SHBA Fluke Tournament 2023 Final standings

[wyldbillnj]

The 41st 2-day tournament had a total of 76 boats. Although weather and seas were not very cooperative all had a great tournament, we would like to thank all our sponsors for their dedicated support that they provide.



1st $3000. Mike Ramirez, Matawan, NJ 8.87 lbs 28"

2nd $1000. Bryan Farmer, Monmouth Jct, NJ 8.07 281/2"

3rd $600. Bill Di Staso, Manalapan, NJ 6.62 lbs. 251/2"

4th $350. Rick Bodner, Belford, NJ 6.60 lbs. 26"

5th $250. Denis Nalepa, Red Bank, NJ 6.26 lbs. 24"

6th $200. Bob Terzi Bayonne, NJ 5.60 lbs. 24"

7th $100. Donald Beyer Linden, NJ 5.49 lbs. 24"

8th free entry Ryan Belusko Coplay, PA 5.29 lbs. 23"

Brooke Beyer won the ladies rod & reel combo with a 5.49 lbs. fish and Bryan Farmer won the largest Saturday fish with his 8.07 lbs.

The attached picture is of the winning Fluke.

Thank you for your support!

[Capt. Debbie]

No picture of the women's division winner?

[wyldbillnj]

Sorry Debbie....a majority of the Photos are on our Instagram feed (https://www.instagram.com/sandyhookbayanglers/#). Its a bit cumbersome to upload a bunch of pics here.

[Broad Bill]

Six of the top 8 fish are in the 5-6 lb. range with the winner at 8.87 lbs. and second place barely over 8 lbs.. In years past, if there was a fluke tournament out of Sandy Hook you either had a double-digit fish or had no chance of winning and many of the fish across all spots on the leaderboard were 8 plus. If you had a 7 lb.or less in most cases it wouldn't make the board.

I'm happy the people who run the SHBA had a good tournament but in my opinion these tournaments are going to eventually fade into the sunset unless the responsible groups managing these stocks get their heads out of their ass and start realizing they are completely mismanaging this stock.

[Gerry Zagorski]

Six of the top 8 fish are in the 5-6 lb. range with the winner at 8.87 lbs. and second place barely over 8 lbs.. In years past, if there was a fluke tournament out of Sandy Hook you either had a double-digit fish or had no chance of winning and many of the fish across all spots on the leaderboard were 8 plus. If you had a 7 lb.or less in most cases it wouldn't make the board.

I'm happy the people who run the SHBA had a good tournament but in my opinion these tournaments are going to eventually fade into the sunset unless the responsible groups managing these stocks get their heads out of their ass and start realizing they are completely mismanaging this stock.

I think they would have had a lot better results if the weather cooperated. Conditions were awful on Saturday and Sunday was worse and not sure anyone even fished that day.

[wyldbillnj]

There were quite a large number of boats out later in the morning on Saturday in the area of the Shrewsbury Rocks and Rattlesnake. There was quite the fluke fishing fleet actually. We pushed to the offshore edge of the 'Snake before the fog rolled up the coast and pretty much swept everyone off the ocean. There were a couple other boats out there as the wind picked up from the South but as the afternoon went on we were alone. All in all, Saturday wasn't terrible out there.

As for going back in time and past winners, there were a number of 9+ lb fish that won....quite a few double digits. We have records of all the past winning fish weights going back years.

[hartattack]

Cool Hand Fluke representing! WTG Al..