More Ways to Win

The following prizes can be paid in addition to other prizes

The Strike-Zone Pink Duster Contest

Take a video on a declared tourney day of your team using a Strike Zone Pink Duster on a kingfish rig catching a kingfish. The fish does not have to be one of your weighed fish. It can be caught or released, but must definitively show the pink duster on the rig and then your boat number.

  • Text video to Kingfish Shootout phone. All duster videos will go into a drawing for $500, to be drawn at the awards ceremony.

  • You may enter as many times as you catch fish with a duster rig. One entry per duster rig kingfish. Do not send more than one video of each fish.

  • You must be present at Awards to win this contest.

The Pack Dog Rig Contest

Take a video on a declared tourney day of your team using a Pack Dog Rig catching a kingfish. The fish does not have to be one of your weighed fish. It can be caught or released, but must definitively show the Pack Dog rig and then your boat number.

  • Text video to Kingfish Shootout phone. All Pack Dog videos will go into a drawing for $500, to be drawn at the awards ceremony.

  • You may enter as many times as you catch fish with a Pack Dog rig. One entry per Pack Dog rig kingfish. Do not send more than one video of each fish.

  • You must be present at Awards to win this contest.

The Captain Cucumber Challenge

One Captain’s Bucket will have a cucumber in it. The cucumber will have a code on it and a pink ribbon so The Committee can identify it. This Captain will be identified as Captain Cucumber for the 2026 Kingfish Shootout.

  • If Captain Cucumber weighs the heaviest kingfish of this year’s tournament, all entrants in this year’s tournament (2026) will receive $100 off their entry for next year’s tournament (2027).

  • There is no cash equivalent for this. The Committee will identify Captain Cucumber’s weights as they come in and keep entrants up to date on this contest as it progresses.

The Referral $5k

On the registration form, there is an optional spot for a captain in this tournament to enter the name of another captain in this tournament as their “referral.”

The referral captain will win a $5,000 bonus prize if the registrant captain weighs the heaviest kingfish for the tournament. Simple.

Example: 

Joe Smith fills out the registration form, pays his entry fee, and writes in Bouncer Douglas as the captain who referred him to the tourney. Joe Smith weighs in the heaviest kingfish of the tourney. Bouncer Douglas wins $5K.

The “referral” portion of the registration MUST include the name of a registered captain in this tournament for the prize to be paid. It cannot be done after the fact. A text, phone call, or email saying “I forgot” to enter a name will not suffice.

The referral captain MUST be fishing in the tournament.

This prize will roll over if no winner is named. The referral prize will roll over, but the referral name will not. The registration form must be filled out each year for a winner to be declared.