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Update 8/8
Getting close now so please stay tuned here for any last minute changes to either the captain's meeting location or tournament date due to weather.As per the tournament rules, the presence of a Small Craft Advisory issued by the National Weather Service, New York, NY forecast for New York Harbor (ANZ338) at 6:30 AM on August 11, 2012 will result in postponement of the Tournament to August 12, 2012. The presence of a Small Craft Advisory at 6:30 AM on August 12, 2012 will result in cancellation of the Tournament and a drawing for the prize monies at noon. The forecasts can be viewed online at http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?zoneid=ANZ338 or heard on NOAA Weather Radio on Marine VHF Channel 1.



UPDATE 8/9 @ 8:14 AM
- The captains meeting is going to be held Friday 8/10 at 7PM rain or shine.... Since it is scheduled to be at the Leonardo State Marina, which is outside, if we have weather, it will be held at the Leonardo America Legion hall at 860 Route 36, Leonardo NJ 07737. I will post here as soon as I know and if we do decide to use the hall there will be someone at the Marina to direct people to the hall.
- Still too early to make the call on a possible postponement so stay tuned here.


UPDATE 8/9 @ 7:30 PM
Given the current marine and weather forecast, it is possible that the tournament will be postponed. We appreciate your patience while we sort through these decisions. We are also sensitive to the fact that people are going to want to know as soon as possible so they have time to plan. To that end, let me tell you what decisions have been made so far and what the possible scenarios are.

Although we have not made a firm go/no go decision yet, there are 2 possible scenarios.

1) An early judgment call will be made on Friday prior to the Captains meeting to postpone the tournament until Sunday. If this is the case, any pre registrants will have the option to get their entry fees refunded.

2) An early judgment call on Friday is made prior to the Captains meeting to go ahead with the tournament as planned on Saturday. However, if a NOAA small craft warning is present for NY Harbor, ANZ338 as of 6:30 AM on Saturday, per the tournament rules, it will force a postponement to Sunday. In this scenario, no refunds will be issued.

Either way, it is our plan to make this decision by 4 PM on Friday to give you as much as of planning horizon as possible. If we come to a decision before that we will post it here sooner.

Please note that in either scenario, if you have not pre-registered, you will need to attend the captains meeting on Friday to sign up…. Further, you still need to be present at the captains meeting on Friday and have your tournament boat card to be eligible for door prizes. Although the Captain's meeting is not set to start until 7PM, we should be available at 6 or so to start processing regsitrations.

If you’d like to know which way we are leaning so far, it’s scenario 1.

Update 8/10 @ 11:52 AM
It's now official and the Tourment Committee has decided to postpone to Sunday. Any pre registrants can request a refund of their tournament entry fees as long as they do so before or by 7:00 PM at tonight's Captains meeting. As per the published rules, a Small Craft warning issued in NY Harbor as of 6:30 AM on Sunday will force a cancellation on Sunday and prizes will be awarded from a drawing of boat numbers. No refunds will be issued. Not very likely this will happen given the current forecast and the fact that it's the NY Harbor forecast, but it is possible....

The Captain's meeting has officially been moved to the Leonardo America Legion hall at 860 Route 36, Leonardo NJ 07737. It's scheduled to start at 7PM but we should be set up to handle regsitrations at about 6 or so.

We appreciate your patience and understanding while we sorted through this decision and hope to see you all at the Captains meeting tonight.


UPDATE 8/11 12:26 PM
- As of right now we have 52 boats.. 56 registrations with 4 of them deciding to pull out.
- Left over tournament shirts will be on sale for $10 at the Weigh in station on Sunday from 12 noon to 4:30.
- If anyone would like to get in last minute, Ray Finilla is going to be down at the Leonardo State Marina on Sunday from 6 - 7AM to accept you payment and application.

Best of luck to everyone fishing with us and hope to see you all at the scales.


Here are all the details for the tournament to include the rules and the application www.njfishing.com/fluketournament

Stay tuned here on this post to get updates and sponsor door prizes.

Early registrations post marked before 8/1 $80 all others $100. Combined weight to 3 Fluke.

Captains meeting on 8/10 not manditory if you pre regsiter before 8/1. You can regsiter at the Captains meeting on 8/10.

Captains meeting will be held at the Leonarod State Marina, 102 Concord Avenue, Leonardo, NJ 07737

Hot dogs and soda will be served at the Captains meeting and Tournament shirts will be available at the Captains meeting and weigh in station the day of the tournament. Shirts are $15.

Should be fun and hope many of you can field a crew and fish it.

Check out this AWESOME list of sponsor donated door prizes. Please support their businesses and note that you must be present at the Captain's meeting in order to be included in the door prize drawings.
The winners have been updated below, congrats to all who won and thanks once again to our sponsor for their generous donations and support.

