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Early Bird Entry for STAR 2025!

About CCA Florida STAR 2025

Heading into year 10, CCA Florida STAR presented by Yamaha has made it easier than ever to participate. The summer long fishing competition encourages thousands of anglers of all ages to fish with a purpose – conservation and winning.

STAR is simplifying the competition to make it easier for participants to enter their catches and win big. It's not just about anglers winning but helping the fishery win too. Florida STAR focuses on conservation with its technology-based, CPR format and dedicated smartphone app. This format promotes the proper handling of species and allows participants who, at the time of their catch are members of CCA and registered in STAR to upload photos of their catch for an entry in the competition. STAR has set the bar for other fishing tournaments to follow by implementing conservation friendly alternatives, such as a trash division and conservation division with rewards of some really big prizes.

The CCA Florida STAR competition presented by Yamaha has a division for everyone, from the non-angler to the experienced angler and targets inshore and offshore species. For the 2024 competition, CCA Florida STAR will once again offer over $500,000 in prizes and scholarships but has pared down the number of divisions to make participation simpler. STAR will offer a Tagged Redfish Division, Tagged Dolphin Division, an Inshore and Offshore Division, Native Watercraft Kayak Division, Realtree Youth Scholarship Division, Power Pole Conservation Division and Costa Kick Plastic Trash Division.

STAR’s signature Tagged Redfish Division offers 5 adult winners, the choice of a Contender Boats 22 Sport, Dek Kat Boats 27 Flatz Kat, Spyder Boats FX19, Micro Draft Skiff 22 Extreme and a package that includes a Sea Doo Fish Pro Trophy and a Can-am Defender. Each boat will be powered by Yamaha, the competitions presenting sponsor. The first winning tagged redfish angler will receive their choice of all these packages as their prize. The next four winning anglers will have their choice of the remaining prizes in the division and the next winning anglers will have their choice of the prizes that are still available to be won. For the first two youth anglers who win in this division, prizes include a tiller boat powered by Yamaha, trailer, Minn Kota trolling motor and Humminbird electronics.

It is not impossible to catch one of these tagged redfish, almost every year, STAR has had at least one winner of a brand-new boat package and has had anglers reporting over 18 recaptured tagged redfish but…. they were not in the competition and a CCA member at the time of the catch therefore they were not eligible to win. With each of Florida's coastal counties having an average of 4 tagged redfish released in their coastal waters there will be a total of over 160 prize winning tagged fish out there for anglers to pursue. The best opportunity to catch one of this year’s tagged redfish will be in Citrus and Charlotte Counties, STAR’s 2025 Destination Counties. Each Destination County will have 8 tagged redfish in their coastal waters.

What simplification of STAR means to participants? The competition combined all the past non-tagged inshore divisions into one Inshore Division, The Carolina Skiff Inshore Division. The 2024 Inshore Division will offer anglers the opportunity to enter 3 catches each day of competition from the non- tagged inshore species list in the STAR Tournament App. Redfish, Snook, Trout, Tarpon, Sheephead and Flounder are just a few included in that list. This division will pay out 12 places with over $60,000 in prizes available. First place prize being Carolina Skiff’s new E-Series E18 JVX with a 75HP Yamaha and trailer valued at over $35,000.

For the offshore anglers, the Tigress Outriggers and Gear Tagged Dolphin Division offers the first STAR registrant and CCA Florida member who catches the first tagged dolphin a $10,000 cash prize from Tigress. Twenty dolphin (Mahi Mahi) will be tagged and released for STAR in the lower keys of Florida.

This year, all the past non-tagged offshore divisions will also be combined into one division, the Engel Cooler Offshore Division presented by AFTCO. The 2024 Offshore Division will offer anglers the opportunity to enter 3 catches each day of competition from the non-tagged offshore species list found in the STAR tournament app. Mahi Mahi(dolphin), Mackerel, Sailfish, Grouper, Snapper and Amberjack are just a few included in the list. The Offshore Division will pay out 12 places as well with over $60,000 in prizes available. First place prize being a 250HP Yamaha with other sponsor prizes in the package valued at a total of $35,000.

The Native Watercraft Kayak Division, Realtree Youth Scholarship Division, Power Pole Conservation Division and Costa Kick Plastic Trash Division round out the competition and remain the same as in past years but with bigger prizes

STAR continues to be the largest family-friendly saltwater fishing competition in Florida, the event runs from Saturday of Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day and boasts amazing prizes for anglers of all ages and skill levels. Since STAR’s inception in 2015, the competition has awarded trucks, new boat, motor and trailer packages, electronics and fishing tackle totaling nearly $4 million in prizes with $900,000 of that being in youth scholarships.

Now with only 8 divisions, plus ALL salt water species included in the event and most winners determined by random drawing, anglers of all ages and skill levels can fish from anywhere in Florida’s saltwater and have greater opportunities to win BIG. Registration is $40 for current CCA Florida members, or $80 for non-members, which includes CCA Florida membership. Kids ages 6-17 can register for free with their current ($10) CCA Florida youth membership.

All STAR entries must be photographed with the official 2025 CCA Florida Measuring Device, which will be available free of charge at various locations throughout the state, including all Florida West Marine stores, the preferred distribution location. For a full listing of measuring device locations, visit ccaflstar.com. For more information on STAR, or to register, visit the ccaflstar.com or the Facebook page

Register for STAR 2025

Please note: CCA FLorida STAR committee is still finalizing the prizes. The list shown may include/exclude more prizes.

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Orlando, FL 32856

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