BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Bayou Coast Kayak Fishing Club - ECPv6.16.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://bayoucoast.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Bayou Coast Kayak Fishing Club REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20260308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20261101T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20270314T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20271107T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260307 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260308 DTSTAMP:20260604T023830 CREATED:20251217T174339Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260226T225434Z UID:353960-1772841600-1772927999@bayoucoast.com SUMMARY:Minimalist Challenge 2026 DESCRIPTION:REGISTRATION\nDue to the winter weather forecast for January 31st and a concern for the safety of anglers\, the board has decided to postpone the tournament until March 7th. The location will remain at CoCo Marina.\n**This event will be capped at 100 anglers**\nRegistration will be open through www.bayoucoast.com until 8:00PM Central Time\,  March 6\, 2026. \nFORMAT\nEntry Fee: $35 per participant or entry via the SEASON PASS. There will also be 2 optional calcuttas for an additional $5 each. \nThe tournament will be a shotgun launch at CoCo Marina. All anglers must be present for in-person weigh-in at the designated location and time to weigh their fish. Each angler will be provided with a bag of specific lures and tackle to use during the tournament. ONLY the lures and tackle provided may be used. POSSESSION of any other lures or fishing tackle will result in disqualification. Kayaks may be checked at the launch. \nThe following items are permitted\, provided they are used as intended: \n\nSuper glue\nLeader material\nSpeed clips or tactical clips (one at a time)\n\nThe following are NOT allowed under any circumstances: \n\nAdditional weights of any kind\nAny type of scent or dyes\nFloats or corks (except those explicitly provided)\nScavenged\, found or repurposed items not provided\, such as old corks or items found afloat\n\nLOCATIONS\, BOUNDARIES & TIMES\nTackle Bag Pick Up Locations and Times\n \n\nFriday (optional): CoCo Marina @ 7:00PM (106 Pier 56 Ct\, Chauvin\, LA 70344)\nSaturday: CoCo Marina from 5:00AM – 5:45AM\n\nLaunch / Awards Ceremony Location \nCoCo Marina\, \n106 Pier 56 Ct\, Chauvin\, LA 70344 \nTournament Start Time \nThe official shotgun launch time is 6:00 AM. DO NOT leave prior to the shotgun launch horn/announcement. You may launch and stage in the immediate area of the launch to clear boat ramps but DO NOT venture forth and do not cast before shotgun launch. You may launch later than 6:00 AM. You must be present at 6:00 AM.  REMINDER: Be courteous\, DO NOT BLOCK LAUNCHES. \nTournament End Time \nThe scale opens at 2:30 PM & closes at 3:30 PM. See the WEIGH-IN section below for rules. \nBoundaries \nAnglers are required to launch from CoCo Marina and are allowed to fish any waters they can access by kayak from this launch. \nOBJECTIVE\nWinner Determination\nThe angler with the highest total cumulative weight is the winner. The highest total weight wins\, regardless of the number of fish caught.\n(For example: A heavier two-fish stringer wins over a lighter three-fish stringer.) \nFish Requirements \n\nRedfish\n\nLimit: 2\nMinimum length: 18.00”\nMaximum length: 26.00” (Tail CANNOT touch the 26.00” line)\n\n\nSpeckled Trout\n\nLimit: 5\nMinimum length: 13.00”\nMaximum limit: Only 2 Trout may exceed 20.00”\n\n\nFlex Fish\n\nLimit: 1\nSpecies: Angler’s choice of Flounder\, Sheepshead\, or Black Drum\n\nFlounder & Sheepshead: Minimum length 12.00”\, no maximum length\nBlack Drum: Minimum length 16.00”\, maximum length 26.00” (Tail CANNOT touch the 26.00” line)\n\n\n\n\n\nOptional Calcuttas (additional $5 entry each)\n \n\nMule Trout – Heaviest speckled trout\nStud Red – Heaviest redfish\n\n\n\n\n WEIGH-IN\n\n Scale Opens: 2:30 PM \n Scale Closes: 3:30 PM \n\n \n DO NOT BE LATE! You must physically appear in line with your fish and sign in no later than\n exactly 3:30 PM\, not a second past. The official time will be determined by the cell phone of the\n appointed timekeeper. Weigh-ins will continue for all participants who are in line by 3:30 PM. Any entrant not\n in line by this time will be considered late and will not be allowed to weigh their catch or qualify for awards or\n points. Proxy sign-ins are not allowed.\n \n\n There will be no culling fish at the weigh in table. You should have your fish culled before getting to the weigh\n in table. \n\n Only authorized persons will be allowed in the weigh-in station. Please try not\n to distract these volunteers while they go about their tasks. Weighed / Entered fish may or may not be returned\n as per the weigh-master’s discretion. \n\n Preservation of Fish \n All parts of all fish should be placed on ice and maintained for freshness. Fish will only be accepted for the\n weigh-in if they are in a cooler bag\, ice chest or other appropriate container that also contains ice. The entire\n 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\n a proper container or bag. Practices such as "air drying" fish or parts of fish\, or using salt in your fish bag\, are\n strictly prohibited. \n\n Measuring Fish \n Fish will be bent\, loosened and manipulated before being measured with a pinched\n tail laid flat on the measuring board. Tails of