Prizes and Awards
All teams pay a tournament base entry fee of $2,000. This is not optional. The tournament base-entry-fee prize money will be disbursed to the winners accordingly: 35 percent goes to the tournament; the remaining 65 percent goes to the top three team-point leaders..
Scoring System
The scoring system includes 500 points for each blue-marlin release, 1 point per pound for blue marlin over the 500-pound minimum weight (July 4 only), 200 points for each white-marlin release, and 100 points for each sailfish and each spearfish release.
Team Division Awards
- AWLGrip First-place team -— 35 percent
- Miles Market Second-place team — 20 percent
- PW Marine Third-place team — 10 percent
- Bacardi High Point Angler — Trophy and Prize Package
- Fairmont Hamilton Princess High Point Lady Angler — Trophy and Prize Package
- Steve Goione High Point Junior Angler (age 17 and younger) — Trophy and Prize Package
Argo Group Optional Daily Billfish Release Jackpots
There are two levels of optional Daily Billfish-Release Jackpots. You must register in level one to be eligible for the level-two jackpot. Level-one jackpot fee is $1,000; level-two jackpot fee is $2,000. The daily billfish-release jackpots cover both days of fishing. For example, the level-one and level-two daily billfish-release-jackpot awards go to the team that scores the most billfish-release points each day. The daily billfish-release prize consists of one-half of the total jackpot money. If no billfish are released on an individual day, the jackpot rolls over to the next day. If on the final day of fishing no billfish are released, then the final-day jackpot money goes to the previous day's winner. Only teams entered in the daily billfish-release jackpot will be eligible for these cash awards.
KING SAILFISH MOUNTS LEVEL-ONE DAILY BILLFISH-RELEASE JACKPOT $1,000 entry fee. 100 percent payback.
Day-one, level-one Billfish-Release Jackpot — one-half of total pot.
Day-two, level-one Billfish-Release Jackpot — one-half of total pot.
ISLAND CONSTRUCTION LEVEL-TWO DAILY BILLFISH-RELEASE JACKPOT $2,000 entry fee. 100 percent payback.
Day-one, level-two Billfish-Release Jackpot — one-half of total pot.
Day-two, level-two Billfish-Release Jackpot — one-half of total pot
CATERPILLIAR ENGINES JULY 4 OPTIONAL WINNER-TAKE-ALL BLUE-MARLIN JACKPOTS
There are two levels of optional July 4 Winner-Take-All Blue-Marlin Jackpots. You must register in level one to be eligible for the level-two jackpot. Level-one jackpot fee is $1,000; level-two jackpot fee is $2,000. The team that catches the largest blue marlin over the 500-pound minimum weight will win the entire jackpot. If all teams entered in the jackpot fail to catch a fish over the minimum weight, the jackpot will be awarded to the team with the most overall release points including both days of fishing. Only teams entered in the July 4 Winner-Take-All Blue-Marlin Jackpots will be eligible for these cash awards.
GEOFFREY SMITH WINNER-TAKE-ALL LEVEL-ONE BLUE-MARLIN JACKPOT Level 1: $1,000 entry fee. 100 percent payback.
VANMARK WINNER-TAKE-ALL LEVEL-TWO BLUE-MARLIN JACKPOT Level 2: $2,000 entry fee. 100 percent payback.
PRIZE DISBURSEMENT
Any team receiving cash awards must fill out a prize-disbursement form prior to receiving any funds or prizes. Each registered team representative is in control of any winnings and must sign this form.
All winnings will be sent FedEx to the winners once all funds have cleared the bank. All winners and all entrants of this tournament may be subject to a polygraph test at the tournament committee's discretion. If a participant refuses to submit to a polygraph test for any reason, then any winnings that may be coming to that participant (or his or her team) will be automatically forfeited.
