Every-one's kayak fishing tournament

Moderator I hope it is cool to post this here. This is a kayak fishing tournament for everyone from anywhere with any species.

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
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. http://forum.kayak4fish.com/viewforum.php?f=22
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






If you need to get one of our new logo stickers for the  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. One for the car and one for the tournament



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.

Moderator I hope it is cool to post this here. This is a kayak fishing tournament for everyone from anywhere with any species.

It's cool Jim!

-Allen

Thanks, I hope to see some submissions from up there

Jim, if I send you a big self addressed stamped envelope, can you send me 20 stickers?  I'm make sure that people get them up here.

And while you're here, drop some info in our Traveling Kayak Angler forum.  Actually I already started a thread for you here ... http://www.northwestkayakanglers.com/bb/index.php?topic=193.0

-Allen

Cool! Another reason to get a new digicam! 

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.

Jim, if I send you a big self addressed stamped envelope, can you send me 20 stickers?  I'm make sure that people get them up here.

And while you're here, drop some info in our Traveling Kayak Angler forum.  Actually I already started a thread for you here ... http://www.northwestkayakanglers.com/bb/index.php?topic=193.0

-Allen

Sorry just saw this, go ahead and send it, I will also be at Cow Palace Fred Hall show in San Fran. if any of you make it down that far I will have some on hand.
Thanks

We have had some complaints that taking the shot, holding the fish and doing the shaka was just to tough. So, If the Skaka is just to tough, go ahead a print a copy of this months sponsors logo and show it with your fish.
Please make it larger when you print it.



We will accept photo submitted with either the logo or the hand sign.

The winner of the April contest is Sterling with a red ear Sunfish. He wins a pair of Maui Jim sunglasses and a new Lamiglass Kayak fishing series rod.
As you can see the fish does not have to be big to win.


The largest fish of the month was Dorado with his 62lb Thresher shark


Both will be entered into the year end drawing for a stay at Punta Colorada.
 
The photo item for May is the Van Wormer Resorts Logo

Sorry for the delay getting this out.

The target species for May was another small one, Lady fish and a two was rolled. So the second largest Ladyfish is the winner Bigfish171 with his whopping 1 pound 14 inch, in Tampa Bay Florida.

He wins a new Surf to Summit GTS seat and a pair of Maui Jim Sunglasses. He is also entered into the year end drawing for the Stay at Punta Colorada.


The Largest fish goes to Dennis “Bohloe1” with his 46.2 pound White Seabass caught in La Jolla


He will be entered into the end of year drawing for the trip to Punta Colorada.


Don’t forget the photo item for June is the Werner Logo, this must be in the fish photo as well as the weight of the fish, length helps also.

The June Winners for the tournament are
Biggest Fish
Baerclaws with a 50LB Thresher

He will be entered into the year end drawing for the stay at Punta Colorada

The target fish for the month was drawn and it was a Sacramento Perch
caught by Pocoloco

He wins a new Werner Paddle and a pair of Maui Jim Sunglasses, He is also entered to win the stay at Punta Colorada please contact me to get your prize.


Don't forget the photo item for July is the LJKF LOGO

Do you guys even catch fish up North, not seeming much in the way of submissions from you.

The July winners for the
 Everyone’s Kayak Fishing tournament are
Target Fish

The target fish for the month was drawn as a Red Fish and only one was  submitted so the winner of the Werner Paddle and Maui Jim Sunglasses is BigFish171
Redfish (aka red drum)
23” – 4 ½ lbs
Anna Maria Sound, FL



Big Fish
Redd  with a Halibut of 35 lbs caught in La Jolla has the biggest fish of the month and is entered into the year end drawing for a stay at hotel Punta Colorada



The photo item for August is the ExtraSport Logo


Please contact me to receive your prizes

To stay up to date with the catches that have been submitted please visit our forums
http://forum.kayak4fish.com/viewforum.php?f=22

The big fish for September was caught by Wavster a forty pound White Seabass, he is entered to win the stay at Punta Colorada.


The target species for the month was King Salmon and a 1 was rolled. So the winner of the Maui Jim sunglasses and the ExtraSport paddle jacket is Ka Yakitty Yak with his 12 pounder.


Please contact me to get your prizes.
Remember the photo item for October is the flag of the USA

I don't think anyone from NWKA is participating in this, but we could have rocked the salmon category with all the one caught at Moutcha in September.  D'oh!!!!

-Allen

It is not too late to enter, we still have a few months left