Cape May County Department of Tourism
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74th Annual Cape May County Fishing
Tournament Winners - Adult Category Youth Category
    

  FISH & WEIGHT NAME / HOMETOWN WHERE CAUGHT WEIGHMASTER CAPTAIN & BOAT
 

ALBACORE, Long Fin

       
  44.3 lbs Nicholas Veneziale
Philadelphia, PA
Spenser Canyon South Jersey Marina John Tice
 

ALBACORE False

       
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BARRACUDA

       
  46 lbs 8 oz Stephen Singer
Bala Cynwyd, PA
Ocean off
Cape May
Jim’s Bait & Tackle Art Beighley
My Peg II
 

BLUEFISH

       
  12 lbs 8 oz Greg DeFelice
EHT, NJ
Ocean Hinch’s Marina Greg DeFelice
Maximum Anchorage
  7 lbs 9.76 oz Kerry Doyle
Montclair, NJ
Ocean off
Cape May
Jim’s Bait & Tackle  
 

BONITO

       
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CALICO BASS

       
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CATFISH

       
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COBIA

       
  43 lbs Duck Menz Ocean off
Cape May
Jim’s Bait & Tackle Duck Menz
  COD        
  9 lbs 8 oz Jay Barthelmess
Norristown, PA
Wreck Utsch’s Marina Ed Borkowski
Beverly Anne
  6.1 lb                            Ed Borkowski
Eagleville, PA
Wreck off Wildwood Jim’s Bait & Tackle Ed Borkowski
Beverly Anne
 

CROAKER

       
  1.11 Walter Friebel
Pennsville, NJ
Avalon Shoal Avalon Hodgepodge Charlie Davidson
Wild Turkey
 

DOLPHIN

       
  19 lbs 6 oz Ron Leider
Ocean View NJ
Baltimore Canyon Tackle Box Dr. Jeffrey Turner Turner Loose
  17.8 lbs Mike Fruendliclt
Staten Island, NY
  South Jersey Marina Bob Balut
Night Wind
  17 lbs 2 oz Michele Smedley
New Cumberland, WV
  South Jersey Marina Andy Merindino
Cape Queen
 

DRUMFISH Black

       
  89 lbs Mair McPherson
North Cape May, NJ
Delaware Bay Jim’s Bait & Tackle Jason Kleunschmidt
Cape May Lady
  88 lbs 8 oz Jim Young
Wildwood Crest, NJ
Ocean Jim’s Bait & Tackle Scott Santaniello
Garbo
  80 lbs Bill Shaw
Glenside, PA
Delaware Bay South Jersey Marina Joe Lechner
Slammer
 

EEL

       
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  FLOUNDER        
  12.51 lbs Garry Ober
Medford, NJ
Cape May Reef Jim’s Bait & Tackle Joe Frigiola
Shorty II
  11 lbs 4 oz David Rago Fairless Hills, PA Old Grounds Sterling Harbor Marina Skip Jastremski Stalker II
  11 lbs 2 oz Michael Reed
Rockledge, PA
Cape May Reef Sterling Harbor Marina Michael Reed
Kensington Princess
 

HAKE

       
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KINGFISH

       
  1.16 lbs Doug Perkins
Palm, NJ
Surf-
Sea Isle City
My Wife’s
Rod & Reel Repair
 
 

LARGEMOUTH BASS

       
  5 lbs 10 oz John Sanders
Gibbstown, NJ
Dennisville Lake Dennisville Lake
Campground
 
 

LING

       
  4.72 lbs Kevin Moran
Merchantville, NJ
Cape May Reef Jim’s Bait & Tackle Paul Thompson
Porgy IV
 

MACKEREL

       
  Cero
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  King
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  Spanish
1 lb 15 oz
John Quigley
Princeton, NJ
South Shoal No Bones Jim McClintock
Fins and Grins
 

MARLIN

       
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PERCH

       
  White
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  Yellow
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PICKEREL

       
  5 lbs 5 oz Bob Urban
Tabernacle, NJ
Dennisville Lake Dennisville Lake
Campground
 
 

POLLOCK

       
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  POMPANO        
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PORGY

