Sea Shell Beach Club & Resort Tournament by John Barrett

Posted on October 30, 2024 by bayside425

On October 25th & 26th, members Pat Barrett, Mike Almasi, John Jacoby, my nephew and I fished the Sea Shell Striped Derby. We left the dock on Saturday at 4 a.m. and headed 34 miles north to fish off Deal NJ. We caught a dozen Stripers from 38-45 ” on the troll and picked up a bonus tag fish in the inlet Sunday morning. We ended up 7th in the tournament and had a great time. Sea Shell did a great job and was able to donate $50,000 to 2 local charities!

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Of the fifty United States, thirty-eight have a striped-bass record. New Jersey has the largest striped-bass record—a 78-pound 8·ounce whopper that was caught in 1982. The state with the smallest striped-bass record is Iowa. That landlocked striper weighed only 9 pounds 4 ounces and was caught in 1983.

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