PAC Fun Day

This event is all about the kayak fishing community and what better place to celebrate and immerse yourself in that community than PAC Kayak Marina! For this event, anglers from the Bayou Coast Kayak Fishing Club and Lafayette Kayak Fishing Club will first be paired with those who are new to the community and not currently paid members of either club. Once those pairings are fulfilled, members from the different clubs will be paired with one another. We anticipate anglers making this a full Friday & Saturday/Weekend  affair, and a seafood boil will be provided at the weigh-in on Saturday!

EVENT INFORMATION AND OFFICIAL RULES

REGISTRATION:

Registration will be open through the BCKFC website until 2:00 PM Central Time, April 5th 2024

FORMAT:

Anglers will be randomly paired with anglers from another club, the idea is to fish with someone new!

ENTRY FEES:

The entry fee is free for members of BCKFC or LKFC

If anglers are not due paying members of either club, there will be a $10 option to help cover cost of food

BOUNDARIES:

All anglers will shotgun launch from PAC Kayak Rentals, kayaks must be launched and retrieved from this location. Anglers must stay in sight of their partners and not be further than ~200 yards apart.

TIME:

The official shotgun launch & lines in time is 6:30 AM. You may launch your kayak prior to 6:30 AM and stage within the immediate area of the launch, but DO NOT travel forth or begin fishing UNTIL the 6:30 AM launch horn is sounded. REMINDER: Be courteous, DO NOT BLOCK LAUNCHES. Anglers can fish until 12:30 PM, at that time anglers must return to the launch to weigh their fish. Weigh in will be at PAC Kayak Rentals from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM. Awards ceremony will start promptly after weigh in has concluded.

TOURNAMENT OBJECTIVE:

1. Team Weight:

• • 2 Redfish, minimum length is 16.00”, maximum length is tail CANNOT touch 27.00” line
  • 2 Speckled Trout, minimum length is 13.00”

Each angler must submit 1 trout and 1 redfish for the team weight, a single angler cannot submit more than 1 fish of each species for the team weight.

2. Individual Fish

• • MULE TROUT: Heaviest single trout
  • STUD REDFISH: Heaviest single slot redfish(slot defined above)

GENERAL RULES:

Motors are allowed. If an angler with a motor is paired with an angler without, the non-motorized angler may be towed. 

Artificials, Live, Dead bait allowed

WATER COURTESY / ENCROACHMENT: Do your best not to disturb someone else’s fishing area, by encroachment, or noise. An angler officially establishes his/her fishing area by having their craft anchored in place. If you come upon an angler in an egress area, as quietly as you can, ask which side he or she would like you to cross at. A good rule of thumb is that if you can both cast to a common point you’re too close. Respect others and use the golden rule.

RELEASE OF LIABILITY AND COVENANT NOT TO SUE: A waiver, release of liability, and covenant not to sue are part of the entry form. It is required that all contestants take responsibility for themselves while participating in event activities. Please DO NOT let your competitive nature push you into doing dangerous things. You must agree to the Waiver to participate. The Waiver is in the online registration page linked below. BE SAFE, BE SEEN, AND WEAR YOUR PFD!

DEPTH FINDERS: Depth finders / fish finders are allowed.

PFD REQUIREMENT: You must properly wear a U.S. Coast Guard approved PFD while afloat in your watercraft during all Bayou Coast events. PFD’s must be worn outside of the angler’s outermost layer of clothing. Failure to comply with this rule during competition could result in disqualification from the tournament. Disqualification will be determined by the Tournament Director based on investigation of any specific incident. PFD’s may only be briefly removed on the water for the purpose of adding, removing, or adjusting clothing while an angler is stationary and not actively fishing.

PRESERVATION of FISH: For weigh in events, “Air drying” of fish or the tails of redfish is NOT allowed. All parts of all fish should be placed on ice and maintained for freshness. Fish will only be accepted for the weigh-in if they are in a cooler bag, ice chest or other appropriate container that also contains ice. The entire fish should be in the container. Do not appear at the weigh-in with fish that are on a stringer and are not iced in a proper container or bag.

Salt may not be added to fish bags.