Swordfish and science on the line at Alabama’s biggest fishing tournament

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Glenn Wilson, left, and Zakary Jernigan hoist two jack crevalle they caught on the opening day of the 2025 Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo.

Mark Albins, a professor in the University of South Alabama's marine sciences department, teaches a young visitor to the 2025 Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo a few things about flounder.

Lance Stringer, Blake Stringer and Hunter Greene carry tripletail to the weigh station on the opening day of the 2025 Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo.

A trio of friends hoist a jack crevalle kept on display at the 2025 Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo.

An assortment of fish await weigh-in on the opening day of the 2025 Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo.

Rodeo volunteers guide an incoming boat to the docks during the first day of the 2025 Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo.

A trio of tripletail wait to be weighed in at the 2025 Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo.

Boats approach the Dauphin Island weigh station of the 2025 Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo.

A haul of king mackerel hit the dock on the opening day of the 2025 Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo.

A large black drum rests on ice in the display case at the 2025 Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo.

Boats like the docks on the opening day of the 2025 Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo.

Seven-year-old Corbin Kirkland hauls a bucket of white trout to the weigh station on the opening day of the 2025 Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo.

A haul of king mackerel hit the dock on the opening day of the 2025 Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo.

With a little over a month to go, organizers have big plans for the 93^rd annual Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo (ADSFR). Among other developments, they’ll be putting a fresh spotlight on at least two species coveted by coastal anglers.

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