Andrew Milburn with a first place 38.1 pound striper
The First Annual Rusty Joe’s Striper Tournament was held this past weekend and it was a big hit. With weather starting to get on the colder and windier side you could not have asked for better weather. As most know Rusty Joe’s Marina is in Money Island, NJ and is has been renovated to a first class marina. Almost everything is new, there is bait, ice, tackle and gas.
The tournament was started at 0600 on Saturday morning. I am told that there were quite a few boats in the inlet waiting for the start. I got down at 0700 got the boat ready with Captain Dirk and Donna and we headed out. It was a nice day with a little chop. The fish were out there but we only found the blues. After getting bit off and run around a bit by the pesky fish we called it a day. We got back to the dock with two blues but they were not in the running for the money.
The Calcutta was an extra 25 bucks and Paul Laggy took the first day with a 34.7 lb Striper, Kenny Mack took the second day with the 38.1 lb Striper caught on his boat. Paul was in the driver’s seat for the second day with a nice fish. Unfortunately I did not get a picture of that fish. I did however get some nice pictures of Scott Miller, Mike Da’Fonso, Bill Murphy, Josh Berry, Jim Maropoulos, Pat Magnusun, Al nickels, Mike, John and Dave Gilligan. There were a lot of fish and if this keeps up Joe will need to replace the filet tables! When you came in there was hot food for all the fishermen and women. Some of the food included was Chili, Meatballs and Rigatonis, Pulled pork and baked beans, several types of salads and plenty of deserts. I sampled the pork, chili and meatballs, it was all delicious and the pulled pork and meatballs were very good.
Day two was a little sloppy at first. It was a little chillier that the day before with a little wind. It did however lay down, the sun came out and it was actually a nice day for November. The Bluefish were back with a vengeance. With blue fish taking bait and hooks we decided to call it a day at 2.
With Donna taking pictures and me taking names it was a good team. Along with some of the guys from yesterday we got a few others. We got Joe Volpe with his 28.5 lb striper. Bill Welsh, Tom Quinn, RT Souder (Mother Shucker), The guys from Snapper Head, again, and of course we got the winner. Andrew Milburn on Kenny Mack’s boat brought in the winner at 38.1 lbs. Kenny Mack brought in the biggest Blue at 13.7 lbs.
The food again was hot and there was no shortage. Everyone was a winner at the tournament. We all got out on the water and everyone came back in safe. The winners are listed below according to registered for the tournament.
I tried to get pics of everyone I saw with fish, if I missed you send me the pciture and I will post it. The bulk of the pictures are posted in the forums. Go to the forums, Delaware Bay, Tounament results.
Striper:
1. Kenny Mack 38.1 lbs
2. Paul Laggy 34.7 lbs
3. Mel Coombs 31 lbs
4. Joe Volpe 28.6 lbs
5.Gerard Rily 26.4
Blues: Kenny Mack 13.7
Catch em up,
Timmy T
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