III. INTERNATIONAL Boilie Fishing Competition at Lake Balaton
11th to 18th April 2015.
Planned program:
Saturday 11 April 2015
10:00 Opening Ceremony - Tat Kávézó, Révfülöp (46 ° 49'33.18 "N, 17 ° 37'44.99" S)
10:30 Draw of Fishing Locations
13:00 Lunch together
15:00 Camp construction (starts sooner if possible).
Location of opening ceremony can be left only after 3.00 PM.
Sunday 12 April 2015
07:00 Start of the competition
Saturday 18 April 2015
9:00: End of the competition.
The total competition time: 146 hours.
Locations (not final):
Balatonalmádi
- Alsóörs
- Csopak
- Balatonfüred
- Balatonakali
- Balatonszepezd
- Révfülöp
- Kővágóörs
- Ábrahámhegy
- Badacsony
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Entry:
Entry fee: 146 000 HUF / team
Part-payments possible as follows:
• First part: 76 000 HUF / team. Entry is accepted only if the first payment arrives by 28th February 2015.
• Second part: 70.000 HUF / team. Payment deadline 31st March 2015.
Only those teams can participate in the draw who have paid the entry fee!
Due to the limited number of places, those who paid the full amount will be registered instantly! If the entry list is full,
the other teams will be put on a reserve list.
The entry fee includes:
• The price of Balaton fishing license. Those who have a general license of Balaton, please contact me!
• Water for cleaning / showering . Please note: Not all the locations have possibility for showering nearby!
• The use of toilets. Please note: Not all the locations have toilets nearby.
• Electricity usage (the teams should bring their own 50 meter extension cable for electrical connection!). Please note:
not all locations have electric connections nearby but the charging will be solved!
• Tax on tourism
• The pitch fee
Prizes:
• 1st place: Challenge Cup + 1 000 000 HUF cash
• 2nd place: Cup + 650 000 HUF voucher
• 3rd place: Cup + 400 000 HUF voucher
• Prize for the biggest fish: Cup + 400 000 prize in kind
• 4th place: Cup + 300 000 HUF prize in kind
• 5th to 7th place: 200 000 HUF prize in kind
• 8th to 10th place: 100 000 HUF prize in kind
• 11th to 15th place: additional prizes depending on the sponsor offerings
General Information:
• Pulling the lures into the water by boat is allowed to a maximum of 350 meters.
At the start of the competition a lighting buoy must be placed at 370 meters from shore. This will be checked by the
organizers!
• This competition is a team competition. Each team must be four persons whose names to be clarified before the
start. All four are full fledged competitors!!!!!
• The competition takes place in designated sectors.
• Each team's camp will be fenced around and inside the fences the helpers, relatives may enter only with permission
of the organizers after prior arrangement.
• If the hooked fish leaves the team's sector during the play, it must be lead back as soon as possible so that the other
teams should not be disturbed.
• During the competition at least 3 (in case of using 4 rods at least 2) team members must be present at the designated
area.
• The teams members must stay within the zone assigned to them. They must not leave it for the purpose of anglingrelated activities like feeding, playing, pulling out, throwing etc).
• Fishing is allowed within the sector only. Throwing outside the sector is forbidden!
Each competitor must comply with the rules of the competition.
• Each competitor must have the appropriate national fishing license.
• Teams may occupy their fishing places within their sector and build their camp from 3:00 PM on Saturday 11th of
April. Team members must not enter the water under any circumstances until the beginning of the competition
(Sunday 12th April 2015, 7.00 AM) otherwise the team will be disqualified immediately.
• At the end of the competition each team is required to leave their fishing locations with all of their belongings within
180 minutes (or 3 hours). The place must be left clean and tidy.
• After the competition ended teams gather at the draw location at 12:00 where the announcement of results and
handing prizes will take place.
Draw process:
• In the first round the teams decide the order of the draw.
• In the second round two places drawn from which one must be kept and the other thrown back.
Rules of fishing:
• Teams may have as many rods equipped as they want but at a time maximum of 6 rods can be in use.
• Only one single hook (minimum size 8) is allowed on each rods with hair rig mode.
• Each team can use 2 other rods at a time for rocketing or rod catapulting in addition to the 6 rods in water and one
more with marker float.
• During the competition only the boilie rods allowed. Feeder, match, pole, spinning, fly rods, and surf rods are not
allowed for fishing.
• Surf (up to 420 cm) and spod rods allowed only for rod catapulting, rocketing and marker float.
