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Fishing Tournament Information System The Michigan Fishing Tournament Information System is where you can schedule a tournament or view scheduled fishing tournaments for a particular waterbody, ramp and date. * Helps both tournament organizers and recreational anglers and boaters avoid ramp conflicts. * Allows tournament organizers to report their catch data.

**Most fishing tournaments and other competitive events are private club events that require preregistration and are not open to the general public. **Please do not show up at a registered tournament or event and expect to enter. If a registered tournament/event has contact information, contact them about membership or registration prior to the date of the tournament.

Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. Fishing Tournament Information System ## Tournament registration All bass and walleye fishing tournaments and competitive fishing events targeting muskellunge are**required**to be registered in the Michigan Fishing Tournament Information System (FTIS).

Any suspicion of an unregistered bass, walleye or muskellunge event being held in Michigan should be promptly reported to the**Report All Poaching Hotline: 1-800-292-7800**.

Michigan Tournament Information System » ATTENTION: Once you have created a user id/password, if you attempt to login and receive an error that states "Invalid User ID or Password" you must call the State of Michigan Client Service Center at 877-932-6424 and request help with the State of Michigan's MILogin, as you may need to reset your password.

## Event permits for boating access sites In addition to registering a tournament on the Michigan Fishing Tournament Information System,some tournaments may also require an event use permit for use of a DNR managed boating access site. Learn more aboutLand Use permits for fishing tournamentsto determine if your tournament may require a permit.

Pleasecontact the facilitywhere the event will occur for questions about whether or not a permit is needed. * Registering and Managing Events In October 2018 the Natural Resource Commission changed their order regarding fishing tournaments in Michigan. The new order, **which goes into effect January 1, 2019**, replaces the legal definition of fishing tournament with the following: 1.

Fishing Tournament: means an organized competition between anglers or teams of anglers that meets all of the following criteria: * The determination of a winner is based on the cumulative weight or length of the targeted fish species caught by an angler or team of anglers. * Occurs during a defined period, which can be on one or multiple days but does not exceed 5 days.

* Is anchored to a single boating access site or designated nearby location where fish caught by participating anglers or teams are to be weighed in, entered, or the group is otherwise operating their event from. * Are limited to a single water body or connected waterbodies (Example: Lake St. Clair, Detroit R.

, and Lake Erie) that are accessed by a common access site.

A Fishing Tournament **is not** a competition where "winning" or prize distribution is determined solely on one or more of the following criteria: * Who caught the largest fish or some combination of big fish awards * Who caught the smallest fish * Who caught the first fish * Who caught the most fish species * Any other format that does not involve an angler or teams of anglers entering a cumulative weight or length of the target species.

2. Competitive Fishing Event: means any other organized competition among anglers involving prize distribution or the declaration of a winner that is not defined as a fishing tournament with specific rules applying to that particular event.

In addition to updating the definitions, the FO 250 also requires that beginning January 1, 2019, the following events shall be registered and report their results online using the Department's Michigan Fishing Tournament Information System: * All bass fishing tournaments; * All walleye fishing tournaments; * and All competitive fishing events targeting muskellunge.

These changes expand the registration and reporting requirements to include walleye tournaments and competitive fishing events targeting muskellunge. The new definition of "Fishing Tournament" may also impact a small number of "Competitive Fishing Events" that include a bass component.

Such competitive bass events have been required to register and report from 2016-2018 under the previous definitions, however going forward, only bass tournaments as defined above will be required to registered and report their results in the Fishing Tournament Information System.

### **Data to be reported for bass fishing tournaments** All bass tournaments directors are required to track and report the following information for each one of their registered events: 3. Maximum number of fish that can be entered by angler or team 4. Total number of largemouth bass 5.

Total number of smallmouth bass 7. Total weight of all bass entered in pounds for tournament 8. Number of bass greater than 4 pounds 9.

Heaviest bass weighted 10. Did you observe any black melanomason the bass that were caught and entered in your tournament? Yes or no. 11.

Did you observe any sores of lesionson the bass that were caught and entered in your tournament? Yes or no. For those director's running a tournament based on length: 3. Maximum number of fish that can be entered by angler or team 4.

Total number of largemouth bass 5. Total number of smallmouth bass 7. Total length of all bass entered in inches for tournament 8.

Number of bass greater than 4 pounds (please estimate) 10. Did you observe any black melanomason the bass that were caught and entered in your tournament? Yes or no. 11.

Did you observe any sores of lesionson the bass that were caught and entered in your tournament? Yes or no. ### **Data to be reported for walleye fishing tournaments** All walleye tournaments directors are required to track and report the following information for each one of their registered events: For those director's running a tournament based on weight: 3. Total number of walleye 4.

Total weight of all walleye entered in pounds for tournament 5. Heaviest walleye weighed 6. List any other species that was caught and entered during this tournament For those director's running a tournament based on length: 3.

