The World's LARGEST Kayak Fishing Tournament is charging back into Grand Isle, Louisiana on August 28-29, 2026 — and Ride the Bull 15 is on pace to be the biggest, loudest, most electric RTB in tournament history!
Spots are filling! Camps are booking. The clock is ticking. If you haven't registered yet, stop scrolling and do it RIGHT NOW: REGISTER AT FISHINGCHAOS.COM
Still here? Good. Let us tell you what you're signing up for.
🏆 THE FINEST PRIZE PACKS WE HAVE EVER ASSEMBLED
We're not exaggerating. Our presenting sponsors — Bonafide, Academy Sports + Outdoors, GARMIN, The Backpacker, YakPower, and Bazooka — have absolutely LOADED the prize table this year. Fifteen years of Ride the Bull, and we have never sent anglers home with hauls like this.
But here's the thing — the tournament is only PART of the story...
🎸 FRIDAY NIGHT, AUGUST 28 — THE PRE-PARTY
This is the night Grand Isle turns UP. Free kayak demos in the marina. A boiled shrimp dinner INCLUDED with your entry. And then — live music from the Honey Island Swamp Band rocking the pavilion under the island sky!
Great music. Cold drinks. A few hundred of the best kayak anglers in the country. If you've never experienced a Grand Isle night like this, you're missing something special.
Friday's Lineup (August 28):
- 3:00 PM — On-site registration opens + FREE kayak demos with Garmin and Bonafide
- 5:00 PM — Boiled shrimp served
- 7:00 PM — Captain's Meeting
- 8:00-10:00 PM — LIVE MUSIC by theHONEY ISLAND SWAMP BAND
Do NOT skip Friday. Seriously. We mean it.
🎣 SATURDAY, AUGUST 29 — GAME TIME IN CAMINADA PASS
This is what you came for.
- 7:00 AM — MANDATORY Rules & Safety Meeting at both Bridgeside and Wakeside Marinas. ALL competitors must be present and on dry ground at their launch location of choice.
- 7:30 AM — 💥 SHOTGUN START! Hundreds of kayaks hitting the pass at once — there is nothing like it in fishing.
- 2:00 PM — Lines out.
Registration and the LIVE leaderboard run through FishingChaos.com — the same platform that transformed the tournament last year with real-time updates and the seamless check-in our anglers raved about. Your family back home can watch the leaderboard shake out in real time!
🎣 TACKLE PALOOZA IS BACK — AND IT'S GOING TO BE HUGE
Before you pack your gear, throw in ONE new, unopened tackle item worth at least $5. Drop it at the registration desk, and ONE lucky angler walks away with the ENTIRE pile. Every entry makes the mountain bigger. Bring your favorite fish-proven stuff and somebody's going home with a tackle collection for LIFE. That somebody could be YOU. See Vicki Holmes at registration to enter.
⚠️ REAL TALK: THE ISLAND IS FILLING UP
Spots are limited on the island and the State Park will be HOT. Grand Isle camps book up FAST around this weekend — every year somebody waits too long and ends up calling around in late August with nowhere to stay.
Don't be that angler.
Book your camp. Lock in your spot. Grab your tackle donation.
We'll see you on the island — and it's going to be LEGENDARY.
👉 REGISTER NOW at FishingChaos.com
📍 Bridge Side Marina / Wake Side Marina — Grand Isle, Louisiana
🗓 Friday, August 28 - Saturday, August 29, 2026
Peace. Love. Redfish.
— Ryan Page
Ride the Bull Tournament Director