BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//https://lafayettekayakfishing.com///NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.15// METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20261025T044037CDT-9505puW5ns@https://lafayettekayakfishing.com/ DTSTAMP:20261025T094037Z DESCRIPTION: \nRULES SUBJECT TO CHANGE\n \n\n\n Registration process:\nTour neyX Registration Link - CLICK HERE\n\nClick the Registration Link (Above) to go to TourneyX and sign-in.  \nFill in the required information and cl ick Register for Tournament Button.\nYou should be automatically redirecte d to the payment page where you can pay using your PayPal account or Credi t Card. \n\n\n\nOVERVIEW\nJoin us Saturday\, May 24th for the Speck &\; Redfish Cup tournament\, a fish-anywhere in the state of Louisiana Catch Photo Submit (CPS) style tournament.  This will be the second tournament a s part of our Cajun Kayak Angler Series sponsored by Pack &\; Paddle.  \n\n******************** NEW THIS YEAR ********************\nThis year all entrants may use an electric motor on your kayak.  The electric motor may not exceed the lesser of:\n   (a) manufacturer's labeled Maximum HP / Thr ust Capacity\n   (b) 3 HP\n   (c) 155 ft-pound thrust\nIf you are using a motor\, your kayak must be legally registered with LDWF.  \n   Examples of motors would be:\n      -Newport\n      -Torquedo\n      -Trolling Motor \n\n\n \n\nLKFC CAJUN KAYAK ANGLER SERIES:\nThe Speck &\; Redfish Cup i s the 2nd of 5 events as part of the Cajun Kayak Angler Series. Earn and a ccrue points for weighing fish &\; win big prizes or cash at the end of the year Angler of the Year Awards Ceremony. Your lowest score out of the 5 events will be dropped\, so you are not required to fish all 5 events.  \n \n\n \nThe Angler of the Year WINS A HOBIE MIRAGE OUTBACK sponsored by Pack &\; Paddle &\; Hobie!!\n\nEVENT AND LKFC SERIES RULES:\nIt is e very angler’s responsibility to understand and abide by all rules listed h ere.  \n\nENTRY: $40 (+$1.50 PayPal fee) - Entry fee breakdown: $22 to Mai n Stringer Pot\, $6.50 TourneyX fee\, $11.50 to AOY Series Pot &\; Club Fund.  \nOPTIONAL CALCUTTA: $5 - Entry into side pot for Longest Speckled Trout. Winner takes the entire side pot.\nREGISTRATION: Open to public un til 7PM on Friday\, May 23rd.\nBOUNDARIES / LEGAL LAUNCH AREAS: Any public ly accessible launch site in the state of Louisiana.  Anglers shall launch kayaks only from properties with access available to all participants. If an angler desires to use a private or questionable launch this informatio n must be communicated to Tournament Director 2 weeks prior to start of a tournament.\nLAUNCH TIME: Anglers may launch at any time\, but may not beg in fishing until the Legal Fishing Time.\nLEGAL FISHING TIME: 5:00a.m. unt il 9:00p.m.  Anglers can fish until 9:00 PM\, at that time anglers must im mediately stop fishing. Photo submission will be open until 9:30 PM. Any p hotos taken after 9:00 PM will be rejected. \nLEGAL STRINGER: Maximum of 3 Speckled Trout and 3 Redfish.  Trout must be at least 13' minimum length and Redfish must be legal Louisiana slot size\, 18' minimum and under 27' (tail cannot touch the 27' line).  The max acceptable length will be 26.75 '. Fish must be caught during the events Legal Fishing Time.  \n\nFull Str inger (all 6 fish) will trump non-full stringers\, then it goes by length.   \nIn the event of a tie\, the angler with the longest fish will place hi gher. If the first fish does not break the tie\, the anglers next largest fish will be used\, and so on down their list of submissions. In the event that the anglers are still tied\, then the angler who submitted their fin al fish first that is used in their stringer will win. \n\n\nCPS FISH SUBM ISSIONS:  See full CPS Details at the bottom of the rules.\nWEIGH-IN: Ther e will be no weigh-in as this is an online/TourneyX CPS style tournament.   \nSAFETY: It is every anglers responsibility to navigate their vessel in a safe manner and abide by all LDWF rules and regulations.  A white light MUST be illuminated and visible when navigating your vessel between legal sunset and legal sunrise\, any angler without proper lighting may be asked to remain at the launch until safe light\, 30 minutes prior to legal sunr ise. Failure to comply could result in a disqualification. A Coast Guard a pproved Personal Flotation Device(PFD) SHALL be worn at all times during t ournaments. Failure to comply could result in a disqualification. Tourname nt days may be shortened\, postponed or cancelled due to unsafe weather or conditions. The decision to shorten or to cancel will be left to the disc retion of the Tournament Director. A 4-hour period shall constitute a day of fishing.