Congratulations to all our winners!  They are the winners of the Largest Fishing Contest ever held on the Hudson River!

706 Anglers Competing in the Biggest" Catch and Release" event ever held on the Hudson River!

Pounds

21.84

$1,000.00

21.22

$500.00

20.70

$100 plus Choice of items from Boaters World

21.22

Largest Striped Bass alive in the two-day Derby. 

Two Day Combined Weight Total

$250.00

Two Day - One fish per day

Only fish released ALIVE will count. 

Choice of Items from Boaters World ...or...

Hudson River Rod & Reel Combo 

PatriciaTarasenko

Choice of Items from Boaters World ...or...

Hudson River Rod & Reel Combo

: John LaForge

7.48

Choice of Items from Boaters World

Youth Striper

007.48: AFORGE JOHN
006.04 LINHART RON
005.94 ARGENTI CEASAR
005.80 LEOTE JAY
005.54 BONNES KEITH_
004.66 SWETZ DONALD
004.40 BODRATO GLENN
004.10 SHANNON CLIFFORD
003.76 LONDON JOE
003.62 MODERNO GIACOMO
003.54 SIMON WILLIAM
003.50 PALKOVIC STEPHEN
003.50 FITZGERALD RIBERT
003.20 BANAHAN MIKE
003.16 RYAN MICHAEL
003.16 ROZGONYI GLENN
003.12 LABRAKE MATTHEW
003.04 JENSEN MICHAEL
002.76 VAN_FLEET BERT
002.66 SPAFFORD SEAN
002.44 BONIFACE STEVEN
002.38 HALKO CHRIS

Boating on the Hudson Magazine 

The Hudson River Fishermen's Association

the Striped Bass Restaurant   Tarrytown, NY

To Benefit

The Hudson River Fishermen's Association

Proceeds to benefit the HRFA NJ and it's programs to promote recreational angling on the Hudson River,  it's Youth Angler Program and it's Youth Angler Scholarship Program

The HRFA NJ is a registered 501c-3 non profit conservation and educational organization representing all recreational anglers of the Hudson River and it's tributaries.

The Marina at Tarrytown

HRFA Hudson River Water Temps

We want you to sign up early.   It saves us a lot of last minute work!

You have the option of entering our Striped Bass Derby for the entry fee of only $40.00.

In order to be eligible for the $100,000.00 prize, you need to be in the Derby and enter the Tagged Fish option as well.  $40.00 + $40.00 = $80.00 Total. 

April 1, 2005 Fees are:   $40.00 + $40.00 = $80.00 Total. 

Our entry forms and on-line applications will make it all very simple for you.

Two Day Combined Weight Total

$250.00

One fish per day.   Only fish released ALIVE will count. 

Bring in that live fish on Saturday!

Must be under age of 14 

Hudson River Rod & Reel Combo 

Hudson River Rod & Reel Combo

The rod and reel combination is currently on display at the Striped Bass Restaurant in Tarrytown, N. Y.

All fish entries to the derby must be brought by the angler to the weigh in station at the Striped Bass Restaurant in Tarrytown.  Docking facilities will be available.  To be eligible for the Fishing Rod & Reel it is the angler's responsibility to bring the fish to the weigh in station alive.

It must be weighed and released alive.  It will be the decision of the judges if that fish is alive when released.

$100,000.00 Tagged Fish Grand Prize!!

We are instituting a new portion of our tournament this year.   We will be tagging a certain number of striped bass in the area using a special tag.

One of those tags is worth $100,000.00

You catch a striped bass with our lucky tag in it during this Derby and the $100,000 is yours!

There will be a separate entry fee for this portion of the event.

You just have to be lucky!  Other tagged fish will have additional prizes!

We are limiting this section of the tournament to no more than 600 anglers

On-Line Payments are now closed!

You must sign up in person at the striped bass restaurant.

All bass released alive will receive a bonus of one pound added to it's weight.

Ample dock space is available for weighing in plenty of fish!

Map to the Derby!

