Tight Lines

The following striper report from the Fishermen out of Atlantic Highlands came in too late for yesterday’s blog, and confirmed the abundance of big stripers.

“ Awesome Bass fishing trip from start to finish today.

Several guys with their personal Best on fish up to 52 inches! Several areas of life from deep to shallow water all feeding on huge sand eels. Sore arms, sore backs tonight for Joey & I!!! 

All jig fishing, I have the jigs if you need them on board, pick them up from me as soon as you arrive and don’t wait for the bite to turn on as we have been busy. You can purchase 3 for $20 any combo including, 47’s Hammered, Jig with tail or just a plain 47. Single is $8.00.

NOT AVAILABLE Saturday.”

Tuna fishing is also holding up in the canyons, as shown by a catch of yellowfins and albacore by a party led by Hans Kaspersetz and run by Anthony and Shane on Water Proof from Point Pleasant.

A small craft advisory is up through Friday afternoon. Friday starts with north winds at 10-15 knots which drop to 5-10 in the afternoon.

If there are any changes, I’ll add another blog late in the afternoon.

NYC Capt. John McMurray reports the west end of Long Island’s south shore was full of bunkers

and sand eels this morning with both 30-40-pound stripers and whales feeding on them. The smallest bass he caught among them was 34 inches.

On the other side of NY/NJ Bight, Chris Buchta had a similar report as sand eels were the attraction for all “over” stripers.

Chuck Many said it was big bass from start to finish yesterday for Alex Katyan on his Tyman from Highlands.

A small craft advisory is up through late tonight. The forecast for the morning is for north winds at 15-20 knots plus gusts to 25.

After one bummer striper trip after another, everything changed completely today. Capt. Ron Santee Jr. sailed with just five customers aboard his Fishermen from Atlantic Highlands to enjoy a wild day.

“ I took a long ride and Managed 1 fish in the Am. A good friend of mine gave me a call, asked how far away I was, 14 miles I said, his exact words were “Get here Now”!  We took off and arrived to acres of Big bass in several area’s rolling and busting on top. Had two Giant Tuna come out of the water right in the middle of the bass, very cool thing to witness.

The fishing was awesome, all went home with sore arms and Joe and I with sore backs lifting those beauties in!! I caught my first one of the season, put the rod down after that thought the thing was going to kill me. Back at it in the AM.

NOT AVAILABLE THIS SATURDAY……..other than that we are:

Sailing Everyday 7:00am Sharp. Open Boat, No Reservations just come on down. Fare is $90.”

The Golden Eagle from Belmar added a similar report of big bass releases.

Wednesday’s forecast is for southwest winds at just 10 knots before increasing to 15-20 knots in the afternoon.

Nick Honachefsky reports his sixth annual Barrier Island Beach Brawl on Columbus Day weekend was another success.

“Brawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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Nick Honachefsky reports his 6st annual Barrier Island Brawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fish weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

All reactions:

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

All reactions:

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

All reactions:

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

All reactions:

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FacebookBrawl was graced with beautiful sunny skies, 2 to 3 foot seas and a sweet northwest wind and those type of conditions had the bluefish on the bite big time. “What a fantastic time we had!” said Nick Honachefsky tournament director. “Over 400 bluefish were reported caught and though the tourney started out weighing in 2 to 3 pounders, some big choppers up to nearly 9 pounds took the top places as the day unfolded with an incoming tide chew. Striper fishing was an early morning and night time affair as 16 stripers were released during the two-day tourney. Blackfish were thick off both the Barney and Squan inlet rocks, but anglers waded through a load of short fish to bring in 7 tautog to the scales.” There were no wildcard category fished weighed in for the first time as kingfish, triggerfish, bonito and croakers were ghost. It took 4 hours to fillet all the donated 140 bluefish and 7 blackfish translating to 100 pounds of fillets given to feed the homeless and hungry at the St. Gregory’s food pantry and the 50/50 raised $1300 for St. Jude’s Charity. Check @nickhonachefsky on IG for photos.