• The rods which are equipped with bait for fishing must be under 4 meter in length.
• Every other rods must be kept separately when not in use. No other rods can be on the rod pods during the fishing
except the ones that are in use.
• Soluble lures and pastes are allowed. Using bait lead is allowed (bait can be kneaded on it). Lures can be coated with
paste, the use of PVA products are allowed. Proper use of the lures is constantly monitored by the organizers, including
random examinations with taking samples.
• Feeding basket, method basket is prohibited!
• Fluttering is allowed with almost anything (cork, plastic baits, foam rubber, floating boilies etc.)
• Use of floats is forbidden!
• Use of braided mainline is forbidden!
• Braid up to 50 centimeters in length can be used.
• Lead Core shell resistant line up to 120 centimeters in length can be used.
• The monofilament main line diameter must not exceed 0.5 mm.
• Use of braided throwing line is forbidden!
• The electronic, acoustic and visual bite alarms are allowed.
• The fixed or fixable quiver tips and swing tips are prohibited!
• Throwing from the water is allowed. Free to go into the water up to the breast.
• Only boilies can be used as baits and must be offered with hair rig mode.
• Seeds can not be used as a bait.
• Using only plastic decoys is not allowed!
• Minimum diameter of the boilies offered is 10 mm, which can not be reduced anyhow.
• For bait or for feeding, use of any living or dead (not even dried) animals, bugs, worms, larvae, etc. is forbidden.
• The followings can be used for feeding:
Baits, crumbs, granules,
Flours made from animals or vegetables
Factory or homemade boilies and pellets
Flavors, vegetable seeds, bait adhesives and bait lands, loess, clay
Using only soaked seeds are not allowed due to preservation of the fish
•The amount of boiled grain is limited to 50 kgs/team/day! The grain must not be cooked at the place. The amount
will be checked by the judges.
• Use of bait boat is allowed!
• During the competition each team can use a total of 5 marker buoys, which can be equipped with lighting.
• Compressed air, gas or electric powered devices are prohibited for taking feeding material into water.
• Feeding slingshot, rid catapult, throwing stick, rocket, spomb and PVA products are allowed.
• Using high performance spotlights towards the water surface is forbidden but lighting devices are free to use in tents
or under sunshades. Headlamps are also free to use during angling-related activities.
• When it’s dark, the fishing zone shall be appropriately enlightened.
• Tents, party tents, sunshades, camp equipment, personal things shall be placed at the fishing zone or within the
camp.
• The teams can not leave their cars at the fishing place (exceptions will be noted).
• For successful landing of the hooked fish assistance can be used (team mate, other helper, other team's member).
• Only the properly hooked fish which caught with hook in the mouth are evaluated. If the fish dies before weighing,
will not be weighed. In this case, the judge will investigate the circumstances of the loss of fish and if liability is
ascertained penalties will be assessed for the team. The penalty depending on the extent of wrongful conduct can be
warning or disqualifiction. Only the judge is entitled for determining the penalty.
• All the fish caught must be stored in carp sacks until weighing. Store each fish in separate carp sacks. After weighing
the fish must be released back to the lake gently.
• Catching all carps above 15 kgs and grass carps above 10 kgs should be reported immediately. In these cases, the
colored disinfectant is prohibited before photography.
• We ask everyone to pay special attention on placing the fish on mats because otherwise the stones on the ground
can easily harm the fish.
• The fish must placed on moistened carp mats and carp sacks. The fish must be kept alive in carp sacks during the
contest and the sack should be completely under the water.
• Teams must have a minimum of 10 carp sacks which the organizers can check at the beginning of the competition.
• Immediate weighing should be sought in case of carp sack becomes full.
• When using the carp sacks - especially of the poor quality carp sacks - fins may get stuck so while freeing fins the
priority must be protecting the fish, even if it causes damage or perishing of the carp sack. In case the carp sack must
be cut due to fish protection reasons, the team can not claim the organizers for those kind of damages.
• Required equipment: minimum 1, preferably 3 pieces of carp mats (good quality), a minimum 2 pcs of 90x90 cm
thick weave landing net (boilie dragnet) and fish antiseptic. The equipments listed are checked during registration
and throughout the competition by organizers with random checks. Missing any of the items the team can not start
the competition and if started already, the team to be suspended until the replacement of the missing item. In this
case, the suspended team can not raise neither a financial nor a moral claim against the organizers for the
disadvantage suffered.
• Fish will be weighed if it was hooked before the end of the competition but the play and landing is completed after
the official end of the competiton.