Applications can be obtained from:

Clicking on this link will give you several options for entering our Derby.You can utilize our secure On-Line features and payments or print out your own application and mail it in to us with your check.  What ever method you feel comfortable with...it's your call.

YOU MUST SET YOUR BROWSER TO "ACCEPT COOKIES" or you will get a message that you have "Timed out" of the paypal payment process.

Final date for "on-Line" payments...April 14, 2005 9:00pm.

CLOSED

After that you must sign up in person at the striped bass restaurant.

Free Dock space is limited to first come - first serve!

16.

Special rules for the $100,000.00 Prize

A number of striped bass will be tagged and released in and around the Derby area. In accordance with the rules of the sponsors' agent, ONLY ONE of these twelve fish will pay the $100,000 prize. The number of the winning tag will be selected by the agent of the sponsors before the start of the Derby and will not be known to Derby officials or the sponsors. When a tagged fish is turned in at a weigh-in station, Derby officials will follow the agent's procedure for determining if the fish is the $100,000 fish. This may take 24-36 hours. Persons turning in any of the other tagged fish will be awarded separate prizes.

If you catch a tagged fish, DO NOT REMOVE the tag from the fish. To be eligible for any tagged fish prizes the fish must be presented to Derby officials with the tag still attached to the fish. In order to receive the $100,000 prize the winner may be required by the sponsors' agent, not the sponsor, to pass a polygraph examination.

(That is simple)

(You have to be signed up in this section of the tournament to win it)

(We take care of this)

(Winners of the $100,000.00 prize must submit to a polygraph test if requested)

(we take care of this)

(You must bring the fish with the tag in it to the weigh in station)

(Again, you must be entered in the contest to win the $100,000.00 prize)

• If you did not receive your confirmation and entry forms, you must pick them up at the Captains Meeting on Friday night April 15, 2005.  Or pick them up at the weigh in station
• If you submitted an application late or your hand writing was so lame I could not read your name, you probably did not receive any confirmation.
• Those with valid e-mail addresses got their confirmations early. Those with no e-mail address had to rely on the US Post Office which could take a couple of days to deliver.
• Those who submitted on-line applications were processed immediately
• All boats coming in to the weigh in station should call first on Channel 68.   Inform us of your name, application number, and if you have any fish to weigh in and are they alive to be released.
• Those who submitted cash with no name or application...I don't know what you were thinking. 
• Limited dock space is available free but on a first come -  first serve basis!

Check out Last Year's Final Results

All fish captured and released will be tracked using an American Littoral Society tag.

Tagging results

One of the fish brought in to the weigh-in table last year. 

You just have to get lucky!

The derby will be held rain or shine.  It is the sole responsibility of the captain of all entered boats to determine if weather and sea conditions are safe to fish.   The Striped Bass Restaurant, Boating on the Hudson Magazine, Tarrytown Boat Club, Tarrytown Marina, Washington Irving Yacht Club, the New Jersey Chapter of the Hudson River Fishermen's Association, it's officers and tournament sponsors assume no responsibility or liability for any boats entered or individuals participating in the tournament. 

All applicants release and discharge the owners of the Striped Bass Restaurant and it's employees, Boating on the Hudson Magazine and it's employees, the Hudson River Fishermen's Association  New Jersey Chapter, Washington Irving Yacht Club, Tarrytown Marina, Tarrytown Boat Club and it's members form any and all claims, demands, or causes of action arising out of or resulting from any anticipated or unanticipated incident resulting from any participation in this fishing Derby.  This is a striped bass derby.  No other species of fish may be entered...other than the catfish we just added this year.

Emphasis on this tournament will be "Catch and Release."

So...in an effort to encourage that fish be brought in ALIVE...We have introduced the following rule:

Each fish weighed in and released alive will receive a bonus of one pound added to its weight.

You must set your browser to "Accept Cookies" or Paypay will "time you out"

Final date for "on-Line" payments...April 14, 2005 9:00pm.

CLOSED

After that you must sign up in person at the striped bass restaurant.