STAR’s signature division is the Tagged Redfish Division.

The first 5 2025 confirmed tagged redfish winners will have their choice of several boat packages with Yamaha motor and trailer valued at more than $40,000, including:

• 2 Carolina Skiff E24 DLX CC with Yamaha and Trailer
• Sea Born 22LX Center Console with Yamaha and Trailer
• Spyder 19FX Vapor with Yamaha and Trailer
• Micro Draft Skiff 22 Extreme with Yamaha and Infinity Trailer

The first two Youth angler winners will be awarded a Carolina Skiff 16 JVX tiller with Yamaha, trailer, Minn Kota trolling motor and Humminbird electronics.

STAR’s signature offshore division is the Tigress Outrigger & Gear Tagged Dolphin Division.

The first 2025 confirmed tagged dolphin winner will be awarded $10,000 cash or scholarship.

CCA membership AND registration in STAR prior to hooking and landing a tagged dolphin, report time, time and date of catch, submitted, photo of tagged fish on a measuring board with the STAR Identifier in the photo, verification of tagged dolphin and results of a polygraph will determine the prize winners in the Tigress Tagged Dolphin Division. Only the first STAR Tagged dolphin recaptured by a registered STAR angler who is a CCA member before hooking and landing the fish during the 2025 competition dates and certified by the STAR Committee will be eligible for prizes.

This division allows any angler who is a current CCA member and registered in the competition before they hook and land their catch to enter a qualifying redfish.  

All fish must be entered via the STAR Tournament app or the STAR website and must include a photo of each side of the fish on a measuring board with STAR identifier in the photo.  

This is a CPR (catch, picture, release) redfish spot division.  All entries of redfish in this division MUST be released. A previously captured and submitted redfish is not eligible in the Lots-A-Spots Division.  Redfish must be captured during competition dates.

Stocked Redfish caught in landlocked bodies of water, i.e., reservoirs, lakes, & ponds are not eligible for this division. 

Anglers must use hook and line. Artificial, live, or dead bait is allowed. 

Anglers must submit a photo of the left and right side of the redfish on a measuring board with the STAR Identifier in the photo and may submit as many fish as you like but participant can only win once. 

The winning fish will be the Redfish with the most spots counted and combined on both sides of the fish’s body. Spots must be separated to count. Spots that are not separated, irregular or misshaped will count as one spot. Spots must be distinct and black. Faintly colored specs will not count as a spot. 

Fish over 27" in length are not eligible. There is no minimum length requirement. Measure with the nose of the fish on the zero line and a non-pinched tail with the 2025 Official STAR Identifier in each photo. 

Photos and total number of spots must be entered via the STAR app or STAR website by a CCA member and registered angler in order to be eligible.  In case of a tie, the earliest submitted fish will win. In case of disqualification, the next qualified angler with the most spots will win. First place winner will be required to take and successfully pass a polygraph examination in order to claim their prize

Lots-A-Spots Division Prizes: $25,000 in Prizes

• 1st Place:  SUP Customs Hybrid Skiff with trolling motor bow mount, Minn Kota Riptide Power Drive 12V Trolling Motor & transom bracket with 6HP Yamaha, Power Pole Micro, and Ross Currington Art replica of winning redfish
• 2nd Place: Abyss Battery 36 Battery with charger, Ross Currington Art replica of winning fish, Bull Bay Rod/ Florida Fishing Products Reel, Bahio Sunglasses
• 3rd Place: Power Pole 8ft Sportsman, King Sailfish Mount replica of winning fish, Bahio Sunglasses, Relentless Knife 
• 4th Place: original art piece by Ashton Howard, RCI optics, NLBN Package 
• 5th Place: Bay Flats Lodge fishing trip for 2 plus food and lodging for 2 nights, RCI Sunglasses, Toadfish Package 
• 6th Place: Humminbird Helix 7, RCI Sunglasses, Zman Baits, Toadfish Package, NLBN Package 

Any registered angler 18 years old and older (as of May 24, 2025), who is a current CCA member in good standing and registered for the STAR competition at the time of landing their catch and uses rod, reel, hook, and line to catch their entry of non-tagged inshore species is eligible to participate.

