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March 13, 2022

Lake Simcoe Championship Ice Fishing Derby

2022 RULES

Tournament Overview

Welcome to the Ice Fishing Lake Simcoe 2022 Challenge!!

(“The Challenge”)

CASH Awards to the top positions of each leaderboard category based on LENGTH as determined through the mobile App FishDonkey and verified by The Challenge Directors.

Watch a 1 min video on How to Enter a Fish through the App.

How to properly Measure a Fish video

To follow The Challenge progress, check leaderboards through your App.

The categories, species, and official rules are in the FishDonkey App.

Cash Awards and Participant Prizes will be presented at the conclusion of The Challenge.

Winner’s will be awarded by “Catch, Snap & Release” photo and video evidence with a combined overall longest length of fish with one in all four species.

The 1st Place “Grand Champion” will receive $5,000 as well as a custom-made Logo Jacket!

Your longest fish of each species will appear added together in the Grand Champion leaderboard in the app.

The 4 species in this event are Lake Trout, Northern Pike, Perch, Whitefish.

Participant Prizes will consist of Cash, Trips, Tires, Event Tickets, Art, Gift Cards, BBQ’s, Fishing Packages, Sports/Hardware/Housewares Products, etc., and will be listed on the website.

If we reach 1,200 participants, we will award the Top 15 finishers and dramatically increase the CASH payouts on the Grand Champion leaderboard. Cash payouts will then increase again after 1,500 participants have registered. Please check the PHOTO tab or the PRIZE tab in the app to see the additional payouts.

The Challenge is a Covid-19 friendly outdoor sporting event where social distancing is easily attained.

Questions Regarding FishDonkey: Any problems with using the FishDonkey app, contact Bonnie at [email protected].

Proceeds from the Ice Fishing Lake Simcoe 2022 Challenge will go to Canadian Tire’s Jumpstart Charities giving disadvantaged children a sporting chance.

Website: icefishinglakesimcoe.com

Contact: [email protected]

The Challenge Director’s & Official Judge’s: Garry and Elizabeth Johnston

The Challenge Ambassador’s: Danny McGee, Rob Gilchrist, Courtney Rennie, Rick Lesonis and David Chong

Grand Champion Cash Prizes: (longest fish, with one of each species)

1st Prize $ 5,000

2nd Prize $ 4,000

3rd Prize $ 3,000

4th Prize $ 2,000

5th Prize $ 1,000

6th Prize $ 900

7th Prize $ 800

8th Prize $ 700

9th Prize $ 600

10th Prize $ 500

Individual Cash Prizes: (longest fish of one species)

Perch -
1st Prize $ 1,000

2nd Prize $ 500

Northern Pike -

1st Prize $ 1,000

2nd Prize $ 500

Lake Trout -

1st Prize $ 1,000

2nd Prize $ 500

Whitefish -

1st Prize $ 1,000

2nd Prize $ 500

Many Participant Prizes including an ARGO ATV !! You can be included in the Participant Prizes without catching any fish! As long as you are registered in the tournament through the FishDonkey app.

Thank you for participating! See you on the leaderboards! Have fun and be safe on the ice and make sure you follow all government regulation for fishing and using bait.

 

Rules and Regulations

Measuring & Photo Documenting: All photos must be taken through the FishDonkey app and measurements must be on a valid measuring board. Fish should be recorded immediately, and measurements noted by length.

To enter The Challenge, you must take a photo of your fish with the measurement and ensure it is a clear image of your fish and the measuring board.

All submissions must include at least two photographs, 1) A pic of you holding the fish 2) A pic of the fish on the measuring board.

One video is required: A release video of the fish going back into the water. Live release your fish to ensure the species continue to populate our lake.

Measure your fish length with a clearly marked commercial bump board.

Close the fish’s mouth. The nose must be touching the bump, the belly is facing you.

The measurement photo needs to include the entire fish on the board.

Watch the video, ‘How to Properly Measure a Fish’.

If the fish tail is touching the graduation line on the board, then that is the exact measurement. If the tail crosses the graduation line, round up ¼”.

Extra large fish may exceed the length of your board. For large fish, please bump the nose of the fish against a vertical surface to mark the 0″ (zero inch) point, and use a commercial measuring board to measure the fish. Photo or video the fish from nose to tail, covering the complete length of the fish. Provide enough documentation to prove the length. See an example in the photo tab of the app.

