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Rules For Jacksonville Kayak Fishing
Online Slam Challenge, August-November 2006 1. PARTICIPATION AND ELIGIBILITY. Participation is open to anyone 18 years of age or older. Minors are eligible to participate with a parent or legal guardian signature on the release form. A completed online registration including
online waiver and entry fee of $25 must be received no later than the end of the month of your first entered results. Entrants form the Northeast Florida area can enter at Black Fly Outfitter in St. Augustine or Jacksonville. Entrants from out of the immediate area can mail their entry fee to JKF, PO Box 330465, Atlantic Beach, FL 32233. Please make checks payable to cash. 2. SAFETY. Safe boating must be observed at all times. During competition each contestant is required to comply with US Coast Guard regulations including the possession of a PFD and sounding device and all applicable U.S. laws. All USCG and FWC regulations are in effect at all times. 3. COMMUNICATIONS. The use of mobile communications is allowed. 4. SPORTSMANSHIP. All contestants are required to follow high standards of sportsmanship, courtesy, and conservation. No alcoholic beverages or use of illegal drugs is allowed. Any use of drugs, participation in criminal activities, or other conduct reflecting unfavorably upon our efforts to promote safety, sportsmanship, fair competition, and/or compliance with tournament rules are grounds for immediate disqualification and return of any prizes awarded. 5. PERMITTED FISHING METHODS. All fish must be caught via hook and line. The selection of baits is up to the discretion of the participant. All fish must be caught from the kayak. No wade fishing or shore fishing is permitted unless the kayak is tethered to the angler. 6. NO MOTORS. The use of a boat or motorized water vehicle to transport your boat on the water is prohibited. All craft must be self-propelled – no engines are allowed. Canoes and paddle vessels other than kayaks are permitted. 7. FISHING LOCATIONS. Any inshore Florida or Georgia location is permitted. No fishing in the ocean is allowed, including jetties and inlets. All fishing locations must be in waters accessible according to the law, USCG, and FWC regulations 8. MEASURING DEVICES. All fish measurements must use a JaxKayakFishing measuring device based on the JaxKayakFishing measuring sticker or a Florida Sportsman lawstick or sticker. Anglers receive a JKF measuring sticker when the entry fee is paid to complete registration. 9. UNIQUE TOKENS. JaxKayakFishing will publish a unique token which must appear in all fish scoring pictures monthly. 10. ONLINE CHECK IN. Each angler will use the online system to enter a red, trout, and a flounder for each month of the tournament. Anglers may update and upgrade their fish as they catch better fish throughout the scoring month, but are limited to a single slam (red, trout, flounder) per month. 11. SCORING. The event uses catch and release scoring determined by the length of each fish with a bonus based on the bait type. Anglers receive 1 point per inch of fish if caught on bait, plus a 10% bonus if caught on an artificial or lure, or a 20% bonus if caught on fly. If the angler catches a slam (red, trout, and flounder) within a given month a 10% slam bonus is applied to the monthly points for that month. Each month each angler can submit a red, trout, and a flounder -- within that month the angler can upgrade those catches if better fish are caught later in the month. Thus over the 4 month tournament there are 12 scoring opportunities for each angler. Only one scoring photo of a fish is submitted for judging, taken by digital camera and made available using the online scoring system. Length is determined from the forward-most point of the fish to the natural un-pinched top of the tail. Fish must be above FWC minimums to count – reds may be above the slot limit. Maximum fish size is 44.5", the maximum measurement on the JKF sticker. The judging committee will review the photos to verify reported results and modify them if necessary. The tournament director is responsible for the final call in all matters. 12. DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY. Participants may only use digital cameras for recording scoring fish. Entrants must submit their scoring photo showing the fish on the measuring device with the unique token present in the photo. Fish scoring picture must also have kayak visible. 13. PROTEST. All protests must be made in email or PM delivered to a tournament official during the month in which the fish in question is caught. 14. RELEASE OF LIABILITY AND COVENANT NOT TO SUE. A Waiver, Release of Liability, and Covenant Not to Sue are part of the online registration. It is required that all contestants take responsibility for themselves while participating in event activities. 15. PHOTO RELEASE. Scoring photos remain the sole ownership of JaxKayakFishing LLC to be used at their discretion. Contestants grant JaxKayakFishing LLC and the sponsors the unconditional right to use their name, voice, photographic likeness and biographical information in connection with JaxKayakFishing LLC tournaments, production, promotion, and/or articles and press releases, and shall not be entitled to receive any royalties or other compensation in connection with such use. 16. RULE CHANGES. Rules interpretation is exclusively left to the Tournament Director. The decisions of the Tournament Director are final in all matters and are not subject to appeal. 17. PRIZE STRUCTURE. For the August-November Online Slam tournament prizes will be entry fees paid out in cash and prizes donated by tournament sponsors. Of the $25 entry fee $5 is for a JKF measuring sticker and associated processing. $20 per angler goes to a Calcutta style 40%-30%-20%-10% payout for positions 1st-4th. 18. RAFFLE. Prizes will also be awarded by raffle. Each contestant will receive 1 raffle ticket at the awards celebration good for a chance to win a raffle prize. No additional tickets may be purchased. You must be present at the raffle to win. |
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