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8th Annual March Madness Foul Shooting Contest

The 8th Annual March Madness Foul Shooting Contest will be held on Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 9:00 AM in the Community Center Gym. The Foul Shooting Contest is open to grades Kindergarten through high school and adults. Registration is required. You can pick up Registration Forms at the Community Center Front Desk or on-line at stfranciscenterlbi.org. All registration forms need to be returned to St. Francis Community Center, Attn: Recreation, 4700 Long Beach Blvd., Long Beach Township, NJ 08008. Registration is open the morning of the event. A fee of $3.00 is required. All participants must be registered in order to participate.

All participants will be placed into groups: Kindergarten (modified distance and basket), 1st & 2nd Grades (modified distance and basket), 3rd & 4th Grades (modified distance), 5th & 6th Grades, 7th & 8th Grades, High School, Ladies 18 and older and Men 18 and older. Category winners receive a new outdoor basketball.

For more information please call St. Francis Recreation at 609-494-8861 ext. 105 or visit our website at: www.stfranciscenterlbi.org.

The Southern Regional High School Fishing Flea Market

The annual fishing flea market fundraiser is scheduled for Saturday, February 16th, 2019. Held in the Southern Regional Middle School cafeteria, the doors open at 8:00 AM and continues through 2:00 PM. This fundraiser offsets the cost of our club events including several inshore trips for bluefish, stripers & sea bass, surf fishing trips, meetings, seminars and instruction, and our annual offshore canyon trip for tuna and swordfish. The SRHS Fishing Club provides a truly unique experience for our young anglers. We thank you for your continued support! Admission is $4.00 and free for kids under 12.

Admission is $4. Children under 12 are free when accompanied by an adult. All proceeds benefit the Southern Regional High School Fishing Club.

Southern Fishing Show
Morning Seminars start at 9am

A Gift of Pyour Fitness

Pyour Core is the only boutique style, fully certified, state of the art Pilates & Fitness studio on LBI. Workouts are designed with core strength, flexibility and mobility in mind.

The atmosphere is not only spa-like, it is an environment encompassed with a warmth, homey-ness and happiness that is relaxing, friendly, encouraging and exciting all at the same time.

From group classes and pilates to nutrition and chiropratic care, this season, give the gift of health and fitness with a Pyour Core gift card. For more information visit their website, purchase a gift card or simply call 609-494-3500.

 

This Weeks BHCFA Striped Bass Report

The long awaited arrival of the mass of striped bass has finally arrived off Beach Haven. The captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association have been scoring near the north end of Long Beach Island, and recent days have brought some good catches closer to home including fish up to 48-pounds. With the fish still ranging pretty far to the north, the action should be good for some time yet.

Captain Ray Lopez had a group of six anglers including Gary Reitmann, Zack Reitmann, Doug Edan, John Senker, John Senker Jr. and Mark Senker out for a day of striper fishing on the “Miss Liane.” The boat headed north of Barnegat Inlet and began trolling. No sooner were the lines in the water that they had a fish on. According to mate Max Goldman the group had fish on throughout the trip.

When it came time to stop for the day, there were six large bass in the fish box weighing up to 35-pounds. The proudest angler was probably 13 year old Zach Reitmann who caught his very first striper. Zach is one of the members of the Junior Mate Program from the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association. Assisting Captain Ray on the trip was mate Max Goldman.

To learn more about the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association or charter a boart, visit the association’s website at www.BHCFA.net and get in touch with one or more of the captains.

Independent Films on LBI

Join the South End Surf 'N Paddle and Lighthouse International Film Festival on Saturday, November 24, 2018 from 5 PM – 10 PM for a night of Independent Films on LBI.

Two different films!
5 - 7 pm - 1st screening Far Out

Andy Irons: Kissed by God (1 hr 40 min)
The Andy Irons Story is a documentary film that focuses on the true, untold story of one of the worlds most prolific surfers. The intent of the film is to show the unfiltered life of Andy Irons, one that was filled with energy, passion, success, and challenges. Challenges that pushed Andy to the brink and were both the best parts of Andy and the hardest to handle. The filmmakers, Steve and Todd Jones, wanted to create a film that captured the true essence of Andy Irons - his family, & his friends.