Entries with an open mouth will receive a deduction penalty of 1″, as an open mouth can extend the length of the fish. Exceptions may be made for northern pike.

All participants must have the fish submitted before the end of The Challenge.

Measuring Boards: All measuring devices must be commercially made.

You are required to have a board with a 90-degree bend which marks 0, and at least ¼” lines.

No handmade measuring boards, stickers, or tape measures allowed.

No sliding, retractable, or foldable measuring devices are allowed unless approved by The Challenge Director.

If your measurement is not clearly readable in your submission photo, it may not be accepted, or could be penalized.

Winner’s will be awarded by “Catch, Snap & Release” photo and video evidence with a combined overall longest length of fish with one in all four species. First “Grand Champion” will also receive a custom-made Logo Jacket! View the standings in the Grand Champion leaderboard.

FishDonkey App & General Rules: All registration and payment must be completed using the FishDonkey App to enter The Ice Fishing Lake Simcoe 2022 Challenge.

All fish entered in The Challenge to be photographed, measured, and recorded with the FishDonkey app.

The app will be used to photo document any or all of four species of fish (Perch, Pike, Lake Trout and White Fish) and will generate live leaderboards. Participants do not have to catch all four species to enter The Challenge.

The leaderboards will update throughout the event as fish are submitted.

All entries will be considered unofficial until verified.

All paid participants are entered into the Participant Prizes.

The Participant with the longest combined total length in all four species will be the Overall “Grand Champion” Winner of $5,000 cash and receive a custom-made logo jacket.

The Challenge starts at 6:00am on Friday, February 11th, 2022, and closes at 4:00pm Sunday, March 13th, 2022. Only fish caught during The Challenge dates and times can be entered.

The cost to enter is $100 per person (Canadian) plus FishDonkey charge of $7.00.

Participants may only enter fish caught from Lake Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. The Challenge is open to Canada and US Residents only. All winners must have followed the rules and be ready to substantiate their documents.

The combined total length of all four species of fish is the “Grand Champion” winner.

The 2nd to 10th Overall Winners with the longest in all four species, will receive from $4,000 cash for 2nd to $500 cash for 10th.

If we reach 1,200 participants, we will increase the awards to the Top 15 finishers and dramatically increase the prize payouts to the winners in the Grand Champion leaderboard.

Participant Prizes will be awarded each week, see website for details. Other Participant Prizes awarded at the end of The Challenge.

Curbside pickup of prizes from Canadian Tire Keswick, 24270 Woodbine Avenue, Keswick, Ontario.

Two Early Birds will be held December 31st, 2021, and January 31st, 2022, from entries received.

Laws and Regulations: All Federal, Provincial, and Municipal laws as well as all fishing and operating a machine rules must be abided by.

Failure to comply with any of The Challenge rules subject’s participants to disqualification and removal from the competition, as determined by The Challenge Director’s.

All protests must be brought to The Challenge Director’s attention before the end of the event.

Anyone caught breaking the law or disobeying the rules will be disqualified.

Do not leave your garbage on the lake, remove all items. You bring it, you take it home.

Fish must be hooked and caught live in a conventional manner, they cannot be snagged, netted, speared, etc.

Any fish found to be entered twice will result in disqualification of the participant.

Any fraudulent intent will be met with strict legal prosecution including disqualification from current and future events.

The right to refuse sale and/or revoke a competition ticket to anyone is hereby reserved.

Entry is non-transferable and cannot be re-sold or transferred, except with approval from The Challenge Director’s.

By purchasing an entry into the Ice Fishing Lake Simcoe 2022 Challenge, you have read and understood all rules, you agree to hold harmless all Director’s, sponsors, participants, and officials from all claims for bodily injury and other damage incurred with The Challenge.

The Challenge Director’s will consider options for determining a tie, which could be 1) time of entry; 2) the exact measurement (instead of the ¼” measurement); 3) the next largest fish submitted by each angler, or 4) a tie could also result in shared prizes.

Participants are responsible for their own safety, actions, and property at all times. Including their own ice safety. Check with local weather and ice reports. Check with ice hut operators who know the lake before heading out.

By purchasing an entry into the Ice Fishing Lake Simcoe 2022 Challenge you also grant us permission to use your names, photographs, and/or video images in promotions, advertising and televised footage taken during The Challenge.