trout and flounder will be manually pinched to obtain maximum length\n as per the instructions found in the Louisiana Fishing Regulations\, 2026 pamphlet. Tails of larger redfish will be\n pinched using the standardized tool attached to the measuring board\, which\, if needed and used\, will be moved to the\n 25.50” line to pinch the tail of larger redfish. \n\n Over/Under Sized Fish \n Anglers possessing a legal fish that does not meet the size requirements of the tournament will be granted an\n opportunity to replace that fish with an alternate fish that does meet the tournament size requirements. If the\n second fish also fails to meet the tournament size requirements the angler will be disqualified. \n\n All fish must be legal\, as outlined in the 2026 LDWF Fishing Regulations Brochure\, AT THE TIME OF WEIGH-IN. Anglers possessing illegal fish will be\n disqualified. KEEP IN MIND that iced fish will shrink. A just barely 18″ redfish might be a 17.8″ redfish when you\n get to the weigh-in. \n\n Tie Breaker \n In the event of a tie\, the first angler to have signed in will be considered the winner while the other\n angler will be dropped to the next position. \n\n\nAWARDS CEREMONY\nThe Awards Ceremony will take place at 3:30 PM at CoCo Marina\, following the closure of the scales. You must be present at the ceremony to place\, but attendance is not required to qualify for the Championship. We will be cooking food and providing drinks for everyone to enjoy during the ceremony. \nPayout\, Awards and Championship Qualification \n\nPayouts: We will pay out 10% of the field. One paid spot for every 10 anglers that register.\nAwards: The top 5 finishers will receive plaques.\nChampionship Qualification: The top 10% of finishers will qualify for the BCKFC Championship.\nEntry Fee Allocation: $7 from each entry will go towards the Championship pot. The remaining money will be used for payouts\, awards and fees.\n\n\n\n\n ANGLER OF THE YEAR / CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFICATION\n \n\n \n The top 10% of anglers on the leaderboard for Minimalist Challenge are eligible for qualification to the\n 2026 BCKFC Championship. To fully qualify\, an angler must be a paid club member in good standing with BCKFC\n and have paid entry to at least three 2026 Championship Series tournaments or have purchased the\n 2026 BCKFC Season Pass.\n \n\n \n At the end of all 5 qualifying tournaments\, those who qualified through placement in a tournament along with those\n who qualify via AOY standings and have met the minimum criteria to be eligible\, will be invited to the Club\n Championship at the end of the tournament season. Only 45 anglers will be invited.\n \n\n \n AOY Points are awarded for Angler of the Year at each tournament\, with 1st place receiving 300 points\, 2nd receiving\n 299 points\, 3rd receiving 298 points\, and continuing downward accordingly. To receive AOY points\, an angler must be\n a BCKFC member in good standing. Anglers who weigh in at least one legal fish will receive points based on their\n finishing position. When applicable\, anglers who do not weigh in a legal fish (“skunked”) but who check in at the\n weigh-in will receive 100 AOY points. The Angler of the Year points total represents the best five qualifying\n tournaments plus the BCKFC Championship\, with each angler’s 2 worst placing tournaments dropped from their total.\n \n\n\n\n\n \n GENERAL RULES\n \n \n\n \n PARTICIPATION AND ELIGIBILITY \n Participation is open to anyone 18 years of age or older. Minors are eligible to\n participate with a parent or legal guardian signature on the release form. All participants represent that they\n are physically and mentally competent and fit and able to participate. By entering\, all participants agree to\n assume all risks of personal injury\, death\, and damage to or loss of property and further agree to indemnify and\n hold BCFKC\, its officers\, members\, agents\, and sponsors harmless from and against any and all claims\,\n liabilities\, and causes of action resulting directly or indirectly from participation. \n \n\n \n FISHING LICENSE \n All anglers must possess all licenses and permits required by law to catch or\n harvest any species eligible in this tournament. \n \n\n \n KAYAK/WATERCRAFT REGULATIONS \n ALLOWED PROPULSION METHODS: Paddle\, pedal\, pole and electric motor. See additional requirements for motors below.\n \n MOTOR ELIGIBILITY: Only one electric motor may be attached to the kayak. It must be attached to\n the kayak in a safe manner for operation and meet the following criteria: \n \n Maximum of 3 HP or 155 foot-pound thrust.\n Dual-prop motors operated by a single power source are allowed if manufactured and sold as a single unit.\n \n WATERCRAFT ELIGIBILITY: Must be a vessel the manufacturer identifies and sells as a kayak\, including: inflatable\n kayaks\, modular kayaks\, stand-up paddleboards (SUPs) and canoes. Catamaran-style personal fishing vessels are\n allowed if they comply with all other regulations. Other watercraft may be approved by the BCKFC\n Board prior to competition. \n PROHIBITED WATERCRAFT: The following are NOT allowed: soloskiffs or vessels marketed as skiffs\,\n homemade kayaks\, sailboats\, jon boats\, pirogues\, coracles\, rowboats\, dinghies\, skiffs\, float tubes\, inflatable\n rafts\, rigid inflatable boats (e.g.\, Zodiac)\, pontoon boats\, pontoon-style pond boats\, twin-hull watercraft\, or\n similar.