7 - 8 pm Intermission where light food and refreshments will be served.

8 - 10 pm - 2nd screening Andy Irons: Kissed by God

Far Out (Run time 1 hr 11 min)
An inspiring movie to get ready for ski season!
Far Out embodies the imagination as much as it does a physical space. It is the quest to seek out undiscovered realms and inspire new waves of creativity, enlightenment, and progression. It is the quest to be blown away. Join the TGR crew on one of its boldest missions ever. The film follows the perspective of an athlete as he embarks on a journey to one of the most remote and unexplored mountain ranges on the planet, the Albanian Alps.

Tickets for each screening are $5 that can be paid at the door. All proceeds benefit the Lighthouse International Film Festival

South End Surf 'N Paddle is located at 220 S Bay Avenue in Beach Haven.

For more information, call (609) 492-8823

 

64th Annual LBI Surf Fishing Classic

Started in 1954, the Long Beach Island (LBI) Surf Fishing Classic is one the nation's oldest and most recognized surfcasting tournaments, providing an eight-week contest for beach anglers who fish for striped bass and bluefish along the shores of LBI. A local fall favorite, the tournament is on through Dec. 9, 2018.

Surf City Bait & Tackle published this photo of Wendy with her 28 1/2 inch, 15 1/4 girth @ 8.12 lbs. They went on to say that Wendy was the first female angler to weigh-in a fish during the derby.

For more information about the tournament, bait or tackle, contact Surf City bait & Tackle at (609) 494-2333.

Vote Your View

Today, November 6, 2018 is the day to cast your vote and participate in the US Midterm Elections.

However, not everyone knows where their designated voting location is. No worries, Google is ready to help you make your vote and be counted by giving you accurate voting location information.

If you are new to the area or this is your first election that you have participated in, or it’s simply been a long time since you’ve voted.

Either way, if you need help finding your assigned voting location, there’s a simple new way to locate it.

Simply search “Where do I vote?” on Google, and you’ll be greeted with a prompt for the street address you used on your voter registration. If your Google Account has an associated home address, there’s a convenient option to quickly use that address. For the privacy concerned, Google promises that this information is exclusively used to find your voting location, and will not be stored.

4th Annual Striped Bass Bash

Join the Maximilian Foundation for the 4th Annual Striped Bass Bash, an all day family fishing tournament and fish fry featuring family fun for all ages. The fun starts at noon, food from 1:00pm - 6:00pm at the Manahawkin Elks Lodge #2340 and award ceremony at 3:30pm. For more information, please visit the website, https://themaximilianfoundation.org

PRIZES:
1st Place* $2,000
2nd Place* $1,000
3rd Place* $500
*Prize amounts based on 25 boats entering.

Canadian Thanksgiving

Tom drove his Jeep from Toronto Ontario Canada, to spend Canadian Thanksgiving on LBI. When he learned he could drive on the beach he purchased a pass from the township and loved every minute of it!

"I’ll be back, you’ve captured my heart LBI", Tom said. Welcome to Paradise Tom! Thank you for downloading our mobile app, we'll see you next time. Safe travels home.

Beach Haven Charter Fishing Fall Update

Fall officially arrived this week, and recent cooler temperatures have the captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association starting to think about the arrival of the area’s greatest inshore sport fish, the striped bass.

Just like “snowbirds” heading down to Florida when winter arrives, the striped bass on their way south for the winter stop by local waters looking for food. When they find abundant food, they have been known to remain for quite some time. Right now with a good supply of mullet and bunker, they will be sure to stop in to fill their bellies.

To commemorate the presence of striped bass in the fall, there are several local striped bass tournaments, most for boats only. To mention a few-the Sea Shell Club, the Maximilian Foundation, the Stafford Township PBA, and the Red Men Lodge in Tuckerton all have e vents set for this fall. Most of these are for charitable causes and come with cash prizes, calcuttas, and various parties replete with good food.

Fishermen do not have to own a boat or be an expert to be competitive in one or more of these tournaments. Some of the captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association are available to take anglers out to compete in these events. A good boat and expert captain can make a difference in coming home with fish or empty handed.

To see how fishing with one of these experts might be accomplished, go the association’s website at www.BHCFA.net and get in touch with one or more of the captains to see what can be worked out.