       
  3 lbs 10 oz William Meyer East Greenville, PA Cape May Reef Sterling Harbor Marina Jim
Starlight
  2 lbs 5 ½ oz Jim Graham
Woodbury, NJ
  My Wife’s
Rod and Reel
Big Ed
Ed Holtshauser
 

SEABASS

       
  6 lbs 7 oz Ron Waller
Toms River, NJ
Wreck
 
South Jersey Marina Andy Merendino
Cape Queen
  4.93 lbs Dennis Molette
Havertown, PA
Ocean off Cape May Jim’s Bait & Tackle Howard Steinberg
Good As Gold
  3.2 lbs Kevin Niewinski
Erial, NJ
  South Jersey Marina Paul Thompson
Porgy IV
 

SHARK

       
  Blue
167 lbs
Harry Johnson
Fishing Creek, NJ
  South Jersey Marina Nick Mantzaras
Bu-Buca
  Mako
373 lbs
Ronald J Leider
Ocean View, NJ
    Turner Loose
  Thresher
630 lbs
Joe Scheffer
Sewell, NJ
  South Jersey Marina Paul Rys
Hotworks
  SHEEPSHEAD        
 

14 lbs 2 oz

Joe Parson
Cape May, NJ
Grassy Sound Canal Side Rentals (Self)
R401K
  11 lbs 7 oz Greg Hunkele Gibsonia, PA Tree Bridge Smuggler’s Cove  
  10 lbs 3 oz Matt McKeown
Del Haven, NJ
Surf off
Cape May Point
Budd’s Bait & Tackle  
  STARGAZER        
  6.74 lbs Bill Feaster
Sea Isle City NJ
  Gibson’s Bait & Tackle (Self)
Anticipation III 
  6.17 lbs Larry Ashbridge Sr Millville NJ   Jim’s Bait & Tackle Larry
Final-a-Lee
  6 lbs Tom Novak
Philadelphia, PA
Ocean Jersey Bait & Tackle Tom Novak
Defiance
 

STRIPED BASS

       
   64 lbs Bill Kampf Delaware Bay Jersey Bait & Tackle Reel Life
  58 lbs 8 oz Jeff Glenn
Wenonah, NJ
Delaware Bay Jersey Bait & Tackle Jeff Glenn
Appraisal
  57 lbs 4 oz William Palmer
Cape May, NJ
  Jim's Bait & Tackle Hillbille
 

SWORDFISH

       
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TAUTOG

       
  11.35 lbs Phil Mansfield
Ridley Park, PA
Ocean Jim's Bait & Tackle Paul Thompson
Porgy IV
  11.11 lbs Edward Borkowski
Eagleville, PA
Wreck off Wildwood Jim's Bait & Tackle Ed Borkowski
Beverly Ann
  10.69 lbs Peter Corbo
Norristown, PA
Off Cape May Jim's Bait & Tackle Peter Corbo
Top Heavy
 

TRIGGERFISH

       
  4 lbs Joshua Peterson
Feasterville, PA
  Jim's Bait & Tackle Jeff
Fiesta
  3.79 lbs Jim Flannery North Wildwood, NJ Off Cape May Jersey Bait & Tackle Porgy IV
  3 lbs Jenn Patterson
Marmora, NJ
Ocean off
Cape May
South Jersey Marina Andy Merendino
Cape Queen
  TROUT        
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TUNA

       
  Big Eye        
  220 lbs Mike Achey Jr
Waterford NJ
Wilmington Canyon South Jersey Marina  
  Bluefin        
  167 lbs Joe Sambrick
Pottstown, PA
Lobster Claw Miss Chris Center Billy Gannon
Miss Audrey
  159 lbs Mike Daley
Royersford, PA
  South Jersey Marina John Sowerby
Hooked Up II
  153 lbs Craig Manco
Wildwood, NJ
Ocean/Tea Cup South Jersey Marina Russel Jost
Electric Ark
  Skipjack
 
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  Yellowfin        
  47.8 lbs Mike Fruendliclt
Staten Island, NY
Kohl Canyon South Jersey Marina Capt. R.T. Balut
Night Wind
  43.4 lbs Gina Widdoes
Newark, DE
  South Jersey Marina Barnard
Olivia Grace
 

