Lake Calcasieu (Big Lake) Tournament May 1st & 2nd
 

Two day SFA Trout Tournament on Big Lake May 1st and 2nd.....
150 boat field limit. Great pay outs

Enter here
http://www.sfafishing.com/sfatour.htm

Only $200 Per team:

Launch Site: Calcasieu Point Landing
3955 Henry Pugh Rd
Lake Charles, LA 70605

Launch Time: 6:00am each day

Weigh-in: Calcasieu Point Landing
1:30pm each day

Entry Fee: $200 per Team

Entry Deadline: April 23, 2010

Late Fee: $50 per Team

Team Check-in: Calcasieu Point Landing
Friday April 30, 2010
3pm - 7pm

Team Meeting: Calcasieu Point Landing
7:00pm

what's the payout

http://www.sfafishing.com/sfapayout.htm

How many boats have entered so far?

Email SFA... Dont know ....... I think for $200 buck this turn out will be over 50 boats for sure

Who can get in it and who can't?

Open to anyone who wants to fish....... Guides or Public dont matter... Only thing is you cant hire a guide to fish with....You can fish with a guide but cant hire him for the event...

Read the rules on the site..........

gotta be an SFA member too

Questions:
#1. Do they provide shirt with logo's and decal for boat? It states that this is necessary to be in the tournament.
#2. What happens if you have more than 2 fish over 25 in per person? 15 fish daily take and possession limit, with no more than two spotted seatrout exceeding 25 inches total length, regardless of where taken, in a defined area of Cameron and Calcasieu Parishes in southwestern Louisiana.

#1 when you register you get a patch and a sticker
#2 read the part about laws....you need to have two big uns and 3 heavy 24"ers

Join and they will send you all your stuff you need

http://www.sfafishing.com/sfajoin.htm

We have made the deadline Monday April 26th for online registration. Any team wishing to register after that, can register in person on Friday April 30th from 2pm - 6pm at Calcasieu Point Landing. Teams registering in person on Friday must pay cash. We will waive the late fee for this event to allow everyone a chance to enter!

Our payouts are based are the amount of entries. Guaranteed $3,000 1st place for 50 boat field! We are increasing our payouts and the new payouts will be on our site tonight!

The more boats, the bigger the payouts. As of last week, 6 teams were entered for this stop. So, we need to get some people registered!!!

You must be a SFA member to fish the events. SFA memberships are open to anyone & everyone for only $25 a year.

#1 - you'll get a SFA patch & decal in your membership package.
#2 - I'll check into this and get you an answer soon

You have a 5 trout bag limit so you can have 4 trout over 25inch in the boat and one under! This is the only way to keep it legal or move from 5 trout to 3trout...

You also get a half pound bonus for a live trout.

How strict are they on having alcohol in the boat?
How strict is the life jacket laws?
Only reason I ask this is because my dad is hard headed and says he has to be able to have his Miller Lite on board. He will also be tipping a few back, but if I do not drink we should be OK right?

Rules state Life Jacket must be on while outboard is running....... Drugs and Alcohol are prohibited during the tournament

Boooooooooo and boooooooooo..............

Did not know it was a state law to have you life vest on while running.

LDWF: - Children 16 or younger must wear a
properly sized and fitted PFD when the boat is underway on all vessels less than 26 feet in length. Smaller children should have a PFD that has ample upper body flotation and a crotch strap, proper fitting is critical.

;)
SFA Rules........ When you have sponsors fronting money to any events they want it to be safe as possible.

All Tournaments follow a standard rule package and they all require you to wear Life Jackets and NONE allow drinking or alcohol on the boat either...

It’s a good rule to have on the safety part.... Sure would not want to read the LC paper that a dunk fisherman enter in a tournament ran over a boat on anchor and killed two people...........Everyone loses then