L.A.K.E. 2014 Online Tournament

[bassassan]

I would like to invite all CGKF to participate in the Lanier Area Kayak Fishing Enthusiasts ( a Sister site to CGKF) 2014 Online Tournament. This is a State wide CPR tournament that runs from Feb 1st to Dec 31.
To sign up go to the LAKE forum lanierkayakfishing.proboards.com/ and sign up and become a member on the forum. This is the direct link to tournament info lanierkayakfishing.proboards.com/thread/1462/2014-lake-online-tournament post on that thread that you want to compete. That's it, then start catching fish.

Here is the details:
We are hosting an online kayak fishing tournament only for LAKE members this year. This tournament will begin February 1, 2014 and end December 31, 2014. This will be a catch, photo, release tournament. It will cover the listed freshwater and saltwater species caught from your kayak. This is not a team event it is an individual effort. Each fish legally caught will be photographed on a measuring device and posted on the forum for judging. Fish that are harder to catch will be assigned a higher point value than those that are easy to catch. Yakdawg and myself are the judges and any decision that we make will constitute a final decision. Keep in mind that this is for fun and we do not wish this to become something so competitive that feelings get hurt.

The overall winner will be titled the 2014 Lake Tournament Champion and will have that designation added to the winners name on the forum for all to see forever.
Rules:
1. All fish must be taken from your kayak in a legal manner..
2. All fish must be photographed on a measuring device, with a clear view of the fish and length.
3. The fish will be measured from the mouth to the tail in a natural position.
4. You must submit the photo for judging and point assignment within one week of catch. Your points will be updated on the scoring page where all can see where they stand in the competition.
5. Any entries from salt water and fresh water will be tallied separately as this is two different divisions. Any Angler submitting both salt and fresh species will be considered to be competing in two different contests.
6. Any member having a grievance must submit the grievance to myself or yakdawg via PM, If anyone uses this forum to start an argument or conflict they will be disqualified from this tournament. It is all about good sportsmanship and fellowship.
7. HAVE FUN fishing !

Scoring for Fresh water division:
Stripped bass above 22 inches 10 points, Trophy fish above 38 inches 20 points
Hybrid bass above 25 inches 5 points
Spotted Bass above 18 inches 10 points, this includes other Black bass species.
Bream above 8 inches 5 points, includes blue gill, red breast, war mouth, stump knockers, and shell crackers.
Crappie above 12 inches 5 points
Spotted gar above 30 inches 20 points
Carp above 24 inches 15 points
Large mouth bass above 18 inches 10 points Trophy fish above 25 inches 20 points
walleye any length 30 points
Rainbow and brook trout above 15 inches 20 points
Brown trout above 20 inches 30 points
Yellow perch any length 5 points
Bow fin (mudfish) above 20 inches 10 points
Chained pickerel (Jackfish) above 18 inches 10 points
Channel Catfish- below 24 inches 5 points, above 10 points.
Flat head catfish- below 25 inches 5 points, Trophy fish 30 inches and above 30 points.
blue Catfish- below 25 inches 5 points, trophy fish above 25 inches 30 points.
Yellow or Butter Catfish- 12 inches 10 points.

Scoring for Salt water Division:
Sheep head above 15" 10 points trophy fish above 22" 20 points
Speckled Trout above 15" 10 points trophy fish above 22" 20 points
Red Drum above 22" 10 points trophy fish above 35" 25 points
Flounder above 15" 10 points 10 points trophy fish above 22" 20 points
Whiting any length 5 points
Croaker any length 5 points
Tarpon any length 30 points

rules will be updated as needed. The cost to enter is FREE and the prize is bragging rights. You may sign up at any time during the year.
If you have any questions or concerns then PM me.

[uglystikyooper]

I will most definitely be signing up for this.

[3spots]

Thanks for offering this to us Walt. Hopefully we can get a few in this.

[Sharkattack]

I'm in, sounds like a good friendly competition!!

[Sharkattack]

I would like to see the redfish size be lowered to maybe 20 inches.

[gabreamyaker]

sounds like fun but you forgot a couple from the bream family red ear and flyers i will sing up for this,thanks for the invite.

[bassassan]

Jan 22, 2014 20:35:12 GMT -5 gabreamyaker said:

sounds like fun but you forgot a couple from the bream family red ear and flyers i will sing up for this,thanks for the invite.

All bream are included in this category

[bassassan]

Jan 22, 2014 19:16:38 GMT -5 Sharkattack said:

I would like to see the redfish size be lowered to maybe 20 inches.

Will take the redfish length into advisement, thanks.

[Sharkattack]

Not a problem, thanks for the consideration

[3spots]

Lower the trophy redfish or the regular? I would go with the regular size for points being 22" and making the trophy size 30" and above.
Is that okay Walt?

[bassassan]

Jan 22, 2014 21:04:32 GMT -5 3spots said:

Lower the trophy redfish or the regular? I would go with the regular size for points being 22" and making the trophy size 30" and above.
Is that okay Walt?

we are going to lower the regular length to 22" but the trophy category of all species needs to be an achievement fish for trophy points. When the Bulls run this is a very real goal.

[Redbeard]

Thanks Walt. We really appreciate what you and Gregg are doing. It will be a lot of fun seeing what everyone is catching. I may have to ask you to add horny heads and sea robins so that I can enter!!! Looking forward to this.

Redbeard

[usckayak]

Do I need to register by February or can i register after?

[bassassan]

Jan 23, 2014 10:21:50 GMT -5 usckayak said:

Do I need to register by February or can i register after?

You can sign up anytime during the tournament.

Also Guy's if you do intend to participate be sure to say so over on the LAKE forum so I can add you to the scoring page.

[bassassan]

Jan 22, 2014 18:02:17 GMT -5 uglystikyooper said:

I will most definitely be signing up for this.

If I can get you t go ahead and sing up on the LAKE forum I will go ahead and add you to the roster,

Thanks,
Walt

[bassassan]

Hey guy's just wanted to update everyone on a rule addition for the tourney. This should make things interesting


Bonus Rule: Any fish that is caught and photographed (regardless of length) and is included in list of legal species will count as five points. So in other words if you do not have a ruler you still get points, If your catch is not long enough to score on list you still get points. That means that all fish that are rated at five points already only have to be photographed and do not require a ruler.

Sharkattack has already posted up some catches, Lets get some more representation from the Salty guys!

Here is the page with the instructions on how to sign up.
lanierkayakfishing.proboards.com/thread/1509/instructions-entering-2014-online-tournament