NATIONALS SCHEDULE

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15th

MANDATORY EITHER DAY!!!
Wednesday, noon till 5PM Pick up your tournament number, Harbour Pointe Park. (Just south of Taylor Creek) the Tournament site. Souvenir memorabilia on sale. Thursday opens at 10 AM. Registration doors close promptly at 4:30 PM on Thursday. You must be in line before then.
DIRECTIONS TO HARBOUR POINTE PARK

SKA Poker Tournament @ Governor's Grill
Start your week off with some fun, come and play!
Buy in $150, includes 2500 in chips and buffet.
Cash only. Prize based on number of players.

6:00 PM - Registration
7:00 PM - Poker Tournament starts!

Location: Fort Pierce, one block west of the marina on N. 2nd St. in between Orange Ave. and Avenue A on the East side of the street. For more info call Ali Thompson 336-324-6845

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16th

10 AM till 6 PM  Pick up your tournament number, Harbour Pointe Park the Tournament site. Souvenir memorabilia on sale. (Registration closes promptly at 6 PM, arrive no later than 5:30 to be in line.)NO NUMBERS OR REGISTRATION WILL BE DONE AFTER 6 PM. IF YOU MISS DOING THIS THEN YOU CAN PICK UP YOUR NUMBER AT THE SKA TRAILER AT 5 AM ON FRIDAY MORNING!

5:00 PM Cash Bar opens

6:00 PM Dinner is served

6:30 PM Captain's Meeting, mandatory for qualified captains.

6:45 PM COSTUME CONTEST JUDGING $1000 FOR A BEST PIRATE!

7:00 PM Annual Divisional Awards and Top Angler of the Year Awards program.
(First five places in Open Division, First three places in Class of 23, Top Lady Anglers, Top Junior Anglers, Top Senior Anglers.)

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17th

THIS IS A CAPTAIN’S CHOICE TOURNAMENT!

CHECK OUT:
6:00 AM on the weigh in dock in front of the tournament site (HARBOUR POINTE PARK) and the pier at the east end of the Fort Pierce Beach causeway. ALL BOATS! Then boats will proceed out the inlet and hold within a quarter mile north or south of the inlet. Boats running north or south of the inlet using the Intracoastal Waterway will gather just south of the Fort Pierce Beach Causeway Bridge (south) and those going north, just north of the Hutchinson Island (North) Causeway Bridge. There will be a mandatory 45 mph speed limit on the Intracoastal for the first five miles. All posted areas must be observed. At 6:30 all Class of 23 boats will be given the green light to go fishing on VHF channel 72. Five minutes later all Open Class boats will be given the go ahead. (Providing there is sufficient daylight) This is done in the interest of safety. Please keep your eyes open for all watercraft both in the Intracoastal Waterway and on the open water. SAFETY IS PARAMOUNT!

WE ARE ASKING THAT ALL WRAPPED BOATS AND SPONSORED BOATS USE THE OCEAN START AS WE WILL HAVE A HELICOPTER IN THE AIR SHOOTING BOATS FOR THIS YEARS “FISHIN THE TRAIL” TELEVISION SHOW AND SPONSOR COMMERCIALS.

CHECK IN:
Scales will open at 2PM at Harbour Pointe Park. Returning to the weigh in after fishing via the Intracoastal Waterway have no speed limits except where there are posted limits. There will be a check in boat by the dock by the South Causeway Bridge beginning at 3 PM. Before that, just come to the south end of the weigh in dock. Have your fish ready for a photograph, (WE ONLY WANT A PHOTO OF YOUR TEAM HOLDING UP ONE FISH, then one person comes to the scale and the boat leaves the dock. When you see your angler on the north end of the dock, pick him or her up. All boats must return to the tournament site by 4:30 PM and be checked in at the committee dock. Line up single file from the weigh in dock south toward the Causeway Bridge. The committee boat will fall in line behind the last boat at 4:30 PM. 
*** Remember if you run the Intercoastal from the north back to the tournament site you will have to go by the weigh in dock, back to the South Causeway bridge to check in with the check in boat!

THERE ARE NO WAKE ZONES AND IT’S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO KNOW THEM! (ANNOUNCED AT CAPTAIN’S MEETING) IF YOU DO NOT ADHERE TO THESE AND RESPECT THE IMAGE OF THE SKA AND ITS PARTICIPANTS YOU WILL BE DISQUALIFIED FROM THE DAY’S FISHING!

BETWEEN 4:00 PM AND UNTIL THE LAST BOAT WEIGHS IS OUR BUSIEST TIME OF THE EVENT. PLEASE REMAIN IN SINGLE FILE. THERE IS PLENTY OF ROOM OUT IN THE CHANNEL TO LINE UP. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS ON VHF CHANNEL 72 AND EVERYTHING WILL GO VERY SMOOTHLY.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18th

Everything is the same as Friday.
THERE WILL BE SCOREBOARDS AT THE TOURNAMENT WEIGH IN SITE FOR YOUR INSPECTION.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19th

8:30 AM - There will be an AWARDS CEREMONY at the tournament site. Should take about an hour.

FREE WI-FI ZONE BY DOWNTOWN MARINA

THIS IS AN AGGREGATE TOURNAMENT. YOU ARE ALLOWED TO WEIGH ONE FISH PER DAY. REMEMBER TO RELEASE ALL FISH YOU DO NOT INTEND TO WEIGH. WE DO HAVE A RULE ON THIS SUBJECT .... DO NOT GET DISQUALIFIED!
SKA RULES AND CODE OF CONDUCT TO APPLY!

BAIT BOATS AND THE PURCHASE OF BAITS: 
Yes you can purchase bait however you must do this before you check out.  Suggest if you order bait, tell the bait man to bring his boat to the end of the causeway for you to pick up. Otherwise you have to move toward to the inlet till you find the boat, get your bait, then come back to check out, all at idle speed.