These Rules are based on the 2008 Season and a minimum field of 40 teams. The Oh Boy! Oberto Redfish Cup is an Invitation only event. Interpretation of these rules will be left exclusively to Redfish Nation officials. Decisions of the Tournament Director are final in all matters and are not subject to appeal.

1. Federal, State and Local Laws
All contestants are required to follow all applicable Federal, State and Local regulations and laws. Any violation of such rules or Redfish Cup rules may result in a fine of up to $500, daily weight penalty, disqualification from the tournament day, the entire tournament or from all Redfish Nation events. All fines will be donated to the Fish America Foundation, a Redfish Nation conservation partner.

2. Eligibility
Redfish Nation and the Redfish Cup reserve the absolute right to deny entry into any Redfish Nation tournaments to any person or any team for any reason whatsoever. All anglers entered in the 2008 Oh Boy! Oberto Redfish Cup events must be a Redfish Nation tournament member in good standing. All events are team events. Any angler 17 Years of age or younger may fish with a parent or other adult but must provide written parental consent at registration. Both team members must fish from the same boat. No one other than paid contestants or Redfish Nation officials is permitted in a competitor's boat during tournament hours. If a team splits up in the middle of the season, then they will both not be eligible to fish anymore that year and forfeit their entry fees.

3. Alternates
One alternate angler will be allowed for teams entered in all qualifying events. The alternate must be designated by Monday, January 7 and may only be used once during the regular season events. Alternates cannot be used for the Championship event. If you do not name an alternate by the above date, then you will not be eligible to use one. This name cannot change, so please make sure they are going to be available for you. Death and emergency issues involving teams and alternates will be judged on a case by case basis by the tournament director.

4. Alcoholic Beverages and Drugs
Any angler or contestant consuming or carrying alcoholic beverages or drugs (other than prescription) on board a contestant's boat during tournament hours, which begins when boat checks start and ends when team checks in, will be disqualified.

5. Sportsmanship
All contestants are required to practice courtesy, safety and follow local and state game laws. Anyone displaying poor sportsmanship or violating game laws will be subject to a fine or disqualification.

6. Permitted Fishing Locations
Contestants may fish anywhere on tournament waters accessible by boat, except areas designated as "off limits" or "no fishing" by local, state, federal officials or Redfish Nation personnel, or within 50 yards of a competitor's boat which was anchored first (an anchored boat is a boat held in a stable position by a line attached to a weight, push pole, power pole, etc. with the trolling motor in the up position). If the boat does not have a trolling motor the definition of "anchored" still applies. Fishing is not allowed within 200 yards of the tournament site. Fishing within 100 yards of a boat that is chumming with live or dead bait is NOT allowed. A team may not chum with live or dead bait within ten (10) days prior to competition in or near areas planned to fish during competition. Teams may not fish near areas they know have been chummed within 10 days prior to competition.

7. No Information
The intent to solicit any information within 14 days prior to Official Tournament Practice and throughout practice and competition days will be prohibited. Official tournament practice begins the Saturday before the Tournament event. This includes hiring of services or purchasing information from local expert anglers. Tournament anglers may share information with each other up to and during the competition, but not for any compensation or monetary gain. However, no communication pertaining to fishing is allowed via cell phone, VHF radio, pager or any electronic device during competition.

