Happy Fall Ladies! We are excited to be gearing up for the 25th Annual Women with Bait Steelhead Tournament 2019 here in Riggins, Idaho!!

All you will need is your valid Idaho Fishing license, Steelhead permit, lunch, and drinks! River Adventures will furnish all the gear, tackle, bait, guide and bait boy. We will also furnish a “goody bag” for each lady with all kinds of cool stuff! We will meet at our location 122 South Main Street (across from the Chevron Station) at 7:00 am on the day of your trip., early check-in welcome.

Tournament rules can be found on the website at http://hellscanyon.tours/sport-fishing/women-with-bait/. And are also listed below, please, share with your ladies.

The cost for each participant is $220.00 and a minimum of 7 women are required to charter a boat for the tournament with a max of 10 per boat. Although most of you have already reserved your tournament days, we ask that you let us know ASAP if you need to make any reservation changes. We currently have a waiting list for select days and we would love to accommodate everyone.

In order to secure your spot, please send in at least the first half of your tournament entry ($110/person) along with a roster list of names by mail, email, or you can call in.

Mailing Address: PO BOX 518, Riggins, Idaho 83547

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 800-524-9710

We require that the trip leader sends or calls in two bulk payments for the boat, first half & second half, to eliminate processing several multiple transactions.

The first half of your WWB entry fee payment is due by November 5th, 2018. All reservations that haven’t paid at least the 1st deposit will be reopened for other WWB ladies. The second half will be due by January 5th, 2019.  The roster is due when 2nd payment is due, so by Jan 5th, 2019!

 

Sweatshirts will be available for purchase ~$40 ($45 for 2X and up)~ at our location. We are asking for you to turn in your sizes to us when you make payment or with your roster so it will help us in an effort to have your correct size for you when you are here.

If you are wanting special orders or custom gear for your team Gradient Shift can also do that for you! Contact at 208-628-3221 or [email protected]

 

Watch our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/RiverAdventuresInc/  and website blog for any other fun updates as we countdown to our 2019 Women With Bait Steelhead Tournament and we will see you soon!

 

Thank you from the River Adventures Crew!

 

 