Rules of weighing:
• Every carps, koi carps and grass carps above 5 kgs will be weighed and included in the competition.
• Weighing takes place twice a day (morning and evening) and must be carried out within the sector of the team with
the presence of the weigher and at least one team member.
• When weighing the weight of the fish must be clearly visible to the organizers and the competitors.
• In addition to the organizers only the weighers, the contestants and the judges may tell or notice any complaints
regarding the weighing.
• All fish must be weighed in the weighing sack provided by the organizers. This is wetted and the tare determined
before each measurement.
• All fish caught should be prescribed for the weighing sheets one by one in grams (eg. 5213 gr). The measurements
are carried out by the designated helpers.
• The catch data added to a weighing sheet in triplicate form, authenticated by the signature of the catching competitor
and the weigher. Original page goes to team, the first copy goes to the organizers, the third copy is left in the register.
• Protestation against the weighing should be noticed to organizers who independently but having heard the parties
are entitled to make a decision. The protest fee is 10 000.-(ten thousand) HUF which in case the protest accepted will
be returned to the protestor.
• Until measuring team arrives to fishing place, carp sack with fish inside should be kept in the water. Then the fish is
put over to the weighing net and placed on the measuring surface. After weighing the fish must be released.
• Updated information of the status of the competition will be distributed to every teams at least once a day.
Penalties:
Immediate disqualification from competition:
• If a fish is negligently injured or mutilated
• Harsh treatment of the fish
• The use of not permitted lures and equipment
• Fraud
• Being late (The team does not arrive at the opening ceremony)
• Starting fishing or feeding before the official start of competition.
Warning (after the second warning disqualification will follow):
• If anyone else than the team members is feeding or tiring
• If the team relies on external help without permission
• If anyone of the team members acts not worthy of being fisherman.
• If the fish are not stored properly.
• The incorrect use of reflectors
• Being under influence of alcohol or any other mind-altering drugs
The organizers have the right, all the time during the competition and at the time of the announcement of the results,
to impose sanctions on the fishermen, teams or helpers if they commit any abuse.
In any other cases which are not described by the rules, the organizers' resolutions apply.
Weather:
• If the starting date of the competition is changed, than the finishing date of the competition will also be extended so
the duration of the competition to be 146 hours.
• In case the competition must be finished before the official ending date due to unforeseen circumstances (eg
weather.) proceed as follows:
• If the total duration has not reached 24 hours the competition must be repeated in the same year.
• If the duration was more than 24 hours than the competition will be extended with the period lost.
• If the remaining time is less than 24 hours, the competition ends.
Only the oganinzers can decide in any cases.
Boat usage:
•All activities must comply with the Balaton Police Regulations. Lifejacket, suitable fixing rope etc..
Classification:
• Final rating will be based on the total weight of the fish caught.
• In case of equal total weights the team who caught the bigger fish will have priority.
• If there is still an equal, then the priority concerns the team, who caught the more average weight (total weight/pc).
Other provisions:
• During the competition lighting fire is prohibited! Gas-fired heating and cooking appliances may be used with special
caution. Team members are under joint and several financial liability for any damages they cause to the lake and
surroundings.
• The organizers ask everyone to comply with the written and unwritten rules of nature conservation and civilized
behavior especially the dangers of excessive alcohol consumption. The organizers of the competition draw the
attention of the participants to comply with laws relating to the use and possession of narcotics and mind-altering
drugs.
• The participants contribute to the public and marketing use of photo and video material made by the organizers
during the competition.
• During the competition contestants may place banners and other advertising media only with permission of the
organizers.
• The organizers, operators of the lake, the owner of the area do not assume any financial or other kind of
responsibility for the physical damage of the team members of the participating teams, their guests and visitors and
any physical damage or misuse of their valuables. Competitors take part in the competition at their own risk,
competition is visited by everyone at their own risk.
• The teams can have visitors daily from 09.00 to 17.00. Visitors are required to park their vehicles at the designated
visitor parking place and will not be admitted to the field of competition. Visitors are required to tell the organizers
which team they are visiting.
• In case of registration cancelled within 45 days before the competition the entry fee will not be refunded.
• With their registration to the competition the team members accept the Competition Rules and consider to be
binding upon them.
• Organizers reserve the right to modify the Competition Rules with the proviso that within 30 days prior to the start
of competition the Competition Rules can only be modified due to significantly influencing factors.
Organizers wish everyone a lot of success, pleasant fishing, fun and full of carp sacks!