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Fishing Report – Golden Tilefish Tournament
May 13, 2009
Atlantic Star, Wildwood, NJ.
To celebrate the 22nd anniversary of our store – Peace Token Fishing Tackle, www.peacetoken.com, – we started a golden tilefish tournament. It was a once-of-a-lifetime trip and there were many huge golden tiles caught. Winner Dwayne Sherard’s tilefish was submitted and is now pending as a tie for the world record of 59 pounds, 3.2 ounces
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In the end, there were four fish caught over 50 pounds and 20 fish over 40 pounds. Dwayne Sherad won the tournament and received the $1,000 prize. Dennis Muhlenforth was “High Hook” with seven tiles. – Reported by Mike Jung