Fishing Contest
Winners for 2009
Tautog (Blackfish) 8.25 lbs. Keith Meyers
Striped Bass 34.31 lbs. Bob Thomas
Winter Flounder 2.125 lbs. Vic Procopio
Fluke 8.67 lbs. Bob Thomas
Sea Bass 4.39 lbs Bob Thomas
Blue Claw Crab 7 &13/16th inches Bob Thomas
Bluefish 13.4 lbs. Rich Olski
Striped Marlin 140 lbs. Thomas Bray
Sailfish 120 lbs Thomas Bray
Yellow Fin Tuna 69 lbs. Mike Field
While fishing with a Wal-Mart spinning rod with 12 lb test, a short wire leader and a bluefish hook 9-year-old Connor Olski hooked up a big Thresher Shark. Club member Rich Olski Jr, his sons Connor and RJ and friend Steve Arnoff and his son Tyler had joined club member Tom Olski on his boat “Bite Me” for a bluefishing trip near the BA buoy on August 1st. “Within seconds of putting his line in the water Connor’s rod was bent and he was being pulled across the deck,” his dad said. Rich took over the rod and fought the dangerous long-tailed shark for almost 45 minutes while Steve took pictures, capturing the shark as it leaped into the air. They lost it at the side of the boat when the shark slashed the thin line with his tail. “ I know if we had a longer wire leader we might of landed him, “ Rich said. Later the boys and men went on to catch several big bluefish, including a 13.5 pounder and Connor hooked up another big shark. The sharks may have gotten away-- this time -- but it made for a fishing “tail” they will never forget or forget to tell. Photo above left, Connor seated in the fighting chair, right RJ and Rich.
For the fourth year in a row the Long Branch Iceboat and Yacht Club has won the annual Fluke Fishing Contest with the Patten Point Yacht Club. The competition was for the combined weight of the largest five fish. Club member Keith Meyers, and Mike Field’s boat brought in two of the big ones, including Keith, seen left center, catching the largest, a 7.75 pounder. Michael (right of Keith ) had a 5.99 lb. fish and crew member Irvin “Ali” Alleyne brought in some nice keepers. Right, the second largest Fluke was caught by club member Victor Procopio, a fish just under 7.5 lbs., seen right with his crew mate Colette. LBIBYC Commodore Thomas Bray, who won last year’s contest with a 10 pounder, placed this year with a 5.57 lb. fish.
We Win -- Again!
Sunday August 16th, 2009
Keith Meyers 6.5 lbs.
2009 Bill Wood Memorial Fluke Contest
Bob Thomas with 2008 club contest winning 102 lb. bluefin tuna, and Tyler Aronoff and RJ Olski with big bluefish, and a few tuna caught by your webmaster, Keith Meyers photo right, and below.
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