Super Crew Release First White for CMMTC

[Sterling]

The seas were ideal for this year’s Shockley, Off-Shore Sport-fishing tournament held by The Cape May Marlin and Tuna Club. Club member boats from throughout Cape May County participated in the event, venturing from 60 to over 100 miles into the Atlantic, targeting Tuna, Mahi and Billfish. The boat Super Crew, Captained by Don Gentilini, won the billfish portion of the event when angler Steve Benvenuti released a white marlin. This was also the first white marlin release for 2007 reported to the Cape May Marlin and Tuna Club. Winning the Tuna category was the boat Reel Steel with a 57.5 lb tuna that was landed by Rachel Linus. Taking second in the tuna category was the team on Burns Coal who brought a 56 lb tuna to the scales, followed by the Sea Splendour who finished in third place with a 52lb tuna. Several mahi-mahi were also landed and the boat Sterling II, captained by Michael Lawrence, brought home a 15lb. mahi to win that category. The boat Digger weighed in two 13lb mahi for both second and third place. The event was followed by a cookout at the Cape May Marlin and Tuna Club on Sunday when awards were presented to the winners. Upcoming tournaments include a Flounder tournament on July 28, and the annual Ladies Day tournament on August 17 & 18. Tournaments are open to all Cape May Marlin and Tuna Club Members, for more information visit www.marlinandtuna.com.

[SeaBiscuit]

Congrats to Sterling and Whitey for placing nicely as well!
Biscuit

[Hucklebuck]

Mike thanks for posting some really nice shots... Great job on the white one Don. Rachel had a blast (even though she said her arm hurt a little the next day). However the highlight of the weekend had to come when the one and only Wahoonbox came over and congratulated her on her catch. Needless to say she was overwhelmed......

[OffTheHookB&T]

Congrats to all that fished the tournament Good job on the Mahi Sterling! Hucklebuck, good job for your daughter!!
Awesome job SuperCrew on the first white! that just leaves the first blue for Cape May!

[jbones11]

Congrats to all the winners!

Fun day on the water.

Special Congrats to Pierre who retains his defending Dolphin Crown ! He just won't let go of that crown without a fight !

I'll tell you what though, it was fun watching a 12 year old girl whoop a nice tuna all by herself with no help from start to finish. It was on a 50Wide on the WWB, with a horse. Line went off, she jumped in that chair, and pumped it in like a champ. Late afternoon she took a shot at another 50#er on stand up TLD25 and got it to the boat but we had to finish off the last ten stubborn yards.

[whitey]

Mike, You guys did a great job putting the tournament together. We had a great time and im sure everyone else did.

Congrats to all the winners.

[WAHOONBOX]

I WAS HAPPY TO SEE A JR ANGLER SUCH AS HUCKLEBUCKS ....DAUGHTER I PRESUME...MISS RACHEL WIN THE TUNA DIVISION WITH A SLOB YFT......PRETTY WORK GIRL!

I TIP MY RIGGERS TO YA!

FUN TOUNRNAMENT AND I HOPE TO RETURN!

IT WAS NICE TO MEET MEMBERS SUCH AS HUCKLEBUCK...AND DIGGER.......

THANKS STERLLING FOR THE FESTIVITIES AND FELLOWSHIP!

ROCK & ROLL CAPE MAY! I LOVE HANGING WITH MY NEW FOUND FRIENDS NORTH!

[Chris_K]

Congrats to all the torney winners.

Hucklebuck,
A special congrats to your daughter!!! It is great to see kids enjoying the game. Robby is right, at age 12 she has already out fished me .

[Hucklebuck]

Thanks guys. And BOX it was great to meet you and I was even more impressed when you sauntered up and congratulated my daughter personally. She was all smiles and butterflys... She has put in her time and been out on plenty of long boring trips watching her dad whiff on whitey, turn arounds due to blown forecast etc.... she loves this stuff and is really dedicated to becoming an accomplished angler. She listens to me and doesnt get all crazy when its killin time. I'm lookin forward to the memories we hope to create. Maybe the Barta tourney will be in our future once she gets a few more notches on her rod.....

[Sterling]

We had a great time also, and it's nice to see such a good group of people coming together for these events. We'll work on getting the number of boats up for the next one. Great to see you all, and even the BOX at the club.