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Audi Squares Away Victory at Lake George

Audi Squares Away Victory at Lake George

by Hank Veggian | May 22, 2023 | Chad's Blog, KBF Blog Post, KBF Tournament News

Let’s do some math: what does victory squared look like, times three? At the start of the live KBF awards ceremony following the Realtree Fishing KBF Trail powered by Dakota Lithium on Lake George, Chad Hoover offered this observation about the tremendous bite that...

The KBF Trail Arrives in the Adirondacks!

The KBF Trail Arrives in the Adirondacks!

by Hank Veggian | May 3, 2023 | Chad's Blog, KBF Blog Post, KBF Tournament News

It’s been nearly four years since the Realtree Fishing KBF TRAIL Series Powered by Dakota Lithium fished on beautiful Lake George in upstate New York, and we are heading back for the fifth stop of the 2023 season.  Last time, perennial hammer Ryan Matylewicz won the...

Jake Angulas Wins KBF Trails on the Potomac River

Jake Angulas Wins KBF Trails on the Potomac River

by Hank Veggian | May 1, 2023 | Chad's Blog, KBF Blog Post, KBF Tournament News

Overview Why write longer articles about kayak tournament fishing? You fished, you placed (or didn't), you went home. If you placed maybe your friends expected you to buy dinner. But you didn't. Will you buy dinner, or won't you? What if you compromise, and offer to...

TIDAL ON THE POTOMAC: A KBF TRAIL SERIES PREVIEW

TIDAL ON THE POTOMAC: A KBF TRAIL SERIES PREVIEW

by Hank Veggian | Apr 10, 2023 | Chad's Blog, KBF Blog Post, KBF Tournament News

The Realtree Fishing KBF TRAIL Series powered by Dakota Lithium will have its fourth stop of the season on the Potomac River on April 29th and 30th, 2023. Hosted by Stafford County, VA, the KBF events comprise two single day Trail tournaments and also the Dakota...

FishOPS 2023: Kayak Fishing for a Cause

FishOPS 2023: Kayak Fishing for a Cause

by Hank Veggian | Mar 31, 2023 | Chad's Blog, KBF Blog Post, KBF Tournament News

FishOPS: What is It? FishOPS is competitive kayak fishing for a cause. The FishOPS cause is to raise awareness of veterans, first responders and public servant organizations.  To that end, FishOPS raises money through kayak tournament fishing. It does so through...

Garcia and Gibbs win KBF Trails at Havasu

Garcia and Gibbs win KBF Trails at Havasu

by Hank Veggian | Mar 27, 2023 | Chad's Blog, KBF Blog Post, KBF Tournament News

The Realtree Fishing KBF TRAIL Series Powered by Dakota Lithium  made its first West Coast stop of the 2023 season, as anglers competed on Lake Havasu on March 25-26, 2023. The KBF Trail at Havasu is also the first chance in 2023 for West Coast anglers to stack points...

The 2023 KBF AmBASSador Series Championship: A Recap

The 2023 KBF AmBASSador Series Championship: A Recap

by Hank Veggian | Mar 19, 2023 | Chad's Blog, KBF Blog Post, KBF Tournament News

Kayak Bass Fishing opened a new chapter in its history with the KBF AmBASSador Series championship on Saturday, March 18, 2023. Hosted by the city of Hunstville, Alabama, the AmBASSador Series event was designed to bring together the grassroots clubs and trails of our...

Preview: Huntsville hosts KBF AmBASSador Series Championship

Preview: Huntsville hosts KBF AmBASSador Series Championship

by Hank Veggian | Mar 14, 2023 | Chad's Blog, KBF Blog Post, KBF Tournament News

Kayak Bass Fishing [KBF] works with dozens of trails and clubs across North America, offering material support, community, qualifying opportunities and more. In one foundational way, KBF is a society of kayak anglers who organize clubs, compete and build the community...

2023 KBF TRAIL SERIES RETURNS TO HAVASU

2023 KBF TRAIL SERIES RETURNS TO HAVASU

by Hank Veggian | Mar 2, 2023 | Chad's Blog, KBF Blog Post, KBF Tournament News

The Realtree Fishing KBF TRAIL Series Powered by Dakota Lithium  will return to Lake Havasu on March 25-26, 2023. This is the third stop of the Kayak Bass Fishing Trail season and the Trail’s first visit to Havasu since 2019! The KBF Trail at Havasu is also the first...

Reed and Matylewicz Win at Lake Murray

Reed and Matylewicz Win at Lake Murray

by Hank Veggian | Feb 27, 2023 | Chad's Blog, KBF Blog Post, KBF Tournament News

KBF TRAIL Recap by Christopher Decker With warmer than average temperature during the practice week, Lake Murray seemed prime for a pre-spawn explosion and the 120 anglers fishing the Realtree Fishing KBF Trail Series powered by Dakota Lithium Feb. 25-26 took full...

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Eligible Water Criteria

KBF classifies Eligible Water as fishing areas meeting four criteria: (a.) Open, that is, in-season and during access hours; (b.) within boundaries established for the competitive event; (c.) Unrestricted; equally accessible by everyone with non-discriminatory user requirements, and (d.) able to launch from an unrestricted, “equal-opportunity” public-access point.

Eligible Water

To be eligible, the body of water must satisfy all four of these conditions.

  1. It must be public-use waters, where the general public is permitted to fish by the controlling authority (e.g., state, county, municipality, business, private individual, residential development association or property management group). Water posted “KEEP OUT,” “Off Limits” or “No Fishing” by the property owner or by municipal, state or federal agencies is most likely ineligible. However, if permission to fish a body of water is granted, without prejudice or bias, to anyone who meet’s the controlling authority’s terms and conditions, then the water is considered “public use” and is, therefore, eligible. If the controlling authority for a pay-to-fish lake does not discriminate so that any member of the public may pay the user fee to fish it, that’s considered eligible water, too.
  2. It must be within the event’s competition area boundaries established for each event by the Tournament Director. That may be state boundaries, or a certain number of nautical miles up- and down-river from a fixed point, or a set radius from a fixed point, or water up to a landmark. An event may also include as eligible water any sloughs, coves, backwaters, or adjoining ponds that are contiguous to the main body of water and that can be reached by paddling and floating. Or, for another event, a Tournament Director may define eligible water to include smaller bodies of water temporarily or permanently separated from the main body by a gravel bar, swamp, levy, berm, road bed or other land form, that can be reached by dragging or portage.
  3. It must publicly accessible. Competitors may not cross restricted property to reach it but must be able to access the water from or across publicly-accessible areas or right-of-ways. If a community pond is posted and reserved for residents only so that one must trespass in order to reach it, then it is not publicly-accessible and is, therefore, ineligible. For example, if a community or homeowner’s association provides an unrestricted, public access launch area for its public-use lake, even though it’s otherwise surrounded by private property, then it’s eligible. The requirement to pay a launch fee makes no difference; if anyone may pay the launch fee and thereby gain access to the public water, then it’s publicly accessible.
  4. It must not be restricted by date or time. if a lake has posted use or access times or fishing is allowed only during certain seasons, it is considered eligible only during the dates and hours permitted by the controlling authority.

Water that does not meet those four conditions is ineligible, even if one is not physically prevented from driving to it and launching. Permission by a home-owner for a kayak angler or even a small group of them to use private lakes or ponds or cross private property does not make that water eligible.

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