Scrub Island Invitational Billfish Series, Leg 2: August 31-September 4, Unofficial Prizes & Awards 2023
While all efforts are made to keep this information current, all rules and awards published on this website shall be considered unofficial. Official rules and awards will be distributed and announced at the registration check-in and captains meeting.
Leg 2 Base Entry Fee
All teams pay a tournament base entry fee of $5,000. This is not optional. The tournament base entry fee prize money will be disbursed to the winners accordingly: 50 percent goes to the tournament; the remaining 50 percent goes to the top three team point leaders.
The scoring system includes five-hundred (500) points awarded for every blue marlin officially released. One hundred (100) points for every white marlin, spearfish or sailfish officially released.
TEAM DIVISION AWARDS
- First-Place Team - 50 percent
- Second-Place Team - 30 percent
- Third-Place Team - 20 percent
- High-Point Angler - Trophy and Prize Package
- High-Point Lady Angler - Trophy and Prize Package
In the event of a tie the team reaching the highest score first wins with the other team assuming the next award position. This is based on the time of release of billfish.
DAILY BILLFISH RELEASE JACKPOT- 90-Percent Payback
Level 1 - $2000
Level 2 - $3000
There are two levels of optional Daily Billfish Release Jackpots. You must register in level one to be eligible for the level-two jackpot. The daily billfish-release prize consists of one-third of the total jackpot money. If no billfish are released on an individual day, the jackpot rolls over to the next day. If no billfish are released on the final day of fishing, then the final-day jackpot money goes to the previous day's winner(s). Only teams entered in the daily billfish-release jackpot will be eligible for these cash awards.
- Day-one, level-one Billfish-Release Jackpot — one-third of total pot.
- Day-two, level-one Billfish-Release Jackpot — one-third of total pot.
- Day-three, level-one Billfish-Release Jackpot — one-third of total pot.
OVERALL BILLFISH RELEASE POINTS JACKPOT – 90 Percent Payback.
The fee to enter into the Overall Billfish Release Points Jackpot is $5,000 and is optional. The Overall Billfish Release Points Jackpot will be awarded to the top three teams with the most overall billfish release points of the tournament over the three days of fishing and be awarded accordingly. First place - 50% / Second place - 30% / Third place - 20%. Only teams registered in the overall billfish release points jackpots will be eligible for these cash awards.
WINNER-TAKE-ALL RELEASE JACKPOT – 90 percent payback
The fee to enter into the Winner-Take-All Release Jackpot is $2,000 and is optional. The team with the most release points wins entire jackpot.
SII SERIES JACKPOT – 90 percent payback
The fee to enter the SII Series Overall Points Jackpot is $5,000 and is optional. Teams must be registered by 8:29am August 28, 2023 to be eligible for the SII Overall Points Jackpot. The SII Series Optional Points Jackpot will be awarded to the top three teams with the most overall points of the two event series and will be awarded accordingly; First place 50%, Second Place 30%, Third Place 20%.
PRIZE DISBURSEMENT
Any team receiving cash awards must fill out a prize-disbursement form prior to receiving any funds or prizes. Each registered team representative is in control of any winnings and must sign this form. All winnings will be sent to the winners once all funds have cleared the bank. All winners and entrants of this tournament may be subject to a polygraph test at the tournament committee's discretion. If a participant refuses to submit to a polygraph test for any reason, then any winnings that may be coming to that participant (or his or her team) will be automatically forfeited.