The Green Harbor Tuna Club, the oldest Tuna Club on the Massachusetts South Shore, was founded in 1970 in Marshfield to promote recreational fishing for Bluefin Tuna.
2025 GIANT BLUEFIN TUNA TOURNAMENT
Fishing days are September 1st, 3rd and 4th
Banquet: Friday September 5th at 6p Captains Meeting: Sunday, August 31st 6p-8p
Entry fee: $350 – This includes GHTC Membership and a captains bucket filled with loot!
REGISTRATION will open JUNE 1st
THERE WILL BE ONLY ONE WINNER
Remember, 2nd place is not a winner and 3rd place nobody remembers.
There will be only one CASH grand prize winner, the captain of the boat who brings in the heaviest Bluefin Tuna.
Do you have what it takes to compete and win the Green Harbor Tuna Club Giant Bluefin Tuna Tournament?
| 2024 FIRST PLACE – Bin Reelin Captain Kerry Malone 905lb Giant Bluefin Tuna |  |
TOURNAMENT RULES
- Must be a GHTC member in good standing. Nonmembers can apply for membership at captains meeting.
- A Captain or a boat representative must complete and submit an official tournament registration form before the boat leaves dock to fish within the tournament.
- All vessels must follow all Federal and Local regulations, including necessary permits.
- All retained Bluefin Tuna must be at least 73”
- Sportsmanlike tackle to be used: rod and reel, and hand line only. This is not an IGFA tournament.
- No limit on fishing area.
- Boats do not need to return to port at night.
- It is suggested, but not enforced, that all Bluefin hook ups be called on Channel 81 or texted to a Chairman, to the best of your ability.
- There is no Weather Committee. The decision if/where to fish or to anchor/port is the sole responsibility and accountability of the individual participants.
- Fish must be freshly caught during tournament times.
- It is recommended to weigh the fish whole. If gutted, the guts are not included in the weight. This is entirely up to the Captain.
- Weight ties will be broken by earlier weigh-in time, please take a picture with time stamp of weigh in slip at time of weigh in and text to Chairmen.
- If a Tournament Registered boat runs into mechanical problems, a substitute boat can be registered in its place. To officially register the substitute boat, a phone call/voicemail must be made to a Chairmen before they leave dock.
- The weight on the buyers slip determines the winner.
- It is highly recommended that you tip the buyers.
- Slips must be turned into Debbie DePersia or Frank Papp by September 6 at 1 AM. Or texted to us
- Any protest of any kind will only be investigated if the protester pays a non-refundable $500.00 to Green Harbor Tuna Club.
- Send Debbie & Frank pictures and videos from your fight or catch