Total number of walleye 4. Total length of all walleye entered in inches for tournament 5. Longest walleye measured 6.

List any other species that was caught and entered during this tournament ### **Data to be reported for muskellunge fishing tournaments** Directors of all competitive fishing events targeting muskellunge are required to track and report the following information for each one of their registered events: For those director's running a tournament based on length: 3. Total number of muskellunge 4.

Total length of all muskellunge caught (to the nearest 1/2 inch) 5. Longest muskellunge measured in inches 6. Total number of muskellunge caught over 50 inches For those director's running a tournament based on weight: 3.

Total number of muskellunge 4. Total weight of all muskellunge caught to the nearest 1/2 pound 5. Longest muskellunge measured in inches 6.

Total number of muskellunge caught over 50 inches While the new order takes effect in January, the Fishing Tournament Information System has been updated to meet the new registration requirements and is currently accepting bass, walleye and muskellunge registrations for the upcoming year.

General tournament registration, reporting, and program related questions on this can be directed to: Tom Goniea, DNR Biologist Fishing Tournament Specialist In 2018, Fisheries Division released an updated version of the Michigan Fishing Tournament Information System for registering and reporting fishing tournaments/results.

The system was initiated in the wake of the Natural Resource Commission's requirement for all bass tournaments to register and report their results beginning in 2016 and was updated to accommodate the Commission expanding that requirement to include walleye and muskellunge. Here are some of the highlights of the new FTIS: 1.

The system is designed to accommodate bass and walleye tournaments and competitive fishing events targeting muskellunge as defined in Fisheries Order 250. 2. **_Tournaments/events can be registered up to 365 days in advance from today's date.

_** Directors can register at any time 365 days in advance of the desired date. For example, on May 1, 2018 tournaments can be registered through May 1, 2019. On July 4, 2018 registration extends through July 4, 2019.

3. **_More than one (1) tournament/events can be scheduled at the same launch and time. _** Michigan is blessed with a wide variety of access sites.

Some can easily accommodate multiple tournaments, others not so much. Tournament director discretion, cooperation and coordination are expected if this new function is to work. If two events are scheduled at the same launch and time, both directors will get an email notifying them of the potential conflict.

4. **_Director-to-Director Contact. _** Tournament/event directors will be able to see the contact information of other directors that have registered with the FTIS.

The DNR is hopeful when two directors are interested in holding competing tournaments at the same location and time, they will contact each other and coordinate a smooth sharing of the launch facilities. 5. **_Ability to request additional access sites.

_** When signed in to the FTIS, directors will be able to request new waterbodies or access sites be added to the system for registering tournaments at. Dozens of additional sites (mostly non-DNR administered locations) have been added since the FTIS was originally launched in 2016. This feature will continue to allow directors to request additional access sites be added to the system.

6. **_Going Mobile. _** The new site is compatible with mobile smart phones, tablets and other devices you take with you in the field.

Everything that can be done on a home computer in the FTIS can be done on these mobile devices, with one exception. Requesting that a new access site be added to the FTIS (number 5 above) has to be done on a traditional personal computer. 7.

**_Reporting results. _** Reporting the results of your tournament/event is easier than ever and can be done in the field during your tournament by using the mobile app. Under your "My Tournaments" list, on the date of your scheduled tournament a "Report Results" link will show up in red that you can submit your results through.

These are just a few of the improvements that have been made. Take some time and check out the new site. Be sure to explore the map function.

It can be a useful tool for finding a lake, access site or previously scheduled tournament. ### Question 1: What do I have to keep track of and report? Bass tournament directors are required by Fish Order 250 to report results online to the DNR by December 31.

Bass tournament directors are to collect and report the following statistics for each tournament registered: 1. Total number of anglers 3. Limit per angler/team for this tournament (maximum number of bass an angler or team of anglers is allowed to enter) 4.

Total number of largemouth bass 5. Total number of smallmouth bass 7. Total weight of all the bass entered in pounds for tournament 8.

Number of bass greater than 4 pounds NOTE: If a director is judging their event by length, they can select in the FTIS to report total lengths in place of weight for the questions listed above. Walleye tournament directors are required by Fish Order 250 to report results online to the DNR by December 31. Walleye Tournament directors are to collect and report the following statistics for each tournament registered: 3.

Total number of walleye 4. Total weight of all walleye entered in pounds for this tournament 5. Heaviest walleye weighed 6.

List any other species that was caught and entered during this tournament NOTE: If a director is judging their event by length, they can select in the FTIS to report total lengths in place of weight for the questions listed above. All competitive events target muskellunge or providing prizes for angler caught muskies are required by Fish Order 250 to report results online to the DNR by December 31.

Muskellunge directors are to collect and report the following statistics for each event registered: 3. Total number of muskellunge 4. Total length of all muskellunge to the nearest 1/2 inch 5.

