2024 ALABAMA SPEARFISHING ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENT RULES
1. Diving is open to all waters between the Destin Pass and the
west end of Horn Island.
2. Competition begins immediately following the safety meeting and
ends when the scales close on October 12, 2024 at 6:00 pm.
3. Bad Weather Rule: Twelve (12) consecutive hours without a SMALL
CRAFT WARNING constitutes a valid tournament.
4. All SCUBA diving contestants must be SCUBA certified and
possess a Certification Card.
5. All fish must be speared by the diver while submerged and must
be brought to the beach or boat by the diver who speared it. Fish must be
speared by speargun or polespear.
6. Eligible Fish: Sheepshead, Flounder, Lionfish (Total
Weight), Snapper, Triggerfish, Bluewater (Cobia, African Pompano, Mahi Mahi, Barracuda).
7. Only rubber powered spear guns, loaded by contestant’s muscle
power, will be permitted. Gas guns, power heads, shark darts, or spears powered
by explosive means, or chemicals, will not by
permitted.
8. All fish are subject to autopsy. No frozen fish will be
accepted. Any attempt to defraud or cheat in the Rodeo, in any way, will
automatically disqualify the offender and all of their fish.
9. Both male and female contestants will be eligible for 1st, 2nd,
and 3rd place cash award, but may win only once in each of the six cash
categories. All contestants must enter (weigh) their own fish.
10. No ties will be considered. An entry must exceed the weight of the
previously entered fish.
Decisions by the WEIGHMASTER are final!
11. Winners must be present at the awards ceremony, or notify a Tournament
official personally in advance if a representative is to accept an award on
their behalf.
12. All protests must be submitted in writing prior to the Awards
ceremony. Tournament officials will rule on these prior to the Awards. Decisions
by the Tournament Officials will be final. All participants are subject
to a polygraph test. The Master Spearfisher, Champion Spearfisher, all first-place
finishers, and Jackpot winners maybe required to take a polygraph test.
Failure to submit or pass a polygraph test within five (5) business days will
subject the participant to disqualification in current and future
tournaments. Protester WILL pay for the polygraph test.
13. All fish must be weighed at the designated weigh stations announced at the
safety meeting during working hours. Fish will remain the property of the
contestant.
14. The Master Spearfisher and Queen Awards will be given to the divers that
shoot the most categories and have the heaviest weight totals. Fish do not have
to place to be counted.
15. A Team award will be given to the team accumulating the most points. Points
are awarded as follows: 1st place = 5 points, 2nd place = 3 points, 3rd place =
1 point. Team points will be counted from the top three (3) places. A team must
consist of at least two divers and a maximum of six.
16. Fish Scoring: Ten (10) points per category and one (1) point per pound, up
to fifty (50) points per category maximum. Sheepshead and Flounder will qualify
for 4 times the weight rule.
17. A special AWARD will be presented to the top NOVICE competitor. A Novice is
a diver certified 2 years or less.
18. Divers must state team affiliation on the registration form. No
changes will be accepted after the safety meeting.
19. Applications received after the start date will be assessed a $10.00 late
fee and must wait 5 days from the date of application to weigh fish.
2024 Alabama State Spearfishing Champion
Divers must be registered in an
Alabama Spearfishing Association sanctioned tournament.
(Red Neck Riviera, Alabama Open, Orange Beach Open)
Fifty (50) points maximum per fish.
Three Hundred (300) points maximum allowed per tournament.
The Spearfisher that first, shoots
the most categories and secondly, scores the most points wins the
Alabama Spearfisher Of The Year award and a Ca$h
Payment
DIVE SAFE !
By your signed registration and
subsequent participation, you, on behalf of yourself, your heirs, personal
representatives and assigns, agree to assume all risks of injury or death
arising from your activities in connection
therewith and to hold the Officials of the tournament, their agents, fully and
completely harmless from any and all
claims, demands, actions, damages or otherwise in any way arising from your
participation in the contest.