Format: This is the Mystery Lure Challenge. The rules are pretty simple. You show up on the morning of January 19th at the sign in and we'll hand you a bag of lures which are the only lures you can use. You are not allowed to bring any other lures or hooks, jigheads, popping corks, split shots, etc. with you. If we find any lures on your kayak other then the lures provided you will be disqualified. You may bring a maximum of 3 fishing rods with you.
Scoring Points slam with a species kicker. You will receive 15 points each for a snook, red, trout that you catch. 10 points for a flounder and 5 points for any other species that you catch, anything that is a fish, has fins and gills, and yes you can snag a mullet for 5 points. 5 bonus points for any slam which includes snook, redfish, trout or flounder, any combo of the three. If you catch all four you get an extra 5 points. Tiebreaker is the largest redfish, that is the only fish you will need to take a picture of for length. All other fish need a simple picture with one of the lures and the token you are given clearly shown that you caught that fish on one of the given lures, length does not matter. You will also be awarded 5 extra points if you come back to the sign in with ALL of the provided lures completely intact like new and your token. If a fish is gut hooked we will take your word for it, lets be nice to the fishes.
You can only enter ONE fish of each species. Other then the redfish, it doesn't matter how long it is so you don't need to lay it out on a measuring board but you MUST have your TOKEN in EVERY picture. (I wanted to give extra point for pics of catfish and ladyfish laying in the anglers lap but I was over ruled).
So, to sum it up, take a pic of every fish you catch and only measure your redfish for length and keep the pic of the largest one. Keep your lures intact and bring them back to the sign in if you still have all of them.
The lures are all being provided by one lure sponsor. It is a good selection from their line of lures and you will likely have used at least one them in the past.
Date: January 19, 2013
Location: Fort Desoto area. See attached map, you must launch and take out within the red boundaries.
Sign In Time: Sign in will begin at 8:00 a.m. and will end at 8:30 a.m. The sign in will be at 1136 Pinellas Bayway South in front of Tony and Nellos Italian restaurant. For those who remember it is where the old 7-11 was on your way to Ft Desoto.
Launch Time: You may launch your paddle/peddle craft at 8:45 a.m. and not a second sooner.
Judging: Judging begins at 3:00 p.m. and ends at 3:30 p.m.
Pic n' Sip Location: The Pic n' Sip will be held at The Neepa Hut behind the Magnuson Hotel located at 6800 Sunshine Skyway Lane South St. Petersburg, FL 33711.
Launch Area: You must launch from and take out from the designated launch area. Your launch and take out locations do not have to be the same but they must both be within the area designated on the aerial below. The northern boundary is 54th Ave So extended west (turning into 35th Ave) to the Gulf of Mexico and east to Tampa Bay. The southern boundary is a line through the center of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.
NOTE: We have a hard limit of 65 anglers. As we have asked in previous events with a hard limit, please only put your name in the thread if you know you will attend.
Signed in - 44 as of Jan 17
Rik
Todd
DoubleM
Heywood
TexasDan
Manning
MikeB
Norm
BigFlyReel
Paul
pbr
MarkM
CoryT
chasintails
Madocian
Bassboy
Ump608
rpiatt3
olinfins
nowake
13
gks0409
rugrat181
mrpj1972
Sparty
ChrisR
Joekeyo
JKL
biscuit
FreshlySalted
vizzi
d. wig
jbdba01
Hillbilly
Fish_Stix
USS Missouri
kspops
Idle Speed
PJC0124
paddlaroun
sledford
Vikes99
jorswors
poppawheelie
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