The 2024 IGFA Light Tackle Open

Sailfish Marina, Palm Beach Shores, FL
January 31 – February 2, 20234

The International Game Fish Association invites you to the 2024 IGFA Light Tackle Open!

This exclusive two-day tournament will take place during peak sailfish season in South Florida. With a maximum line class of 12-pound and strict adherence to IGFA Angling Rules, the IGFA Light Tackle Open is a great platform for light tackle anglers from around the world to showcase their skills and sportsmanship. 

We are excited to once again host this premier event out of the celebrated Sailfish Marina Resort, located in beautiful Palm Beach Shores, Florida. All proceeds from the IGFA Light Tackle Open will benefit the IGFA Great Marlin Race, the world’s most extensive billfish satellite tagging program, securing the future of billfish stocks across the globe through productive science.

The International Game Fish Association and Wild Oceans are pleased to announce the 7^th International Billfish Symposium (IBS) will take place in San Diego, California USA on October 8-10^th, 2024. As someone involved in billfish research and management, we would like to formally invite you and your colleagues/co-authors to join us for this important symposium that will highlight advances across all aspects of billfish science and management while examining evolving climate related impacts. The 7^th IBS theme is, “Advancing Science and Management of Billfish in a Changing Ecosystem.”

Please find our website here for more information on the 7^th IBS location and hotel and to sign up to receive updates on important dates/deadlines such as registration and abstract submission that will soon be announced. Please feel free to share this Save the Date with anyone in your network that may be interested.