Jamboree Announcement and General Info

The 5th Annual Cape May Kayak Fishing Jamboree is slated for Friday, 10/24/14 through Sunday, 10/26/14. In the strictest of terms, this event is not a tournament. It’s a gathering of friends for the camaraderie found within this sport. We leave the formalities out. For this reason, we use a Jamboree (whatever/whenever/however) format. Entry fee has been set at $50.00 per person and 100% of the profits will be donated to the NJ Chapter of Heroes on the Water. Full details and Sign up can be found at www.jerseycapekayakfishing.net

A NON-mandatory meet and greet will be held on Friday, October 23, 2013 at 6pm, at the Lake Laurie Campground (Event Headquarters) located in Erma, NJ.

For bragging rights, and for those with a competitive spirit, we will be having some prizes and a few Calcutta’s. Target species will be Striped Bass, Weakfish, Bluefish, Fluke and Tautog. Individual species, Slam and Grand Slam categories will be created if voted on at the Capt Meeting.

Almost everyone stays at the Lake Laurie Campground. (We had the entire campground to ourselves for the last 4 years) Plenty of clean bathrooms, showers and laundry are on site. The staff there is awesome. If you weren’t there, talk to someone that was. You’ll be told not to miss it.

We are planning; kayak fishing clinics, sponsor booths, on the water kayak demos, and fresh water fishing within the tournament headquarters all through the weekend long event. Each participant will receive an event T-shirt and dinner at the banquet to be held on Saturday at 5pm.

Credit Cards are being accepted at http://www.thekayakfishingstore.com/p/JCKF/jckf.html

If you have any questions about the event<strong> it is best to reach us in the event forum above, or our Facebook Page or if you would like to become a sponsor or exhibitor, please feel free to email us at;

Charlie LaBar         bowtiekiller545@comcast.net
Chris Parson           sj.fish.whisperer@gmail.com      
Bob Miller              mullet_miller@verizon.net
Charlie Hackman    chackman@hotmail.com  
PLEASE DO NOT CALL THE STORES FOR JAMBOREE INFORMATION


Fishing Hours;
Friday, October 23 at 8pm until Sat, October 24 at 5pm.
Pictures for Calcutta MUST BE IN BY 5PM!!!! There will be NO EXCEPTIONS!!!

Catch, Photo and Release is recommended, but there are no penalties for keeping legal sized and in season fish.

SD cards must be in by 5pm to score your catch.

Calcutta’s;
There are 4 this year;
Striper
Weakfish
Bluefish
Tautog
These are $5 each and 100% payback. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE YOUR $$$ IN FOR THE CALCUTTA BY THE CAPTAINS MEETING YOU WILL NOT BE IN THE CALCUTTA!!! If you can not attend the Capt Meeting make sure that you email one of us and let us know which Calcutta’s you want to enter. We will enter you.

NJ Bag Limits;
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pdf/2011/maregsum11.pdf

CPR is encouraged, but not mandatory

Striped Bass (2) fish 28” and greater

Summer Fluke CLOSED

Winter Flounder CLOSED

Tautog (1) fish greater than 14”

Weakfish (1) fish greater than 13”

Bluefish (15) fish no size limit

Black Drum (3) fish greater than 16”

Red Drum (1) slot from 18”-27”


Recommended Bait info;

Clam, Green Crabs, Mullet, Spot

**Shops in this area DO NOT carry Sand Worms or Asian Crabs. You’ll need to bring your own**

Bait and Tackle;

Jersey Bait and Tackle 124 West Chestnut Avenue, North Wildwood, NJ 08260 609-522-7060. They are heavily stocked and ready for us.

Tides Fri, Sat, Sun
Nummy Island, Grassy Sound Channel, New Jersey

The Kayak Fishing Store will be open;
Thursday 9am – 5pm
Friday     9am – 3pm
Saturday 6am – 2pm
Sunday   9pm – 5pm

We carry Kayak Carl TnW’s. WE DO NOT CARRY BAIT. Please go to Jersey B&T.

Lake Laurie Campground;
669 Route 9, Cape May, NJ-08204
(609)884-3567
BE SURE TO LET CAMP KNOW YOU ARE PART OF THE JCKF GROUP
http://www.sunrvresorts.com/Community/LLA

Woo Hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can't wait to get to Tog Heaven.
Stocking up on corked bottles now  

I'm in! Now, I have to find my beer cup, so I can pilfer some of Rich's fine beers.....  

I'm in! Looking forward to seeing everyone again and doing some tog fishing!

Okay, Seaflea and I are going to try and secure site 26. That's around where we were last year. I'll send in my registration fee tonight!
Is this where we're all setting up this year?
Artie

We're in! Chal and I got site 26. I'll be down Thursday morning, and staying until Sunday. I'll probably bring beer.
Artie

I'll be arriving on Friday. Couldn't get Thursday off - ran out of vacation days! Work sux!

We'll keep the lights on for 'ya, buddy! See you all soon.

Registrations are coming in now. Looks like a good year!! Looking forward to seeing everyone.

bluefish to 22 inches are already in the wildwood area

Hey guys! Are the dates in the post correct? Because my calender shows Friday as the 24th.

Darter wrote:

Hey guys! Are the dates in the post correct? Because my calender shows Friday as the 24th.

Friday is captains meeting and my Birfday.

Darter, I messed up the dates. It is the 24th.

Credit Cards are being accepted at http://www.thekayakfishingstore.com/p/JCKF/jckf.html

Hello everybody new to the board and just signed up for my first Cape May Jamboree.  I grew up in Philly but have moved and fish out of the Chesapeake Bay now.  I am arriving Thursday and hoping to be able to join some of you guys to do some pre-fishing and maybe some night fishing.  Looking forward to fishing new waters and making new friends.

Dao
Yellow Hobie Outback

Welcome Dao! Looking forward to meeting you. The fishing is really heating up here and should be very good this year!

Erik and I will be in site 22, coming in on Thursday around noon.
Gonna try jigs for black's this year.

Mike Jediny turned me on to jigs a while back. He makes his own and they're fantastic. They are a little light for the bridge current, but work great on the Jetties.

Good reports of Sheepshead still hanging around too!!!