ANNOUNCEMENT
REGIONAL SEA FISHING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- The Regional Sea Angling Championships, involving fishing from drifting boats using artificial lures, will take place in Darłowo on 15 April 2018 aboard the vessel Złota Rybka. The reserve date is 22 April 2018.
- Fishing grounds: the Baltic Sea, depth up to 40 m; fish scoring in the competition: salmon 61 cm, sea trout 61 cm, cod 38 cm.
- Participants must make their own way to the venue.
- Due to the limited number of places – 20 – entries will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Registration– payment of 175 zł to the account of the PZW District in Słupsk: BANK PEKAO I O SŁUPSK 26 1240 3770 1111 0000 4068 2901, stating your first name and surname and your club by 5 April 2018 (please check availability before making the payment by calling 59 8436341).
- Due to weather conditions, a decision on whether to go ahead with or postpone the competition will be made on 14 April at 1.30 pm (following the fishermen’s weather forecast). Competition participants are asked to contact us on 609234570
PROGRAMME
5.30 am: Participants to assemble at the boat in Darłówko Wschodnie.
5.30 – 6.00: technical briefing, draw for fishing positions and opening of the competition
6.00 – 16.00: competition; around 11.00: change of fishing spots, meal
16.15 Announcement of results, presentation of trophies and certificates, and conclusion of the competition.
SPECIFIC RULES:
Rod rigging systems (An ‘anchor’ hook is a hook with no more than 3 points spaced across a maximum diameter of 30 mm; a ‘single’ hook is a hook with a single point, the gap of which, like that of a jig head, is no greater than 20 mm. A leader is a branch line attached to the main leader or main line, with a length not exceeding 15 cm to the point where the hook or jig head is attached. A tagline is a leader attached to the main lure:
- the main lure (pilker) rigged flexibly with a single treble hook, a single hook or a so-called ‘runner’ (with a hook gape not exceeding 20 mm)
- the lure as described above, plus a single hook (jig head with a hook gap not exceeding 20 mm) on a leader suspended no further than 40 cm from the attachment point of the main lure,
- a rig consisting of an unrigged sinker and two or one (with a hook gap not exceeding 20 mm) leader with a single hook (jig head), where the upper leader is attached no further than 80 cm from the point where the sinker is attached, and the lower leader is above the sinker.
Catch and kill fish of legal size are gutted by the crew. The fish are the property of the competitors. Taking undersized fish will result in the competitor’s disqualification. Undersized fish must be released immediately. The minimum size for cod is 35 cm (competition/scoring size – 38 cm). In the competition, fish are measured by length – 1 cm in length equals one point. In addition, for each fish of legal size counted towards the score, the competitor receives 10 points.
Vice-President for Sport
Słupsk Regional Branch of the Polish Angling Association (PZW)
Stanisław Szymański