Longest muskellunge measured in inches 6. Total number of muskellunge over 50 inches NOTE: If a director is judging their event by weight, they can select in the FTIS to report weight in place of length for the questions listed above.

Directors can enter results for tournaments/events that have occurred by signing into the Tournament Information System and selecting "Enter Results" for each tournament/event in their "My Tournaments" list. ### Question 2: How do I report my tournament/events results? The director can enter their results for completed tournaments/events by signing into the Tournament Information System and selecting their "My Tournaments" list.

Once the date of the event has passed a red "report results" link will appear next to the tournament/event on your "my tournaments" list. Directors can then click the link and fill in the required data fields. Information can be entered at any time but is legally due by December 31.

### Question 1: How do I set up my online account as a director of a fishing tournament/event? 1. Register with the state of Michigan's Single Sign On.

This is required for anyone doing business with the state. Here are instructions for Single Sign On. * Director's Name (required) * Club Website (optional) NOTE: One of the purposes of this site is to allow tournament director's to work amongst themselves any issues that arise.

Therefore the director's email and phone number will be available to all other tournament director's when they are signed into the Fishing Tournament Information System. Directors are encouraged to contact each other to work out ramp access or other issues when wishing to hold a tournament/event at the same location, day and time. Director's contact information will not be available to the general public.

### Question 2: How do I add or register a new tournament/event? Once you have signed into the Fishing Tournament Information System and your name appears in the upper right-hand corner of the grey bar at the top of the screen you are ready to add tournaments.

You can add a tournament one of two ways: 1) You can hit the "Add Tournament" button and fill out the information that pops up; OR 2) Use the map function to zoom into the lake, river, or access site you are interested in. Click on the access site and then select add tournament. Once the add tournament scene comes up you will be required to fill out information about your tournament.

When finished hit the "save" button. ### Question 3: Why can't I find the lake or access site in the tournament information system? An access site can be known by different names, and therefore the name you are looking for may not always be found in the tournament information system's search function.

If a director searches for and can't find an access site, it is recommended they navigate to the waterbody they are interested in with the online map function and look for access sites on the map. Many times this will produce an access sight name at the location he or she is looking for.

If a director has used the search and map functions and still cannot find the access site they are looking for or the lake they are interested in does not have an access site, then the director can request to have it added to the tournament information system. ### Question 4: Muskegon Lake: "Fisherman's Landing" = "Giddings Street Ramp".

The DNR has received an overwhelming number of inquiries from directors about Muskegon Lake's "Fisherman's Landing" access site not being in the Fishing Tournament Information System. This launch is in the system, but it is recognized as "Giddings Street Ramp". ### Question 5: How can I have a lake or access site added to the tournament information system?

When signed into the Fishing Tournament Information System, under the "Register Tournament" link directors can select the "Add Tournament" feature. Next to the boating access site is a link that is titled "Request a New Site" that can be used to have a new lake or launch location added to the system.

However before requesting a site be added, please exhaust all options of finding the site you are looking for in the system by: 1) Typing in the name of the lake and launch site as you know it. 2) Use the map feature to zoom into the lake's location you are interested in. Many access sites have multiple names.

By using the map function you may find the launch site you are looking for under a different name. If you have done the two searches above and still do not find the lake or access site you are looking for in the system please use the "Request a New site" option. Once selected, take the following steps: 1.

In the "Move Map to County" box please select the county the lake you are interested in is located. 2. Use the zoom button (+) on the map to close in on the location you are interested in.

As you get closer the waterbody will appear. You may have to click and re-center the map to the location you are zooming into. 3.

Continue to zoom into the lake until the map changes to an actual satellite picture of the water body of interest. 4. Once the map turns into a satellite picture, click on the shoreline of the waterbody of interest in the exact location that you know or think that the access site is located.

This will add the Latitude, Longitude, Water ID, and county information to the required fields. If the Lake/River Name is also on fill it to will be filled in after the map has been clicked. If it is not, please type in the water body name as you know it.

5. Finally, fill in the following ramp site information as you know it: * Ramp Type (use the "view all ramp codes option" for choices) * Any additional comments that you have 6. Once all the information have been entered please click the green save button at the bottom of the page.

7. You have not submitted the site to the DNR for consideration. After submission, you will receive two emails to the email account you established as a tournament director.

The first email will simply confirm that the waterbody you requested for addition to the Fishing Tournament Information System was received by the DNR. The second email you receive will notify you when your site has been added to the system and is available to register your tournament at.

Once a request has been, it can take anywhere from a couple of days to a week or longer for the site to be added or for someone from the DNR to get back to the requesting director. NOTE: Requesting a waterbody or access site does not register your tournament. Once your site has been added to the system and you receive email notification of its addition, you must log onto the system and register your tournament.

### Question 6: How long before the date of the tournament/event can it be registered? Fishing tournaments/events can be registered one year in advance regardless of fishing date. Example: On June 16 a tournament could be booked for any date through June 16 of the