Duke of Fluke Fishing Tournament Wildwood, NJ

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On the way back, went to Wildwood for the Anglesea Festival. Passed by the weigh in for the Duke of fluke tournament, some serious competition. It was over by the time we got there, but I think Team High Wire got the prize for the 5 heaviest fluke, somewhere around 31.6lbs. Think Team First Light came in 2nd, around 31 lbs, not sure. Now those are some big flatties!

Sterling Harbor B&T hosted the tournament.

The logo for the tournament, and a few pics I managed to scrounge up. Sorry I missed the weigh in, and congrats to the dedicated efforts of Team First Light. wtg, guys.

Anyone who has pics of the winners, please put them up!

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Saw the winning pics on another site, some fatties caught.

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you were close, fishlipper.

Heres the official results:

15th Annual Duke of Fluke Tournament Results:

130 Boats entered the Tournament and 14 Kayaks.

Single Heaviest Fluke: 6.6 pounds (4 way tie took 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place):
Liquid Asset – George Danley
Obsession – Mike Reed
Big Bully II – Greg Bulifant
Freaky One – Ed Adams

Five Heaviest Fluke:
1st Place – 31.6 pounds, Capt. Archie Faulkner – High Wire
2nd Place – 29.4 pounds, Capt. Jim Lai – Ridge Runner
3rd Place – 24.2 pounds, Capt. Dan Avena, Jr. – Gold Rush

Duchess Award:
Colleen McGee, 6.2 pounds – aboard Michael Bascome’s Size Matters

Junior Angler:
Quinn Overcash, 5.0 pounds – aboard Tim Krause’s Paranoid

Kayak Division:
Justin Fesler - 2.2 pounds – Hobie Mirage Outback

Heaviest Bluefish:
8.4 pounds – Capt. Ed Rust – Captain Flatty

Heaviest Sea Bass:
2.6 pounds – (two way tie):
Don Friel aboard Alan Ritter’s Little Devil
Jeffrey Katz – Empty Cooler

THANK YOU everyone for fishing the Tournament! We had a GREAT time with all of you at the post tournament festivities!
What are the odds of a 4 way tie at 6.6 pouinds for Single Heaviest??? More trophies are on order guys! Congrats!
Congrats to Archie Faulkner and crew on the High Wire for an awesome catch of Five Flounder weighing in at 31.6 pounds!! We haven't seen a catch like that for a while. Nice Job!
Capt. Jim Lai (Ridge Runner) and Capt. Dan Avena (Gold Rush) also had nice stringers to take 2nd and 3rd Place.
There were alot of nice fish brought to the scales that did not win a Trophy... like I say every year, you are an impressive group of Flounder Fishermen!