Prizes and Rules for the Fifth Annual Fishing Tournament in Jacksonville, Florida 1942

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Rules and prizes for the 1942 Fifth Annual Jacksonville Fishing Tournament

State Library of Florida, Florida Ephemera Collection

1942

City of Jacksonville (Advertising Committee) (Fla.)

Jacksonville Advertising Club (Fla.)

Jacksonville Junio Chamber of Commerce (Fla.)

Tourist and Convention Bureau (Fla.)

Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce (Fla.)

Jacksonville Fishing Center and Anglers Club (Fla.)

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Florida during World War II (1939-1945)

Jacksonville (Fla).

Duval County (Fla.)

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Education and Information

Flying Fisherman's Club

Eastern Air Lines

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COAST GUARD
IDENTIFICATION CARDS
ARE NOT NEEDED WHEN YOU FISH FROM LICENSED CHARTER BOAT
Persons fishing from private boats in Jacksonville's coastal waters and the St. Johns River are required to have official Coast Guard identification cards on their persons at all times.
However, if you are fishing from a licensed charter-boat inshore of offshore, these identification cards are not required. Your boat captain himself checks the identity of his passengers and provides the Coast Guard with a list of each party he takes out. This simple procedure is a special courtesy for the convenience of charter-boat parties, especially visitors from other cities, who might not have sufficient time to obtain an official identification card.
[illustration of anglers on a boat catching a fish]

1942
PRIZES AND RULES
[Photograph of a fishing boat under way]
Fifth Annual
FISHING TOURNAMENT
Jacksonville, Florida
Sponsored by
CITY OF JACKSONVILLE (ADVERTISING COMMITTEE)
JACKSONVILLE ADVERTISING CLUB
JACKSONVILLE JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
TOURIST AND CONVENTION BUREAU
JACKSONVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
JACKSONVILLE FISHING CENTER AND ANGLERS CLUB
RELAX BY FISHING

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PRIZES 1942
TARPON.............1st prize—$50.00 bond
2nd prize—$15.00 war stamps
3rd prize—$ 5.00 " "
SAILFISH............1st prize—$50.00 bond
2nd prize—$15.00 war stamps
3rd prize—$ 5.00 " "
RED BASS.........1st prize—$25.00 bond
2nd prize—$15.00 war stamps
3rd prize—$ 5.00 “ "
AMBERJACK.... Ist prize—$25.00 bond
2nd prize—$15.00 war stamps
3rd prize—$ 5.00 " "
BARRACUDA...1st prize—$25.00 bond
2nd prize—$15.00 war stamps
3rd prize—$ 5.00 " "
CREVALLE........1st prize—$25.00 bond
2nd prize—$15.00 war stamps
3rd prize—$ 5.00 “ "
ALBACORE....... 1st. prize—$25.00 bond
2nd prize—$15.00 war stamps
3rd prize— 5.00 “ "
DOLPHIN...........1st_ prize—$25.00 bond
2nd prize—$15.00 war stamps
3rd_ prize—$ 5.00 " "
LARGEST TARPON on LIGHTEST LINE
1st prize—$50.00 bond
2nd prize—$15.00 war stamps
MOST UNIQUE CATCH
Ist prize—$25.00 bond
BLACK BASS... 1st prize—$50.00 bond
2nd prize—$15.00 war stamps
3rd prize—$ 5.00 “ “

ADDED PRICES
Largest Tarpon on Lightest Line—
1 Pflueger Atlapac reel valued at................90.00
Largest Tarpon Caught By A Woman—
1 Shakespeare Miller Autocrat reel valued at .............$55.00
Largest Sailfish Caught By An Army Or Navy Officer (award presented by The Inn, Ponte Vedra Beach)- One $25.00 War Bond
[Photograph of four fish hanging under a sign that says "Jacksonville Fishing Center & Anglers Club"]
Flying Fisherman's Club
Jacksonville is an approved qualifying point for Eastern Air Lines’ famed Flying Fisherman’s Club.
It you have made your journey to or from Jacksonville by air and are successful in catching a tarpon, sailfish, white or blue marlin, a giant tuna or an Allison tuna, you are eligible for membership.
In the event you hope to quality for the Flying Fisherman's Club, make sure your charter-boat captain has a certificate of approval from Eastern Air Lines.

