Manhattan Cup results

Following are the results from last Friday’s Manhattan Cup run out of Liberty Landing Marina, as supplied by Gary Caputi:

All fish released — weights by formula

Manhattan Cup Winner – Angler Jim Wartsky, Capt. Chris Landry 46.4 lbs.

Warrior Division

Bluefish fly – Angler – Adam Fly

                             Capt. Mike Century 2.9 lbs.

Bass Bait – Angler Doug Lewis

                        Capt. Brian Rice 43.7 lbs.

Bass artificial – Angler Val Henderson

                                Capt. George Yurcak 18.5 lbs.

Bass Fly –   Angler Matt Briatta

                        Capt. Arthur Cortes 2.8 lbs.

Celebrity Division

Bass Artificial – Astronaut Commander Bruce Melnick

                                 Capt. Frank Crescitelli 17.75 lbs.

Bass Fly – Angler- Author Monte Burke

                    Capt. Frank Crescitelli 21.3 lbs.

Bluefish Bait – Angler Jim Jensen

                               Capt. Chip Capasso 7.6 lbs.

Manhattan Cup  General Category

Bass Bait – Angler Keith Overlander

                        Capt. Adrian Moeller 43.9 lbs.

Bass Artificial – Angler- Anthony Davino

                                 Capt. Anthony Grassi 2.7 lbs.

Bass Fly – Angler Pat Moffit

                    Capt. Brendan Ross 3.3 lbs.

Bluefish Artificial – Angler Kevin Moffitt

                                        Capt. Brendan Ross 3.9 lbs.

Bluefish Fly – Angler Anthony Davino

                             Capt. Anthony Grassi 1.3 lbs.

Smallest fish – Angler Kevin, Capt. Brendan Ross – 12”

Captain Award Most Striped Bass caught Capt. Anthony Grassi – 10

The first day of the 271-boat. $5.8 million Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament out of Morehead City, N.J. featured a pair of almost identical blues with C-Student’s 470.2-pounder edging a 463.7-pound blue on Sea Toy. C-Student missed out on the big money prize for the first blue over 500 pounds, so that $739,500 is still up for grabs.

There were 46 billfish releases the first day, all but four of which were blues. One blue was weighed at under the 400-pound minimum. Tuna Tango boated a 41.1-pound dolphin, and Weldor’s Ark had a 59.7-pound wahoo.

Vinny D’Anton got off to a good start yesterday morning in the Monmouth County surf as stripers of 28 and 29 inches took his sand fleas. There was one more hit before everything went dead. Vinny checked with other anglers there who also ran out of action. Yet, that was better than this morning when cold water moved in and there were no hits.

West winds at 10-15 knots are predicted for tomorrow.