VAD ÄR THE BIG 5 - HÖSTGRISEN?

Höstgrisen är team-tävlingen där sportfiskare över hela Sverige kan mäta sig mot varandra.

Instead of everyone gathering in a lake and competing, it is now possible to compete in all bodies of water at the same time.
The concept provides a gentler fishing pressure on the individual water and the possibility that more people can participate in the competition.

 HOW & WHEN DO YOU COMPETE?

You compete as a team and can be one to three people in the same team.

It is the five longest pikes #THEBIG5 that determine your position in the competition.

Gäddorna anmäls löpande under hela tävlingen.

En person får inte ingå i mer än ett team. Om en person i ett team blir sjuk så är bortfall OK. En medlem får dock aldrig ersättas under tävlingens gång. Det är såklart helt ok att fiska med andra människor än dom som ingår i ens team så länge man inte anmäler deras fiskar i tävlingen. Det är också OK att delta i andra tävlingar samtidigt.

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COMPETITION PERIOD/QUALIFICATION

Tävlingsperioden är 9-10 november 2024

Alla tävlande team får ett sms 9/11 kl 08.00 med sin rapporteringskod.

Inga restriktioner gällande elektronik.

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WHERE CAN YOU COMPETE?

In all Swedish waters where fishing for pike is permitted. It is allowed to have a team spread over different locations. The participants themselves are responsible for having a valid fishing license in the water being fished and for following the water's rules.

WHAT DOES IT COST TO PARTICIPATE?

Price SEK 349 per person. A sticker / team is included (extras can be purchased at registration for SEK 199).

WHAT CAN YOU FISH FROM?

Boat, raft, kayak, canoe, floating ring, waders, the beach, land, harbor piers & street fishing.

There are no restrictions regarding the fishing platform.

FISHING EQUIPMENT

Permitted fishing methods are spinning, jerkbait, fly fishing, jig/dropshot, trolling, vertical.
NO FISHING, ONLY ARTIFICIAL BAITS. Keep in mind that only one active rod per person is allowed. You must therefore not have four rods with bait in the water at e.g. trolling and only count one rod to the contest. If possible use heavy equipment, avoid ultralight rods so you can bring in the fish quickly. If there are three people in the boat, a maximum of three rods may be used at the same time and a maximum of one active rod per person. 

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MANAGEMENT OF THE FISH

We recommend a wet unhooking mat (the measuring sticker) and quick and gentle handling of the fish. 

Short drills, remember to shorten the time you drill the fish. If you are not going to measure the fish, avoid lifting the fish out of the water, but instead unhook it in the water and otherwise handle it as gently as possible. If there are several of you, help each other! LIP GRIP = FORBIDDEN! All fish must be re-released!

Also read Sportfisher's advice on catching and releasing fish

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REPORTING IN THE FISHY LIVE APP

All reporting takes place in the FISHY app. More info regarding this to come.
Documentation of fish takes place together with the team's start number and the measurement sticker that you have been sent home.
Write the start number with a waterproof pen on the measurement sticker. Minimum length for approved pike is 70cm.
The tail fin may be compressed without damaging the fish (you may not pull/tear it).

1. You must report a picture with the measuring sticker and a picture where you pose with the pike. 

2. The pikes must always be reported in whole centimeters which are rounded down.
If the measuring sticker shows 100.9, the fish must be reported at 100 cm. 

3. Remember that the same fish may only be reported once per team. 

4. The fish must lie flat with the jaw area/head towards the zero/stop on the sticker and the belly must be down on the sticker. This is to avoid cheating and to always photograph the same side of the fish so that you cannot report the same fish twice. If the mouth does not touch the stop, we deduct X number of cm.

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5. The entire pike must be visible and also the part of the decal needed to determine the length. If the pike is 80, it is sufficient that 81 cm of the sticker is visible. 

6. It is up to you/you as a team to take a measurement picture that is good enough that we in the competition jury can rule out that the picture has been manipulated in any way or that the sticker has been cut/pasted together to gain cm. To make it easy for you to prove this, we have a red area at the top of the decal.  

