardian if applicable) Waiver must be turned in to tournament official’s possession at registration on Friday, August 16, 2024. This will cover both Big Fish Friday and Main Event.