Fishing Licence: (Canadian Residents) If you are 18 and over or under 65 years old, you will need a valid Outdoors Card and a Fishing Licence to fish, either Conservation or Sport. If you are under 18 years old or 65 and older, no Outdoors Card or Fishing Licence is required to fish. Carry government-issued identification with you, that includes your name and date of birth, while fishing. For more information on Licences, go to: https://www.ontario.ca/page/fishing-licence-canadian-residents.

Note Regarding Children: Each person who registers for the event will need to create their own FishDonkey profile and join separately in the app. It is ideal to have your own phone. If a child does not have a phone and plans to share (using 1 phone for 2 people), each time you catch a fish you will need to see who is logged in to record the fish for the correct angler (profile icon). Log out if the other person is logged in. Then log in with the second user profile. While this is do-able, it is not ideal and not recommended in poorly covered internet areas (you may not be able to log back in). Additionally, all photos/videos should be fully sent and received before logging out or the participant risks losing that part of their entry.

If your child under 18 y.o. wins Participant Prizes, the prize must be assigned to the parent.

Practice the FishDonkey App Ahead of Time: Watch a 1-minute tutorial video on, ‘How to Enter a Fish’. Test the app before you get out on the ice. Download the app, then join ’Practice Entering a Fish’.

FishDonkey in Poor Reception Areas OR Missing Pictures on the Leaderboard:

The app will work without internet.

Open the app before heading out to poorly covered areas.

Tap on the name of the tourney.

Once you see the button ‘Enter a Fish’, head out and fish away.

Fish should be entered as normal in bad reception areas.

Your Digital Livewell® (fish icon) will show you if there are fish waiting for an internet connection to get pushed into the leaderboard.

When you get back to a good reception area, open your Digital Livewell®, tap the fish icon and leave that screen open until all fish are ‘Received’.

If your pictures are missing from the leaderboard, this is what you need to do.

Until your pictures are ‘Received’, do not delete or alter the photos on your phone, as the software will not accept your photos as originals.

The Challenge Director’s: The Challenge Director’s are Garry & Elizabeth Johnston. If you need to reach them, their contact info is in the ‘i’ Info icon in the app.

The interpretation and enforcement of the rules is at the sole discretion of The Challenge Director’s.

The Challenge Director may change rules or impose sanctions as they deem appropriate, including but not limited to disqualifications, forfeiture of prizes, and prohibition from competing in future The Challenges.

All decisions made by The Challenge Director’s are final.

Director’s have the right of refusal of any entry to any participants.

If there are any questions about the rules, ask The Challenge Director.

Sportsmanship: All participants are expected to follow high standards of sportsmanship, courtesy, safety and conservation.

Any participant who displays poor sportsmanship, violates these rules or brings unfavorable publicity to the sport of fishing, could be disqualified.

Encroachment is considered a sportsmanship rule.

Body of Water: Participants must fish in only Lake Simcoe, Ontario, legal public waters only.

We would like to help to increase awareness about maintaining lake health and preventing the introduction and/or spread of invasive species and diseases that pose a threat to Lake Simcoe by making anglers aware that they are NOT to dump their leftover bait buckets (water and minnows) into the lake and we encourage anglers to buy bait locally to help protect the future of Lake Simcoe.

Inclement Weather/Cancellation: Keep mobile phones on throughout The Challenge to receive communication from the director in the event of postponement or cancelation.

Due to the nature of The Challenge, no refunds will be issued.

Claiming Prizes: Results will be posted, see website for details at icefishinglakesimcoe.com.

It is the responsibility of The Challenge Director’s to disburse all prizes.

Ensure that your correct address, email, and mobile number appear in your app profile for prize announcements and pick up instructions.

By entering The Challenge, you have agreed to the following:

“FishDonkey makes no representations or warranties regarding the service, or the quality, features, conditions, rules, prizes, results, or other aspects of any The Challenge ORGANIZED THROUGH, OR hosted on, the Site.”

AS BETWEEN FISHDONKEY AND THE CHALLENGE DIRECTOR’S, THE CHALLENGE DIRECTOR’S ARE SOLEY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RESULTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE CHALLENGE THEY ORGANIZE AND HOST USING THE SITE AND SERVICES.

If you believe there is a problem, or if something seems suspicious such as not paying out the funds or prizes, contact FishDonkey ASAP.

 

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