1st Mass Leg of the Second Annual S-B C&R Tourney

[JohnR]

OK, it's that time again. This is the second leg of the Striped-Bass.com 4 Leg Catch & Release Shore Tourney - this leg being the Mass Leg...

This is an opportunity for us to get together to see and fish with those we converse with (or harass) online. Format is simple: we ruin perfectly good meat, swap fish stories, & then group off and fish.

Where? M&D's Bait and Tackle (also known online as http://capecodtackle.com ) which is located on Main St in Wareham (see map at bottom of CCT homepage). After the food and chit chat, we'll fish these tides: Buzzards Bay area high tide is around 11:20pm and the Outside of Chatham is around 3pm, Scituate is about 2:30pm (this weekend had better tides but a lot of people will be away). Open areas to surf fish? From Quincy to Westport to P-Town. Again, this is a shore tourney but you can use your boat if it's on the trailer ... Best parking at M&Ds is in the spots along the river a stone's throw from the shop (behind the gas station)

When? Looks like we'll meet up around 3pm behind M&Ds.

What we always do, is to group up in 3s or 4s and head to various points to fish. A good margin of people flock to the ditch and others to points north and east. We try to group up those that want to fish together with similar styles. All fish are Caught & Released to be entered into the Tourney with the top 3 fish at the end of all 4 legs earning their angler prizes from rods to tackle and all kinds of other gear (last year, Red Crabbr won a sweet custom 9' Batson with an sweet ABU 6500 reel donated by M&D's). Length of fish is measured by another board member, minimum of 36 inches, and released alive.

When does it end? Pretty much when you drop or by noon time Sunday.

Who can enter? Any S-B message board member (and significant other) can participate in the cookout (we'll need a headcount) and any member with ten or more posts by July 13th and signed up by last Saturday can count C&R'd fish to the Tourney.

As usual, we'll need some volunteers to bring grub and if anyone has a grille to bring (last year, we almost torched the gas station - just kidding ) we can use that too....

Oh yeh - again, I have first dibs on BM if he's available hehehehe

Thanks

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