8. Contestants Must Remain in Boat
All angling must be conducted from the boat. At no time may a contestant intentionally leave the boat to land a fish or make the boat more accessible to fishing waters. Contestants must leave and return to the official checkpoint by boat. No tournament boat may be loaded on the trailer before the weigh-in except with the permission of the tournament director. In the event of equipment failure or emergency, there will be only two permitted methods of returning to the official check-in: (1) by both partners remaining in their boat and being towed by water (a commercial licensed tow company may be utilized, or another team may tow a fellow competitor,) (2) by one or both anglers entering the boat of another tournament contestant. Anglers are responsible for colored tie wrap or suitable material for marking and distinguishing their catch. Under these two conditions the contestant's catches may be counted without a penalty (except for late penalties, dead fish penalties or other penalties pertaining to other tournament rules). Contestants who elect to return to the official check-in by any other means than cited above will forfeit their day's catch to that point in time of the tournament day. Any contestant returning to the check-in point will be eligible to restart and resume competition only under the supervision of the tournament director or his designated tournament official. It is the sole responsibility of contestants to locate the tournament director or official to request a restart. Failure to render assistance when requested in an emergency situation is cause for immediate disqualification. Teams receiving assistance must communicate to the tournament official, the boat number(s) of the assisting boat and the assisted boat at time commencing aid.

9. Official Checkpoints
There will be only one official checkpoint for boat check in the morning and one official checkpoint for check-in in the afternoon. All tournament boats must be inspected by tournament official at official tournament site before blast-off (times and locations will be announced at pre-tournament meeting). Any team arriving after blast off has started will have their boat inspected and then go to the back of the line. Failure to go through boat check and checkout in the morning will result in disqualification. All fishing must cease upon check-in. Teams that experience equipment failures may have them repaired and check out late for an event. However, it is the team's responsibility to find and notify the tournament director or tournament official in order to check out.

10. Polygraphs
Each contestant agrees to submit, by his/her signature on the official tournament release, to a polygraph examination and abide by its conclusion.

11. Insurance
Current liability insurance is required for each team contestant utilizing his or her boats in the Oh Boy! Oberto Redfish Cup. Proof of insurance (copy) must be submitted in advance or provided at registration. Insurance must be valid for anglers and boat on tournament days. Minimum required is $100,000.

12. Mandatory On-Site Registration and Captain’s Meeting
All contestants must attend Pre-Tournament Registration and Captain’s Meeting on Thursday before the event. Being late to the Captain’s Meeting will result in a 15 minute delay from Friday morning take-off. Both team members are required to attend all of the following. Exceptions will be taken on case by case basis by the tournament director.

13. Mandatory off Limits Day
Thursday before each event will be a Mandatory off limits day. This means that no angler will be allowed to be on the water at any time this day.

Thursday Sample Schedule: (Sites are to be Determined and Times are Subject to Change)

8AM-12 Noon	Boat Repair and Maintenance at Service Yard
12:30PM-1:30PM	Lunch provided
3:00PM-3:30PM	Boat Inspection
3:30PM-4:00PM	Mandatory Registration
4:00PM	Mandatory Captain's Meeting
5:00PM-7:00PM	Mandatory Community Wide Meet & Greet the Pros

14. Tournament Entry Fees
Entry fees for the 2008 Oh Boy! Oberto Redfish Cup is a total of $12,000. The deposit of $6,000 is due no later than 3PM on Monday, January 7, 2008. The remaining balance of $6,000 is due no later than 3PM on Monday, March 31, 2008. Please make sure that all payments are in the office of Sealy Outdoors by the above dates. Please call Sealy Outdoors (Mon.-Fri. 9AM- 5PM Central Time) to pay by Credit Card or mail payment to:

Redfish Nation
C/o Sealy Outdoors, Inc.
P.O. Drawer 5431
Sam Rayburn, TX 75951

15. Boats, Motors and Horsepower Regulations
All boats must be a minimum of 15 feet 6 inches in length. Each boat must have all required U.S. Coast Guard safety equipment. In addition, it must have a functional bilge pump and live well space, properly aerated to adequately maintain alive a limit catch of redfish by both contestants. The Tournament Director shall have the sole responsibility for determining whether aeration and capacity is proper and adequate. For the safety of all contestants, all boats must be equipped with some type of operable ignition kill switch. This ignition kill device must be attached to the driver's body anytime the combustion engine is operating. Anytime the combustion engine is operating and in gear, there must be a driver in the driver's seat in full control of the boat. A small electric trolling motor may be used for slow maneuvering. All bladder tanks and any other type of auxiliary gas tanks that are not installed by the boat manufacturer are prohibited. Fuel may be carried only in factory installed (built-in) fuel tanks. Any additional fuel used during the tournament day must be purchased from a retail facility open to the public.

