6th ANNUAL LAPL FISHING TOURNAMENT RULES AND ENTRY FORM
(BIG LAKE)
Date: September 20, 2024
Time: 5:30 A.M. - 1:30 P.M. - No Check-In
Required Cost: $100.00 per person
*Lunch included with your Entry Fee (starting around Noon) along with Calcutta Event Entries
Place: Calcasieu Point Landing (3955 Henry Pugh Blvd, Lake Charles, LA 70605)
Prizes: Prizes for Trout, Redfish ,Flounder, and LAPL Slam; plus, Door Prizes
Questions: David Rogers (225) 931-3711; djrogers@ohllc.com John Fenstermaker (337) 359-1060; jwf@fenstermaker.com
Gregory Geoffroy (337) 319-8468; ggeoffroy@g2ls.com Kyle Coburn at (337) 945-2517; kyle.coburn@exxonmobil.com
Richard Hines (337) 247-4285; richardahines@gmail.com Chris Peyton at (337) 349-4635; chris.peyton@keanmiller.com
Christian Falgout (337) 296-8036; christianfalgout@gmail.com Justin Patin (337) 349-3367; justinspatin@gmail.com
Entry Deadline: September 13, 2024. ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY September 13, 2024.
LATE ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED THIS YEAR.
Rules and Regulations:
1) All local, state, and federal, coast guard and Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries regulations and laws apply at all times during the
tournament.
2) Professional fishing guide(s), commercial and professional fishermen and anyone who has guided for compensation during the
past twelve (12) months are not eligible to compete in the tournament. You may hire a guide, but the guide’s catch is not
allowed and there is no swapping or trading of fish between contestants and/or guide.
3) The tournament format shall be as follows:
a) Only speckled trout, redfish, and flounder, and LAPL Slam categories. The format includes a “Trout Category”, a “Redfish
Category” (Slot Redfish closest to 27” without going over), “Spot Redfish Category” (Redfish with the most spots (must be
greater than 16” long and less than 27”), “Flounder Category” (Longest), and “LAPL Slam Category” consisting of total
length plus a bonus of 8 inches added to the total for any angler that catches all three (3) species. Top 3 in each category wins
a prize. Entrants are only allowed to Place “once” in each category of speckled trout, redfish and flounder, but winners
from those categories are eligible to place in the LAPL Slam.
b) Tournament fishing hours are from 5:30 A.M. (no check-in required) to 1 P.M. on Friday, September 20, 2024. Legal Fish
may be weighed-in on Friday until 1:30 P.M. No weigh-ins will be accepted after 1:30 P.M. (unless you are in
the weigh-in line at 1:30 P.M.). Each contestant may weigh-in a total of 1 Speckled Trout, 1 Slot Redfish, 1 Redfish
with spots and 1 Flounder. In the event of a tie, the earliest fish to be weighed-in is the winner; so, make sure you have
the weighmaster indicate weigh-in time. Fish cannot be culled once they are weighed in. The tournament is based on an
individual’s catch, not on a team.
4) The prizes are as follows for each category: Gift Card and/or Prizes.
5) Each contestant must fill out, sign, and return the RELEASE AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT furnished with these rules
in order to be eligible to participate in the tournament and such agreement shall be considered the Tournament Entry Form.
6) The official weigh-in station is at Calcasieu Point Landing. Tournament Officials have the final say as to compliance/weigh-
ins/winners without recourse. Failure to follow the rules results in disqualification. In the event a Category is not “fully placed”
(i.e., for instance only 2 places are weighed in for that Category), the prizes as to that Category will be split equally between
the existing winners in that Category.
7) All contestants assume any and all risks to their safety throughout the tournament. NO REFUNDS FOR ANY
REASON!!! This Tournament benefits the LAPL to help raise money for the LAPL scholarship fund for the Professional Land
Management Program at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Should a hurricane occur, the tournament date will be moved.
Participants are encouraged to register and pay online at www.lapl.com or
Mail checks to the attention of Kyle M. Coburn at P.O. Box 53491, Lafayette, LA 70505.
LA Wildlife and Fisheries has new rules involving limits and sizes of fish.
• Trout
• Daily creel: 15-fish daily limit per angler
• Size limit: 13-20 inch total length, only 2 fish included within daily creel limit can be greater
than 20” total length
• Charterboat guides and crew will not be able to retain a creel limit while on a charter trip but
may engage in fishing
• Red Drum- (Redfish)
• Daily creel: 4-fish daily limit per angler
• Size limit: 18”minimum and 27” maximum total length
• Bull reds: keeping Red Drum over 27” is prohibited.
• The retention of red drum by captain and crew on charter or head boats while on a for-hire trip
will be prohibited.
• Flounder (no change)
• No size Limit
• 10 Daily per Person
• Black Drum (no change)
• 5 Daily per person
• Size limit: 16” minimum and 27” maximum total length
• No more than one over the 27” max total length