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Blue Ridge Striper
2025 Tournament
Join us for the Blue Ridge Striper Tournament Series at Smith Mountain Lake. The spring competition will include an Adult Amateur Division and separate Professional Guide and Youth Divisions with respective prizes.​
Thank You to Our Sponsors!
(check out the sponsors page for more info)

Tournament #3 - Saturday, May 17, 2025
6:30am - 3:30pm
In person Check In & Check Out at:
Rock Outdoors
71 Parkcrest Drive
Hardy, VA 24101
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Check In and Registration
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Friday, May 16th from 4:00-7:00pm
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Cash Only Registration
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$100 per adult amateur team
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$300 per professional guide team
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Youth ages 5-15 are free to enter youth tournament
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$20 optional big fish pot
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$20 optional muskie bounty
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Team Captains must complete a registration form and sign a release of liability for the entire team
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One Team member must be present at time of check in to confirm team participants, pay entry fees, and collect measuring board
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​Lines In
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Participants may launch from location of their choice
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Shotgun start
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At lines in, teams will be texted a randomly generated tournament number to write on their tournament tag
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Participants are expected to uphold the honor code in which all teams put lines in at the designated start time, not before​
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Lines Out
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Begin Rolling check out
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No electronic catch submissions will be accepted after lines out, but anglers may turn in last minute submissions in person until the final check in cutoff e
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​Final Check Out
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Return measuring boards and make any last minute, in person submissions
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Strict cutoff time of 5:00pm; late check outs will be disqualified ​
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One member of team must be present at check out
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$50 fee for damaged/not returned measuring boards
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Winner Announcement & Prize Giveaway
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For both Amateur Adult and Professional Guide divisions, payout structure is as follows:
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1st place = 50% of prize pot​
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2nd place = 25% of prize pot
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3rd place = 10% of prize pot
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*15% of prize pots for both Adult and Pro divisions are reserved for admin expenses.
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Top three winners in Youth division will receive a non-monetary prize and plaque
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Future Tournament Dates in Blue Ridge Striper Series
Dates are tentative until finalized by Tournament Administration
Tournament #1 - Saturday, March 29, 2025
Tournament #2 - Saturday, April 26, 2025
Tournament #3 - Saturday, May 17, 2025
Tournament #4 - Saturday, September 20, 2025 (location TBD - Boone Lake, TN?!)
Summer Youth Only Tourney - More to come!
Tournament #5 - Saturday, October 18, 2025
Tournament #6 - Saturday, November 15, 2025 - Championship Results!
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Questions? Contact Us
Tournament Email: blueridgestripertournament@gmail.com
Tournament Administrators
Robbie Doyle
Cell: 540-339-4768​​
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​Scott Lawrence
Cell: 540-588-5885
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