Key West Marlin Tournament 2025
This year’s Key West Marlin Tournament, featuring $50,000 in cash prizes is set for July 23 through July 26, 2025, coinciding with the annual Hemingway Days Celebration in Key West, Florida. The tournament is limited to the first 75 boats that register.
The boat entry fee is $2,550 and provides for a captain, a mate, two anglers and four social privileges. Additional social privileges are available at a cost of $150.
There is no maximum number of anglers per boat, but additional anglers pay $250 a piece to fish which includes their social privileges. Substitutions may be made, but must be called in to the committee boat before lines in the water of each day’s fishing.
Boats entered in the Marlin Division may pay an additional $450 entry fee to compete for a total of $10,000 in cash prizes for the three heaviest dolphin, wahoo, and tuna (yellowfin, blackfin, and skipjack) in the Fun Fish Division.