The LKA “Angler of the Year” - it is like a big fishing tournament for our club members that spans most of the calendar year.
The Angler of the Year competition will run from April 1st until the last day of November. Each month, there will be a specific species that the angler will need to catch to enter into the tournament (via catch/photo/release). These pictures are sent to the AOY email address (LowcountryKayakAnglersAOY@gmail.com) by the close of each month for scoring.
Fish will be ranked by length, with the biggest fish winning first place for the angler. Anglers will be ranked in order of length, with a point value given: first place (largest fish) gets 200 points for the month, second gets 199, third 198, and so on. These points accrue over the course of the tournament, and at the conclusion of the tournament, the angler with the most points will be crowned “LKA Angler of the Year”. Awards will be presented at the year-end cookout.
Rules
-The LKA Angler of the Year is only available to paid members of the Lowcountry Kayak Anglers club.
-Fish must be caught in South Carolina waters, in public waterways. No private freshwater or saltwater ponds.
-Fish must be caught out of a kayak under human-power. No trolling motors.
-Each month will have a unique identifier - our AOY identifier will be a word or phrase, written on any item, to have in the photo with the fish being submitted. IDENTIFIER WORD/PHRASE MUST BE VISIBLE IN YOUR PICTURE.
-This is a Catch/Photo/Release tournament. You can keep fish, but please heed all regulations in regards to keeping fish.
-The ENTIRE FISH must be visible in the picture, on approved fish ruler, with fish’s nose on zero and tail extended. Longest point of the tail is the measurement. You can pinch the tail. Kayak must be visible in picture. Identifier with unique word/phrase must be visible in picture as well.
-The AOY email address is LowcountryKayakAnglersAOY@gmail.com. Pictures are due by 11:59 PM on the last day of each mon