The Mid Atlantic Kayak Open

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Save the Date! Saturday, June 8th 2024 (Lines in a 5 AM) - Sunday, June 9th 2024 (Lines out at 5 PM) (Captains meeting Friday June 7th) will be New Jerseys biggest kayak fishing tournament. With a purse of over $4000 (based on 50 anglers) and even more money up for grabs in Calcuttas, this will be New Jerseys biggest kayak tournament ever. 

There will be an after party and prize ceremony at Great Bay Outfitters at 7 PM 

This will be a length based tournament with the option for keeping your catch (for all species except Striped Bass), or practicing catch and release, this is a great tournament for everyone!

Great Bay Outfitters is located at 955 Radio Rd, Little Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08087 

There are several options for Hotels and Campgrounds locally. Distance is from Great Bay Outfitters. Here's a list of a few that are close:

Hotels:

LBI National (4.32 miles) 

Holiday Inn Manahawkin (11.1 miles) 

Village Inn and Suites (15.1 Miles) Abscecon 

Campgrounds:

Sea Pirate Campground (5.8 Miles) West Creek

Atlantic Shore Pines Campground (5.7 Miles)

The Captains meeting will take place Friday June 7th between 5 PM and 8 PM at Great Bay Outfitters located at  955 Radio Rd, Little Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08087 . All participants are required to to fill out tournament paperwork and have their measuring devices verified by the tournament committee and receive your tournament number. All monies must be paid prior to the start of the tournament. 

Normal Entry: $100 per person

Species Calcutta (Largest fish): $10 each species

Super Calcutta (Most 1st place fish, largest of each species): $50

There are 9 (nine) qualifying species. Striped Bass, Bluefish, Black Drum, Red Drum (Redfish), Black Sea Bass, Tautog (Blackfish), Fluke (Summer Flounder), Sheepshead, and Weakfish. All New Jersey Size and Bag limits must be obeyed, and any violation will result in a disqualification and forfeiture of funds. Tournament is Catch & Release or Catch and Harvest (within legal limits) with the exception of striped bass, which is Catch and Release Only.

Photograph or video with tournament number clearly visible via text to tournament committee will be accepted fish submission. In the event of a tie, the fish submitted first will be be worth more points. A minimum size of 10" will be required for any fish submission. Any disputed measurements must be brought to the committees attention by the end of the tournament. Location services must be enabled on your phone during the tournament, and any altering of photo metadata will result in a disqualification. 

50% will go to 1st Place, 30% will go to 2nd place, and 20% will go to 3rd place. 

100% of Calcuttas will go to the winner of the longest fish per species.

There will also be random chance drawings at the captains meeting for additional prizes!

Tournament Boundaries will be the Great Bay and surrounding estuaries area, with a map given to all entrants on where they are allowed to fish.