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2013 Garbage Fish Tournament - August 1st - August 31st

Over $1,800.00 IN CASH PRIZES

Benefitting the Fish Hawk's - "Youth Educational Fund"

With questions about tournament - send to garbageman@garbagefish.com

3 cash prizes in each of 5 categories. A total of 15 cash prizes - plus runner up merchandise prizes.

Plus the honor and distinction of having your name forever emblazened on the pages of garbagefish.com, cementing your status as a winner and one of the kings of garbage fishing. Here's the final results of past tournies: 2011 FINAL RESULTS 2010 FINAL RESULTS 2009 FINAL RESULTS

Blowfish	Skate	Dogfish	Searobin	Children 12 and under - Blowfish
1st Place - $200	1st Place - $200	1st Place - $200	1st Place - $200	1st Place - $75
2nd Place - $150	2nd Place - $150	2nd Place - $150	2nd Place - $150	2nd Place - $50
3rd Place - $100	3rd Place - $100	3rd Place - $100	3rd Place - $100	3rd Place - $25
4th Place - Garbage Fish Shirt and 1 pair of Mad Dog Fish Skinners	4th Place - Garbage Fish Shirt and 1 pair of Mad Dog Fish Skinners	4th Place - Garbage Fish Shirt and 1 pair of Mad Dog Fish Skinners	4th Place - Garbage Fish Shirt and 1 pair of Mad Dog Fish Skinners	4th Place - Garbage Fish Shirt and 1 pair of Mad Dog Fish Skinners

The Garbage Fish Tournament is back for 2013 - with some changes to make it even better. This year, we are partnering with our sponsor, The Fish Hawk's Saltwater Angler's Club of NJ. With their help, we will continue on with the tournament that brought you cash prizes to catch our beloved trash fish: skate, dogfish, and searobin, with a new addition for 2013, the northern pufferfish, aka, Blowfish. By adding the puffers, we are opening up the tournament to our back bay fishermen who have been enjoying the banner blowfishing for the last few years and thus allowing more kids to get in on the action.

Participating Weigh Stations Fish Bonz Bait and Tackle 103 Lacey Rd Forked River, NJ 08731 (609) 971-2928 Lacey Marine 308 S Main St Forked River, NJ 08731 (609) 693-0151 Grizz's Bait and Tackle 232 north main st. Forked River, NJ - (609) 693-9298 Creekside Outfitters (formerly L&H) 403 Route 9 Waretown, NJ Grumpy's Bait and Tackle 906 NE Central Ave. Seaside Park, NJ

As with our last couple tournaments, the outting will run for 1 month, but this year we selected the month of August as it's an optimal pufferfish month, along with great month to ply the waters for Skate, Dogfish and Searobin. We've selected our weigh stations that have had the most activity in the past tournaments. You can fish anywhere in NJ, but MUST weigh your fish at one of these participating weigh in locations. You can also register at one of these great shops, or you can register online. Registration fee is $25.00 for adults, and $10.00 for children under 12 - which qualifies them for a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place cash prize in the Blowfish (northern pufferfish) category.

Rules and Regulations

Entry fee is $25.00 per angler, and $10.00 for children 12 and under. All participants must be registered 24 hours prior to weighing a fish. You cannot catch a fish, register and then weigh it in. Weigh stations will be vigilant for infractions. You may register up until 12 midnight, August 30th. Any and all fish must be weighed by closing time of any weigh station on August 31st. The only species of skate that may be weighed are the clearnose, winter, little or thorny skate. Cownose rays will not be accepted. Smooth or spiny dogfish qualify. Please take caution in identifying your shark before bringing it to weigh stations, as many species of shark are illegal to possess. Any single registered angler may weigh only one of each species per day but may weigh in multiple times throughout the month. You are permitted to fish anywhere in the state of NJ, but must weigh at one of our registered locations identified above. Frozen fish will not be accepted. Weigh stations will be vigilant in identifying fish that have been thawed. (This is a competitive but fun tournament, benefitting a great cause, so if you cheat, you suck.) You may fish only hook and line, no netting, and you are permitted to fish from boat or bank, ocean, bay, or tributaries. Any questions can be submitted to garbageman@garbagefish.com . The leader board will be updated regularly, however, the online leaderboard itself is UNOFFICIAL. Until all physical weigh slips are collected from weigh stations at the conclusion of the event, the standings will not be official, just a guideline. That being said, they are usually accurate. Please visit and support our weigh stations.