- Gulf Coast Kayak Fishing Association

Navarre Beach Cobia/King Kayak Tournament RESULTS

We had a great showing from GCKFA today. Congratulations to Dan White "dwhiteAUB" for winning the NB Cobia/King Kayak Tourney today with a 39-inch King Mackerel! This was the 4th NB king tournament and our largest turnout with 21 anglers, so Dan took home the pot of $210! 2nd Place-"Blue Boat" with a 37.5-inch king who won a bag of lures, a T-shirt and hat 3rd Place-Dave White (Dan's brother from Dothan, AL) with a 37-inch king who won a T-shirt and a hat (Thanks to Key Sailing and Hot Spots Bait & Tackle for donating a T-shirt and hat so that 2nd and 3rd place would be able to have something this time.)

There were lots of Spanish Mackerel and shark bites. The cobia didn't seem to be around when we were there, however. I have to say the king bite was a challenge, so great job to the winners! Thanks to everyone who participated and round 2 of 3 of the 2010 NB King Mack Series is still planned for Sat. 5/29/10. I will send out another post when it gets closer to time.

Kreg

April 24, 2010

The Gulf Coast Kayak Fishing Association's

2010 5th Annual Kayak Fishing Tournament
Final Results

Tournament Results and Stats.pdf

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!

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