MAFIA MADNESS RULES
December 3rd – November 30th, 2023-2024
Categories:
Barracuda, Cobia, Greater Amberjack, Jack, Lionfish, Red Snapper, Snapper, Scamp Grouper, Grouper, Sheepshead, Stingray/Shark (Heavy Hitters), Triggerfish, Powerhead, & Other.
Snapper is Any species of snapper, besides Red Snapper, legal for harvest and within Open state and or federal recreational season.
Greater Amberjack is Greater Amberjack ONLY (Almaco, Crevalle, etc. will be in the Jack category) legal for harvest and within Open state and or federal recreational season.
Grouper is Any species of grouper (other than Scamp) legal for harvest and within Open state and or federal recreational season.
Other includes Any fish legal for harvest and not included in the above categories (Tuna,
Wahoo, Tarpon, etc.)
Lionfish will be the Biggest, Smallest (by length), & total count of lionfish harvested over the duration of the tournament.
King SpearFisherman Award – Points will be added up for all categories to determine winner.
Queen SpearFisherwoman Award – Points will be added up for all categories to determine winner.
Novice Award - Points will be added up for all categories to determine winner. You must
have 4 years or less from Open Water Certification. (Categories: Barracuda, Cobia, Jack, Lionfish, Red Snapper, Snapper, Scamp Grouper, Grouper, Sheepshead, & Other.) Once a contestant wins novice, they are no longer a novice, and not eligible for award.
Youth Award - consist of any Deep Water Mafia Club Member that is 16 and under. Youth entering tournament is free and must have a Parent/Guardian signature on the wavier. Once a contestant wins youth they are no longer a youth, and not eligible for award. They will then move to novice until the novice years run out. Youth categories are same as Novice.
Best Boat Award – Points will be added up for all categories to determine winner.
(All Awards above will be based on participants shooting 50% of the board or more)
Rules
1. Weighmasters/ tournament officials have final say. In the event the officials disagree on
an issue, club president will make the deciding vote. Officials for 2024 tournament are
Heath Powell & Jeremy Eubanks.
2. Boundaries are open to all waters and competition begins
December 3rd, 2023 at 12:01 am and ends on November 30th, 2024 12:01 am.
3. All legal fish are open for harvest and within Open state and or federal recreational
season.
4. All contestants must be a Deepwater Mafia member in good standing for duration of the
tournament.
5. All contestants must be certified in their area (Scuba / Freediver) and conduct themselves properly.
6. Category winners are determined by the biggest fish (by weight). (Lionfish by Length)
7. All fish must be taken by speargun or poles pear with or without float lines and while submerged in water. (No shooting from boat!)
8. Power Heads are acceptable in the Powerhead Category Only! It will be up to the Captain of the Boat if he or she allows power heads.
9. No ties will be considered. The first entry logged is the winner if two fish have the exact
weight.
10. Participant can only win in one slot in each category. (one placing fish per category)
11. We will be utilizing the app Fishing Chaos to submit fish. You have 7 days from the day of harvesting to turn in your entry. You must upload a picture with a digital scale on the app.
12. There will be a dedicated Marco Polo chat for video shots of the catch. Please post your catch on that chat.
13. You must have a current Mafia Member present when weighing fish, or you can Marco Polo the Weighmasters of a continuous video with the scale zeroed out and then the fish added to the digital scale.
14. No fish may be entered without a signed registration and waiver on file. (You can’t get a
big fish, then decide to sign up for tournament.)
15. For Best Boat points, the captain of boat must submit name of boat with what fish was shot on his boat. It must be emailed to: MafiaMadness@DeepWaterMafia.net within those 7 days.
16. An extra point will go toward boat owners for every new novice that they take out diving. Only one point per novice. It must be emailed to: MafiaMadness@DeepWaterMafia.net within those 7 days.
17. An extra 5 points will be given to boat owners for every new novice they take out during rodeos for the year long Best Boat. It must be emailed to: MafiaMadness@DeepWaterMafia.net within those 7 days.
18. Tournament points are based on top 5 fish in each category, besides Lionfish. (1st- 5 points, 2nd – 4, 3rd – 3, 4th – 2, 5th – 1)
19. Lionfish will be 5 points for the 1st place in Most, Biggest, & Smallest only.
20. When members in tournament place on Rodeo boards, they will get extra points toward King Spearfisherman. (1st – 5 points, 2nd – 3, 3rd – 1)
21. An extra 5 points will given for KingSpearfisherman for turning in a Mississippi DMR State Record.
22. Mafia Madness Shoot outs can occur when there are 12 or more members, or 4 boats, going out on a single day. Points for shoot out will be up to Weigh Masters discretion.
This is a friendly club tournament. Any attempts to cheat, defraud, or otherwise unlawfully bend the rules set forth will result in disqualification and will result in probationary status with review in front of the board.
You MUST have signed registration/waiver on file BEFORE you go to
shoot a fish.
There is a $100.00 registration fee. This will help with prizes and trophies given at the DWM Christmas Party. Payment is through the Fishing Chaos app.