Every-one's kayak fishing tournament

La Jolla Kayak Fishing
Everyone’s Kayak Fishing Tournament 2007

With the growth of the sport of kayak fishing there has been a tremendous increase in the number of kayak fishing tournaments. There are tournaments all over the country, fresh and salt water, for bass, red fish, or yellowtail, you name it there is likely a tournament for it. Tournaments may be one day, a couple of days or even the entire year. The one constant is that the people who fish a lot or that catch the biggest fish are always the winners.

At La Jolla Kayak Fishing we wanted to do things a bit different by giving as many people as possible, fishing any type of water for any species of fish the chance to win a prize from our great sponsors. A catch and release bay bass angler has as much opportunity to win as a big game kayak angler. 

There is no entry fee; Entrants need only submit photos of their fish, along with the weight. The photo will also need to include an item, designated at the beginning of each month, such as pliers, your hat, the OK sign or some other item to be eligible. Just as a warning at some point during the year a LJKF sticker will be the designated photo item, so make sure you have one on hand.

We want as many people to participate and have the chance to win as possible so the winners will be somewhat random.
At the end of each month we will randomly pick that months target species and which place fish will actually be the winner.
In other words after all fish have been submitted for the month we will draw from all of the submitted species to determine which of those species was the target or prize fish for the month. We will then roll a dice to determine which fish of that species is the winner. i.e. if we roll a 4 the forth largest fish of that species will win the prize of the month. So we could have the sixth largest Bay bass or the second largest White Seabass be the winner for the month.

Species submitted could be any legal sport fish from any region, anything from
Yellowtail to Trout, from Tuna to Bay bass, just make sure you catch it from a kayak.

The winner from each month as well as the person who catches the largest fish each month will go into a drawing for the year end top prize, a three night stay for two including kayak rental at the Hotel Punta Colorada, courtesy of Van Wormer Resorts, plus two pair of Maui Jim Sunglasses.

The winner each month will receive a pair of Maui Jim sunglasses and another great prize from one of our other sponsors, Lamiglas fishing rods, ExtraSport, Surf to Summit, or Werner paddles.

Tournament begins January 1 2007 and ends December 31 2007




Rules:
1.   Entry Fee $00000000
2.   Submit a fish to the proper LJKF forum and you are entered http://forum.kayak4fish.com/viewforum.php?f=22
3.   You may submit as many different species per month as you like, but only one submission per species.
4.   Submissions will be made on the La Jolla Kayak Fishing web site, Every-One’s kayak fishing tournament, forum.
5.   Submissions must be placed in the proper month
6.   Submissions must be posted no later than midnight on the last day of each month.
7.   Submissions must include a photo, to include the fish and qualifying item, plus length and weight
8.   Catch and release fish are encouraged but you must weigh the fish and photograph with the designated qualifying item.
9.   All fish photos must include the designated qualifying item.
10.   The qualifying photo item will be announced on the last day of the previous month.
11.   Any photo submitted without the designated qualifying item are not eligible
12.   Any evidence of tampering with a photo, such as photo shop, will be cause for disqualification for that month and banning from this and any future LJKF event or tournament.
13.   Target species will be determined on the first day of the following month along with placement and eventual winner.
14.   Target species will be determined by placing the name of each species submitted, for that month, into a hat and drawing from those.
15.   The winning placement will be determined by a roll of a dice. In the event a placement is rolled that does not correspond to a species/placement submitted we would re roll until a time that a winner is determined.
16.   Any fish taken out of season or not within required size limits will not be eligible.
17.   Only fish caught from a kayak are eligible to win
18.   Any legal sport fish may be submitted
19.   All fish must be caught with hook and line
20.   The name of the winners from each month and the name of the persons with the single largest fish each month will be placed into a drawing for the year end prize from Maui Jim and Van Wormer resorts.
21.   This tournament is open to kayak anglers from all regions of the US or even internationally, if you catch fish from a kayak you can enter.
22.   Have Fun, Play Fair. Don’t take it too serious it is all about having fun.

I hope you all have a good time with this, and see that we just want to add a fun spin on things and give as many people a chance to win as possible. If you have any questions about this please feel free to contact me. If you need help posting your photos please let me know I will do all I can to help.
Tell a friend, we want as many fishing photos and entries as possible.

Once again a big thanks to our Sponsors
Van Wormer Resorts
Maui Jim
Lamiglas
ExtraSport
Werner paddles

Very Kool Jim, great idea....... ........Danglin

Very cool.

MolBasser

If you need to get one of our new logo stickers for this tournament send a self addressed Stamped envelope to
La Jolla Kayak Fishing
 7625 Melotte St.
San Diego Ca 92119

and I will send you a couple.

Great idea! Envelope is in the mail. Frank

I have recieved the first of the prizes. The first months winner will recieve a pair of Maui Jim sunglasses and a new Lamiglas Kayak Series rod.
Not bad for a tournament with no entry fee.

I'm interested to see how us Florida Boys hold up with you guys.

Every one is welcome, A little Coastal competition is a good thing

Every one is welcome, A little Coastal competition is a good thing

Just ask Tupac

Every one is welcome, A little Coastal competition is a good thing

Just ask Tupac

 

I'm interested to see how us Florida Boys hold up with you guys.

Given the rules, I imagine pretty well.  From what I understand of the rules a combination of rules 1, 14, and 15 should weigh heavily in favor of someone supmitting many different fish that no one else enters.

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3.     You may submit as many different species per month as you like, but only one submission per species.
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14.   Target species will be determined by placing the name of each species submitted, for that month, into a hat and drawing from those.
15.   The winning placement will be determined by a roll of a dice. In the event a placement is rolled that does not correspond to a species/placement submitted we would re roll until a time that a winner is determined.
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Most of the contestants will be from SoCal where Jim runs his website.  While there are a lot of species that could be caught in SoCal, I'm guessing that on a given month a dozen or so species might be submitted, and most of the entries will be the classic SoCal kayak sportfish (kelp bass, spotted bay bass, halibut, yellowtail, white seabass, maybe a few others as well as some largemouth bass and rainbow trout from the freshwater side of things).   A majority of the entries will be competeing among themselves hoping that their species is picked and that their placement is picked (e.g. 5th largest halibut)

Anyone who is able to submit a bunch of unique species that no one else has entered will have a distinct advantage in terms of odds.  All they have to do is hope that their species is picked (the more species you enter the better) and then rule 15 applies which means Jim re-rolls until he rolls a "1" for first place in your category which you will have by being the unique entry for that species.

Personally, I like this aspect of the rules becuase it should also favor us NorCal anglers.  Well, it will once our rockfishing season (lots of species) reopens again in July

Brian

 

SoCal don't have DINOS!!!!   .....Danglin

Yep, they don't have dinos, but better yet, once rockfish season opens we can go out and pickup a dozen species easy that they don't have in SoCal.   Of course, I've now given away my secret... oh well as long as NorCal wins a few.

Brian

Don't get ridiculous though, remember my tournament my rules. As far as I am concerned it could be Rockfish are all alike.

The tournament starts January 1 2007, please include a photo of your fish which must include your fishing pliers. Please give us the weight and length also.
Entries must be placed in the proper month, all others are locked so it should not be too tough.
http://forum.kayak4fish.com/viewforum.php?f=22

Good luck and have fun.