\n \n WATERCRAFT SIZE RESTRICTIONS: Vessel must be at least 9 feet and shorter than 18\n feet. \n ANCHOR SYSTEMS: Both manual and motorized anchor systems are permitted. \n DEPTH FINDERS: Depth finders and fish finders are allowed. \n WADE FISHING AND BANK FISHING: Contestants may wade fish or fish off the bank only if they\n remain within 100 feet of their launched paddle craft. “Launched” means the\n kayak is partly in fishable water (not in a parking lot puddle). \n PROHIBITED ACTIONS: Mother-shipping\, tethering\, holding\, or any transportation coordination with\n non-competitors is strictly prohibited. \n KAYAK INSPECTION: By entering the tournament\, contestants agree to have their kayak inspected by BCKFC\n personnel. \n \n\n \n WATER COURTESY / ENCROACHMENT \n Do your best not to disturb someone else’s fishing area\, by encroachment\, or\n noise. An angler officially establishes his/her fishing area by having their craft anchored in place. If you\n come upon an angler in an egress area\, as quietly as you can\, ask which side he or she would like you to cross\n 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\n the golden rule. \n \n\n \n PROTESTS \n All protests must be written and submitted electronically (text/email/direct\n message from social media) within 30 minutes of the conclusion of “weigh in” to be considered. The tournament\n director is the final authority on deciding the merits/outcomes of a protest.  All anglers are encouraged\n to report cheating. \n \n\n \n CHEATING/FOUL PLAY \n All anglers are encouraged to report violations. Cheating and contest fraud in a\n fishing tournament is a felony crime in the state of Louisiana. Bayou Coast will enforce a zero-tolerance policy\n with regard to cheating. \n \n\n \n POLYGRAPH EXAMINATION \n All participants\, by signing up\, agree to take a polygraph examination if\n requested. Any participant can be asked to submit to a polygraph examination. No explanation shall be required\n from the hosts of the tournament as to why a specific individual is asked to submit to a polygraph examination.\n Refusal to submit to or failure of a polygraph examination will result in disqualification from the tournament\,\n forfeiture of any and all prizes / awards\, and potential banishment from all future Bayou Coast events. No\n refunds for tournament fees will be granted for person(s) refusing to submit to or failing a polygraph\n examination. \n \n\n \n RELEASE OF LIABILITY AND COVENANT NOT TO SUE \n A waiver\, release of liability\, and covenant not to sue are part of the entry\n form. It is required that all contestants take responsibility for themselves while participating in event\n activities. Please DO NOT let your competitive nature push you into doing dangerous things. You must agree to\n the Waiver to participate. The Waiver is in the online registration page linked below. BE SAFE\, BE SEEN\, AND\n WEAR YOUR PFD! \n \n\n \n COMMUNICATION \n No electronic communication with non-registered anglers during tournament hours\,\n unless not fishing related (your spouse/kids\, work\, etc). No pre-arranged coordination with any non-registered\n anglers on the water for the purpose of scouting or locating fish during tournament hours. \n \n\n \n PFD REQUIREMENT \n You must properly wear a U.S. Coast Guard approved PFD while afloat in your\n watercraft during all Bayou Coast events. PFD’s must be worn outside of the angler’s outermost layer of\n clothing. Failure to comply with this rule during competition could result in disqualification from the\n tournament. Disqualification will be determined by the Tournament Director based on investigation of any\n specific incident. PFD’s may only be briefly removed on the water for the purpose of adding\, removing\, or\n adjusting clothing while an angler is stationary and not actively fishing. \n \n\n \n RULE CHANGES \n Interpretation of rules is exclusively left to the Tournament Directors and Bayou\n Coast Officers. The decisions of this group are final in all matters and are not subject to appeal. Please do\n your part in not providing a reason to place them in a position where they must make rulings\, decisions\, etc.\n Keep it simple\, keep it clean\, and when in doubt…do the right thing. \n \n\n \n CATCH REQUIREMENTS \n Each participant must catch their own fish. You may not give fish to another\n participant. You may not net a fish for another (adult) participant. Youths should hook and retrieve their own\n catch. A parent/guardian may net fish for them and may handle the fish once it is netted (including pictures in\n CPS events). In CPS events\, anglers (participant or not) may not aid in taking pictures of fish in any\n way. \n \n\n \n DRONE/UAS USAGE \n Tournament participants are not allowed to use unmanned aircraft systems (drones)\n during the tournament day(or official practice days) to scout for fish\, spy on other anglers\, or any other means\n that may be viewed as benefiting/advancing their fishing. \n \n\n \n WEATHER \n Tournament days may be shortened or canceled due to unsafe weather or water\n conditions. The decision to shorten or to cancel will be left totally to the discretion of the Tournament\n Director. A 4-hour period shall constitute a day of fishing. \n \n\n \n REFUND POLICY \n There will be no refunds available. Should the event date change for any reason\,\n an announcement will be made\, and a refund grace period allowed for anglers who cannot make the new date. 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