2023 TEAM TOURNAMENT RESULTS

The 2023 Team Tournament was held on May 11 and 12, 2023, on Connecticut’s Candlewood Lake.  A total of 10 teams and 54 anglers took to the lake and found fishing     to be generally exceptional.

Taking a very close event was the six-man team from the North Jersey Bass Anglers.  That team, consisting of Boaters Kevin Albright, E.J. Cusano, and Greg Beattie, as     well as Co-Anglers Jason Casbarro, Bill Garcia and Joe Pulice took the Team portion of the event by just over five pounds over the second place team.  Their two-day     total weight was 136.82 pounds.  This is this club’s second consecutive Team Tournament win.

Taking second place by one pound was the six-man team from the Warren County Bassmasters.  That team consisted of Boaters Scott Kirkpatrick, John McAloney and     Mike McMahon, and Co-Anglers Frank McMahon, Patrick Staszewski and Kenny Whitehead.  That team had 131.77 pounds.  Finishing exactly one-pound behind was     the six-man team from the Big D Valley Bassmasters (BDVB).

The top three individuals were Boaters E.J. Cusano with 31.18 pounds; Mike McMahon with 33.80 pounds; and Bob Stock of the Essex County Bassmasters with 33.67     pounds.  The top three Co-Anglers were:  Ed Tomosi of the BDVB with 27.15 pounds; Anthony Simone of the East Coast Bass Anglers with 25.99 pounds; and Joe Pulice     with 23.63 pounds.

For complete individual and team results check out the results page HERE

Online registration is open for our first 2023 point event on the mighty Northern Chesapeake Bay on June 4, 2023.

The deadline to register is 11:59 p.m. on May 27, 2023.  Click on the “Tournaments” tab to access the registration form.

REGISTER EARLY!  This should be a great event!

To be eligible to fish, you must be a NJBF member.  Not a member?  Contact Secretary Nick Angiulo at nickangiulo@verizon.net.

Below is the 2023 NJBF Tournament Schedule.  All are confirmed except for the Saratoga Lake event (cannot get permit until February – but we should be okay on that).

Team Tournament

May 11-12, 2023 (Thus/Fri) – Candlewood Lake

Point Tournaments

June 4, 2023 (Sun) – Northern Chesapeake Bay

June 23-24, 2023 (Fri/Sat) – Saratoga Lake

July 23, 2023 (Sun) – Lake Hopatcong

District 15 National Semi-Final

Sept 30, 2023/Oct 1, 2023 (Sat/Sun) – Hudson River

We may try to fit in a few open buddy events also this season.

LAKE HOPATCONG – RESULTS

The New Jersey Bass Federation’s final point event of the 2022 season was its annual trip to New Jersey largest self-contained Lake, Lake Hopatcong.  When the anglers arrived, they were greeted with a different lake than usual, one lacking the normally expansive and fertile weed beds that provide for thousands of acres of cover for the bass in the lake.  Without the weeds, many anglers took to the plentiful docks and hard structure to catch their weight.  And Hopatcong pumped out the fish!

BOATER DIVISION

The Boater Division winner by nearly three pounds was Greg DelRusso.  In posting his first-ever NJBF victory, DelRusso posted an impressive five-fish limit weighing 13.97 pounds.  His winning bag was anchored by the Boater Division lunker winning 3.78 pound largemouth.

DelRusso was followed by Dave Williams who also posted his best NJBF point tournament finish.  Williams’ best five fish went 12.02 pounds.  Close behind Williams was his clubmate, Donny Diggs, who had five fish weighing11.81 pounds.

CO-ANGLER DIVISION

The Co-Angler Division was won by a “new” co-angler.  Following mid-season boat issues, NJBF President Mike Keller was forced to fish as a co-angler.  Proving to be a quick study, Keller smoked the field with a three-fish limit weighing an impressive 9.51 pounds, including the 3.61 pound Co-Angler Division lunker.

In second place also with a good limit, was Mike Wotanowski, with 8.07 pounds.  Third place was taken by Scott Cocioppo with 7.13 pounds.

Attached are the overall results and some photos.  The first three photos are, in order, the overall winners, Boater Division winner Greg DelRusso and Co-Angler Division winner Mike Keller.