ASA Deltaville

[Capt Max King]

Fish the Haynes Outdoors 4th Annual Rockfish Shootout out of Deltaville, VA. We ending up fishing Maryland waters around buoy 70 down to buoy 65. Around 1 PM landing a 41 inch 26lbs striper on a white umbrella that was way back. It was good enough for the fourth place over all and my nephew Emory first place Junior Angler award. It was a great day on the water (weather wise). The fishing was slow only 3 fish. Top three fish all came from Delaware bay 32 lbs, 30lbs, and 29lbs. Looking forward to the next stop on the tournament trail Get Hooked On Hampton Rockfish Tournament and Oyster Bash. See everyone at the Capt meeting.
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[Capt Max King]

Hapi Daze Wins
Haynes Outdoors
Striper Shootout!
At Norview Marina

Rick Nunn, Greg Nunn and Dustin Strehl fishing on the Hapi Daze caught a 31.84 pound Rockfish to take home the First Place Prize in the 2005 ASA Event held in Deltaville this past Saturday. Second and third place would go to Nunns Fountain teammates; Chuck Arnold, Danny Garcia and George Biel on the Turn & Burn and Chris Hill & Mike Colanero on the Phoebe Lynn. All three teams caught their fish in the Delaware Bay where several big bass had been caught the previous weekend during the South Jersey event. Fishing had been tough in the lower Chesapeake and they obviously made the right choice fishing up north and making the long run back to Deltaville. All three teams are in contention for the ASA Angler of the Year and needed a good fish to help them on their quest for this important title. Brad Rigdi and Gip Sisson on the Riggs and Bill Gavitt and the Crew of the Allure both made the trip from Rhode Island. Both teams need a good fish in Division 3 to keep their hopes alive for the 2005 Championship Title.

With a 34 inch minimum size limit, only 9 out of the 32 boats entered in the tournament were able to scale a fish. They are as follows:

1st Hapi Daze..................31.84lbs
2nd Turn & Burn..............30.38lbs
3rd Phoebe Lynn.............29.32lbs
4th Cheasapeke Angler Magazine
.......................................26.26lbs
5th Beer & Bologna........22.33lbs
6th Single Interest...........20.10lbs
7th Naked Fish..............19.11lbs
8th Riggs........................18.17lbs
9th 3 V's........................14.21lbs

[fishcop]

WHATS THE POINT OF HAVING A TOURNAMENT IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY IF THEY ARE GOING TO ALLOW BOATS TO FISH ALL THE WAY UP IN DELAWARE BAY?????


YOU GUYS SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN FIRST PLACE.....I THINK THATS A BUNCH OF BS.

DID YOU SEE ANY OF THOSE CAPTIANS IN THE TOP THREE AT THE CAPTIANS MEETING????

[pete330]

thats funny a lower chesapeake tournament fished in the delaware bay, that is some crazy shi*

[BEERACUDA]

First, I will say that fishing was pretty tough down there. Instead of taking my boat down in the slop that was called Thursday, I jumped on a sistership Contender 31 Open (Capt. Darren Rickwood @ www.nakedfishcharters.com). We fished one of the most "fishy" areas I have ever fished in the bay and managed to post our "big" fish (19.11 lb.) late in the day. I'm absolutely positive we could have caught more fish with smaller baits, LTJ, and other tactics, but we weren't "pleasure boatin' or daysailin'", we were after a hog... More bait, fish, birds (pelicans, gannets, gulls, I think I even saw a pteridactyl) than you could even imagine...

Anyway, the Fountain guys apparently had "representatives" at the captain's meeting on Friday night. I didn't see any of them, but they were in attendance according to the tournament director. They all fished the DE bay and ran down the outside (read: ocean) to get to the weigh in. I think they had their fish before Noon in all cases... We certainly could have done the same thing, but they were smarter. They fished an area they knew could/would produce the big fish and they capitalized. I don't necessarily agree with the tactics, but it was well within in the rules of the tournament and they won fair and square.

I have more to say on this subject, but I am going to wait until the bourbon is completely drained from my veins (watching the Ravens get pummeled usually leads to excessive drinking). I had a nice time and met some good people. I will share more thoughts in this thread tomorrow.

Again, congrats to the winners...

[GWcpa]

Wow, congrats to the winners, but Delaware bay? That is one hell of a haul. I guess the rockfish tourneys are becoming like bass and SKA tourneys.

Are the winners really proud of winning this deal because they can run 50 miles an hour after catching a fish in another state? Why not just change the rules and allow you to trailer you boat to Jersey and then launch it in Deltaville? [grin]

[fishcop]

No not really. I used to fish bass tourneys. One big difference is at a bass tourney, the Captian of the boat has to attended the captian meeting, not some guy you happen to know in the local area. Also, in a bass tournament all the boats leave from the same port, so if you want to run a 100 miles thats fair because everyone left from the same port. Look I know these guys won fair and square according to the tounament rules. I just think the rules are BS. Nothing on them they are great fishermen. Every tournament I have fished in has some sort of rules to level the playing field a little bit. Whether its a milage restriction, body of water restriction, leaving from the same port, or for crying out loud having the captian attend the meeting.

Imagine fishing in the white marlin open, catching a fish in Venezulea and driving it back to Maryland. Thats why they have only a couple ports and a 100 mile restriction.

[hill]

The rules are the rules. I dont agree with every one but we follow them. whether it is to our advantage or not. I personally like a check out, and their will be mandatory check outs next year. but not this year. We deal with the same thing up north with fish coming in from the Long island sound area.
Anyway, thanks Max for all the help. And cya next month in Virginia.
oh yeah, thats one of the main reasons I bought a Fountain. To run fast and long in a short period. Think about it. I left the DB at 12 pm and made the weigh station by 430.



Captain Chris
"phoebe-lynn"

[jwas1]

Just curious since I am not a tournament fisherman. How many gallons of gas in those 4 hours?

[GWcpa]

Hill, don't want to take anything away if you won. Congrats. I don't fish the ASA, so what do I care? I'll fish the local tourneys coming up and play by those rules.

I just hope the big fish are in the bay so it doesn't make any sense to run that far.

[RottnCaptn]

IMO, the ASA is a tournament trail designed to favor the best of the best striper fishermen and their fishing machines.

Pasted from the ASA websites RULES:

Remember this is a team and machine contest. Your boats efficiency is equally important as your fishing skills.

With that is mind hats off to the Team Fountain crews and a fantastic job to the crew of The Chesapeake Bay Angler Magazine for a real nice local waters fish.

A Fountain or a Contender is not a requirement, but it sure can help. [tongue]

[acd96b]

jwas1 originally wrote:
Just curious since I am not a tournament fisherman. How many gallons of gas in those 4 hours?


I was wondering that myself. What was the payout? With the run down and run back, did you even breack even?

[GWcpa]

That's the point. There was no "run down." I'm guessing it went one way and back on the trailer? The boats did not all leave from D'ville.


I think the payouts are secondary to the points. ??

[hill]

Luckily i won enough to cover expenses. but its beyond that. I love to fish and also love the competition aspect of tournament fishing.
oh yeah. I burned close to 200 gallons. luckily the ocean was flat like a lake. Cruised 50+mph the whole way down. 4 hours never stopped once. It was a awesome experience.