Division will provide for 3 inshore species entered daily from the inshore species list of

• Non-tagged redfish
• Snook
• Trout
• Bonefish (no harvest)
• Flounder
• Sheepshead
• Pompano
• Black Drum
• Tarpon (no harvest)
• Jack Crevalle
• Croaker
• Whiting

Any registered angler 18 years old and older (as of May 24, 2025), who is a current CCA member in good standing and registered for the STAR competition at the time of landing their catch and uses rod, reel, hook, and line to catch their entry of non-tagged offshore species is eligible to participate.

• Non-tagged Dolphin
• Wahoo
• Grouper (red, gag, Black Scamp)
• African Pompano
• Tilefish (all)
• Amberjack (All exception of Crevalle)
• Billfish (all) Sailfish, Marlin, Swordfish
• Tuna (all) no minimum
• Mackerel  (all, Spanish, King, Cero))
• Cobia 36” to fork min
• Snapper Snapper (all: Red, Vermillion, Schoolmaster, Gray(mangrove), Mutton, Cubera, Lane, Yellowtail, Dog, Mahogany)
• Permit
• Tripletail
• Sharks (all) no size
• Sea Bass (all)
• Porgy
• Triggerfish

The Guy Harvey Foundation Youth Scholarship Division presented by Realtree Fishing pertains to any registered angler 6 through 17 years of age (as of May 24, 2025) who is a current CCA New Tide member in good standing at the time of entering the competition, and uses rod, reel, hook, and line to catch their competition entry. If a New Tide member turns 18 years of age during official competition dates, they are still only eligible for the Youth Scholarship Division, and as a youth angler plus the Trash Division.

STAR participants, ages 6 thru 17, who enter one catch entry per day of an eligible species, in the Youth Scholarship Division will be eligible for the drawing of the different scholarships in the division*

Youth may only win in one division (youth) in addition to the Trash Division.

Youth may only win a total of $25,000 in scholarships in the STAR competition.

Any registered angler 18 years old and older (as of May 24, 2025) who is a current CCA member in good standing at the time of entering the competition and who fishes from a non-motorized Kayak, canoe, or any other qualifying self-propelled vessel, and uses rod, reel, hook and line to catch their competition entry that meets FWC minimum size requirement.

Prizes

• Slayer Max 10 & Bull Bay Rod (picture of Slayer Max 10)
• Humminbird 9 & Engel 19 qt drybox w/ rodholders, Bull Bay Rod
• Humminbird Helix 7 Electronics
• Power Pole Micro with Spike & battery pack & $250 West Marine Gift Card
• $500 West Marine Gift Card
• Engel 30 qt live bait Pro Cooler AP4 w/ Rechargeable Aerator, rod holder & hardware, West Marine Gift Card, Rod Runner

Power Pole Conservation Division presented by Bull Bay Rods is an important aspect of STAR. This Division plays a vital role in helping FWC and other fisheries management groups gather recreational catch data.

All species of fish caught by STAR entrants are eligible for entry in the Conservation Division.

All entries must be submitted with STAR Identifier in the phtoo. We ask that you use special consideration with juvenile trout, snook, redfish, Tarpon or Bonefish and try not to handle if possible, Please try to keep fish in the water and take picture with STAR Identifier in the water with the fish.

All fish entries in the Conservation Division are required to be photographed with the 2025 Identifier but do not need to be on a measuring board.

The winners of the Conservation Division will be determined by a random drawing of all entries in the division.

The STAR Committee emphasizes the importance of following all FWC regulations regarding the handling of all species.

The Conservation and Trash are the only STAR Divisions in which a registered competition angler may submit more than three entries per competition day.

Prizes

• Power Pole 8ft Pro Series, Power Pole Charge & Bull Bay Rod
• Power Pole Micro, Engel Cooler 35qrt Hard Cooler & Bull Bay Rod
• Kahuna Wagon

Any registered angler who is a current CCA member in good standing at the time of entering the competition is eligible to participate in the Trash Division. To be eligible registered STAR anglers must submit a minimum five-gallon bucket full of garbage. This garbage must have been gathered from a coastal shoreline or while fishing on the water. The photo submission must include the 2025 STAR Identifier and anglers may gather more than one bucket per day. Please note that for large debris participants should place the 2025 STAR Identifier on or near the debris and submit with the latitude and longitude. CCA will provide this data and have the items removed. Youth participants will receive 30 minutes of community service hours for each five-gallon bucket of garbage they collect. At the end of the competition, the youth participant will email their community service log to the STAR Director and STAR will calculate the number of hours based on the number of buckets submitted and sign off on the log and return via email to the youth participant.