The 22nd Annual JCAA Fluke Tournament took place on August 6th. The weather forecast was for a stormy rainy day across the state but weather conditions were good, seas were calm and some outstanding catches were made. The tournament had 262 boats competing in nine ports.
The largest fish of the contest weighed 10.28 pounds and taped out at 28.5 inches, and was weighed in at Jersey City for Harvey Karp of Kearny, NJ. Nicholas Luciano of Hillsdale, NJ had the smallest fish qualifying for a port prize weighing in at 1.87 pounds at the Sandy Hook port. The Jersey City port had the largest fish and the largest average total weight. This annual tournament provides funds to support the Jersey Coast Anglers Association.
The Clarion Hotel in Toms River is the host for the 22nd Annual Jersey Coast Fluke Tournament Gala Awards Ceremony. That’s on Route 37 east on Thursday evening, August 11. Follow the signs to find the registration site where JCAA volunteers will be in the ballroom; registration is from 3-7 p.m. and at least one person from each tournament boat must be in attendance at the time of the drawing in order to win a prize. Be sure to bring your registration affidavit to save yourself time at the registration desk.
There will be free food and soft drinks along with a cash bar. All winning numbers will be announced in the ballroom. JCAA will also be distributing the port prizes for those in attendance. The registration desk will issue one ticket which is good for both the Grand Prize and for the door prizes. This is your chance to win the boat, motor and trailer Grand Prize. In fact, 18 of the last 19 Grand Prize winners did not weigh in a qualifying port prize fish in the tournament. Someone from your boat must be present to win the Grand Prize and any of the dozens of great door prizes.
Sponsors include Yamaha Motors, G3 Boats, Tica Fishing Tackle, Canyon Reels, Costa Sunglasses, The Fisherman Magazine, and Interlux Paints, with the $1,200 first place port prizes sponsored by Fisherman’s Headquarters (for Long Beach Island), South Harbor Marina (for Barnegat Bay), Hoffman’s Marina (for Manasquan) and the remaining ports by the JCAA.
The following port winners will receive $1,200 for first place, Costa sunglasses and a Costa bag for second, a Canyon 5000 spinning reel for third, a Tica rod and reel combo for fourth, a Tsunami rod and reel combo for fifth, a Canyon 3500 spinning reel for sixth, a $100 Fisherman’s Headquarters gift certificate for seventh, one gallon of Interlux BottomKote paint for eighth, two-year subscription for The Fisherman Magazine and Master Angler series books for ninth, a pair of JCAA Sportsperson of the Year dinner tickets for 10th place in each port.
JERSEY CITY
1st Harvey Karp of Kearny (10.28 pounds)
2nd Robert Croker of Old Bridge (9.80 pounds)
3rd Cody Masso of Brick (8.10 pounds)
4th Michael Gavrun of Bayonne (7.45 pounds)
5th Pat Viola of Edgewater (7.40 pounds)
6th Tony Gonzalez of Bayonne (7.10 pounds)
7th Thomas Buchannan of Bayonne (6.53 pounds)
8th Thomas Murphy of Bayonne (6.16 pounds)
9th Chuck Mitchell of Wantage (5.71 pounds)
10th Daniel Cordano of Bayonne (5.71 pounds)
SANDY HOOK
1st Robert Moskal of Scotch Plains (5.49 pounds)
2nd Joe Kuncewitch of Old Bridge (5.42 pounds)
3rd Robert Porter of Andover (4.03 pounds)
4th Robert Morrell of Port Monmouth (3.74 pounds)
