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CCA Florida’s STAR Tournament is now a youth only competition (ages 6–17) offering scholarships, boats, and prizes.

Fish, snap your catch with the STAR Identifier, and submit via the iAngler Tournament for a chance to win $100,000 in scholarships awarded annually through a random draw.

Register for STAR 2026

CCA Florida is proud to announce that going forward into the 12th year of competition, the STAR Tournament presented by Yamaha will transform into a competition dedicated exclusively to providing scholarships, boats, community service hours and great prizes for kids ages 6-17.

We are excited to have Florida STAR become the largest saltwater tournament in the state dedicated exclusively to youth anglers.

Register for STAR 2026

Star Teen Challenge

Teen anglers (13–17) can enter the Teen Challenge by submitting one qualifying catch per species with the STAR identifier on the iAngler app for a chance to win a randomly drawn prize.
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New Tide CCA member who is 13 years of age to 17 years of age as of May 23, 2026 and registered in the competition may enter a qualifying catch of all saltwater fish caught daily but only one fish per species will be eligible (one fish per species) in the competition to win the Teen Challenge. All fish will be photographed with the Official STAR identifier in the picture and entered in the iAngler app STAR Youth Scholarship Competition. Winner will be randomly drawn and prize to be determined. 

STAR Most Fish Division

New Tide members (ages 6–17) can enter all daily saltwater catches in the iAngler app with the STAR identifier, and the participant with the most entries wins.
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All New Tide CCA members who are 6 years of age to 17 years of age as of May 23, 2026 and registered in the competition may enter all fish caught daily of any saltwater species caught for the Most Fish. Winner to be determined by the most fish entered by a registered participant. Prize to be determined. All fish must be photographed with the Official STAR identifier in the picture and submitted in the iAngler app STAR Youth Competition.

STAR Trash Division

STAR Youth participants can submit trash clean-up entries with the STAR identifier via the iAngler app to earn community service hours and a chance to win prizes in a random draw.
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2026 STAR Youth participants who gather trash while on the water and submit a photo entry of a full 5-gallon bucket of trash with the 2026 Official STAR Identifier in their entry are eligible. Trash MUST be properly disposed of. Larger amounts of trash may be collected and submitted with the 2026 Official STAR Identifier in the photo submission.  If trash objects are too large to be removed STAR participant should take a photo of debris with the 2026 Official STAR Identifier and include the latitude and longitude of the object in the entry. Authorities will be notified and the debris will be removed. All eligible entries will be included in a random drawing at the end of STAR for three prizes.
Each five-gallon bucket of trash submitted by STAR Youth participant will equate to 30 minutes of community service hours.  Parent or sponsor of Youth participant may email the youths community service log after September 7, 2026 to lfitzgerald@ccaflorida.org and the hours will be determined by Trash entries submitted in the iAngler app and log will be completed and returned with signature.

STAR boundaries are the territorial waters of the Gulf of America, the Atlantic Ocean, and Florida Bay for the State of Florida and U.S. federal waters, from the boundary waters of the Florida/Alabama border extending seaward, eastward and then southward along the Florida gulf coast, to the waters of the Florida Keys, and then northward to the common boundary waters of the Florida/Georgia border extending seaward in the South Atlantic.

All entries must be electronically submitted using the required competition protocols, either by a direct upload using iAngler Tournament App or by using the CCA Florida STAR tournament’s website, within 24 hours of each catch. Each entry must include digital photographs of the fish with the 2026 STAR Official Identifier in the photo. The entire fish must be clearly seen in the photo, providing visibility of total length, it is not necessary for the fish to be placed on a measuring board. Tarpon and Bonefish must be digitally photographed in the water with the 2026 Official STAR Identifier in full view, regardless of size. If either fish is photographed out of the water it will be disqualified. The STAR competition strongly suggests all anglers land Tarpon and Bonefish as quickly as possible and STAR rules require Tarpon and Bonefish resuscitation before release. Photographic entries of a Tarpon jumping away from the boat will be disqualified.
All fish entered shall be photographed and entered only once.
All winning fish for all competition prizes (except 2026 Most Fish) shall be determined by a random drawing. The random drawings will be made from all verified entries made during STAR. All competition participants must use the 2026 STAR Official Identifier when submitting any entry.

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 23, 2026) 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, Teen Challenge and the Trash Division.

STAR participants, ages 6 thru 17, may enter daily, any species of saltwater fish, any size, as a catch entry, in the Youth Scholarship category but only one entry per species, per day will be eligible for the drawing of the different scholarships.

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

Register for STAR 2026

6-17

ages

Enter daily, any species of saltwater fish, any size, as a catch entry, in the Youth Scholarship category but only one entry per species, per day will be eligible for the drawing of the different scholarships.

13-17

Teen challenge

Teen anglers may enter daily any species of saltwater fish, any size, as a catch entry, in the Teen Challenge category but only one entry per species per day will be eligible for the drawing of the new boat.

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Boats, motor and trailers packages, cash, personal water crafts, all-terrain vehicles, , marine electronics, Yamaha motors, tackle, scholarships, Gift certificates and much more

About STAR 2026

CCA Florida is proud to announce that going forward into the 12th year of competition, the STAR Tournament presented by Yamaha will transform into a competition dedicated exclusively to providing scholarships, boats, community service hours and great prizes for kids ages 6-17.  

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Download the iAngler tournament App

In 2026, CCA Florida STAR has partnered with iAngler Tournament to manage and host this year’s STAR online registrations.