Event Type : Entertainment

FISHING IS BACK BABY!!

We’ve waited so long but the BIGGEST STRICTLY BAY FLOUNDER TOURNAMENT IN THE WORLD IS BACK!!

Our 2022 Paradise Bay Flounder Tournament will be July 16th- July 17th RAIN. OR. SHINE!

$75,000.00 in prize money up for grabs! A $45,000.00 increase from 2019!

Entry Fee (includes T-shirt): $65.00/angler
Kids 12 & under: $45.00
‼️ $5.00 from every angler fee is donated to the Oak Orchard Boys & Girls Club! ‼️

Registration will be held June 27th – July 10′ • NEW THIS YEAR – You may register in person or online at www.baytournament.com•
This is a flounder only tournament
You may fish both days of the tournament• This is a bay only tournament, you may only fish in the Indian River Bay and the Rehoboth Bay. The boundary lines are the Indian River Inlet Bridge (not the end of the rocks/jetty), and the entrances to both the Rehoboth/Lewes Canal and the Assawomen Canal. Fishing beyond these boundaries will call for immediate disqualification.

You MUST wear your t-shirt during the tournament/weigh-ins/ceremony!

Anglers may fish from land or sea, and must have a Delaware fishing license, or be on a licensed fishing boat. If fishing by boat, the max number of anglers is 8/boat and everyone on the boat must be registered in the tournament.

Lines may enter the water at 7:00am each day! Scales open at 4pm on the Lagoon Stage! Only one flounder may be weighed per angler/per day.

If entered into the optional daily Calcutta division, this will also be your qualifying fish for that day as well. It is your responsibility to
bring your heaviest fish to the scale. The fish must be weighed the day it is caught.

Lines must be out of the water by 5:00 pm and Anglers must be back at Paradise Marina for weigh ins by 5:30 pm.

All fish must be landed using rod and reel, hook and line. You must land, hook, and fight your own fish. Another angler may net your fish, however no gaffing. Must use net. Anglers must comply with all Federal and State of Delaware laws regarding size and number of flounder caught. The Department of Natural Resources sets the minimum size requirements for recreational summer flounder each year in Delaware. Winners will be determined by the weight of the flounder. In the event of
a tie, length will be used to break a tie.

Kids may qualify for one prize in the kid’s division and one prize in the overall division. Women may qualify for one prize in the women’s division and one prize in the overall division.

The announcement you waited two long years for….

2022 FLOUNDER POUNDER OPEN, THE LARGEST FLOUNDER TOURNAMENT IN
THE WORLD IS BACK!!

‼️ Tournament dates are Wednesday, August 17th – Sunday, August 21st, 2022 ‼️
You may fish 3 out of 5 days. Registration will be held Aug. 1st – 14th, 2022
Register in person or online at www. FlounderPounderOpen.com

‼️‼️$50.00 from every boat registered will be donated to the Beebe Tunnell Cancer Center! LETS POUND CANCER ‼️‼️

Every year we try to take it to the next level, and we did just that for you this year as well! We have increased the total prize money this year by $102,000.00!!! No, that’s not a typo! We went from $300,000.00 total cash prize to $402.000.00!!!!! We increased 3rd & 4th
place by $10,000.00 each, 5th & 6th place by $5,000.00, 7th & 8th place by, $2,000.00, 9th by $2,500.00, 10th by $3,500.00 AND WE ADDED 11th-16TH PLACE!!!

We didn’t stop there, we made the Optional Daily
Calcutta Division have 7 places to win instead of 5 AND increased the prize money! We went from $11,000.00/DAY to $20,000.00/DAY!
$100,000.00 TOTAL!!! HERE IS THE BEST PART,
THE TOURNAMENT FEES DID NOT INCREASE $1 FROM 2019 FPO!

TOURNAMENT ENTRY FEES:
(Includes T-shirts for each angler)
**1ST WEEK OF REGISTRATION: (Aug. 1st – 7th)
$300/BOAT $150/ANGLER
**2ND WEEK OF REGISTRATION: (Aug. 8th-14)
$25 Increase for Both Boat & Angler Fees.

OPTIONAL DAILY CALCUTTA ENTRY FEE:
$100/TEAM the 1st week of registration (Aug. 1st-7th) $125/TEAM the 2nd week of
registration (Aug. 8th- 14th)

Optional Daily Calcutta winners will be determined by the weight of the fish weighed that day. In the event of a tie, length will be used. You can win one prize each of the 3 days you fish in the Optional Calcutta division if registered
*** 1ST Place fish must weigh 5 lbs. to qualify for 1st Place Prize (Calcutta Division Only)

Captain’s meeting will be on Tuesday, August 16th at 7:30pm in the Lagoon Area!

This will be a flounder tournament only and you must fish on a registered team/boat. You may have up to 8 registered anglers on your team with one being registered as the Captain. Everyone on the boat must be registered, no
exceptions!

Each team will receive 2 Lay Day Cards to present the 2 days you do NOT fish, or you may use our Lay Day email system for those 2 days. Each team is eligible to win one prize in the top 10 overall. Each team may also win one prize in the daily Calcutta each of the 3 days you fish.

The Captain from each team is only entitled to weigh one fish per day and it is his/her responsibility to bring the heaviest fish to the scales.

You may fish in both Delaware and Federal waters. You may only fish 50 NAUTICAL miles from the Indian River Inlet Green Buoy #1! Any fish caught outside 50 NAUTICAL miles will be immediately disqualified!

Winning flounder are determined by weight, in the event of a tie, length will be used. Each captain is eligible to weigh 1 flounder per day. The flounder must be weighed the day it is caught. All fish must be landed using rod and reel, hook and line. You must land, hook, and fight your own fish. Another angler may net your fish, however no gaffing, must use net!

Anglers must comply with all Federal and State of Delaware laws regarding size and number of flounder caught. The Department of Natural Resources sets the minimum size requirements for recreational summer flounder each year in Delaware.

Lines may enter the water at 7am each day. Scales open at 4pm each day in the Lagoon Bar Area. Lines must be out of the water by 5pm. You must be back to Paradise by 6pm. You do not have to come by boat to weigh-in.

A team may use any means to make their fish available for weighing. This includes but is not limited to switching his fish to another boat, being towed by another boat, or trucking the fish to the scales, however, you have to be in the
Paradise Lagoon Bar by 6pm! Once the switch has been made, no team member may fish the remainder of that day.