September 12th thru the 19th!!

Fish Days are Sept. Monday the 13th thru the Saturday the 18th

Final weigh in time 700pm each fish day!! ** You must break inlet by 700pm and call weigh stations.........phone numbers will be provided at Captains Meeting

Captains Meeting.....September 12th @ Shark River Yacht Club 6pm Food and Drinks @5pm!!!!

Awards Dinner........September 19th @ Shark River Yacht Club 8pm

***CHUNKING IS ALLOWED!!!!! Fishing behind Scallopers is prohibited!!!!!!!

***You can leave inlet no earlier than 300am on Single Fish Days only

***Fish Two out of Three Days****

There will be 125NM Fishing Radius Limit from the Manasquan Inlet Buoy!!!!

Boat substitution is allowed only once during tournament but must be reported to a committee member or boat the evening before no later than 9pm of any Fish Day!! No Exceptions!!

***All winners may be subject to a Polygraph test***

**YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: 1 OVERNIGHTER DEPARTING AT 5AM AND RETURNING IN THE INLET AT 700PM THE NEXT DAY OR YOU CAN FISH 2 DAY TRIPS LEAVING THE INLET BY 300AM AND RETURNING THE SAME DAY AT 700PM

Minimum Entry Fee is $500

Based on 50 boats otherwise it will be prorated!!

************winner take all in each division!!!!!!!!

Heaviest tuna....yellowfin or bluefin................$5000

Heaviest Yellowfin......................................... ...$5000

Heaviest Bluefin........................................... .....$2500

Heaviest Stringer.......................................... ...$5000

BIGEYES ARE CONSIDERED YELLOWFINS AND ARE INCLUSIVE IN THIS TOURNAMENT!!!!!!!!!

*****Minimum length on a single fish is 40 inches
If you weigh in any tuna species that measures less than 40 inches you will lose 20 pounds off your weigh in weight for your Daily stringer on each Fish Day!! A Total of 40 pounds for each under 40 inch fish!!
Three fish stringer!! Any species
***only three fish can be weighed in per boat daily***
A 40 inch minimum length on each fish on daily stringer! If you weigh in and any of the three fish measures less then 40 inches you will be assessed a 20lb penalty reduction for every fish for each fish day a total of 40lbs for the tournament per fish that does not reach min. length!! If there is no qualifying stringer the stringer division prize money will be added to the overall heaviest tuna winner take all prize!!

No qualifying catches will result in a entry # drawing at Awards Dinner!!

Calcutta's: *****Winner take all in each division!!!!!

Tuna A division*****Any Species........................................... ......$250
Tuna B division*****Yellowfin only.............................................. .$125 Only One Bluefin can be weighed per Day!!!!!!!!
Tuna C division*****Bluefin only.............................................. ....$125
Tuna Daily Stringer division.....................................$500 *** Winner will be the best daily stringer for the tournament week!!
****same min. and penalties as regular division****

*********ALL MEASUREMENTS ARE TO BE TAKEN AT FORK LENGTH ONLY!!

Mahi.............................................. ....................$150
Wahoo............................................. ..................$150
Swordfish......................................... ..................$150


No Minimums for these three divisions!!

**********only one weigh in of a species per day can be weighed in except for tuna divisions**************

FOOD AND DRINKS AT THE CAPTAINS MEETING!!!!!
Captains Meeting and Awards Dinner will be at Shark River Yacht Club

There will be four ports you can fish from and weigh stations!!!

In Manaquan it will be Fishermens Supply in Point Pleasant
In Shark River it will be Belmar Basin Fuel Dock in Belmar
In Raritan it will be Bahr's Landing in the Highlands
In Barnegat it will be Barnegat Light Bait and Tackle In Barnegat Light

All Questions can be directed 732 539 7403