The specified rules of each tournament are to govern each individual tournament and accordingly all participants shall follow those rules per tournament. Further, the final standings and results of each tournament are based on the final results submitted by the tournament director/committee from each tournament, the following are the general rules for the South Florida Sailfish Series Miami Open Division:

MEMBERSHIP/ENROLLMENT FEE: $10,000.00 USD
All Rules are subject to change by the SFSS Rules Committee. Each team that enters the series and fishes any tournament in the series shall abide by the Laws of the State of Florida and assume any and all risk associated therein. Each participating team shall be responsible for payment of entry fees for individual tournaments within the series. Tournament entry fees are not included in the Enrollment Fee. The specified rules of each tournament are to govern each individual tournament and accordingly all participants shall follow those rules per tournament as identified and designated by that tournament.

RIGHT OF REFUSAL:
The SFSS committee explicitly reserves the right to refuse series enrollment or membership from any prospective entrant, with or without cause at its sole discretion. SFSS and each and all individual tournament rules will be strictly enforced and adhered to, and all decisions of the SFSS Director will be final and based off the final results per tournament. Any angler(s), captain(s), or mate(s) found to be in any violation of any tournament rule may be disqualified from this series.

This is an OPEN EVENT: Professional guides, captains, and mates are eligible to participate. Team members that qualify for the South Florida Sailfish Series Championship MUST be 21 years of age or older.

A boat may only be changed during a tournament after approval is received from the individual Rules Committee of that tournament (i.e. mechanical failure). Teams or Boats cannot share points or transfer points, this rule is intended to have the same teams/boats accrue points based off the performance of the same team members fishing together consecutively throughout the series.

TOURNAMENTS:
The SFSS Open Division Series consists of six (7) individual Miami Sailfish tournaments: Sailfish Kickoff Dec. 12-13; “The” Sailfish Tournament Jan. 14-17; Mayors Cup Jan 28-31; Bob Lewis Feb 25-28; K-Rock March 5-7; Billfish Masters March 18-21; Miami Billfish March 25 – 28. Each Team is entitled to drop their lowest score for the season. Should a Team not be able to participate in a tournament, they shall receive zero points for that tournament. The six (6) remaining best scores for each Team shall be combined at the end of the Series to determine each Teams Overall Cumulative Score.

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Membership Enrollment Fee: $10,000.00 USD
(Cash or Check Payable to South Florida Sailfish Series, LLC.)