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2024 Operating Engineers 324 Retiree Club Walleye Tournament

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OPERATING ENGINEERS 324 RETIREE CLUB WALLEYE TOURNAMENT

SATURDAY APRIL 20, 2024
Fish Fry & Weigh-in at the Detroit Hall at 3pm
*PLEASE REGISTER BY MARCH 29, 2024*

Registration form is located here

*Registration Deadline: March 29, 2024, to ensure t-shirt availability*

Please send this completed form along with a check or money order (from a member in good standing) made payable to Local 324 Retiree club @500 Hulet Drive • Bloomfield Township, MI 48302
Attn: Nick Miotto/Jake Cleary

(Late Registrations accepted, shirt size & color not guaranteed after March 29th)

*Shirts are Columbia Terminal Tackle Long Sleeve (or similar due to availability at time of ordering)

Tournament Rules

  • Team name purchase covers the first two anglers, additional anglers are $40 per angler. Minimum two anglers per boat. No single angler Teams allowed. 4 anglers per boat maximum, no line restrictions, must follow DNR Guidelines. Shore fishing is allowed, must still enter as a team (1 OE per team), and follow other tournament rules, along with all DNR guidelines.
  • Any angler is allowed to enter the tournament, HOWEVER there must be at least ONE Operating Engineers Local 324 member per boat. The OE member does not have to own the boat.
  • Tournament open to all legal fishing waters (some waters closed to Walleye fishing on April 20th, please know DNR guidelines.)
  • Must fish on calendar day of April 20th, 2024 (fishing allowed after 12am) No fish caught on days previous may be weighed.
  • Weigh-in will be at Detroit Office, 1550 Howard Street Detroit, Michigan 48216 at 3pm. 3lb per bag deduction for anyone arriving at weigh-in after 3pm. No Fish Accepted after 4pm.
  • May have a legal limit of fish in LiveWell and weigh up to 5 fish. Prizes will be awarded to the largest bag of fish, and largest fish. (ALL fish will be donated for the fish fry following the tournament, other legal fish caught may also be donated for fish fry).
  • Any participant under the age of 18 not fishing on the same boat as parent or legal guardian, must have written and signed permission from legal guardian, please send signed waiver/permission slip in with tournament registration.
  • Sportsmanship: Any attempt at cheating, or being un-sportsman like will result in disqualification, and potential removal from all future events.
  • All Coast Guard and DNR regulations must be strictly followed. If it is found that any safety, or game laws have been broken, it will result in immediate disqualification from the tournament, and future events.