Tip: Avoid putting anything on the red surface if you want to be sure that the fish can be approved.

Clarification: Can we in the competition management see in the picture that the decal has not been cut or manipulated in any way, it does not matter if something sticks up a bit on the red, but for your own sake keep it as free as possible as it is easy to "little" becomes a lot. As always, the jury decides.  

6.1 Examples of images that may be denied are when some part of the red surface is completely covered in height, then we cannot see if it is cut or not. This does not mean that a picture will be rejected because, for example, some grass or seaweed hangs over the red.

7. The photo must be taken directly above the stop (not diagonally from the right, for example) photos taken at a questionable angle will be denied or deducted. Clarification: This means that the fish must be measured lying against the sticker, so you cannot photograph the fish hanging by a gill grip with the sticker on top because then the angle becomes questionable.

8. The decal must be stretched and therefore a hard surface is recommended. If the sticker is very dented and loose, we will deduct centimeters and in the worst case refuse the fish if we cannot judge the length of the fish.

ATTENTION! It is always the competition management that decides in the end whether a fish can be accepted or not!

Upload your catch

Efter en korrekt dokumentation av fisken så rapporterar ni in den via Fishy-appen. Så fort en gädda rapporterats så räknas den i automatiskt in i resultatet. Alla fångstbilder kommer att visas under vår rresult list and here other participants can report a catch report as invalid if they suspect cheating or if they think the documentation of the fish is unclear. After that, a member of the competition jury will make a decision and then decide whether the fish should be approved or not. 

Same overall length/big5?

The total length of the five longest pikes over 70 centimeters may be counted in the competition. If two teams have the same total length, the team with the longest fish wins. Should it also be the same length, we check each team's second longest fish, etc. It is therefore very good to have more than 5 fish registered if it should be the case that it has to be decided on, for example, fish six, seven, etc. If a team does not get 5 pike over 70 cm, it is of course possible to compete with a smaller number. (Recapture within the team not allowed). 

Keep track of the position

During the competition, you can results page keep track of your and the other teams' position in the competition. Note that the result is temporary until a competition jury has reviewed it after the competition's end date. We will check reports continuously during the competition period but even if we do there is a chance that the scoreboard will change at the end of the competition after a final review by us. 

Fraud report

You can help us by "fraud reporting" a catch report that you think violates the rules, then we will take an extra look as soon as possible. In the report, you can write what is crazy, etc.

If a team has knowingly cheated, that team will be disqualified with immediate effect. 

Have you had a fish removed?

Anledningarna till att en fisk blivit borttagen/nekad kan vara många. Logga in i appen FISHY och läs meddelande  från tävlingsledningen med motivation varför din bild blivit nekad. Kan du kontra med en bättre bild på samma fisk som gör att vi kan godkänna den så är det ok att ladda upp fångstrapport på nytt. En borttagen fisk behöver alltså inte vara helt körd.

NÄR PRESENTERAS VINNARNA?

När tävlingen avslutas 10/11 kl 16 går vår tävlingsjury igenom bilderna en sista gång.
Shortly afterwards, we expect to be able to present the finalists.

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TEAM NAME

The team name must not contain inappropriate words. If you use a protected trademark as a team name, you must have permission from the respective trademark. TheBig5 has the right to change a team name at any time if these rules are not followed.

OTHER

If you want to put the decal on a self-made board to make sure it stays completely straight, this is perfectly OK,

however, one requirement is that you have a stop similar to ours that is at least 5cm high. The sticker must not be cut.

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The organizer is not responsible for any deaths, accidents or injuries.


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It is up to the contestant to be responsible for their own insurance.


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Any profit tax is paid by the winners (not by the organizer), it is up to the winners to contact and handle any profit tax with the Swedish Tax Agency.  


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The registration fee is binding and non-refundable.


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The participants themselves are responsible for having a valid fishing license in the water being fished and for following the water's rules.


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We ALWAYS recommend a life jacket. 

We recommend all our dear participants to join the Sports Fishermen who fight for our burning interest <3