All,

It’s that time of year again. The Cuttyhunk Rod & Gun Club and the Connecticut Surfcasters Association present the 8th Annual Cuttyhunk Open.

Even though I’ve been out of commission with a ruptured Achilles for the past two months, I hope to be back in action for the beach tournament in late September. A tourney flier will follow in the next couple of weeks. The basic rules are as follows:

- All beach fishing
- Four divisions: bass on lure, bait, or fly, and all-tackle bluefish
- 24 hours of fishing (5pm to 5pm)
- Awards cookout to follow

This year’s grand prize will be a guided boat trip with newly-minted local captain Asa Lombard. Asa is presently offering charters for spin/fly casting and fluking. He’ll take you eeling, chunking, or trolling if you want as well. He knows the inshore waters of the Elizabeth Islands as well as anyone.

The tournament will be held on the weekend of September 24th. As always, the competition begins at 5pm of Friday night so you want to get there early on Friday...if not earlier. Please forward annoucement to any interested fisherman.

Accommodations (http://www.cuttyhunk.com/rental.html)

Travel Options:

The Alert II (http://www.cuttyhunk.com/ferryschedule.html)

Cuttyhunk Water Taxi (John Paul Hunter): 508-789-3250

See you there,

Slater

Hey Slater :wavey:

I'll be stomping the backside for the night of this. :D

I'll be out there for team CSA...... :D

Cutty Hunk, is that some kinda drink?

Yup........and its on the rocks :D

Here's the flier as promised. I'll be at the White House behind the Corner Store for the weekend. If you're on the island stop by.

Slater

thanks CH, nice flier and good info. I'll be out there with the CSA group, can't wait :happy:

Looking forward to this weekend on the island. I hope to drink from the cup of victory!

:cheers:

You fishin it Tony?...

Aaaaa YUP. This time I have knowone to look at across the fire, hope I find a big fat girl to cuddle with;)

Good luck!...

Sounds like a great time!

I'm going to keep this bumped ***


There are some great photos coming - along with some stories. :)

GOT LARGE?

We had an awsome time out there. Conditions where very good, the best and most bass taken with wood at first light. There are swells all around the island and alot of big bass.

I met Tlap and Bite me(Rich) :btu: There where 70 fishers entered. Toby had 45.5" with wood and I took a 45" on an eel. Bass where fat n healthy lookin. Toby also took the grand prize raffel:claps: :btu:

Originally posted by Goose
We had an awsome time out there. Conditions where very good, the best and most bass taken with wood at first light. There are swells all around the island and alot of big bass.

I met Tlap and Bite me(Rich) :btu: There where 70 fishers entered. Toby had 45.5" with wood and I took a 45" on an eel. Bass where fat n healthy lookin. Toby also took the grand prize raffel:claps: :btu:

that sounds awesome!!! I know Toby was amped to get out there...

how many #'s was yoru fish goose??

My was 45" @ 32#

Toby's bass went 45.5" not sure on the weight.

NICE! :D
Congrats :btu:
wish I was there

sweeeet!! I was wondering when they would show up there.

Congrats to the winners:D

Cutty is a special place, wish I was there with you guys!

way to go guys!

i gotta get out there some day:D

Excellent!!!!

I Know those ROCKS - look for a big blue Shimano Bag with a worn strap on it...

Goose....what kind of wood were you throwing? Nice fish man!:D

Originally posted by JohnR
Excellent!!!!

I Know those ROCKS - look for a big blue Shimano Bag with a worn strap on it... :laughs: :laughs: :laughs:

Way to go guys, I almost took a ride over today, just not enough time and the surf was a bit large. Caught schoolies and some blues, but nothing like that, but it's only a matter of time. I hope the swell let's up a bit, but this time of year is always a crap shoot for me.

Nice Bass TLap!

How did you & Tony do overall?...

Congrads guys, thoose are some great fish.. I have to get out there some day...:claps:

nice fish toby !
Im trying to get out there the the week of the 11th for hopefully at least a one night of fishing .

Who's the scrub in the background sneaking into Toby's spot ???


:eek: - :D

Sitting here at work very jealous.

BF, the ones I caught where on Habs needles, and toby??....that dude throws a ton of custom and habs too.:) Thanks John's;)

It was good to see Goose for a second year and meet Toby (tlapinski) for the first time. They put in their time and earned their fish.

I came up a little short myself with a 44" on the lure and 31" on the fly, both an inch or so short of victory...but who can complain about a dawn blitz of big bass in rolling surf among friends...

We had a record turnout of 70 competitors which has lead to some talk of capping the number of entries for next year. Jono at the Avalon put on a first class awards barbeque for the competitors and Tlap won the grand prize of a boat charter with local guide, Asa Lombard.

We'll do it all again next year...

Cuttyhunter, great meeting you. i had an absolute blast out there! you'll be seeing plenty more of me in the future.... :eek:

let me know anytime you want to fish RI. i'll try to get you into some big girls.