- $100 gift certificate to www.eyesonfirstave.com in Atlantic Highlands good towards the purchase of anything in the store including Costa glasses - Gary Reade
- A custom built sea bass/fluke rod $250 value donated by www.jerseytackle.com in Brick - Doug Corbett
- 2 Stingo gift bags from G and B Fishing Systems www.stingofish.com $70 value each - Mike Wells and John Sikorski
- $50 gift certificate from www.bucktailboys.com - Mick Clemente
- Plano box stocked with assorted bucktails $75 value from www.bluefrogbucktails.com - Mike Ramirez
- 5 $20 gift certificates from www.pridefishingtackle.com in Red Bank - Joe Massi, James Ramsey, Wayne Mergnal, Bill Nagy, James Lee
- Submersable VHF handheld radio $250 value donated by the charter boat http://celticstoirm.com/ out of Morgan - Harris Teran
- Atlantic Bait and Tackle a bucktail spinning rod and reel combo spooled with 20 lb braid $179.00 value - Stelli
- West Marine Sayerville 2 t shirts and a boat washing kit www.westmarine.com - Mark Kipper
- A spining rod and reel from Julian's Bait and Tackle Atlantic Highlands $29.99 value www.fishbox.tv/julians/ - Joe Fischler
- $50 gift certificate from the Tackle Box in Hazlet www.striperspecial.com/ Ray Finalla
- A Filet Knife and Arc Dehooker $30 value from Lebanon Bait and Sport https://www.facebook.com/pages/Leban...99?ref=tn_tnmn - Rich Thieling
- Gift Certifcate for a custom to be built 7' Kevin Bogan Fish Poison Jig Stick www.kevinbogans.com $200 value - Mike Husar
- Jeff aka "Shirtguy" from http://grafxnj.com/ in Linden NJ is going to be donating tournament logo hand towels - Everyone
- 4 $25 gift Certificates from Zubacks Marine Bait and Tackle http://www.zubacksmarine.com/ in Morgan - Mike McCormick. Bob Powell, Bob See, Donato Cavluzzi
- A 6'-6" Tica striper conventional rod rated for 1 to 4 oz.. Retails for $108.99 donated by http://www.grumpystackle.com/ in Seaside Park - Joe Lenge
- 2 half day passes for the party boat Sea Hunter out of Atlantic Highlands http://www.seahunter.info/ - Vic Matthews and Rick Warner
- Coffee mugs, Pump out Station coozies donated by NJ Sea Grant http://www.njseagrant.org/ - Bunch of people

First 100 boats to register get a tournament towel. If you pre registered stop by the registration table and let us know.

Tournment shirts are $15.00 each and will be available at the Captains meeting and weigh in station.

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Just throwing my name out there if anyone needs to fill a boat! :cool:

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Hi Gerry! Eyes on First Ave would like to donate a $100.00 Gift Certificate for a door prize that can be used for Costa's or any other product in the store. You can stop by the store or let me know where to send it. :)

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Thanks for your generous donation and supporting the tournment Jamie.

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Looks like this would be a great opportunity for many of the board sponsors to get involved//??

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Yes Sharky - You and all our sponsors should have recieved an email from me. We will keep track of the prizes in the post at the top of this thread. If you would like to donate something, please PM or email me njfishing@aol.com.

Thanks

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Your very welcome Gerry! Very happy to do so.

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Sounds like a great tourny! The 3 fish format is by far, one of the best for any fisherman. Takes that 1 lucky fish right out of it. ;)

Rod will be ready this week, I will email you to let you know what day.

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Thanks for your generous donation and supporting the tournament Tom. Looking foward to checking out the rod. Please take some pictures and post them here if you can.

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Anybody need an extra person shoot me a pm will carry my own,and contribute to gas and whatever we need to get the job done;)

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Rod is ready, whenever you want to grab it, or have it shipped?? Few colors to choose from, just pick the one you want if you stop by!

A few pics of the new rods we will have available for both "buy it off the rack" selection & custom color selection. :)

http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/...dcloseup-1.jpg

http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/...jjjigging1.jpg

http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/...dsallwhite.jpg

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SHAWEEEEEAT Tom! They look awesome!!!

I will make arrangements to have it picked up and will let you know when those arrangments are finalized.

If all works as planned it will arrive too late for the captains meeting and have to spend a year with me and be awarded at next years tournament :rolleyes:

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anyone need an extra guy? i bring pretzels

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Nice to see such good sponsorship and support. Goes along way when deciding who to do business with.

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Team GratefulTropicAttackMann is in :eek:

Oy, what a crew :) :cool: ;)

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What a crew for sure. Glad you guys are in.

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Gerry if you want I can pick up the rod today I'll bring it on the 11th. let me know and Tom.

