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Overnight Tournament Results

Dear Anglers:
The Ocean City Marlin & Tuna Club invites you to join us for the 32nd Annual Overnight Billfish Tournament. Boats will compete for over $50,000 in cash and prizes plus additional Calcutta winnings, which totaled over $35,000 in 2008. This event will start Sunday August 9th, 2009 and run through Saturday August 15th, 2009.
We will again offer a flexible format, allowing boats to leave any inlet between and including Barnaget Inlet south to Cape May, NJ. This year the Captains Meeting / Kickoff Dinner will take place at the Ocean City Yacht Club and will feature an open bar. Fishing will be Captain’s choice of one of the five following nights after the Captains Meeting. Boats may leave anytime after 5:00 AM, fishing from 8:00 AM until 11:00 AM the following morning, at which time fishing will cease.
The weigh-in will be held at Sunday Harbor in Ocean City between 2nd & 3rd Streets. (Look for the purple house.) The scales will be open at 1:00 PM and will close at 4:00 PM each day. This is an exciting time so have your friends and family come down to see your catch!
The Tournament will come to a close on Saturday August 15th with an Awards Barbeque and Cocktail Party at The Harbor House, 2nd and Bay Ave. Ocean City, NJ. Don’t miss the fun and excitement! Return your registration without delay to take advantage of the early entry discount.
If you have any questions, please contact Tournament Chairman Brian Logue at (609) 827-0820 or Jack Davidson
at (856) 982-5250.

Thank you,
Brian Logue
Tournament Chairman

Fishing Days

Monday, Aug 10 Fish from 8:00 AM Monday to 11:00 AM Tuesday
Tuesday, Aug 11 Fish from 8:00 AM Tuesday to 11:00 AM Wednesday
Wednesday, Aug 12 Fish from 8:00 AM Wednesday to 11:00 AM Thursday
Thursday, Aug 13 Fish from 8:00 AM Thursday to 11:00 AM Friday
Friday, Aug 14 Fish from 8:00 AM Friday to 11:00 AM Saturday

Awards Barbeque and Cocktail Party
Saturday, Aug 15 at 6:30 pm At Harbor House 2nd & Bay Ave, Ocean City NJ All tournament boats and their crew are invited

Registration
Entrance fee is $700 per boat

GRAND PRIZE
Grand Prize:
1st Place: $10,000
2nd Place: $4,000
3rd Place: $1,000
Awarded to the boat that accumulates the most points from the following:

All released Billfish are worth 75 points
Boated Swordfish are worth 1 pt per pound over 100 lbs.
Tuna are worth 1 pt per pound over 50 pounds (limit 5 Tuna)
Wahoo are worth 1 pt per pound (limit 5 Wahoo)
Dolphin are worth 1 pt per pound (limit 5 Dolphin-5lb min. weight)
Mako is worth 1 pt per pound (limit 1 shark – 54 inches)
1st Place - $10,000 2nd Place - $4,000 3rd Place - $1,000


TOURNAMENT PRIZES

All winners will receive a trophy along with a combination of a cash
award and gift certificates. Junior anglers will receive a trophy and
non-cash award to comply with New Jersey Amateur Regulations.

BILLFISH RELEASE
1st
2nd
3rd
SWORDFISH
Heaviest
over
100 pounds
Tuna
1st
2nd
3rd
MAKO SHARK
Heaviest
over
48 inches
Wahoo
1st
2nd
3rd
Dolphin
1st
2nd
3rd
JUNIOR ANGLER
1st
2nd
3rd

Junior Angler: 75 points for a Billfish release and heaviest fish weighed with points awarded on a per pound basis for non Billfish

There are additional $1,000 awards to any angler who breaks the ALL-TIME OCMTC RECORDS of any of the following:

Swordfish – Paul Weber – 456lbs.
Tuna – Jack Thomas – 332lbs.
Dolphin – Lou Quillen – 51lbs.
Wahoo – Ted Wood – 106lbs.
Mako – Nick Miraglio – 368lbs.

Rules and Regulations

1.
All boats must be represented at the Captain’s meeting to be held at the Ocean City Yacht Club, Sunday, August 9, 2009 at 6:00 PM.

2.
*Revised. This year we ask that you report the day you are fishing* (rather than a nonfishing day as required in past years). You must do this by calling and leaving a message for Brian Logue at (609) 827-0820 or Jack Davidson at (856) 982-5250. You may also report a fishing day by emailing Brian Logue at blogue@sjmarina.com. Please report your fishing day the morning of your departure or the evening prior to your departure. This is a Captain’s choice format with no weather committee. The crew members of each individual boat will be solely responsible for the decision as to which day to fish. The OCMTC assumes no liability or responsibility for any damage or loss.

3.
Boats may leave any inlet from Barnegat Inlet to Cape May after 5:00 AM. Fishing times are 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM the following day. The fishing boundary is the Hudson Canyon to the Washington Canyon.

4.
All Billfish must be reported to a committee boat at the time of release. Please give your boat name and number. If you cannot raise a committee boat, you must report your release to another boat fishing this tournament.

5.
Any fish hooked prior to 11:00 AM may be played until boated or released, but the hook-up must be reported to a committee boat before 11:00 AM. The boat must reach the weigh dock by 4:00 PM.

6.
All boats must make weigh-in from 1:00 to 4:00 PM on the day you return. You may not transfer your fish to another boat or weigh in fish the following day. All boats weighing fish must return via Great Egg Inlet directly to the weigh-in dock in order to qualify for prize consideration. However, boats with no fish to weigh may drive their release form to the weigh dock provided the form is received during
the official weigh-in hours on the day of the boats return.

7.
Weigh-in is at SUNDAY HARBOR in Ocean City, between 2nd and 3rd streets. (Look for the PURPLE HOUSE.). Please have your catch and release form completed and signed at the weigh dock. All weights at the weigh dock will be considered official.

8.
In the event of a tie in the Billfish release category, the winner will be the boat with the earliest time of release of the last Billfish.

9.
Boated Billfish with the exception of Swordfish do not count in this tournament.

10
. Junior anglers are those 16 years of age prior to the start of the tournament.

11.
In the event of a tie in a cash prize category, the prize money will be equally divided among those tying.

12.
We will use channel 72 VHF.

13.
Charter boats are permitted.

14.
It is the captain’s and angler’s responsibility to know and obey all Federal and State regulations including current NMFS circle hook requirements.

15.
IGFA rules apply - no restriction on weight class of tackle. The tournament chairman and committee retain the sole authority for interpreting and implementing the IGFA rules.

16.
Any protests must be submitted in writing to the tournament chairman or weigh master on the day of the alleged infraction. The chairman, co-chairman and weigh masters shall serve as judges and their decision will be final. Polygraph examination may be required of winning crews.

2004 Tournament Results



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