Official Rules

  1. By your participation in this tournament, you agree to all said rules.
  2. Your full tournament entry fee of $220.00 per person will be due before the actual tournament day—this will eliminate any monetary transactions during sign-ups, which will get you on the river faster!!  For early booked boats:  50% is due by November 5th, 2018, with the remaining 50% due by January 5th, 2019.  THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS! Anyone else booking after these dates will need to pay in full upon booking.
    • It is up to each boat’s trip leader to be responsible for all money owed to the boat. There will not be contacts made to each individual participant, only the trip leader.
    • Rosters are due with the second payment, so by Jan, 5th, 2019.
    • IF your money is not sent in by the said due dates and there are groups who are waiting in line for your spot, you will forfeit your spot to that group who is next on the waiting list for that specific date.
    • We REQUIRE that your trip leader sends in (or calls in) two bulk payments, eliminating the need for 7 or more multiple transactions.
    • River Adventures accepts all major credit cards. You can call, email, or mail payment.
    • Mailing Address: PO BOX 518, Riggins, Idaho 83547
    • Email: [email protected]
    • Phone: 800-524-9710
  3. Full Boats Only to reserve which is at least 7 women and no more than 10 per boat.
  4. If you cannot completely fill your boat (at least 7 ladies), it is up to YOU to fill those empty spots. We will charge you for 7 spots; You are welcome to fish with only a few girls as long as you’ve paid for the 7 spots!
  5. We do our very best to accommodate your guide, bait boy, and river section requests. However, this tournament is extremely labor intensive and with technical aspects such as scheduling, boat size, US Coast Guard regulations regarding load size, traffic on certain sections of river, weather, ice etc., we CANNOT GUARANTEE your guide choice OR your choice of river section. We are confident in all of our guides and we want you to be alsoWe reserve the right to change your guide at any time in order to best accommodate the needs of guides, individuals and this company. Although this isn’t a likely scenario, it can happen and the reasons will only be for logistic purposes and will be done in a fair manner—one group will not be more favored than another when making these choices. We still try to look at guide, etc. choices as ‘first come, first serve’.
  6. For those fishing multiple days, you must decide on your official tournament day on the day you make your reservations. There is only one tournament day eligible per person. All other days fished will not count toward the tournament. Any extra day/days fished will be considered a charter. Goody bags are only given for one tournament day.
  7. CANCELLATION POLICY: Tournament fees are non-refundable after 1-5-19. It’s up to you to find another participant to take your place or to take the place of a vacant spot on an already reserved boat.
  8. You must have a valid Idaho fishing license and Steelhead tag. If you board the boat without a valid fishing license and tag, you will not be allowed to fish and will not be refunded your entry fee. We uphold all Idaho State Fish and Game regulations as well as Idaho Outfitters and Guides Licensing Board regulations. There are no exceptions to this rule. If your guide and fellow participants on your boat are willing to wait for you to travel and retrieve a license and tag, you are welcome to do that; however, your fishing trip will only be for the duration of that day.
  9. All tournament fishing will cease at 5 PM MST.
  10. Catch Records are FINAL at this time. 5 PM MST.
  11. River Adventures follows all rules set by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Idaho Outfitters and Guides Licensing Board, and the United States Coast Guard. We will adhere to such laws in every way, shape and form.
  12. Steelhead will be the only legal species fished in this tournament and must at least 20″ in length. Any fish still having their adipose fin are considered to be “wild” or native, and returned into the wild as soon as physically possible, according to the Idaho State Fish and Game regulations. Please take photos very quickly! We strongly suggest all physical handling of fish, especially native fish, be left to the guide or deckhand and any handling be kept to a minimum. As the angler, you are ultimately responsible for abiding by all laws set by the Idaho Fish and Game and we suggest you acquire a set of this year’s Idaho fishing regulations and familiarize yourself with them before participating in this tournament. These regulations can be acquired anywhere you get your license and tags.
  13. In our efforts to protect the run, we ask that you consider only harvesting one fish per day. You can continue to catch fish that will be counted toward the tournament.You are allowed to fish for the remainder of your day. If you are fishing multiple days during the tournament, only the day you’ve designated upon making your reservation will be your actual tournament-counted day. Any other day of fishing during the tournament will be regarded as a regular fishing day and you will abide by regular Idaho Fish and Game bag limits that have been previously set for the season.
  14. DO NOT FORGET: There is a $4 use fee required by the United State Forest Service for those participants who travel above Vinegar Creek. This is a mandatory fee that YOU pay. This is to be paid to River Adventures the morning of the trip. If you have further questions about this, feel free to call the office or ask your guide the morning of the trip.
  15. Your safety is our number one priority, especially while fishing on the river out of our boats. If our guides or deckhands feel that you are impaired for any reason and are not deemed able to safely fish on or near the rail of our boats, you may be asked to sit down and fish or asked to stop fishing all together. We fully expect you to be cooperative and respectful with our staff while on this trip and any efforts not to will be grounds for dismissal from the tournament and from future If you are asked to stop fishing altogether because of alcoholic impairment, you will not be refunded your entry fee.
  16. We hope you are here to CATCH LOTS OF FISH, have lots of fun, enjoy your peers, and experience the wonders of our rivers and streams. We expect you to conduct yourselves as the wonderful ladies that you are. Please, respect our staff, property, and the community. Keep your own safety in mind and make good choices on the river and off the river and while driving to and from the launch sites.
    • Please designate a driver from your group.River Adventures is not responsible for your safety or transportation to and from the launch site. You release River Adventures from all liability for any accidents by signing a liability release upon registration.
    • Please pack out all the items/refuse you take on your trip.This includes anything used in bathroom facilities not designated by the United States Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management or private backcountry ranches that allow use of their restrooms. Refuse containers will be provided by River Adventures to help in this process.

 

  1. Although it is not mandatory, it is customary to award a gratuity or “tip” to your guide and bait boy at the end of every trip. These guides and deckhands work very hard to see that you have a safe and enjoyable time on the river. Feel free to remember their efforts!