Tourney Results: Part II

Sleeping in your car in waders, Saturday's fishing, and the winners to follow....   So where was I?  Oh yes, in the Walmart parking lot at 3am taking video of what I thought was ridiculous rain.  It is funny how the mind thinks one thing is set in stone and then nature disproves that idea in an instant.

After Ian packed his fish on ice in a foam cooler, I drove back to camp and was so tired I slept in my waders (in the car).  Woke up at 5 and saw the other cars I parked between still there.  Thought might as well keep sleeping, others aren't fishing.  Woke up again 2 hours later to find the cars were gone... ok time to rally, I made my way to Watch Hill, hiked down the path and turning the corner I see huge rollers breaking against the rocks.  I fished working around the point casting into the wind without a bump, then I tried the calm side hoping for a bluefish but again I had no luck.  Realizing that I was hungry, tired, and sore with no fish for my efforts I drove back to camp again for a non-wader "nap."

I am going to fast forward through Saturday night's fishing, it was a lot of casting, the waves were even worse than Friday night's and all I had was two hits at "Q" breach.  Sunday morning all of the participating clubs meet-up for an all-you-can-eat banquet hosted by the Andrea Hotel on Misquamicut beach.
 The main dining area was filled with men, women and children all belonging to different surf-casting clubs from up and down the east coast.  The best part was that we were all in the tournament in the name of charity, ok and some fishing too.....without further ado... here are the result of the tourney.  Weights are combined 3 largest Striped-bass plus 3 largest bluefish in lbs.

Results 2012 Surf Fishing Club Challenge




1). Connecticut Surfcasters ----------------------------------------------------- 100.01 lbs.



2). Rhode Island Mobil Sport Fisherman ------------------------------------ 71.1 lbs.

3). Narragansett Surfcasters ----------------------------------------------------- 65.2 lbs

4). Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Assoc. --------------------------------- 64.54 lbs.

5). Pioneer Valley Boat & Surf Club -------------------------------------------- 64.5 lbs.

6). Weekapaug Surfcasters -------------------------------------------------------- 56.25 lbs.

7). Hartford Surf Fishing Club ------------------------------------------------------ 2.12 lbs

8). Striped Bass Dot Com ---------------------------------------------------------------- 0 lbs.

Largest Striped Bass ----------- 24.5 lbs ------ Richard Morris ------- Conn. Surfcasters

Largest Bluefish ------------------- 14.4 lbs.------ Gil Bell ---------- Weekapaug Surfcasters

2012 STATS

28 Striped Bass --- Average Weight -----16.94 lbs.

12 Bluefish ----------- Average Weight ------9.88 lbs.

Over the past 10 years the average weight of Striped Bass has been ------- 16.9 lbs.

Over the past 10 years the average weight of Bluefish has been ---------------- 8.88 lbs.

DONATIONS

Connecticut Surfcasters

Grumpy'sTackle

Mike's Custom Plugs

Connecticut Outfitters

Bob Kelley

Rhode Island Mobil Sport Fishermen

DC Custom Plugs

Pioneer Valley Boat & Surf

Charity -------- $1330.00 was collected and will be sent to M/S


Facts ------- 95 men, women and children attended the breakfast at the Andrea Hotel

A Proud CT Surfcaster's President Billy D!

Repeating Champs, Connecticut Surfcaster's Association!  Pretty cool!!!  What was not cool is that a few weeks later the Andrea Hotel along with the rest of Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, & etc's shorelines would be battered and beaten to hell by Superstorm Sandy.  

I sat in this very room along with everyone else and had a great breakfast with friends and co-anglers.  Yet, the chappy-faced people of the shoreline communities are strong willed and will rebuild.