From nwfdaily news.com:

The 74th annual Destin Fishing Rodeo is six months away but the leaders are making changes for the 2022 fishing tournament in October. 

The Rodeo is adding to the Extended Voyage Division. Instead of just five eligible fish, this division will now have 10 species.

New additions are dolphin, wahoo, Almaco Jack, snowy grouper and yellowedge grouper. Those fish will join grouper, amberjack, scamp, yellowfin tuna and big eye tuna that were previously on the leaderboard.

Captains and anglers who are on an extended voyage can only weigh their fish in the Extended Voyage Division. However, if they catch a billfish, they can weigh in the Billfish Division and the Billfish catch and release division. 

In the Destin Rodeo, an extended voyage is a fishing trip that is at sea a minimum of 18 hours and no more than 96 hours, according to the Rodeo rules. To qualify as an extended trip, the captain must declare to the Rodeo office prior to leaving their boat slip, who will be the second captain, date of departure and when they are expected to return. Plus, their fish has to be weighed on the day they return to port.

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