\nSERIES POINTS: Series Points System applies to Main Stringer Category Only\, you are only awarded points if you weigh in fish\, so SUBM IT YOUR FISH even if you don't think you have a chance to win those points could become valuable later on. You MUST be an registered LKFC member wit h a paid-current\, non-expired LKFC membership prior to the day-of the tou rnament. No membership = no points\, no exceptions. \nPAYOUTS: Cash\n\nTop 3 w/ <\; 40 anglers\nTop 5 w/ 40-74 anglers\nTop 7 w/ 75+\n\n\nFRAUD: C heating and attempt to defraud\, including but not limited to: altering fi sh\, exchanging fish\, weighing fish caught prior to tournament hours\, ca tching fish from powerboat or other illegal craft and/or using illegal bai t may result in disqualification from the tournament\, loss of membership and loss of participation privileges for future events. The LKFC Board Mem bers reserves the right to investigate\, polygraph and/or prosecute any pa rticipant. The LKFC Board Members reserves the right to withhold prizes un til a full investigation is completed and/or a polygraph examination is co mpleted. Any Series participant or winner shall agree to submit to a polyg raph examination.  The LKFC Board Members reserves the right to select pol ygraphists to administer polygraph examinations.  All polygraph examinatio ns required shall be taken at the time\, place\, and by the polygraphists designated by the LKFC Board Members.  Each contestant agrees by his/her s ignature on the Tournament / Series entry form\, to submit to a polygraph examination and abide by its conclusion.  All travel expenses are to be pa id by entrant.  Failure to submit to or pass the polygraph examination may result in 1) disqualification from the series\, 2) loss of series points earned\, 3) loss of membership\, 4) relinquishing of prizes won\, and 5) d isqualification from future events.\nRESPONSIBILITY: Anglers shall underst and all rules and conduct themselves respectably.\nCOURTESY: Use common se nse and stay several yards greater than maximum casting distance from angl ers.\nCOMMUNICATION: Anglers SHALL NOT communicate with non-registered par ticipants (phones or in-person) for the purpose of gaining fishing informa tion.\nREFUNDS: Entry may be applied to another event or refunds may be re quested to the treasurer for consideration. \nLEGAL FISHING METHODS: Must be caught on reel + rod combo.  Trolling is allowed.  No more than 2 rods in the water. Artificial lures only. \nJUDGE/WEIGH-MASTER: Will make decis ions on accepting fish and the decision is final.  \nPROTEST: Any protest must be made in writing and submitted electronically (text/email/direct me ssage from social media) to the Tournament Director within 30 minutes of t he photo submission deadline to be considered. The tournament director is the final authority on deciding the merits/outcomes of a protest.  All ang lers are encouraged to report cheating.\nRULE CHANGES: Rules interpretatio n is exclusively left to the Tournament Director. The decisions of the Dir ector are final in all matters and are not subject to appeal. \nSERIES STA NDING TIE-BREAK: In the event of a tie\, the following will determine a ti e break for overall series standing:\n\nThe angler who fishes more tournam ents will win.\nIf still tied\, the angler who drops the highest total num ber of points (based on 1 dropped event scores) will win.\nIf still tied\, the angler who scores the highest points in any single event will win.\nI f still tied\, the angler who scores the highest points in the Series Fina le will win.\nIf still tied\, the angler whose highest score was in an eve nt with more participants will win.\n\n\n\n\nCPS Details:\n\nTourneyX Pro is the App that will be used for this tournament.  It is available for bot h Apple and Android Phones.  For assistance on how to use TourneyX\, pleas e visit TourneyX Pro\nApproved Measuring Boards (Boards must be clean and easily readable):\n\n\nKetch Boards – all models except foldable / hinged model\nCheck-it Stick – Kayak Elite Series\nYakAttack Leaderboard\n\n\nThe unique identifier/code will be released Friday\, May 23rd at 8:00pm\nThe live leaderboard will be turned off all day\n\nPhoto Submission Rules:\n\n Photos of fish MUST be taken between 5:00am and 9:00pm. You may submit pic tures between 5:00am and 9:30pm.\nThe fish must be photographed on a tourn ament approved measuring board with the body centered between the rails\, and alive. \nCaught fish must be photographed before your next cast.  This means an angler must bring a caught fish into their kayak and take a pict ure before they begin fishing again.  