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Looks like there are 3 others on this thread looking to hook up with somebody for the Leonardo Fluke Tournament. I make the fourth. If you 3 are interested in teaming up and chartering someone let me know. We can be team Rag Tag:D If interested PM me

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Thanks Richie but LAB is going to pick it up and bring it to the Captain's Meeting on the 10th.

Looks like he and Bobber will be fishing the tournament too.

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Who else is in??

Just a reminder that $80 early registrations need to be post marked 8/1 or before. If you pre registered you do not have to attend the captain's meeting on the 10th, but in order to be eligeble for door prizes you must be at the captains meeting.

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FIND US A BOAT I AM IN

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Lets wait and see if we hear from the other 2 gents then I'll get a boat and price.

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Team Rat"BASS"Tard is in !!!!!

Gerry is there a starting line or not ?

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rules currently state no commitee boat , lines in on honor system 630Am , hope it satys as such as to have to run up there from down south in the AM just to "Badge In " would suck.

already have to make the run up for the weigh in which is already over an extra 100 bucks in gas

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if you pre register and do not need to go to captains meeting how do get into the calcutta?

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I hear you Hammer the price of fuel is stopping us from fishing some tourneys we have fished in the past due to a long run.

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Rat - the start time is 6:30 lines in the water on the honor system. As Hammer mentioned above their is no committee boat so no starting line. You start wherever you like but you can not put your lines in the water until 6:30.

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The tournament commitee does not run a Calcutta but I would bet you there will be a private individual who will and you will need to be at the captain's meeting to get with that individual ;)

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As of today we have 28 boats pre registered so a good sign. The reason I say that is most people wait to see what the weather is before signing up, so most of the registrations come in at the Captain's meeting. Hoping for at least 100 boats...

For those of you who plan to register at the Captains meeting, we would appreciate if you would print and fill out the forms before the Captain's meeting to make the registration go faster http://www.njfishing.com/fluketourna...onAndRules.pdf

For those of you not into computers, the forms will also be available for you to fill out at the Captains meeting.

Hot dogs and soft drinks will be served, scale was just certified and as you will see above, we've got some great door prizes too!!

Looking forward to seeing you all and for those of you I haven't met, please make sure to introduce yourself.

Good fishing!!

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team monger is in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Where is the captains meeting?

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:D :D :D

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Leonardo State Marina, 102 Concord Avenue, Leonardo, NJ 07737

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we're now considering doing it just gotta clear the sched and get the team together :D

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Glad you all can make it. Had a few questions asked that I thought would be of general interest so I will post them here.

- Each boat will be issued a number for the tournament and be given and ID card for weigh ins and for the door prize drawings. If your boat number is pulled in the drawing you must have someone present at the Captains meeting with the boat ID card to claim the door prize. You will also need to show your boat ID card to weigh in.

- Although this tournament is based on the total weight of 3 fish, you do not have to have 3 fish to weigh in. So, someone weighing in 2 fish that have a total combined weight that is greater then someone with 3 fish wins.

- Start time is 6:30 AM lines in on the honor system..... No Committee boat, no flares, no radio announcement, no starting line and no fishing before 6:30. This means you can go to any spot you'd like and standby to fish but no lines in the water until 6:30.

- I know there have been some concerns about the depth the of channel leading into the Leonardo State marina. High tide is at 3:26 PM on the 11th so with a 4:30 weigh in, we should have pleanty of water to get boats in and out.

- The published tournament prizes are based on 225 boats. If that number of boats is not realized, the pay out will be 70% of the entrance fees collected.

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I'm in and may have some open spots.

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Gerry,

Will be entering at the captain's mtg. especially knowing we don't have to run up for a start to the hook. Would have considered entering anyway but as Hammer posted earlier for guys fishing from southern ports who don't tow their boats not having to run up to Sandy Hook adds quite a bit more time fishing and cuts down significantly on fuel cost. Happy to hear the committee agreed to a 6:30 honor system start. It would be great if the Elk's some day makes the same provision so the guys fishing from Sandy Hook or any northern port didn't have to run all the way down to MI only to turn around and run all the way back up to fish and deal with the safety issues associated with a shot gun start in that inlet. Unfortunately it's going to take someone getting hurt one of these years for the tournament committee to make a change. I would have to think if there's any shenanigans going on anyway it involves people fishing the days leading up to a tournament and not between the hours of 5:00 and 6:30 the day of so I'm not sure what a shot gun start actually accomplishes or guards against. Anyhow, kudos to the tournament committee in this case for making a decision that accomodates the entrants and makes sense.

Looking forward to a successful tournament and good luck to everyone who enters.

Dakota

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;) :cool: ;)

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Thanks Dakota. Our committee felt that cheaters are going to cheat no matter what the rules are, so why inconvenience everyone. Beside that, I have fished a few offshore tournaments with stakes much higher then ours and lines in on the honor system was the way they did it.

Good to have you in the tournament, have fun and hope you hang a big one.

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If anybody needs a guy I can hold my own.pm me.