VAD ÄR THE BIG 5 - SOMMARBORREN?

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

Istället för att alla samlas i en sjö och tävla är det nu möjligt att tävla i alla vattendrag samtidigt, under hela sommaren. Konceptet ger ett skonsammare fisketryck på det enskilda vattnet samt möjlighet att fler personer kan delta i tävlingen.

HOW & WHEN DO YOU COMPETE?

Man tävlar som ett team och kan vara en till tre personer i samma team. Det är de fem längsta abborrarna #THEBIG5 som avgör er placering i tävlingen. Abborrarna anmäls löpande under hela tävlingsperioden och fisken ska registeras så fort som möjligt via appen Thebig5, gärna direkt.

A person may not be part of more than one team. If a person in a team becomes ill during, for example, the final or during the competition, it is OK to drop out. However, a member may never be replaced during the competition, neither in the qualifying round nor in the final. It is of course completely OK to fish with people other than those who are part of your team as long as you do not enter their fish in the competition. It is also OK to participate in other competitions at the same time.

GRUPPER - Efter att anmälan stängt kommer alla lag att delas in i grupper (max 25 team/grupp). Dragningen är helt slumpmässig och har inget att göra vilket med var i landet du bor. Topp 5 team från varje grupp tar sig till finalen 16-17 augusti.

COMPETITION PERIOD/QUALIFATION

Tävlingsperioden/kvalet för grupperna är HELA JULI MÅNAD

Alla tävlande team får ett sms 1/7 kl 08.00 med sitt startnr.

Final: 16-17 augusti (lördag söndag) i valfritt Svenskt vatten.

WHAT DOES IT COST TO JOIN?

It costs 349 SEK per person to join. One measurement sticker is included per team, then you can buy extra for 199 SEK each.

WHERE CAN YOU COMPETE?

You are allowed to fish in all Swedish waters where you have permission to fish for perch. All forms of poaching are prohibited. It is also allowed to have a team spread out over different locations.

WHAT CAN YOU FISH FROM?

Boat, raft, kayak, canoe, float ring, wader, beach, land, piers & street fishing. There are no restrictions regarding fishing platform.

FISHING EQUIPMENT

Allowed fishing methods are spinning, jerkbait, fly fishing, jig/dropshot, trolling, vertical.
EJ METE, BARA ARTIFICIELLA BETEN. Tänk på att endast ett aktivt spö per person är tillåtet. Man får alltså inte ha fyra spön med beten i vattnet vid t.ex. trolling och bara räkna ett spö till tävlingen. Använd om möjligt kraftig utrustning, undvik ultralätta spön så att du kan ta in fisken snabbt. Är man tre personer i båten får alltså max tre spön användas samtidigt och max ett aktivt spö per person. I Sommarborren finns inget förbud gällande livegivare.

MANAGEMENT OF THE FISH

We recommend a wet unhooking mat (measurement 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 GEAR = FORBIDDEN! All fish must be released!

Read also Sportfishers advice on catching and releasing fish

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REPORTING IN THE THEBIG5 APP
All rapportering sker i appen Thebig5. Mer info gällande detta kommer.
Documentation of fish is done 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. The minimum length for an approved perch is 30 centimeters. It is important that the pictures are CLEAR.

1. You must report a picture with the measurement sticker and a picture of you posing with the perch.

We also need to be able to see a large portion of the fish's coverage to be able to determine recapture. 

Vi rekommenderar att man inte rör fisken alls vid fotografering. 

If this is not possible, use as few fingers as possible (maximum one hand) to hold the fish in place during photography. The head, mouth and gill covers are always off limits. This is in the best interest of the fish and to avoid pulling, pushing and tearing the fish to gain length. The tail fin may be gently squeezed together without damaging the fish. 

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2. Perch should always be reported in whole centimeters, rounded down. If the measurement sticker shows 35.9, the fish should be reported as 35 cm.

3. Please note that the same fish may only be reported once per team. Re-catches will be deleted. 

4. The fish must lie with the jaw/head towards the zero/stop on the sticker and the belly must be facing down on the sticker. The head should always be measured towards the zero and the fish's belly should point downwards. 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.

5. Hela abborren måste synas på mätbilden och även den bit av dekalen som behövs för att avgöra längden. Är abborren 30cm räcker det alltså att lite mer än 30cm av dekalen syns. 

6. It is up to you as a team to take such a good measurement picture that we in the competition jury can rule out that the picture is manipulated in any way or that the decal is cut/glued 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: If we in the competition management can see from the picture that the decal has not been cut or manipulated in any way, it doesn't matter if something sticks out a bit on the red, but for your own sake, keep it as free as possible as it is easy for "a little" to become a lot. As always, it is the jury that decides.  

6.1 Examples of images that may be denied are when any part of the red surface is completely covered at the height, then we cannot see whether it is cut off or not. This does not mean that an image will be denied because, for example, a little grass or seaweed is hanging over the red. See example images under point 8.

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 have a deduction.

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

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NOTE: It is always the competition management that ultimately decides whether a fish can be approved or not! 

Upload your catch

Efter en korrekt dokumentation av fisken så rapporterar ni in den via Thebig5.  Så fort en abborre rapporterats så räknas den i automatiskt in i resultatet. Alla fångstbilder kommer att visas under vår resultatlista och här kan övriga deltagare anmäla en fångstrapport som ogiltig om man misstänker fusk eller om man tycker att dokumentationen av fisken är otydlig. Därefter kommer en medlem ur tävlingsjuryn att ta ett beslut och sedan avgöra om fisken ska godkännas eller inte. 

Same total length/big5?

The total length of the five longest perch over 30 centimeters may be counted in the competition. If two teams have the same total length, the team with the longest fish wins. If it is also the same length, we look at each team's second longest fish, etc. It is therefore very good to have more than 5 fish registered in case it has to be decided on, for example, fish six, seven, etc.
If a team does not get 5 perch over 30 cm, it is of course possible to compete with a smaller number. (Recapture within the team is not allowed). 

Keep an eye on the scoreboard

During the competition, you can keep track of your and the other teams' positions in the competition on the results page. Please note that the results are temporary until a competition jury has reviewed them after the competition's closing date. We will check reports continuously during the competition period, but even if we do, there is a chance that the results list will change at the end of the competition after a final review by us. 

Cheating report

You can help us by "reporting cheating" on 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 wrong, etc. 

If a team has deliberately cheated and this can be proven, that team will be disqualified.

Have you had a fish removed?

Anledningarna till att en fisk blivit borttagen/nekad kan vara många. Logga in i appen Thebig5 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.

WHEN WILL THE FINALISTS BE ANNOUNCED?

Kvalet avslutas 31/7 kl 18.00, därefter går vår tävlingsjury igenom bilderna en sista gång.
The following day, the finalists are presented.

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 perfectly straight, this is perfectly OK.,

However, one requirement is that you have a stopper similar to ours that is at least 3cm high. The decal may not be cut.

FINAL INFO:

We will release all information regarding the final when the qualifiers are completed.

We recommend all our dear participants to join the Sportfiskarna who fight for our passionate interest <3