RULES, RELEASE AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT

1.   PARTICIPATION:  Only adults who register for the Rodeo and either receive an entry receipt or are listed on the Rodeo’s list of eligible participants are eligible to participate in the adult categories.  Children under 16 are eligible to participate in the Rodeo without separate registration provided that their fish are caught while fishing with an eligible adult participant.  All participants and fish must comply with the rules and regulations of the State of Louisiana governing the recreational harvest of saltwater fish in 2001.  Any participant who has previously been disqualified in any Take A Kid Fishing Rodeo shall be ineligible to participate in this Rodeo. 

2.   DATE and TIMES:  The Rodeo will begin at safe light on Saturday, May 18, 2002 and end at 2:30 p.m. on the same day.  Only fish caught during this period will be eligible. 

3.  FISHING METHOD:  All fish entered into competition for prizes must have been caught and landed by the participant on rod, hook and line exclusively. 

4.  TOURNAMENT BOUNDARIES: The boundaries of the Rodeo are the territorial waters of the State of Louisiana, including Louisiana’s common boundary waters with Texas and Mississippi as defined by Louisiana law and the extension of Louisiana borders seaward 200 miles.  Fish taken outside Rodeo boundaries, from private impoundments or other waters not legally accessible to the general public, will not be eligible for entry. 

5.  ENTERING FISH:  All winning fish (except the children’s redfish with the most spots) shall be determined by weight.  Only weights indicated by the graduations on the official Rodeo scale will be accepted.  Visual fractionalizing of these graduations is not allowed.  Any weights that fall between two graduations on the scale must be rounded to the lower of the two.  In the event of a tie, the fish that was weighed-in first shall be declared the winner.  All fish must be caught by the participant on whose behalf the fish is weighed.  All fish entered must be weighed on the official Rodeo scale by the duly appointed Weigh-master or Assistant Weigh-master during the time established for the weigh-in.  All fish entered shall be weighed only once, unless in the determination of the Weigh-master, a second weighing is necessary to obtain an accurate weight.  All fish entered in the rodeo shall be marked by the Weigh-master or Assistant Weigh-master, such as by clipping a tail or fin.  No fish may be entered more than once.  No transfer of fish among Rodeo participants shall be allowed.  The time for weigh-in shall be from 12:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. on the day of the Rodeo.  All fish must be entered and weighed at the official Rodeo weigh station at or adjacent to the Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale, LA.  No frozen, spoiled, gutted, altered, or mutilated fish will be eligible for entry.

6.  PRIZES: In the Children’s Division (open to children under 16 years of age), prizes will be awarded for heaviest redfish 27 inches or under (1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd places), heaviest redfish over 27 inches (1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd places), redfish with the most spots (1^st place only), heaviest speckled trout (1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd places) and heaviest flounder (1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd places).  In the Adult’s Division, prizes will be awarded for heaviest redfish (1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd places), heaviest stringer of up to five (5) speckled trout (1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd places) and heaviest flounder (1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd places).  In the Adult’s Division, special Take-A-Kid Fishing bonuses will be awarded to the bonus-eligible adults (see definition below) for heaviest redfish (1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd places), heaviest stringer of up to five (5) speckled trout (1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd places) and heaviest flounder (1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd places).  “Bonus-eligible adults” are those adult participants who caught their fish while fishing with a child and whose is accompanied to the weigh-in by the child.  Adult and child participants shall be eligible to win in only one regular prize category in this Rodeo and only one Take-A-Kid Fishing bonus prize category.  Participants will be permitted to enter more than one fish, but must notify the Weigh-master by 2:15 p.m. as to the prize they wish to claim.  If a participant under 18 years of age wins a prize, his or her legal guardian over 18 years of age will receive the prize in his/her behalf.

 7.  SPORTSMANSHIP, HONESTY and INTEGRITY: This Rodeo is intended to promote principles of sportsmanship, honesty and integrity among the adults and children participating in the Rodeo.  However, any person, including minors, entering a prize-winning fish or claiming a prize must agree to take a polygraph test, and each person entering the Rodeo agrees to submit to a polygraph test administered by a polygraphist certified by the Louisiana State Polygraph Board.  Any polygraph test required by these rules shall be taken at time, place and before the certified polygraphist designated by the Board of Directors of the Friends of Rodnreel, Inc.  Failure to take or to pass the required polygraph test shall result in disqualification.  All travel expenses for such polygraph examination are to be paid by entrant.  The decision of the Board of Directors of the Friends of Rodnreel, Inc., in its sole discretion, shall be final on any and all matters.  In the event of any litigation between a participant and the Friends of Rodnreel, Inc. and/or any of the other sponsoring entities that arises out of any aspect whatsoever of the Rodeo, the losing party in said litigation shall be bound to pay all attorneys fees, expenses of litigation, court costs and other costs incurred by and relating to the litigation by the winning party in said litigation. 

8.  DISCLAIMER:  The entire responsibility for valid entry and eligibility rests solely on the participant or, in the case of a minor, on such participant’s parent or legal guardian.  Each participant is responsible for knowing the rules of the Rodeo and, by participating in the Rodeo, agrees to comply with and abide by all rules of the Rodeo.