A fish that the tournament director suspect is dead due to being out of the water too long may be rejected.  E xamples of issues that may result in a disqualified fish are faded color\, no slime coat\, shriveled tail\, etc.\nThe fish must be facing to the lef t with the tail to the right and the belly of the fish facing the angler. \nThe fish must be submitted in 0.25” increments.\nIf the tail is not obvi ously touching or crossing a measurement line\, it will be rounded down to the next lower quarter inch length.\nThe nose must be pressed up against the post of the measuring device.  Please ensure that shadows do not obscu re the nose and post.  If the judge cannot see that the nose is clearly up against the post\, the angler will face a 0.5” length deduction.\nYou can submit pictures of as many fish as you like\; however\, you can only subm it one picture of the fish you want judged.  In the event that a submitted fish picture is denied\, you can request that the judge review another pi cture of the same fish.\nFor Redfish\, the minimum length a fish can be su bmitted is 18.00' and the maximum length a fish can be submitted is 26.75” .  Anglers may not manipulate oversized redfish to appear shorter than the stated tournament maximum.  Any attempt\, or suspicion of attempt\, to do so will result in disqualification of the fish and potentially the angler .\nFor Speckled Trout\, the minimum length a fish can be submitted is 13.0 0' (no maximum).  The mouth MUST be entirely closed with the nose pressed firmly against the post of the measuring board. If the mouth is open at al l\, a 0.5” length deduction will be taken.\nThere may be no lures or fish retaining tools in the fish’s mouth for the picture or the angler will fac e a 0.5” length deduction.  This deduction may be inclusive or in addition to the open mouth penalty at the judges discretion.\nNo other tools\, dev ices\, materials\, etc... may be touching or under the fish for any reason .\nThe mouth\, eye\, and edge of tail must be visible for the picture to b e accepted\, with the tail flat on the measuring board.  The angler is not allowed to place their hand or fingers under the gill plate of the fish.   The nose must be naturally resting against the post of the board. \nThe t op lobe of the tail of your fish must be inside the boundaries of your boa rd.  If using a Check it stick\, the top lobe must be over the lines on th e flat (bottom) portion of your board\, and not over the slanted lip on th e side.\nPictures must be taken while in your kayak and showing your kayak and surrounding area in photo.\nThe picture must be taken overhead and no t at an extreme angle.\nPicture will only be accepted if they include orig inal metadata which contains GPS coordinates. LKFC retains all metadata in formation which may be reviewed by a single designated tournament director in the event of a valid location or time-based protest.\nThe unique tourn ament identifier code must be visible in the picture (written on a card or the back of your hand). \nIf the judge deems your picture to be inauthent ic or otherwise too problematic to accept\, it will be rejected. Appeals m ay be made to the tournament directors as described below in the protests section. All submissions are subject to final review by the tournament dir ector.  If the tournament director overrules the judge on a submission\, t he angler will have the opportunity to submit another picture of the same fish or a replacement fish before the standings will be finalized.  \nFoll owing completion of the tournament and awards ceremony\, anglers may make a formal written request that their entry is deleted from TourneyX. Doing so will delete all of the fish pictures\, metadata\, GPS\, and statistics from the angler’s TourneyX account. This means these pictures/metadata/GPS will no longer be accessible to anyone including the angler or tournament directors. This is a permanent irreversible decision. Making this request will not disqualify the angler from qualifying for awards in this tournam ent.\n\nExample of Acceptable Submissions:\nNOTE: Trout mouth closed\, Uni que Identifier Code visible\, ruler with clear 0.25' increment marks\, and kayak visible.\n \n \nNOTE: Redfish Tail laying flat (not manipulated).\n \n \n https://lafayettekayakfishing.com/index.php/events/club-events/event /62-speck-n-redfish-cup-2025 DTSTART:20250524T050000Z DTEND:20250525T020009Z LOCATION:TourneyX (TourneyX App) SUMMARY:Speck N Redfish Cup 2025 URL:https://lafayettekayakfishing.com/index.php/events/club-events/event/62 -speck-n-redfish-cup-2025 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR