1. ALL ANGLERS, HOLDING A 2025 CONDE CAVALIERS MARDI GRAS FISHING RODEO TICKET, ARE ELIGIBLE TO QUALIFY FOR THE MASTER ANGLER, TOP MALE, AND TOP LADY ANGLER AWARDS.
2. ALL ANGLERS AGE 15 & UNDER, HOLDING A 2025 CONDE CAVALIERS MARDI GRAS FISHING RODEO JUNIOR ANGLER TICKET, ARE ELIGIBLE TO QUALIFY FOR THE TOP JUNIOR ANGLER AWARD.
3. POINTS WILL BE AWARDED IN EACH CATEGORY ACCORDING TO RANKING ON THE OFFICIAL JUDGE'S SCORE SHEETS. (ALL DECISIONS ARE FINAL.)
4. FOUR POINTS WILL BE AWARDED FOR FIRST PLACE, THREE FOR SECOND PLACE, AND TWO FOR THIRD PLACE IN EACH CATEGORY. (THREE FOR FIRST, TWO FOR SECOND, ONE FOR THIRD IN THE CASE OF JUNIOR ANGLERS)
5. NO ANGLER WILL BE AWARDED POINTS, (OR JUNIOR ANGLER POINTS), FOR MULTIPLE FISH IN THE SAME CATEGORY, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY HAVE MORE THAN ONE FISH ON THE BOARD IN ANY CATEGORY.
6. IN THE CASE OF MORE THAN ONE FISH IN A CATEGORY, POINTS WILL BE AWARDED ACCORDING TO THE HIGHEST PLACED FISH.
7. IN THE CASE OF A TIE IN THE TOTAL POINTS AWARDED, WINNER WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE ANGLER WITH THE HIGHEST CUMULATIVE TOTAL WEIGHT OF FISH FOR WHICH POINTS HAVE BEEN AWARDED.
8. THE TITLE OF MASTER ANGLER SHALL BE AWARDED TO THE INDIVIDUAL ANGLER (MALE OR FEMALE), WITH THE HIGHEST RANKING AFTER ALL POINTS HAVE BEEN AWARDED, AND, ANY TIE BREAKERS (see Rule 7 above) HAVE BEEN FACTORED IN.
9. THE TITLE OF TOP MALE ANGLER, AND TOP LADY ANGLER, SHALL BE AWARDED TO THE INDIVIDUAL MALE, OR FEMALE, ANGLERS POSSESSING THE NEXT HIGHEST RANKINGS AFTER THE INDIVIDUAL BEING AWARDED THE TITLE OF MASTER ANGLERHAS BEEN DETERMINED.
10. Because our rules allow anglers participating in the Junior Anglers Tournament to also participate in the Rodeo, if purchasing a separate ticket, the following rule shall apply - IN THE EVENT THAT THE MASTER ANGLER, TOP MALE ANGLER, OR TOP LADY ANGLER SHOULD TURN OUT TO ALSO BE THE ANGLER WITH THE HIGHEST JUNIOR ANGLER POINTS AWARDED, THEN THE TITLE OF TOP JUNIOR ANGLER WILL GO TO THE ANGLER WITH THE NEXT
HIGHEST POINTS TOTAL FOR THAT AWARD.
11. THE DECISION OF THE JUDGES IS FINAL.