The JCAA 22nd Annual Fluke Tournament will take place on Saturday, August 6th and the Awards Presentations will take place on Thursday, August 11th at the Clarion Hotel on Rt. 37 in Toms River, NJ.
We have some exciting changes this year! There will be the normal 1st place prize of $1200 cash and 9 merchandise prizes for each port. Last year we introduced four cash calcuttas, a $50 & $100 calcutta for each port and a $50 & $100 calcutta for the overall tournament. We will continue the calcuttas for this year as they were very popular last year with a lot of interest and participation.
Last year we also offered a $25,000 cash prize for the largest fish weighed in over 12lbs by 1/100 of a pound. Well, this year we are offering $50,000 cash to one lucky angler who catches a fluke over 12lbs by 1/100 of a pound! And, believe me, it is doable! We’ve had 13 and 14 pounders weighed in over the years.
And, as you know, we always have a Grand Prize raffle drawing at the Awards Presentations. This year we will either raffle off a boat, motor and trailer package or there will be a $5,000 Grand Prize raffle. At this time, we are still working on trying to secure a boat, motor and trailer.
For the first time this year, we will be having free food and drink at the Awards Presentations on August 11th at the Clarion Hotel. We will have sliders, hot dogs, soft drinks, etc. Yes, free! So bring the whole family and crew and have some fun and let’s load up the banquet hall and make a nice impression for our tournament sponsors!
Last year, we gave out over $60,000 in cash and prizes! The lucky overall tournament winner last year, Dan Nykyforuk, walked off with $11,000 cash ($1200 1st place prize & $9800 in Calcutta money) plus a free $500 mount of his fish.
Tournament entry forms and hat & T-shirt order forms will be going out to our mailing list the end of April.
