![]() James caught it fishing off the Loveladies surf at 2:15pm on November 18. Warner from Hatboro, PA took first prize. A 48 pound 3 ounce striped bass caught by James A. Two $1000 E-Bonds and a console television were the top prizes. Other prizes included Polaroid Land Cameras, surf spinning rods, Timex watches and for the leading lady angler a matching set of Samsonite Hilton Gourjian of Pleasantville won a 17’ skiff and trailer for his 26-2. John Hoyer of Philadelphia won the ‘59 Derby’s grand prize, a 4 wheel drive Jeep station wagon. Gary remembers how excited his parents were for the catch and weigh in and that he won a bicycle! The 1958 Striped Bass Derby Award is an awesome piece of Derby history from the 4th annual tournament - The weight slip from then 12 year old Gary Born for a 19” Striper he weighed in. One of the leaders for the ‘58 Derby was Robert Patrick of Maplewood, NJ who entered a 43 pound 15 ounce striped bass. The second place winner received a Willy’s 4-Wheel drive beach buggy. The first grand prize was a Ford Skyliner with retractable hardtop. A total of $13,000 in prizes were awarded. In 1958, the Derby ran for 57 days (October 18th to December 13th). ![]() This year the dates were October 20 to November 30, 1956. Second price was a 1956 Ford four door sedan values at $2200. 1st Grand Prize a new 1956 Dodge “Sierra” Station wagon values at $3800. “Angle for the Two Grand Prizes” read the 1956 Striped Bass Derby advertisement promoting the 40 days of great surf fishing event. In 1956, the registration fee for the Derby was $3. Building lots in Loveladies could be had for $2250 and Long Beach Township was home to 1000 year round residents. Back then the Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce was the LBI Board of Trade. The Long Beach Island Surf Fishing Tournament began in 1955 as the “Striped Bass Derby”. Holt was not part of the LBI Surf Fishing Classic but it is the earliest reference to a surf fishing tournament on LBI. Holt, who landed a monster weighing fifty-six pounds. The surf anglers have increased in numbers every summer since 1907, and in 1913 the rod and reel offered as a prize for the largest channel bass caught in the surf was won by Mr. Gerhard, Beach Haven awoke to the possibilities of its surf fishing. But when, after a hard thirty-minute fight, a huge twenty-pound channel bass was brought ashore by Mrs. Gerhard, attired in bathing suits and armed with rods and reels, wade out into the surf and cast. Gerhard and his wife.īeach Haven stood aghast one summer morning in 1907 to see Mr. Surf fishing was introduced to Beach Haven in 1907 by Mr. Long Beach is the sportsman's paradise, but to some anglers the thrilling delights of surf fishing are the peak-points of seashore happiness. Sommerville’s “The Lure of Long Beach” is some of the earliest writings which describes fishing on LBI. Published in 1914 by The Long Beach Island Board Of Trade, Author George B. ![]() History Of Surf Fishing On Long Beach Island
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