Welcome to the NextFish 3-Day Melee! This tournament is a weekend tournament, focusing on 72 hours of open battle between the anglers and the fish. It's a match of total inches, with a minimum length submission of 10".  Yes, 10". Load up the leaderboard, and submit your heart out!

Keeping it as real as possible, we're focused on leveling the playing field so that FL, CA and TX don't have an advantage over the rest of the participating Country. 

Total Inches is the Grand Prize. 

There is an additional Side Pot for Big Bass, separate from the main entry fee, if you should feel froggy enough to enter! 

Additionally, there will be other random prizes available, to be named VERY soon!

Angler with the most inches, after 72 hours, wins. There's no cap on submissions. Remember to make your catches count. 

NextFish Judges will run a minimum of two sets of eyes over each submission, cataloging each image to make sure there's no dual submissions and that each point in our submission articles are covered.

To be as fair as possible, our timezone of choice is Central, however, with our 72-hour approach, you'll have plenty of time to lock up the morning and evening bites in your respective timezones.

NextFish Single Event Addendum

Event Details

Event Name: 3-Day Melee: Kayak Challenge

Event Start Date & Time: February 15, 2019 @ 12:00:00 AM CST

Event End Date & Time: February 17, 2018 @ 11:59:59 PM CST

Venue Host: TourneyX®

Captain’s Meeting Location: Online (www.NextFish.co or www.Facebook.com/NEXTFISH/)

Tournament Director: Andrew Cameron

Entry Fee & Registration Procedures

Tournament Entry Fee: $25

Tournament Management System: TourneyX® (Register @ www.tourneyx.com)

Digital Captain’s Meeting will be aired at 3:00 PM CST on February 14, 2019. 

Registration Deadline: February 14, 2019 @ 11:00:00 PM CST

Tournament Format

Event Style: Two-Day Challenge

Scoring Standard: Total Inches (No Limit On Total Number Of Submissions)

Target Species: Black Bass (See Rules Standards for Eligible Subspecies)

Minimum Submission Length: 10”

Eligible Waters: Public Waters

Public Access with a fee to enter or launch is eligible.

Private Waters or Special Permission Water are not eligible.

Event Schedule

This schedule is for the sole purpose of the competition kayak fishing tournament.

Thursday, 2/14/2019

3:00:00 PM CST – Digital Captain’s Meeting

11:00:00 PM CST – Registration Deadline

Friday, 2/15/2018

12:00:00 AM CST- Official Start Of Competition

Sunday, 2/17/2018

11:59:59 PM CST – Official End Of Competition

Prizes

Payout Set Up:

Payouts Increase Every 5 Anglers beyond 10 Anglers.

Main Entry (Total Inches): Top Three Spots Paid Out

Side Pot (Big Bass): One Spot Paid Out (Increases for every 5 Entries)

Side Pot (Best 5 Fish Limit): 

Awarding Of Prizes

Participants must be submit a fish to be eligible for any potential awards.

Cash prizes and any other contingency money will be awarded at the close of each eligible event.

Distribution of any contingency money, or prize, will be arranged with the sponsoring company.

Tournament results will be visible on TourneyX® and will be posted on this site, in conjunction with any available Social Media avenues.

Participation & Eligibility

Event Eligibility: NextFish 3-Day Melee Challenges are open to public. No membership is required.

By Registering, each Participant acknowledges they have read the rules in full and agrees to abide by them. The rules in full include:

NextFish Single Event Addendum

NextFish Rules Standards

NextFish Terms & Conditions