5th Joe Ginda of Colonia (3.46 pounds)
6th George Conway of Atl. Highlands (3.45 pounds)
7th Tom Van Winkle of Trevose, PA (3.39 pounds)
8th Dale Swartz of Pittstown, PA (2.47 pounds)
9th James Gurski of Nazareth, PA (2.31 pounds)
10th Nicholas Luciano of Hillsdale (1.87 pounds)
SHARK RIVER INLET
1st Greg Heiser of Milford (6.72 pounds)
2nd James Eden of Lebanon (6.60 pounds)
3rd John Henry of Robbinsville (6.53 pounds)
4th Jason Ferrante of Pittstown (6.29 pounds)
5th David Temple of North Hanover (6.00 pounds)
6th Ryan Smith of West Orange (5.87 pounds)
7th Bud Brown of Fairless Hills (5.36 pounds)
8th George Mizsak of Hammonton (5.32 pounds)
9th Joe Gogan of Groverville (4.98 pounds)
10th Peter Sykes of Wall (4.88 pounds)
MANASQUAN RIVER
1st Peter Sivo of Middletown (8.56 pounds)
2nd Mack Risden of Tabernacle, PA (8.19 pounds)
3rd Bob Lake of Brick (7.60 pounds)
4th Reese Kirchofer of Pt. Pleasant (7.02 pounds)
5th Robert Weinstein of Brielle (6.70 pounds)
6th Drew Calve of Toms River (5.71 pounds)
7th Jeff Crilly of Toms River (5.68 pounds)
8th Sean Seraphin of Pottstown, PA (5.62 pounds)
9th Ray Bogan of Pt. Pleasant Beach (5.20 pounds)
10th Bob Spinella of Boonton (5.04 pounds)
BARNEGAT BAY
1st Tom Trimble of Toms River (8.69 pounds)
2nd Pete Bonilla of Whiting (5.98 pounds)
3rd John Kostick, Jr. of Lakewood (5.44 pounds)
4th Tom Patierno of Brick (4.75 pounds)
5th Zac Paone of Toms River (4.55 pounds)
6th Doug Itjen of Barnegat (4.20 pounds)
7th George Broome, Jr. of Forked River (3.30 pounds)
8th Alex Majewski of Barnegat (3.06 pounds)
9th Walter Schacht of Beachwood (3.01 pounds)
10th Leon Checiniski of Barnegat (2.75 pounds)
LONG BEACH ISLAND
1st Jeff Paetzold of Browns Mills (6.35 pounds)
2nd David Rooney of Howell (5.95 pounds)
3rd Kevin Cliver of Sellersville, PA (5.94 pounds)
4th Steve Amato of Little Egg Harbor (5.80 pounds)
5th William Hiros of Pemberton (5.11 pounds)
6th Brian Cognigni of Burlington (4.79 pounds)
7th Dean Paolella of Springfield (4.37 pounds)
8th Stephen Phillips of Pemberton (4.21 pounds)
9th Edwards Rust of Cherry Hill (3.61 pounds)
10th Ron Algore of Manchester (3.14 pounds)
GREAT BAY
1st Rick Sullivan of Browns Mills (6.13 pounds)
2nd Tom Siciliano of Little Egg Harbor (5.49 pounds)
3rd Nathan Hagaman of Egg Harbor (5.40 pounds)
4th Albert Van sciver of Mt. Laurel (3.52 pounds)
5th Walt Russell of Hainesport (3.39 pounds)
6th Craig Nelson of Chesterfield (3.11 pounds)
7th Andre Kosty of Philadelphia, PA (2.60 pounds)
8th None
9th None
10th None
OCEAN CITY
1st Greg Welch of Townsend Inlet (5.24 pounds)
2nd Brian Smith of Sewell (4.84 pounds)
3rd Richard Burgess of Avalon (4.69 pounds)
4th Denis Powell of Seaville (3.98 pounds)
5th Bob Farabee of Egg Harbor (3.89 pounds)
6th Raeann Sajtlava of Monroeville (3.55 pounds)
7th Tom Fitzick of Somers Point (2.75 pounds)
8th Luis Diorio of Milmay (2.61 pounds)
9th None
10th None
CAPE MAY
1st Bill Mullen of Lester, PA (4.60 pounds)
2nd Gary Wilson of Bensalem, PA (3.70 pounds)
3rd Dan Harley of Hatboro, PA (3.44 pounds)
4th John Cornew of Lindewold (3.05 pounds)
5th Jack Ezixkson of Paoli, PA (3.00 pounds)
6th Steve Hunter of South Harrison (2.95 pounds)
7th Bill Simcox of North Wales, PA (2.39 pounds)
8th George Madden of Albion, PA (2.39 pounds)
9th Joe Crown of Phoenixville, PA (2.36 pounds)
10th None
For more information go to www.jcaa.org.