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Gulf Coast Kayak Fishing Association
           
 

GCKFA membership drive

 

Dear fellow kayak anglers:

A $20.00 memebership fee goes to maintaining the website and forum, providing funds for club events and to help organize and run our annual tournament. Even though we have been in operation for over 5 years, up to now we have not asked for any membership renewals and have run a very frugal club. We have some funds in our account, but when we think about getting club shirts / hats made, providing seed money for our tournament or perhaps planning other club events, it can be depleted quickly.

We would like to take the step of soliciting renewal dues from our members based on the calendar year. Frankly, keeping track of when everyone joined and renewing based on that anniversary is an administrative burden I would like to avoid. Renewing your membership every January will accomplish a couple of goals:

• Allow us to build our funds and open the club to more options to enhancing your membership benefits
• Keep an accurate count of the active club members

If you wish to remain a member of the GCKFA, please renew your membership for 2010 – you can do so in several ways:

To offer some incentive to the renewal drive, Pat Poloski suggested that we take all active members and hold a drawing. So here it is. The winner of the members-only drawing will be granted paid entry to one of the Hobie IFA events. We will hold the drawing on March 6th at Hooters. Attendance is not required, only current GCKFA membership.


Via PayPal - in the remarks, please indicate a renewal
Mail in a new membership form with check / cash
• Club events – we will accept renewals at any club event.

If you have recently joined in the last 6 months or renewed since then, you will be covered for 2010.

So, be sure to renew your membership for 2010 soon to be part of this fun. PayPal and mail renewals must be received (with fees) prior to Friday March 5 to be part of the drawing.

Thanks for your continued support and I think we are in for a great year – the sport of kayak fishing continues to grow and the GCKFA will be at the forefront of the action in NW Florida!



 

April 24, 2010

The Gulf Coast Kayak Fishing Association's 5thAnnual

Spring Kayak Fishing Tournament

When: Tournament date is Saturday, April 24, 2010
Where: Shoreline Park South, Gulf Breeze, Florida

Kayaks, Canoes, other paddlecraft only– no motors!!
Consideration for special needs, approval prior to event.

Schedule:
Captain’s Meeting:Friday night on April 23, 2010, time 6:30 PM
Meeting Location: TBD
Kayaks on the Water: 5:30 AM on April 24th
Fishing Start: 6:00 AM on April 24th
Weigh-in: 3:00-5:00 PM on April 24th

General Information:
Fishing Area: Mid Bay Bridge Destin (East)
to Perdido Pass Bridge, AL (West).
No North or South boundaries.

 

  

2010 Tournament T-Shirt design


- Additional Information -

Family discounts: If you are registering minor children (under the age of 18) along with an adult family member a discount of twenty dollars will be allotted per minor (50% discount). Only the adult family member will be eligible for the captain's bag (first 75 entries),however the minors will receive a tournament T-shirt. Currently PayPal is not set up for the discount for minors so please send an email to gckfa@hotmail.com for more details.

Captains bags will be limited to the first seventy five (75) tournament entries!

The tournament entry fee is $40.00 until April 10, 2010. After April 10th the tournament entry fee will have a $10.00 late fee added to the tournament entry fee resulting in a $50.00 subtotal (PayPal service charges are extra.)


Designated launch Area:Anglers choice between East and West boundaries

Predictions: April 24, 2010
Sunrise: 5:12 am
Sunset: 6:22 pm
Tides: High Tide 09:49 am
Low Tide 04:05 am
Tidal Range 1.33 ft
Moon Illuminated: 0.35

Categories:
Inshore: Red Drum, Speckled Trout, Flounder
Offshore: King Mackerel, Spanish Mackerel,

GRAND SLAM: Red Drum, Speckled Trout, Flounder


PayPal Tournament Registration
Registration Form (doc)
Registration Form (pdf)

 

GCKFA 2010 Spring Tournament

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If you would like to be a sponsor for the Gulf Coast Kayak Fishing Associations, please contact us .


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