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Tournament Rules

2025 ECRA Haunted Harvest Tournament

Dates: October 24–25, 2025
Location: Harbor Tavern, 306 Harbor Blvd, Destin, FL

Join us for the Emerald Coast Reef Association’s annual Haunted Harvest Tournament, featuring Hook and Line and Spearfishing categories.

Entry: $125 ECRA non-members, $100 ECRA members

               *Entry includes t-shirt, participant swag bag and helps build more reefs!

Tournament Schedule

  • Friday, October 24, 2025 – Diving & fishing from sunrise to sunset

  • Saturday, October 25, 2025 – Diving & fishing from sunrise; weigh-in line closes at 6:00 pm

  • Weigh Station: 4:00–6:00 pm at Harbor Tavern

  • Awards & Raffle: ~6:30 pm

Eligible Species

  • Slipper Lobster

  • Spiny Lobster

  • Lionfish

  • Red Snapper (separate spear and hook & line categories)

All harvests must follow federal, state, and local laws. No shared catches or pre-caught/frozen entries.

Scoring & Prizes

  • Heaviest Lobster & Red Snapper (measured by weight)

  • Longest Lionfish (measured by length) 

  • Cash Prizes:

    • 1st Place: $500

    • 2nd Place: $300

    • 3rd Place: $100
      (per category)

Quick Rules & Safety

  • Captains/participants are responsible for their own safety.

  • Lobsters with eggs or spear-caught lobsters are not allowed.

  • Fish do not need to be gutted.

  • All entries must be whole and kept on ice.

  • Decisions of the weighmaster and tournament committee are final.​


 



THANK YOU TOURNAMENT SPONSORS!

Legends of the Deep

Monster Catch

Phantom Tide

Ghosts & Guppies

 

-2024 Winners-


Heaviest Spiny Lobster

1st : Emerald Coast Scuba – Frank Merrell – 6.8 LBS
2nd : Emerald Coast Scuba – Jason Dodd – 4.0 LBS
3rd : Emerald Coast Scuba – Jocelyn Collins – 2.4 LBS

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Heaviest Slipper Lobster
1st : Brad Murchison – 1.6 LBS

2nd : Emerald Coast Scuba – Jocelyn Collins – 1.2 LBS
3rd : Emerald Coast Scuba – Jason Dodd – 1.2 LBS

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Longest Lionfish

1st : Emerald Coast Scuba – Jocelyn Collins – 410 mm
2nd : Emerald Coast Scuba – Jason Dodd – 410 mm
3rd : Emerald Coast Scuba – Frank Merrell – 396 mm

 

Interested in becoming a sponsor?​​ Contact us at ecrabod@gmail.com

 

Legends of the Deep - $5,000

- Identified as a top-tier sponsor on website and digital media

- Logo on event banner

- Promotion on ECRA social media, weekly post

- Large logo on event T-Shirt

- Artificial reef named after sponsor

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Monster Catch - $2,500

- Identified as a high-level sponsor on website and digital media

- Logo on event banner

- Medium logo on event T-Shirt

- Promotion on ECRA social media, three posts

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Phantom Tide - $1,000

- Identified as a mid-level sponsor on website and digital media

- Logo on event banner

- Small logo on event T-Shirt

- Promotion on ECRA social media, two posts

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Ghosts & Guppies - $500

- Identified as a sponsor on website and digital media

- Promotion on ECRA social media, one post

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