Measuring & Photo Documenting
• Measurements must be on a valid measuring board. Shuswap Lake registrants are to submit photos of rainbow trout 50cm or larger. 
• Fish should be recorded immediately and measurements noted by length
• All submissions must include 2 photographs:

1) A pic of you holding the fish

2) A pic of the fish on the measuring board
• Close the fish’s mouth. The nose should touch the bump of the measuring board (belly facing you). This photo needs to include the entire fish on the board.
• If the fish tail is touching the graduation line on the board then that is the exact measurement. If the tail crosses a graduation line, round up 1/8th.

• All participants must have their fish submitted by 4:15pm on the day of the derby. For a Fish-On exemption to apply, you must contact your derby judge no later than 4pm.

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Derby Director
Your Derby Director for the Shuswap Lake is Mandy Davis.

Your Derby Director for the Okanagan Lake is Mike Bridge.

Contact numbers to be provided after registration and payment are received. The interpretation and enforcement of the rules is at the sole discretion of the director. The derby director may change rules or impose sanctions as they deem appropriate, including but not limited to: disqualifications, forfeiture of prizes, and prohibition from competing in future tournaments. All decisions made by the tournament director are final.

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Sportsmanship ​

All participants are expected to follow high standards of sportsmanship, courtesy, safety and conservation. Any participant who displays poor sportsmanship, violates these rules or brings unfavorable publicity to the sport of fishing could be disqualified. 

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Body of Water 

Participants must fish in the area specified for the event. Fishing has to be legal and in public waters only: no private ponds, streams, lakes or rivers. Participants may fish in any water that is open to public fishing, on the lake specified at registration.

Shuswap registrants are to fish on Shuswap Lake only. (Little Shuswap Lake & Mara Lake are excluded)

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Tiebreakers ​

Tiebreakers will be determined by flipping of a coin. The person who submitted their photo first will be the one to call "heads or tails". 

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Claiming Prizes ​

Ensure that your correct address, email, and mobile number appear on your registration for prize announcements and delivery. Prizes are the responsibility of the winners. Transportation, taxes, and incidentals are the responsibility of the winner. It is the responsibility of the derby director to disburse all prizes.

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Laws and Regulations
All federal, provincial, and local laws and all fishing and boating rules must be abided by.
All participants must follow the water specific regulations for the Shuswap Lake and/or Okanagan Lake.
All participants must have a valid BC Recreational Freshwater Fishing License (if applicable)
All boat owners must comply with the rules and regulations as set out by Transport Canada.
Failure to comply with any tournament rules subjects participants to disqualification and removal from the competition, as determined by the tournament officials.

Cheating
All protests must be brought to the director’s attention before the end of the event.
Anyone caught breaking the law or disobeying the rules will be disqualified.
Fish must be hooked and caught live in a conventional manner. Fish can not be snagged, netted, speared, etc.

Safety​

Participants are responsible for their own safety, actions, and property at all times. Each entrant, upon registration to compete in the derby, agrees that he/she will not hold the Sponsors or Hosts liable for any kind of accident that might occur during the fishing derby. 

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