Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce 50th Annual Long Beach Island Surf Fishing Tournament 265 West 9th Street, Ship Bottom NJ 08008 (609) 494-7211 or (800) 292-6372 The Long Beach Island Surf Fishing Tournament ended at 6:00 PM on Sunday, November 21, 2004.  1096 anglers entered 174 striped bass and 374 bluefish. Here is the list of Weekly, Segment, and Grand Prize Winners  and the winners in the Seniors, Ladies, and Juveniles categories

STRIPED BASS

$1000 CASH GRAND PRIZE WINNER - #800 Ric O'Brien, Beach Haven NJ, 41\7 (Ric also wins the the privilege of registering as #1 for the 2005 tournament)

SEGMENT GRAND PRIZE - STRIPERS - $400 CASH          1ST SEGMENT: #844 A.W. "Gus" Stasche, Sparta NJ, 40\3         2ND SEGMENT: #84 Robert Pfeiffer, Mount Laurel NJ, 40\3         3RD SEGMENT: #933 Michael Fahy, Barnegat Light NJ, 40\2

WEEKLY PRIZES - STRIPERS - $125 CASH

WEEK 1: #799 Frank Thomas Jr., Tabernacle NJ, 32\2 WEEK 2: #1080 Tom Moran, Tuckerton NJ, 34\6 WEEK 3: #248 Martin Supsie, Forked River NJ, 23\4 WEEK 4: #1230 Joe Mays, Claymont DE, 28\8 WEEK 5: #1209 Mike Ferrara, Medford NJ, 32\1 WEEK 6: #923 Mike Barbee, Voohrees NJ, 35\0

WEEKLY JUVENILE PRIZES - STRIPERS - $100 CASH

WEEK 1: #749 Caitlyn Fahy, age 12, Audubon NJ, 31\14 WEEK 2: No Winner WEEK 3: No Winner WEEK 4: No Winner WEEK 5: No Winner WEEK 6: No Winner

$150 LADIES PRIZE: Gail Jordan, Beach Haven NJ, 15\2 $150 SENIOR PRIZE: A.W. "Gus" Stasche, Sparta NJ, 40\3 PLAQUE FOR THE LARGEST BASS ENTERED BY A CLUB:  Long Beach Island Surf Anglers Association, for the 41\7 bass entered by club member Ric O'Brien PLAQUE FOR THE LARGEST BASS ENTERED BY AN INDIVIDUAL: A.W. "Gus" Stasche, Sparta NJ, 40\3

BLUEFISH

$1000 CASH GRAND PRIZE WINNER - #545 George Hawriluk, Pittsgrove NJ, 17\4 SEGMENT GRAND PRIZE - BLUEFISH - $400 CASH         1ST SEGMENT: #450 Ron Solewski, Bernardsville NJ, 14\11         2ND SEGMENT: #92 Tom White, Ship Bottom NJ, 13\15         3RD SEGMENT: #420 John Mark Jordan, Beach Haven NJ, 13\15

WEEKLY PRIZES - BLUEFISH - $125 CASH

WEEK 1: #710 Robert Quinn, Manahawkin NJ, 13\6 WEEK 2: #213 John Mason, Sicklerville NJ, 12\2 WEEK 3: #70 Robert Braack, Atco NJ, 13\10.5 WEEK 4: #1000 Eugene Slaughter, Beach Haven NJ, 12\13 WEEK 5: #614 Michael Di Martinis, Pennsauken NJ, 13\12 WEEK 6: #952 Dan Procida, Waterford NJ, 12\12

WEEKLY JUVENILE PRIZES - BLUEFISH - $100 CASH

WEEK 1: #372 Dillon Mc Farlin, Age 6, Elkton MD, 9\5 WEEK 2: No Winner WEEK 3: No Winner WEEK 4: #1231 Greg Zanes, age 13, Swedesboro NJ, 7\15 WEEK 5: No Winner WEEK 6: #470 Steven Thomas, age 14, Wayne NJ, 7\4

$150 LADIES PRIZE: Peg Glenz, Tuckerton NJ, 11\4 $150 SENIOR PRIZE: Stanley Steinberg, Warrington PA, 12\12 PLAQUE FOR THE LARGEST BLUE ENTERED BY A CLUB: Barnegat Light Heavers for the  14\11 blue entered by club member Ron Solewski PLAQUE FOR THE LARGEST BLUE ENTERED BY AN INDIVIDUAL: George Hawriluk, Pittsgrove NJ, 17\4

Home