16. Safety
Safe boating will be observed at all times. Each contestant is required to wear a fastened, vest-type or suspender-style U.S. Coast Guard approved, personal floatation device anytime the combustion engine is on.

17. Team Numbers and Flights
Team numbers will be drawn by each team at the time of Registration. It is the contestants' responsibility to know their flight number, official time and check-in time.

18. Bait and Tackle
Only artificial lures may be used with the exceptions of liquid bait attractants or pork strips. No live or dead bait. No trolling with the main engine. Only one rod at a time may be used per contestant. A cast must be fully retrieved before another rod is picked up. Fly-fishing and conventional tackle are allowed. All redfish must be caught alive in a conventional sporting manner. Trolling as a method of fishing is prohibited. Foul hooked fish shall not be weighed during competition. A foul hooked fish is defined as a fish that does not have at least one hook in its mouth, and it must be released.

19. Live Fish
Every effort must be made to keep redfish alive. An eight (8) ounce or .50 pound penalty will be deducted from the contestants' total weight for each dead redfish presented for weigh-in. No mutilated or iced fish shall be accepted. No angler may manipulate the weight or length of any redfish with the intent of gaining an advantage over other tournament competitors during the tournament or any time six months prior to the event.

20. Late Penalty
Contestants who are not at the official check-in area at the designated time will be penalized one (1) pound per minute from the total weight including any weight. Any contestant more than fifteen (15) minutes late will not receive credit for the day's weight.

21. Scoring
Tournament standings shall be determined by the aggregate weight measured in pounds and 100ths of a pound of each team's catch during the tournament. Only redfish/red drum will be weighed, the limit shall be two (2) fish per team, unless state law from host tournament site stipulates one fish per angler. Contestants will at no time have in their live well more than the tournament limit of fish. Redfish Nation officials will designate the official tournament slot limit prior to the event. That slot limit will be in accordance with all local, state and federal regulations. Any fish outside of the slot limit as designated by Redfish Nation officials will not be weighed. Redfish must not be placed on a stringer at any time during the tournament. Each team has the opportunity to ask for one reweigh per day with the stipulation that the reweigh will be their final weight. Once fish have been removed from the stage, there will be no reweigh.

22. Points
In each regular season event the amount of points will be determined by the final number of teams that are entered in the 2008 Oh Boy! Oberto Redfish Cup. For Example, with 50 teams, then 50 points will be awarded to the 1st place team. Points will be awarded from second place on down the standings to teams that have weighed in at least one redfish. The remaining points will be awarded in 1 point increments (i.e., 2nd- 49, 3rd-48 and so on).

23. Team of the Year
The team with the most cumulative points after the four regular season events will win the Oh Boy! ObertoTeam of the Year award. In the event of a tie for first place, the team with the largest cumulative weight for the entire season will be the Team of the Year. The Team of the Year will receive Next Year’s Entry Fees Paid in Full.

24. Championship
After the four regular season events, the top 20 teams based on points will go to the no-entry fee Oh Boy! Oberto Redfish Cup Championship. In the event of a tie, the total cumulative weight from the entire regular season will be the determining factor for the teams that will qualify.

The Championship Venue will be announced at the first regular season event. There will be an Off Limits Period 14 days prior to the first Official Practice day of the Championship. This means no one will be allowed to be on tournament waters during this time.

OFFICIAL PRACTICE for the Championship will start on Saturday before the event and each team will have 5 days of practice. The No Information Rule applies to The Championship as well. Thursday will be a Mandatory off Limits day.

The Championship winners are eligible to compete in next year’s Oh Boy! Oberto Redfish Cup Championship as long as they remain a team and fish the entire season.

