Diamond Valley Lake Trophy Catch – 3 Ways to Win!
First – Send us a picture of your Diamond Valley Lake trophy catch bass. Largest bass submission each month into the Trophy Catch Program will receive an awesome prize package. All entries will also be counted towards “Heaviest Season Stringer” award in October. It’s simple, so see below for what you need to submit. The largest bass of the year will also receive a grand prize. Pictures will be reviewed and prizes awarded the second week of month following submission!
Second – Heaviest Season Stringer – Each monthly picture submitted will count. Each anglers top five fish caught and submitted before 10/1/2020 will be totaled up and the person with the heaviest season “stringer” at DVL will receive a new state of the art $3,000 trolling motor. See above for picture qualifications.
Third – the Trophy Catch Program includes a lunker club. There are 3 classes of the lunker club that you can redeem for different prizes. The first club is a 5lb – 8lb club. Next is an 8lb-10lb club. The most prestigious class is the 10lb + club. You have a chance to win each of the prizes once per person.
* Monthly Prize rules: It’s simple – Trophy Catch Rules
Trophy Catch is a citizen-science conservation rewards program for bass anglers that emphasizes live-release of largemouth bass weighing five pounds and heavier. Trophy Catch bass will be accepted year-round and require photographic documentation for verification. The submission deadline is 24 hours after the last day of the month to qualify for a current month prize and/or annual prize.
All fish entered into Trophy Catch must be caught legally, including a proper license or exemption, in Diamond Valley Lake waters using an active legal hook-and-line method.
Bass must be released alive.
Submit Entries by Email to trophycatch@waterboatsbass.org
To earn Trophy Catch rewards, the weight needs to be documented.
The three main ways to document your Trophy Catch:
1. Angler Weighed Catches
Submit a photo of entire fish displaying the fish from head-to-tail, with no part of the fish cut out of the photo with the weight on the scale clearly visible. You must also include Diamond Valley Lake shoreline in background. Hand scales must be held by the designated handle without interfering with or touching the chain, shaft, or the fish while weighing. When using a pan scale where a type of weighing bin (e.g., basket, tub, pan etc.) is used to hold the fish on the scale, the submitted photo must include the entire fish and the entire weighing bin clearly showing all sides and corners and the scale with the weight visible. All scales, including panscales, should be properly tared in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. Supplemental photos holding or releasing the bass and images of the entire fish on a bump-board or tape-measure are encouraged to be submitted. However, the required photo is of the entire bass, including tagged bass on the scale with the weight clearly visible with the Diamond Valley Lake shoreline in the background. |
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2. Tournament Weighed Catches
Include a photo copy of an official printed tournament weigh slip with the tournament information that includes your name and verified weight of the individual fish, the date and location of the tournament.
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Any fish documented and weighed in at the Marina that is released safely will also qualify for submission. A Diamond Valley Lake staff must be present during this weigh in. Decisions by Water Boats Bass staff to approve or deny catches and or program participation will be final.
Photos
Anglers should submit high resolution photographs (good overall clarity), with at least one photograph of the whole fish. Your picture must include a background of Diamond Valley Lake shoreline. You may use spring or digital scale with the weight clearly visible and legible. Anglers are encouraged to submit three or four additional photographs of the fish: 1. the whole fish on a measuring board with the length clearly visible 2. close-up on scale with at least half the fish visible 3. being released safely back into the water 4. A picture of themselves or a friend with their catch. Photos and documentation will be reviewed by Water Boats Bass staff. If the fish’s weight is not clearly visible in the photo, it does not show the entire fish, or the submission is questionable in terms of the size of the fish or location/method of catch or live release, the TrophyCatch team may verify or deny the entry based on their judgment.
Catch-and-Release
Since catch-and-release of trophy fish is a goal of Water Boats Bass, anglers should become familiar with handling procedures to ensure fish are healthy upon release. Largemouth bass not released alive or kept by an angler will not be accepted into the Trophy Catch program.
Be sure to participate in the other ways to win by visiting Water.Boats.Bass On Social Media and subscribing to our newsletter.
Submit Entries by Email to trophycatch@waterboatsbass.org
Email Patrick regarding questions on the rules to patrick@waterboatsbass.org