Sorry for the very late response. Had a little home issue as in a HOUSE FIRE Sunday night to deal with after the trip. Everyone and pets are fine and most of the house was saved but lost all my fishing gear including the 3 day old new custom set-up from Leif
and golf clubs. Major house cleaning and remodeling going on now. Wife is a gem and handling it better than I could ask for.
Anyway great day on the water, Capt Ron did his best as usual and Robbie / Chris were just fantastic. CONGRATS on the new family addition Chris (beautiful Baby).
Some nice fish caught for some and none for others like myself. All in all this was a great Fish A Thon and the most succe$$ful to date raising over $2200.00 for the RFA-NJ which will put the funds to great use for US NJ fishermen. Shrimpman caught and won the Garone Rod as well as an open boat trip with Capt Fran so you know something was wrong.
I want to second Capt Adam and Thank ALL who participated and some notables:
Mike Garone: Custom Rod Donation!!!. Very special set-up and generous gesture Mike. You do very nice work.
Pete Atlantic Highlands Bait and Tackle: Steps up every single time I run a trip out of AH. Very nice Rod / reel combo donation.
Ron (Lefty Reeler): Always chips in a ton of help on these trips and the Bagels in the morning added a little extra.
Larry (Hartattack): Very generous extra donations both on the trip fare and the 50/50 kickback. Much appreciated Larry.
Capt Fran Verdi: Thanks for all your help. Too much to list. Great fishing with you and look froward to doing the Fluke A Thon with you.
Gerry Z: Unprecedented Site support and beverage donations make these trips so much easier. Always a pleasure fishing with you.
Jeff (Shirtguy): Makes up the awesome banners, hand towels etc and a real pleasure to have on these trips.
Again thanks to ALL, the partcipation was just fantastic and I will be posting details on The Fluke A Thon as soon as things settle out with the House repairs.
Pics of Leif Rod, Clubs and garage
Pictures hardly tell the story as inside is a mess. Could have been much worse so we feel lucky.
