Apalachicola's Ghost Trap Rodeo - January 11, 2025
Sat, Jan 11
|Battery Park Boat Ramp
Bring your boat, paddle craft, or walking shoes, and help Ocean Aid 360 and Apalachicola Riverkeeper find and remove lost and abandoned crab traps during the short blue crab seasonal closure. We are fully permitted by FWC, and excited to host you for this impactful cleanup! - Lunch and Prizes!
Time & Location
Jan 11, 2025, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Battery Park Boat Ramp, 1 Bay Ave, Apalachicola, FL 32320, USA
About the Event
It's just like your favorite inshore fishing tourney, but instead of redfish and trout, we'll be weighing in collected plastics, derelict crab traps, and other forms of marine debris after your 4-hour search. It's all for a great cause - and thousands in industry prizes for top collectors! We will be gathering at Battery Park / Ten Foot Hole Boat Ramp at 9:30am to check everyone in, give out swag bags to the teams and give a short talk about the event. Everyone will return back to the dock at 2pm for weigh-in, lunch and a prize ceremony!
The Ghost Trap Rodeo Tournament Series will contribute to the stewardship and restoration of sensitive marine habitat upon which residents depend as a source of cultural pride, resources, and as a tourism draw. To date, OA360 has organized more than 50 cleanups around Florida & The Bahamas and has weighed in 427,437…