The final standings were:

Local Classics

1-Ed Fliller – Bluefish 8-pound 15-ounces

2-TIE Cliff Horner/Dave McFadden – Bluefish 8-pound 5-ounces

3 – Steve Ciarlo – Bluefish 8 pounds 2 ounces

Top Tog Rich Petrie – 3 pounds 9 ounces

Striper winners

1 – Mike Garejewski

2 – Skip Boyle

3 – John Notaro

Everything is shaping up for Monday striper trips in NY/NJ Bight. The forecast is for west winds at just 5-10 knots with seas down to 3 to 4 feet.

The Golden Eagle from Belmar reported some action on surfacing stripers today, though all were overs that were released. Run-Off jigs of 4 ounces were the best bet — both plain and tubed. They also noted that Saturday night bluefishing was good for 3-9-pounders.

Chuck Many reports striped bass fishing with live eels from his Tyman out of Atlantic Highlands started relatively slowly for his crews, but improved yesterday.

With a big swell continuing, the fall party boat striper fishery got off to a slow start. Capt. Ron Santee Jr. reported making several long runs to mark some fish and bait, but nothing was caught on his Fishermen from Atlantic Highlands. The Golden Eagle from Belmar did record two stripers, but they were too big to keep. They did jig some 2-3-pound blues plus a few bigger bonito.

Conditions should improve with a forecast of west winds in the morning at 5-10 knots — though seas are still up to 5 feet. A small craft advisory is up through Sunday night.

Very rough seas off N.J. are preventing anglers from getting to stripers which should be building up at this time.

Nick Honachefsky warns surfcasters to be careful with the big waves hitting the beach and creating a dangerous backwash that can take your feet out from under you.

Betty & Nick’s Tackle in Seaside Park reported at 11:44 a.m. that the surf was virtually unfishable in surf up to 8 feet.

A small craft advisory is up through Saturday afternoon. Though the forecast is for only 5-10-knot northeast winds — but with seas up to 8 feet. The wind shifts to east in the afternoon.

Just when it appeared that the NY/NJ 0cean striper run was about to explode, there was bad news today.

Vinny D’Anton reported a disturbance offshore resulted in northeast wind and somewhat discolored waters. None of his contacts caught anything along the northern N.J. Shore — and there were only a few boats looking for the schools of bunkers and bass spotted yesterday.

The Golden Eagle from Belmar is cancelling tomorrow’s trip due to the weather. A small craft advisory is up through late Friday night. The forecast in NJ/NY Bight is for north winds at 15-20 knots before diminishing to 10-15 in the afternoon.

The Fishermen from Atlantic Highlands will switch to stripers daily at 7 a.m. on Saturday.

The overdue fall run of migrating stripers down the Jersey Shore may be underway.

Vinny D’Anton didn’t catch anything in the Monmouth County surf this morning, but he did see quantities of adult bunkers well beyond casting range. Boaters were fishing on them, but I haven’t received any reports so far. With continuing west winds and cooler night temperatures, the table is set.

This photo from Capt. Joe Massa’s bluefin tuna trip with Capt. Vito Manzi out of Manasquan Inlet didn’t make it into yesterday’s blog.

Capt. Joe Massa fished mid-range tuna grounds

. recently with Capt Vito Manzi out of Manasquan Inlet “The trip out was in fairly choppy seas, but with the NW west wind at our back which made the ride out not so bad.  Heading home was a another story. but the Crew of Mike Riccardi and Jay Zebrowski  were all smiles from one of the best Tuna bites on big fish that we can all remember .

We set up to chunk butterfish and within ten minutes we had our first bite. 20 minutes later we put a 67 inch bluefin in the boat. We then went up to do another drift and had another bite with 5 minutes. This fish we fought for about ahalf hour before the hook chafed off.
We continued to get bites on every drift and released the others before heading back to Belmar.

Jerry Lasko broke the ice on Ocean County stripers this morning when he landed a fat 33-incher on his MJ plug. That bass had sea lice on it proving that it was a migratory fish. There was small bait in the wash.

The forecast is for northwest winds at 15-20 knots before diminishing to 10-15 in the afternoon.