1. ALL FISH ENTERED MUST BE CAUGHT BY HOOK AND LINE AND FROM A HUMAN POWERED KAYAK. SAILS AND ELECTRIC MOTORS ARE ACCEPTED SO LONG AS THEY ARE MOUNTED ON A KAYAK. THE FISH MUST BE LEGALLY CAUGHT ACCORDING TO YOUR LOCAL FISHING REGULATIONS.
2. PHOTOS MUST BE GIVEN TO PROVE FISH SIZE AGAINST AN APPROVED MEASURING DEVICE AND WITH THE CKA 2013 TOKEN SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE PICTURE. MEASURING NETS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE. MEASURING DEVICES WILL BE APPROVED BY THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE EVENT.TOTAL LENGTH IS THE ACCEPTABLE METHOD OF MEASUREMENT. CLEAR PICTURES ARE REQUIRED TO PROVE THE LENGTH AND ANY PICTURES THAT ARE UNCLEAR WILL BE COMPLETELY DISQUALIFIED. ALSO IN THE PHOTO WE REQUIRE ABILITY TO PROVE YOU ARE IN A KAYAK. MULTIPLE PHOTOS SHOWING THE TRIP THAT DAY IS PROOF ENOUGH. FISH ARE MEASURED IN TOTAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT.
3. AOTY RUNS FROM JAN 20th TO DEC 20TH.
4. FISH MUST BE ENTERED FROM WITHIN THE ZONES ON THE MAP PROVIDED. YOUR ZONE IS BASED ON WHERE THE MAJORITY OF YOUR FISH ARE ENTERED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
5.AN ANGLER CAN ENTER AS MANY FISH OF ONE SPECIES AS THEY WANT, BUT…ONLY ONE SCORE PER SPECIES WILL BE AWARDED. LENGTH WILL HOWEVER HELP TO DETERMINE THE ZONE WINNERS IN THE CASE OF A TIE. IN THIS RARE EVENT THE ANGLERS WILL TAKE THE TOTAL LENGTH OF THEIR TOP 5 SPECIES AND THE LARGEST TOTAL LENGTH WILL DETERMINE THE ZONE WINNER.
6. EACH ZONE HAS A SPECIFIC LIST OF FISH SPECIES THAT WILL BE USED TO DETERMINE POINTS FOR THAT ZONE. FISH THAT ARE ENTERED FROM THE LIST WILL RESULT IN 5 POINTS. FISH ENTERED THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON THE ZONE FISH LIST WILL RESULT IN 1 POINT BEING GIVEN TO THE ANGLER. THE LARGEST OF EACH FISH SPECIES LISTED ON THE LIST FOR EACH ZONE WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL 10 POINTS UPON COMPLETION OF THE FISHING SEASON. ONLY ONE ENTRY MAY BE MADE PER SPECIES.
7. ENTRIES MUST BE POSTED WITHIN 2 WEEKS OF BEING CAUGHT AND PHOTOGRAPHED. NO HOARDING OF ENTRIES. THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF AOTY WINNERS. ZONE WINNERS AND A NATIONAL WINNER
8. ANY FISH CAUGHT OUTSIDE OF YOUR ZONE CAN BE ADDED TO YOUR ZONE ENTRIES BUT CAN ONLY BE ADDED AS A SINGLE POINT EVEN IF IT IS A LISTED SPECIES ON YOUR ZONES FISH LIST.
9. ALL ENTRIES MUST HAVE AN ACCOMPANIED FISH REPORT WITH A LINK GIVEN ALONG WITH THE FISH ENTRY POST.
POINTS
TOTAL SPECIES POINTS
1 SINGLE POINT WILL BE AWARDED FOR EVERY ENTRY OF A SPECIES NOT ON THE SPECIES LIST FOR EACH ZONE**UNLISTED = 1 POINT**
5 POINTS WILL BE AWARDED FOR EVERY ENTRY OF A SPECIES ON THE SPECIES LIST FOR EACH ZONE**LISTED = 5 POINTS**
10 POINTS WILL BE AWARDED FOR THE LARGEST OF EVERY SPECIES ON THE SPECIES LIST PER ZONE**LARGEST LISTED = 10 POINTS**
1POINT WILL BE AWARDED FOR ANY SPECIES CAUGHT OUTSIDE OF YOUR ZONE. EVEN IF IT IS A LISTED SPECIES FOR YOUR ZONES FISH LIST**OUT OF ZONE FISH = 1 POINT**
23 inch smallmouth bass
Lake Erie – location
Hotntot – Lure
June 1st – date
PICTURE – proper photo as per definition
total inches – 23 inches
total *Listed* points – 5
35 inch carp
Lake Erie
corn
June 15
PICTURE
total Listed points - 5
total Points - 10
19 inch Largemouth bass
hotntot
June 30
PICTURE
total Listed points - 5
total Points - 15
DETERMINING THE NATIONAL WINNER -TBD AT A LATER DATE
If a person is found stretching their fish, photo manipulating or anything to better their overall results through playing the system then they will be banned from further competition. Plain and simple. Also if you are challenging a persons photo, which is allowed, please do it respectively. No abuse or bad language will be tolerated. You will get yourself in trouble.
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