{"id":102,"date":"2015-10-08T12:05:59","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T16:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fishingforcharity.org\/bluewateropen\/?page_id=102"},"modified":"2025-04-13T17:41:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T21:41:55","slug":"participate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.fishingforcharity.org\/bluewateropen\/participate\/","title":{"rendered":"Rules and Payouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #000c77;\">Dust off your rods and reels and join us&nbsp;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The 2025 Captains&#8217; meeting is May 30th 5:00 &#8211; 7:00 p.m. at Capt. Hiram&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>Lines in the water May 31st at 6:00 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Registration is $250 per boat.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000c77;\">Rules and Payouts for this year&#8217;s Blue Water Open Tournament<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000c77;\"><strong>Calling all boat captains.<\/strong><\/span>&nbsp; Put your team together, and enter to compete for cash and prizes. Spend a great day on the water, and a fun evening ashore, while you help us raise money for a great cause.<\/p>\n<p>The <span style=\"color: #000c77;\"><strong>Blue Water Open Offshore Charity Fishing Tournament<\/strong><\/span> in Sebastian, Florida draws competitors from all over to enjoy the event.&nbsp; See if you don&#8217;t agree that the Blue Water Open is certainly one of the most fun <span style=\"color: #000c77;\"><strong>fun<\/strong><\/span>draisers all year along the Treasure Coast of Florida.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #f55; font-size: 3rem; text-shadow: 1px 1px 2px #112;\">2025 Tournament Rules<\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"color: #f55; font-size: 3rem; text-shadow: 1px 1px 2px #112;\"><a class=\"button\" title=\"2024 Tournament Rules \" href=\"http:\/\/www.fishingforcharity.org\/bluewateropen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025-Final-Rules.pdf\">2025 Blue Water Open Tournament Rules<\/a><\/h5>\n<h2 style=\"color: #f55; font-size: 3rem; text-shadow: 1px 1px 2px #112;\">2025 Tournament Payouts<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"button\" title=\"2024 Blue Water Payouts \" href=\"http:\/\/www.fishingforcharity.org\/bluewateropen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Payout-2025-1.pdf\">2025 Blue Water Open Tournament Payouts&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Boat Captain Registration (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fishingforcharity.org\/bluewateropen\/boat-registration-form\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Click Here<\/span>)<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"fs-2 dk_blue caps lh-1 text-left\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">What is the Southern Kingfish Association (SKA)?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"fs-5 lh-base\">The <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fishska.com\/\">Southern Kingfish Association (SKA)<\/a><\/span> is a more than 30 year old membership-based organization that focuses on family, fun and fishing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fs-5 lh-base\">As one of the oldest and largest saltwater tournament trails in the country, the SKA produces and\/or partners with King Mackerel tournaments from North Carolina to Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fs-5 lh-base\">The SKA Tournament Trail features some of the best King Mackerel anglers from all over the country throughout our 10+ Divisions from North Carolina south to Florida and around the upper Gulf through Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fs-5 lh-base\">Browse the site for a complete Tournament Trail schedule, Division leaderboards, past winners, and Champions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Win the <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Capt. William Charles Memorial Catchin&#8217; &amp; Cookin&#8217; Award <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">of&nbsp;$1000 to the largest Grouper.&nbsp;<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<h2><strong><\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><!--Click the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fishingforcharity.org\/bluewateropen\/boat-registration-form\/\">online Boat Captain's Registration Form<\/a> to enter your boat for the upcoming BlueWater Open Fishing Tournament and Fundraiser.\n\n\n<div>Entry Fee $250\/Boat - Entry Fee for Optional Big Fish Bonanza $100\/Boat<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n\n\n--><\/p>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<div><!--The&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fishingforcharity.org\/bluewateropen\/boat-registration-form\/\">online Boat Captain's Registration Form<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span> - We wish you all the best of fortune in this year's tournament.\n\nBlue Water Open Charity Fishing Tournament is presented by the Exchange Club of Sebastian.\n[contact-form to='sitoa@comcast.net, jmichellemorris@bellsouth.net' subject='%26quot;compete%26quot; page form from BlueWaterOpen Website'][contact-field label='Name' type='name' required='1'\/][contact-field label='Email' type='email' required='1'\/][contact-field label='Phone' type='text'\/][contact-field label='Message' type='textarea' required='1'\/][\/contact-form]\n\n--><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dust off your rods and reels and join us&nbsp; The 2025 Captains&#8217; meeting is May 30th 5:00 &#8211; 7:00 p.m. at Capt. 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