---------------------- WALLEYE WARS II ---------------------- Presented by ANGLER’S ATLAS & LAST MOUNTAIN FALL WALLEYE CLASSIC ----------------------- All entrants MUST also be registered in the Last Mountain Fall Walleye Classic tournament that immediately follows this event, no exceptions. ----------------------- NUMBER OF ANGLERS 100 ----------------------- DATES September 3, 2020 - September 10, 2020 ----------------------- LOCATION Last Mountain Lake (North) ----------------------- ENTRY FEE $100/angler ----------------------- SPECIES Walleye ----------------------- PRIZING $5000 - Largest Walleye Caught (length in cm) $1000 - Lottery Draw - Every walleye logged counts as 1 lottery ball into the draw Prizes - 1 per day (7 days) for hidden length ----------------------- TOURNAMENT BOUNDARIES North East N 51 06.981 W 105 14.850 West N 51 06.981 W 105 17.700 South East N 50 51.322 W 105 04.650 West N 50 51.322 W 105 06.060 ----------------------- Angler’s can choose to enter this event as an individual, or with their LMFWC tournament partner. If you are entering with your partner, you will need to process everything through one person’s phone and Angler’s Atlas account. This includes paying entry fee, logging into the app, and recording all of your catches. Prizing will be awarded to the individual who is signed up, and prize splitting will be between the anglers. This is a Catch Photo Release virtual tournament. As per our government tournament licence, Anglers MUST release their walleye after submitting the catch on the app. Anybody who is caught keeping fish (regardless of allowable limits for their location) will be disqualified. The goal is to achieve a 0% mortality rate with all of our Walleye Wars events. ----------------------- RULES ----------------------- All Saskatchewan Government Angling Rules must be followed. As per LMFWC rules, life jackets are mandatory when the boat is in motion. No fishing deeper than 31 feet. Use of livewells prohibited during this event. All tournament catches will be submitted via the MyCatch mobile app (available on IOS and Android), and a tournament page will be set up on www.anglersatlas.com with live leaderboards that will update in real time. LMFWC registered anglers will have 7 days to catch 1 winning fish (largest walleye by length in cm). The big fish prize makes the tournament accessible to those with other commitments throughout the week (the tournament could in theory be won in 10 minutes). The lottery prize adds incentive for anglers to log all of their fish, not just the big ones, which increases the quality of Angler’s Atlas’ valuable research and data gathering. The prizing breakdown also reduces the issue of “fish sharing” amongst anglers. In the event of a tie, the win will go to the angler who logged the most catches overall. If there is still a tie, the pot will be split. This tournament will serve as a pre-fish event for LMFWC anglers who are interested in earning extra cash during their already planned pre-fishing time. Angler’s Atlas partners with several Canadian university professors and research groups, and shares catch data collected to help further various research initiatives. However, no location data is ever shown publicly to protect the anglers - our motto is “Secret Spots Stay Secret”. This year’s event is capped at 100. -------------- SIGNUP When the signup link is live on the Walleye Wars III tournament page on the Angler’s Atlas website, anyone will have the opportunity to pay their entry fee and get into the tournament. The event will be filled on a first-come-first-serve basis, no exceptions. Announcements about signup dates and times will be made on the Walleye Wars Facebook page. -------------- MEASUREMENT RULES The angler must use a measureboard to record their fish lengths (no tapes). Judge Tournament Rulers are the accepted standard, and we ask that wherever possible, you use a Judge. This will become a mandatory rule next year. Measurements will be recorded using cm to the nearest mm. You can still use your inches ruler, but your measurements will be converted to cm on the leaderboards. -------------- Measuring: Nose bumped up against the end of the measureboard Mouth cannot be propped wide open The fish must lay natural on the board (NO HANDS in the gills) You are allowed to pinch the tail to the width of the board (you will not be penalized for not pinching a tail) -------------- FAQ Who can access the location data of my catches? The very first thing we tell MyCatch users is that “Secret Spots Stay Secret”. We will NOT share any GPS data with any other anglers. In fact, only Sean Simmons (President of Angler’s Atlas) has access to that data. Tournament catches will be approved by Dallas Kirkpatrick and Jim Clarke, both of whom do not have that access. The only information that will be public on the Tournament Page will be the photo, date, and time that the catch was submitted. Angler’s Atlas shares its data with select university researchers and biologists, who all must sign an agreement to keep any GPS data anonymous. Can I fish with friends or other tournament participants? The prize structure is set up to minimize the issue of “fish sharing”, so there is nothing wrong with two tournament competitors choosing to fish out of the same boat. Each angler just has to enter their own fish on their own phone. While it is still technically possible to go out fishing with non-tournament anglers and record their fish as your own, we are confident that this group of fisherman will abide by the spirit of the rule. Sportsmanship will always play a role in fishing tournaments. How long does it take for my recorded catch to show up on the Tournament Webpage and the Leaderboard? When a catch is logged on the app, it is immediately sent to the Tournament Webpage for review. The catch will not show up publicly on the page or leaderboard until it is approved by the admins. Catches will be reviewed/approved by Dallas Kirkpatrick and Jim Clarke, and Sean Simmons will have the tiebreaker vote on any discrepancies. Throughout the tournament, we will review/approve catches at least once every 24 hours on business days (although it will likely be much more often). All catches will be approved by the end of the event, so winners can be determined immediately. Will my catches record if I am out of cell range? Yes! If you record a catch out of cell range, you will get a notification informing you that your catch will submit when you are back in range. Photos are time/location stamped to the moment they are taken, so even if you catch submits 5 hours later, it will be backdated to the time and location that the photo was taken. What happens if the app crashes and I have a 10lb fish on the floor of my boat? In the unlikely event that something goes very wrong with the app, there are two failsafes in place. 1) MyCatch automatically saves a copy of all photos taken in the app to your Camera Roll/Gallery, so these can emailed in manually if the system fails (please don’t delete these photos from your phone until the tournament is over, just in case), and 2) If the app is offline and you catch a new fish, take a picture of it on your measure board with you phone’s camera, and email it in. These scenarios are a last resort, but we have to make sure we have a Plan B if something goes wrong. Why did you reject my catch? It is very important that you check and make sure that your MyCatch photo of your fish on the measure board is visible and checks all of the boxes of an allowable fish (nose bumped up against the board, tail pinched the width of the board, and the numbers of the board clearly visible in the photo. If we cannot verify the length of the fish in the photo, we have no choice but to reject the catch. Are hero shots required? No. But, please do take extra photos on your phone and email or message them to Dallas if you’d like. We’d really appreciate the pictures, and we’d like to be able to showcase nice catches on the Tournament’s Facebook page. Where can I follow along with the tournament and the leaderboard? The tournament will be hosted on it’s own webpage on the Angler’s Atlas website. On this page, you will be able to view submitted catches, as well as see real-time leaderboards for Largest Walleye, and Most Walleye Caught. We have also set up a Facebook page for the event, and will be posting updates regularly. The Facebook page is not mandatory/necessary for those who do not have a Facebook account, however, once you have the link, you can still view the page without an account (you will not be able to post or interact with anyone). -------------- All participants must have a 2020 Saskatchewan Fishing Licence, as well as be a paid entrant into the Last Mountain Fall Walleye Classic. If you have any questions, issues, comments at all (either before or during the tournament), please don’t hesitate to reach out to Dallas or Doug at any time. Dallas Kirkpatrick [email protected] (306) 587 7625 Doug Cramer [email protected] (306) 520-3553