2024 Standings

Total Lionfish Removed!

1st Place Most Lionfish – VJL Seafood – 1,776

1st Place Largest Lionfish – DWM El Gato Negro – 475mm

1st Place Smallest Lionfish – Lookin Back – 48mm

Emerald Coast Open

2024 Standings

Despite Mother Nature being cranky this year, the 2024 Emerald Coast Open lionfish tournament was, again, a huge success. With 147 participants this year, the lionfish population was lessened by over 11,000. We saw lots of new teams and new faces participating and ranking this year. It seemed the advantage went to the East Coast Florida teams with much better weather, but the local crews did an amazing job and won lots of prizes too. With a record amount of prizes and the largest cash payouts, the Emerald Coast Open Lionfish Tournament retains its title of the Largest Lionfish Tournament in the World.

Number of Lionfish Removed

Tournament Total

11,844

Pre-Tournament

4,433

Main Tournament Total

7,411

Most Lionfish Per Team

Place	Team Name	Number of Fish

1st Place	VJL Seafood	1,776
2nd Place	Rubber Duck	1,716
3rd Place	Slightly Deeper Mobsters	806
4th Place	DWM 1	785
5th Place	Niuhi Dive Charters	425
6th Place	In The Clouds	363
7th Place	Key’s Fisheries	339
8th Place	Rumfish	236
9th Place	Zookeeper	212
10th Place	Blue Bucket	120

Largest Lionfish Caught

Place	Team Name	Size

1st Place	DWM El Gato Negro	475mm/18.70″ RECORD
2nd Place	Niuhi Dive Charters	427mm/16.73″
3rd Place	Rubber Duck	425mm/16.81″
4th Place	Slightly Deeper Mobster	423mm/16.65″
5th Place	Salty S	415mm/16.33″
6th Place	VJL Seafood	415mm/16.33″
7th Place	In The Clouds	412mm/16.22″
8th Place	JTT	410mm/16.14″
9th Place	Froggy Enough For Me	406mm/15.98″
10th Place	Zookeeper	404mm/15.90″

Smallest Lionfish Caught

Place	Team Name	Smallest

1st Place	Lookin Back	48mm/1.89″
2nd Place	In The Clouds	78mm/3.07″
3rd Place	Zookeeper	88mm/3.46″
4th Place	DWM 1	94mm/3.07″
5th Place	Slightly Deeper Mobsters	94mm/3.70″
6th Place	DWM El Gato Negro	95mm/3.74″
7th Place	Blue Bucket	96mm/3.77″
8th Place	DWM 00	96mm/3.77″
9th Place	VJL Seafood	100mm/3.93″
10th Place	Sea N Dipity	100mm/3.93″