2004 Tournament Results:

2004 Hi-Mar 40 Hour Striper Tournament

The 40 hour Hi-Mar Striper Tournament was held Oct. 22nd - Oct. 24th in spite of the unfavorable weather conditions.  Due to the northeast winds for three days, entrants were kept down to 51 boats in this captain's choice tournament.
The father and son team of Harold Smith and Jay Smith of Matawan, topped the field with two fish that totaled 51.1 lbs.  The largest fish 29.4 lbs., was caught in the Shrewsbury River outside of their marina.  Their second fish of 21.7 was also caught in the river.

The Junior angler was Jesse Moat at 22.3 lbs, the woman angler was taken by Anna Marie Croce at 14.7 lbs. 

1st Annual Hi-Mar Spring Bass Tournament

The Hi-Mar Striper Club hosted their first Spring Bass Tournament that would benefit Jason's Dreams for Kids, which is a local charity that grants children that are terminally ill their last wishes.  The Hi-Mar Club decided to benefit this organization by donating 40% of the income generated by the tournament. The Hi-Mar Club also used this opportunity to provide the local Monmouth County Food Bank with fish that were donated by participants of the tournament.  Thirty five participants entered the tournament despite the grim forecast on Saturday, through out the week big fish have been coming back to the dock from the ocean as the big fish move from their southern locations north along the beach.  

The Kingfisher had their tournament crew on board to score first place with a 38.3 pound Striper that was caught off Long Branch while doing what they do best, live lining bunker.  The ocean was not a pretty place to be, the forecast was suppose to be 10-15 out of the East, which it was early, until late morning when winds picked up to 20-25kts East.  The Kingfisher Crew landed their big fish early, with three fish on in the first couple minutes the fish weighed 38, 36,  and another 35 pound, what a way to start the day.  As more boats showed up fish had moved north, toward the Rocks.  Big fish were taken off the Rocks around mid morning where Phil Lidlow on the Dusky and Al Ristori with their Atlantic Yachts Sales Aquasport landed a set of 37+ lbs bass which would place them in second and third place respectively.  

The members of the Hi-Mar Club worked hard cleaning the participant's fish before donating the filets to the Monmouth County Food Bank.  The club donated three large 160 quart coolers filled with iced down and individually zip-locked filets of fish to the Food Bank.  This tournament was a huge success that benefited the local community and Jason's Dreams, thank you to all who participated in this event and for your generosity.