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Update 8/8
Getting close now so please stay tuned here for any last minute changes to either the captain's meeting location or tournament date due to weather.As per the tournament rules, the presence of a Small Craft Advisory issued by the National Weather Service, New York, NY forecast for New York Harbor (ANZ338) at 6:30 AM on August 11, 2012 will result in postponement of the Tournament to August 12, 2012. The presence of a Small Craft Advisory at 6:30 AM on August 12, 2012 will result in cancellation of the Tournament and a drawing for the prize monies at noon. The forecasts can be viewed online at http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?zoneid=ANZ338 or heard on NOAA Weather Radio on Marine VHF Channel 1.

UPDATE 8/9 @ 8:14 AM
- The captains meeting is going to be held Friday 8/10 at 7PM rain or shine.... Since it is scheduled to be at the Leonardo State Marina, which is outside, if we have weather, it will be held at the Leonardo America Legion hall at 860 Route 36, Leonardo NJ 07737. I will post here as soon as I know and if we do decide to use the hall there will be someone at the Marina to direct people to the hall.
- Still too early to make the call on a possible postponement so stay tuned here.

UPDATE 8/9 @ 7:30 PM
Given the current marine and weather forecast, it is possible that the tournament will be postponed. We appreciate your patience while we sort through these decisions. We are also sensitive to the fact that people are going to want to know as soon as possible so they have time to plan. To that end, let me tell you what decisions have been made so far and what the possible scenarios are.

Although we have not made a firm go/no go decision yet, there are 2 possible scenarios.

1) An early judgment call will be made on Friday prior to the Captains meeting to postpone the tournament until Sunday. If this is the case, any pre registrants will have the option to get their entry fees refunded.

2) An early judgment call on Friday is made prior to the Captains meeting to go ahead with the tournament as planned on Saturday. However, if a NOAA small craft warning is present for NY Harbor, ANZ338 as of 6:30 AM on Saturday, per the tournament rules, it will force a postponement to Sunday. In this scenario, no refunds will be issued.

Either way, it is our plan to make this decision by 4 PM on Friday to give you as much as of planning horizon as possible. If we come to a decision before that we will post it here sooner.

Please note that in either scenario, if you have not pre-registered, you will need to attend the captains meeting on Friday to sign up…. Further, you still need to be present at the captains meeting on Friday and have your tournament boat card to be eligible for door prizes. Although the Captain's meeting is not set to start until 7PM, we should be available at 6 or so to start processing regsitrations.

If you’d like to know which way we are leaning so far, it’s scenario 1.

Update 8/10 @ 11:52 AM
It's now official and the Tourment Committee has decided to postpone to Sunday. Any pre registrants can request a refund of their tournament entry fees as long as they do so before or by 7:00 PM at tonight's Captains meeting. As per the published rules, a Small Craft warning issued in NY Harbor as of 6:30 AM on Sunday will force a cancellation on Sunday and prizes will be awarded from a drawing of boat numbers. No refunds will be issued. Not very likely this will happen given the current forecast and the fact that it's the NY Harbor forecast, but it is possible....

The Captain's meeting has officially been moved to the Leonardo America Legion hall at 860 Route 36, Leonardo NJ 07737. It's scheduled to start at 7PM but we should be set up to handle regsitrations at about 6 or so.

We appreciate your patience and understanding while we sorted through this decision and hope to see you all at the Captains meeting tonight.

UPDATE 8/11 12:26 PM
- As of right now we have 52 boats.. 56 registrations with 4 of them deciding to pull out.
- Left over tournament shirts will be on sale for $10 at the Weigh in station on Sunday from 12 noon to 4:30.
- If anyone would like to get in last minute, Ray Finilla is going to be down at the Leonardo State Marina on Sunday from 6 - 7AM to accept you payment and application.

Best of luck to everyone fishing with us and hope to see you all at the scales.

Here are all the details for the tournament to include the rules and the application www.njfishing.com/fluketournament

Stay tuned here on this post to get updates and sponsor door prizes.

Early registrations post marked before 8/1 $80 all others $100. Combined weight to 3 Fluke.

Captains meeting on 8/10 not manditory if you pre regsiter before 8/1. You can regsiter at the Captains meeting on 8/10.

Captains meeting will be held at the Leonarod State Marina, 102 Concord Avenue, Leonardo, NJ 07737

Hot dogs and soda will be served at the Captains meeting and Tournament shirts will be available at the Captains meeting and weigh in station the day of the tournament. Shirts are $15.

Should be fun and hope many of you can field a crew and fish it.

Check out this AWESOME list of sponsor donated door prizes. Please support their businesses and note that you must be present at the Captain's meeting in order to be included in the door prize drawings.
The winners have been updated below, congrats to all who won and thanks once again to our sponsor for their generous donations and support.

- $100 gift certificate to www.eyesonfirstave.com in Atlantic Highlands good towards the purchase of anything in the store including Costa glasses - Gary Reade
- A custom built sea bass/fluke rod $250 value donated by www.jerseytackle.com in Brick - Doug Corbett
- 2 Stingo gift bags from G and B Fishing Systems www.stingofish.com $70 value each - Mike Wells and John Sikorski
- $50 gift certificate from www.bucktailboys.com - Mick Clemente
- Plano box stocked with assorted bucktails $75 value from www.bluefrogbucktails.com - Mike Ramirez
- 5 $20 gift certificates from www.pridefishingtackle.com in Red Bank - Joe Massi, James Ramsey, Wayne Mergnal, Bill Nagy, James Lee
- Submersable VHF handheld radio $250 value donated by the charter boat http://celticstoirm.com/ out of Morgan - Harris Teran
- Atlantic Bait and Tackle a bucktail spinning rod and reel combo spooled with 20 lb braid $179.00 value - Stelli
- West Marine Sayerville 2 t shirts and a boat washing kit www.westmarine.com - Mark Kipper
- A spining rod and reel from Julian's Bait and Tackle Atlantic Highlands $29.99 value www.fishbox.tv/julians/ - Joe Fischler
- $50 gift certificate from the Tackle Box in Hazlet www.striperspecial.com/ Ray Finalla
- A Filet Knife and Arc Dehooker $30 value from Lebanon Bait and Sport https://www.facebook.com/pages/Leban...99?ref=tn_tnmn - Rich Thieling
- Gift Certifcate for a custom to be built 7' Kevin Bogan Fish Poison Jig Stick www.kevinbogans.com $200 value - Mike Husar
- Jeff aka "Shirtguy" from http://grafxnj.com/ in Linden NJ is going to be donating tournament logo hand towels - Everyone
- 4 $25 gift Certificates from Zubacks Marine Bait and Tackle http://www.zubacksmarine.com/ in Morgan - Mike McCormick. Bob Powell, Bob See, Donato Cavluzzi
- A 6'-6" Tica striper conventional rod rated for 1 to 4 oz.. Retails for $108.99 donated by http://www.grumpystackle.com/ in Seaside Park - Joe Lenge
- 2 half day passes for the party boat Sea Hunter out of Atlantic Highlands http://www.seahunter.info/ - Vic Matthews and Rick Warner
- Coffee mugs, Pump out Station coozies donated by NJ Sea Grant http://www.njseagrant.org/ - Bunch of people

First 100 boats to register get a tournament towel. If you pre registered stop by the registration table and let us know.

Tournment shirts are $15.00 each and will be available at the Captains meeting and weigh in station.