Lake Simcoe Pike Tournament This Sunday May 27

wil wegman · May 23, 2007

ANGLERS INVITED TO COMPETE IN ANNUAL PIKE TOURNAMENT THIS SUNDAY

For Only $100 per team

The Aurora Bassmasters would like to invite anglers with a

boat and working livewell to compete in their annual pike tournament

on Lake Simcoe The annual event will take place Sunday May 27,

2007 out of Pasadena Marina in Keswick on the pike filled waters of

Cooks Bay. Entry fee, payable beginning at 6am the morning of the

event, is only $100 per team and includes "Big Fish".

Heaviest three pike win the tournament.

As part of an ongoing MNR Community Fisheries and Wildlife Improvement

Project, several of the pike caught during this event will be chosen

for an adult pike transfer to nearby Fairy Lake and the upper reaches

of the Holland River in Newmarket. Here, the pike will become the top

predator and will play an important role in balancing the small

aquatic ecosystem of this Urban Fishery. Wil Wegman Conservation

Director for the Ontario B.A.S.S. Federation Nation, explained that "This

annual pike tournament and transfer is an excellent example of how our

Ministry of Natural Resources and tournament groups can work together

to benefit our fisheries.

Lake Simcoe currently has an incredibly productive northern pike fishery

that at one time included those upper reaches of the Holland River and

Fairy Lake where we release our annual 20-30 pike. With dams and

obstructions however in the river, the pike from the lake have a tough

time making it south to Newmarket without our help. The Aurora Bassmasters

and this annual pike tournament/transfer have clearly demonstrated to the MNR

one of the many ways tournaments can assist them in their work."

The Aurora Bassmasters are proud members of the Ontario Bass

Federation Nation which is made up of about 30 B.A.S.S. chapter clubs.

The Bass Anglers Sportsman Society (B.A.S.S.) is the world's largest fishing

organization, with over 600,000 members and federation nations in 46 states

plus Japan, Zimbabwe, Mexico, South Africa, Italy and of course here in Ontario.

Media Advisory prepared by:

Wil Wegman, OBF Conservation and Media Director

AURORA BASSMASTERS

ANNUAL, LIVE RELEASE

PIKE TOURNAMENT

AND ADULT TRANSFER

Sunday, May 27th/2007

7:00 am-2:30 pm

COOKS BAY - L. SIMCOE

PASADENA MARINA In Keswick

COST: Only $90.00 per team, plus $10.00 BIG PIKE CONTEST

*PAYOUT: 1st = $2,000. 2nd = $1,000 3rd = $700

*PAYBACK TO 10th PLACE, * (*Based on 75 teams)

ENJOY GREAT PIKE FISHING RIGHT OUT FROM THIS MARINA IN THE VERY SOUTH END OF COOKS BAYI N KESWICK! For Directions to Pasadena please call 905 476-1077

· THREE FISH LIMIT - MINIMUM SIZE 14 INCHES

· WORKING LIVEWELLS MANDATORY

· PROCEEDS TO AURORA BASSMASTERS

IN COOPERATION WITH MNR's AURORA DISTRICT, SOME OF THE PIKE CAUGHT DURING THIS TOURNAMENT WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO HELP REHABILITATE THE FISHERY OF FAIRY LAKE IN NEWMARKET.

· For more information please contact: [email protected]

· Please pay in cash the morning of the event beginning at 6am

ENTRY FORM

Name:________________________________________ Name:_______________________________________________

Address: ______________________________________Address:____________________________________________

Town: _______________________________________ Town: _____________________________________________

Postal Code________________/emai/____________________ Postal Code:____________/email____________________

Phone:_________________________________________ Phone______________________________________________

Signature:_________________Date:____________ Signature____________________Date:______________

WAIVER: I understand that in signing this waiver and application, that I agree to hold harmless all sponsors, contestants officials and organizers from all claims for bodily injury and other damage incurred with this tournament. I also formally acknowledge that if I am the boater in this event, that I have a minimum of $1 million liability insurance.

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