WAHOO

       
  77 lbs 6 oz George Pollis
Jupiter, FL
Elephant Trunk South Jersey Marina Walter Palmer
  51 lbs Sean Rainear
Vineland, NJ
  Canyon Club Kris Rainear
Doctor’s Orders III
  48 lbs John Rieser
Trooper, PA
Sea Isle Ridge Moran’s Dockside Bait and Tackle Rusty Hartshorne
Bean Machine
 

WEAKFISH

       
  15.65 lbs Stephen Buchanan
Avalon NJ
Surf off
Townsend’s Inlet
Moran’s Dockside
Bait & Tackle
 
  13.71 lbs Bill Hansen
Philadelphia, PA
Off Cape May Jim’s Bait & Tackle
 
 
  9 lbs 9 oz
James Fleming
CMCH, NJ
Surf off
Wildwood Crest
Budd’s Bait & Tackle  
 

RARE FISH

       
  Snowey Grouper
48 lbs 8 oz
Pat Lynch
Galloway, NJ
Canyon off Cape May Catch Verified by
Local Boat Captain
Jim Chichitti
Atlantic Star

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Tournament Winners Youth Category
-16 Years and Under
Adult Category
      
  FISH & WEIGHT NAME WHERE CAUGHT WEIGHMASTER CAPTAIN & BOAT
 

ALBACORE

       
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BLUEFISH

       
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BONITO

       
 

3.2

J. R. C. (12)
Berwyn PA
  South Jersey Marina Bill Ortlip
Jen & Tonic
 

CALICO BASS

       
  1 lbs 6 oz    Scott G.(11)
Deptford, NJ
Dennisville Lake Dennisville Lake
Campground
Tom Gill
Fish Finder
 

CROAKER

       
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DOLPHIN

       
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DRUMFISH

       
  82 lbs
Matthew N. (6)
Indiana, PA
  Miss Chris Center Lady Chris
  Red
 
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  FALSE ALBACORE        
  Little Tunny
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  FLOUNDER        
  10.65 lbs Rebecca S. (16)
Aston, PA
Boat-
Two Mile 
Hinch Marina George Slobodjian
Landing Mool
 

KINGFISH

       
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LARGEMOUTH BASS

       
  5 lbs 8 oz Madeline C. (8)
Philadelphia, PA
Dennisville Lake Dennisville Lake
Campground
 
 

MACKEREL

       
  King
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  Spanish
2.65 lbs
Dan B. (16)
Avalon, NJ
Sea Isle Ridge Moran’s Dockside
Bait & Tackle
John Gerney
Fast Pace
 

MARLIN

       
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PERCH

       
  White
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  Yellow
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PICKEREL

       
  Chain
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PORGY

       
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SEABASS

       
  4.81 lbs Greg B. (9)
Holland, PA
  Jim’s Bait & Tackle Jeff
Fiesta
  SEA ROBIN        
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SHARK

       
  Sand
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  Mako
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  Thresher
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SPOTTED WEAKFISH

       
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  SPECKLED TROUT        
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  STARGAZER        
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STRIPED BASS

       
  46 lbs 8 oz Kaitlyn R. (12)
Vineland, NJ
Delaware Bay Jim’s Bait & Tackle  
  31 lbs Lambi P. (13)
Cherry Hill NJ
Surf at Poverty
Beach
Hinch Marina  
 

SWORDFISH

       
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TAUTOG

       
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TRIGGERFISH

       
  3.48 lbs Tony H. (13)
Philadelphia, PA
  Jersey Bait & Tackle  
  TROUT        
  Brown
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TUNA

       
  Big Eye
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  Bluefin
145 lbs
Mason D. (12)
Royersford, PA
  South Jersey Marina John Sowerby
Hooked Up II
  Longfin
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  Yellowfin
54 lbs
Mason D. (12)
Royersford, PA
  South Jersey Marina John Sowerby
Hooked Up II
 

WAHOO

       
  30 lbs Tyler R. (11)
Vineland, NJ
  Canyon Club Kris Rainear
Doctor’s Orders III
  RARE FISH        
  Hound Fish    Jack F. (10)Ocean/Cape May
Langhorne, PA
  Jim’s Bait & Tackle Bill Bitman
Top Shelf

Youth Category

 



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