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Jacksonville's 5th Annual Fishing Tournament
GENERAL RULES
Anyone, irrespective of city or state of residence, may enter the tournament who conforms to the following requirements:
(a) The tournament is limited to fish of the species mentioned herein; winners shall be determined by weight except sailfish which shall be judged by length and weight.
(b) All entries must be caught within the following contest boundaries between midnight June 14 and midnight September 20.
For inshore coastal fishing... from Palm Valley Pier on the South to the north shores of Nassau Sound and Nassau River on the north including all inlets, bays, streams and canals, within an area 25 miles inland from the coastal limits. For offshore fishing . . . the area that lies within 25 miles of the mouth’ of the St. Johns River excepting that waters within one mile of the coast shall be bounded as noted above. Black bass shall be eligible for entry no matter where caught, provided the entrant has begun his fishing trip from Jacksonville. Entries. however, must be weighed in at one of the official Tournament weighing stations or at a Jacksonville sporting goods store that is conducting a tournament.
(c) Entries must be caught with rod, reel, hook and line excepting in the Red Snapper classification where the use of handlines is permitted.
(d) Any of the following shall disqualify a fish:
1. Shooting, harpooning, lancing or hand-lining.
2. Injury or mutilation by the attack of another fish.
3. A broken rod.
4. Assistance from another person in hooking, playing or bringing a fish to gaff. A fish shall be disqualified if the boat captain or mate or any member of the party commit any violations of this rule or touch the rod or line at the time of the strike or any other time while the fish is being played. When the fish has been brought near enough for gaffing, it is permissible to seize either double line or leader.
Repeated violations of this rule will result in complete disqualification of the boat captain or owner and his boat from further participation in the tournament. In the event a boat captain and boat shall be so disqualified a warning shall be posted to that effect in the Fishing Center as a protection for parties who may desire to fish from boats eligible for participation.
(e) Charter boat captains or members of their crews or families shall not be eligible for prizes.
(f) Any protest against an entry must be made in writing and addressed to the Chairman, Tournament Committee, Care of Tourist and Convention Bureau, Hemming Park, Jacksonville. Florida, within 10 days after catch has been entered.
(g) All entries must be weighed at one of the official weighing stations and registered in the official registration books, one of which will be placed at each registration point. Entries must be accompanied by full information as required in the registration book including the names of one or more witnesses.
SPECIAL RULES
For Light Line Competition
In the classification for the largest tarpon taken on the lightest line the following requirements must be met:
(a) Any fish entered in this class must be weighed on one of the approved scales at the weighing stations given below. A section of the line used in landing the fish must be left in the registration book properly tagged for identification including the brand and the manufacturer's pound-test rating. The entry must be signed by the person who caught the tarpon and witnessed by at least one person who witnessed the catch and inspected the tackle used.
(b) The judges shall decide the winner in this classification strictly on the basis of relative size of fish and line and their decision shall be final.
In the classification for the outstanding angling feat of the season the judges shall make the award to the angler who, in their opinion, most merits the prize. Entries for this classification should be submitted in detail to the Chairman of the Fishing Tournament Committee, Tourist and Convention Bureau, Hemming Park, Jacksonville, Florida. giving full particulars and including the names of reputable witnesses. The Tournament Committee shall serve as judges and their decision shall be final.
OFFICIAL WEIGHING STATIONS
Angler's Club Dock, Mayport, Fla.
Atlantic Ice & Cold Storage Company
11 South Davis Street (Just off Bay St.)
[Photograph of two men fishing]