25. Tournament Cut
After the first two days of competition, the field will be cut to a total of five teams. Remaining payout will be paid after the second day weigh-in is complete and official. In the event of a tie, the largest single day weight will be the determining factor in making the cut for the final day.

The top five teams will zero out their weight on the final day. The team with the heaviest weight on the final day will determine the winner of the event. In the event of a tie, Day-2 positions will be the determining factor.

26. Protests
All protests must be submitted in writing (No Exceptions), along with a $150 deposit per protests to administer a polygraph exam, within 15 minutes of Official tournament scales closing. The decision of the tournament director and tournament officials will be final. The protester also agrees to submit to a polygraph exam. If the protest is upheld, the $150 deposit will be refunded. Any infractions discovered after the event is over may be acted upon by Redfish Nation officials.

27. On the Water Communication
A VHF radio is required for all tournament vessels. The VHF may be mounted or portable. The use of cell phones, radios or any other electronic communication will be prohibited to tournament anglers during the hours of competition for the purpose of discussing fishing to anyone. Anglers who make the final five may not receive information from any angler once the second-day weigh in has concluded.

28. Media Coverage
Contestants entered in the Oh Boy! Oberto Redfish Cup events must make their boat and fishing areas available to Redfish Nation cameramen and camera boats during the entirety of all tournaments. All anglers are required to sign a release at registration to be eligible for the tournament.

29. ANGLER CODE OF CONDUCT
Anglers participating in any Redfish Cup sanctioned event shall observe this code of conduct and the applicable rules for the specific event in which they are participating. Anglers shall, at all times, conduct themselves in a manner becoming professional anglers that will not reflect unfavorably on Redfish Cup, its members, officers or representatives, tournaments or sponsors.

To this end, anglers shall use their best efforts to demonstrate professionalism and integrity in support of the sport of professional fishing. Any angler who violates any of the provisions of the Angler Code of Conduct may be subject to fines, forfeiture of tournament winnings, suspension from competing in individual Redfish Cup sanctioned events, permanent ban from competition, or any combination thereof deemed appropriate by Redfish Cup.

30. MEDIA COMMENTS, PUBLIC ATTACKS
The favorable public reputation of Redfish Cup as a sanctioning organization in the sport of fishing, the integrity of its officials, and the reputation of its media properties are valuable assets and tangible benefits for Redfish Cup. Accordingly, it is an obligation of competitors to refrain from comments to the news media that unreasonably attack or disparage the integrity of tournaments, tournament officials, sponsors, fellow members, fellow anglers or the Redfish Cup organization. Responsible expressions of legitimate disagreement with Redfish Cup policies are encouraged, as opposed to attacks upon the integrity of the rules or officials. However, public comments that an angler knows, or should reasonably know, will harm the reputation of Redfish Cup, Redfish Cup officials or sponsors, shall be considered conduct unbecoming a professional and will result in disciplinary action.

Final Day Rules
1. The top five teams after two days will fish the final day.
2. A mandatory competitor meeting for the top five teams will be held immediately following the second-day weigh-in.
3. No tobacco product use will be permitted while on camera. No exceptions.
4. Contestants are allowed to wear their own sponsor clothing for all tournament days including the final day. The Redfish Nation reserves the right to reject clothing deemed inappropriate or unprofessional on all tournament days.
5. Contestants are allowed to fish out of their own boats for all tournament days including the final day. The Redfish Nation reserves the right to reject sponsor wrapped boats deemed inappropriate or unprofessional on all tournament days.

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2008 Oh Boy! Oberto Redfish Cup Payout (Minimum of $180,000)

1st Place	$50,000
2nd Place	$20,000
3rd Place	$15,000
4th Place	$12,500
5th Place	$10,000
6th - 10th	$7,000
11th-15th	$5,500
16th-18th	$5,000
19th, 20th	$4,250