OFFICIAL RULES FOR FRIDAY'S & SATURDAY'S COMPETITIONS
FRIDAY COMPETITION 1 December 2023
RULES
Α.- FISHING EQUIPMENT
- The competition is in pairs and each participant can fish with ONE (1) rod.
- Each position will have a length of 15 meters.
The minimum length of a fishing rod is 3.5 meters and maximum is 5 meters. Fishing rods must bear at least three rings on their length, and one on top. There is no restriction as to the number of backup rods that an participant may have open. Backup rods must not have traces and the tip of the backup rod must not point towards the sea. Permitted traces in the competition must have up to three single hooks. The minimum size of hooks must be such as having a 5mm opening from the spike to trunk, and the relative measurement will be taken by a special cylinder to be provided to all participants by the tournament Secretariat to enable them to check whether their hooks are qualified. There is no restriction to the number of traces that participants can keep baited and ready to use, in no case however should they be attached to their backup rods. There is no restriction as to the length of the hook line It is permitted to use on the hook line, attractive materials in such as shiny spoons, coloured and/or shiny pearls, colored floating or other pearls (maximum size 15mm), colored feathers, fluorescent materials etc. There is no restriction as to the type and shape of leads to be used, the only type of lead prohibited being the ground baits leads. Minimum permitted weight of lead is 50 grams.
B.- BAITS
Baits should be strictly natural. The types of baits will be one kind of worms which have been tested with good returns and their quantity is the free choice for each competitor:
Baits :
Coreano & Frozen shrimp - sardine The use of strongly smelling enhancing material is prohibited. The use of ground baits, before or during the competition, is also prohibited. Use of smell-enhancing materials and/or ground baits by a participant will result in disqualification.
C.- MANDATORY FISHING EQUIPMENT
1.- Ruler, with which participants will measure their fish.
2.- A bucket where all fish will be placed immediately after being caught, and until they are registered . Buckets will be provided by the organizer and after the Saturday's Competition must give back to the Clup.
D.- MEASURABLE FISH
All kinds of fish are measurable,All the Fish 11,9cm and below take one point((FIPS M - new rules) Fish of 12 cm will be accounted for, and all measurements will be rounded up to the closest integer number (e.g. 12 will be registered as 13cm, 12,1 will be registered as 13cm and so on).
The procedure of measuring and releasing the fish is the following:
1.- Participants catching fish must place them, ONLY in their bucket which must be near the sea and filled with sea water renewed regularly in order to maintain sea temperature as much as possible.
2.- After that, participants will wait for the person responsible for their Sector in order to take measurements and register the fish. 3.- The person responsible will measure the length of the fish and note it down in the special form,
4.- The measuring procedure must be quick,
All living fish will be released back to the sea . Any non-living fish will be donated to local charitable institution
.E.- TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE
The tournament Committee consists of three (3) members,
F. - SCORE
a) Each measurable fish (12 and over 12 points) gets 10 points.
b) Each centimeter of measurable fish gets 1 point.
c) Fish under 12cm gets 1 point
The organise committee
Cyprus Sport Fishing Club
SADURDAY COMPETITION 2 December 2023
RULES
Α.- FISHING EQUIPMENT
- The competition is in pairs and each participant can fish with TWO (2) rods.
- Each position will have a length of 25 meters
The minimum length of a fishing rod is 3.5 meters and maximum is 5 meters. Fishing rods must bear at least three rings on their length, and one on top. There is no restriction as to the number of backup rods that an participant may have open. Backup rods must not have traces and the tip of the backup rod must not point towards the sea. Permitted traces in the competition must have up to three single hooks. The minimum size of hooks must be such as having a 5mm opening from the spike to trunk, and the relative measurement will be taken by a special cylinder to be provided to all participants by the tournament Secretariat to enable them to check whether their hooks are qualified. There is no restriction to the number of traces that participants can keep baited and ready to use, in no case however should they be attached to their backup rods. There is no restriction as to the length of the hook line It is permitted to use on the hook line, attractive materials in such as shiny spoons, coloured and/or shiny pearls, colored floating or other pearls (maximum size 15mm), colored feathers, fluorescent materials etc. There is no restriction as to the type and shape of leads to be used, the only type of lead prohibited being the ground baits leads. Minimum permitted weight of lead is 50 grams.
B.- BAITS
Baits should be strictly natural. The types of baits will be one kind of worms which have been tested with good returns and their quantity is the free choice for each competitor:
Baits :
Coreano & Frozen shrimp - sardine The use of strongly smelling enhancing material is prohibited. The use of ground baits, before or during the competition, is also prohibited. Use of smell-enhancing materials and/or ground baits by a participant will result in disqualification.
C.- MANDATORY FISHING EQUIPMENT
1.- Ruler, with which participants will measure their fish.
2.- A bucket where all fish will be placed immediately after being caught, and until they are registered . Buckets will be provided by the organizer and after the Saturday's Competition must give back to the Clup.
D.- MEASURABLE FISH
All kinds of fish are measurable,All the Fish 11,9cm and below take one point((FIPS M - new rules) Fish of 12 cm will be accounted for, and all measurements will be rounded up to the closest integer number (e.g. 12 will be registered as 13cm, 12,1 will be registered as 13cm and so on).
The procedure of measuring and releasing the fish is the following:
1.- Participants catching fish must place them, ONLY in their bucket which must be near the sea and filled with sea water renewed regularly in order to maintain sea temperature as much as possible.
2.- After that, participants will wait for the person responsible for their Sector in order to take measurements and register the fish. 3.- The person responsible will measure the length of the fish and note it down in the special form,
4.- The measuring procedure must be quick,
All living fish will be released back to the sea . Any non-living fish will be donated to local charitable institution
.E.- TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE
The tournament Committee consists of three (3) members,
F. - SCORE
a) Each measurable fish (12 and over 12 points) gets 10 points.
b) Each centimeter of measurable fish gets 1 point.
c) Fish under 12cm gets 1 point
The organise committee
Cyprus Sport Fishing Club
