The Jersey Shore Beach N Boat Fishing Tournament celebrated its winners in style on Tuesday, December 9, 2014, at River Rock Marina Bar and Restaurant in Brick. Over 100 guests enjoyed excellent food, beverage and the exciting awards ceremony complete with a multi-media supported presentation and fishing trivia games. Capt. Mike Young reports top honors for first place in eight species categories included: Bob Hoff                              84.6        Black Drum Frank Jones                        17.7        Bluefish Terry Eidson                       12.4        Fluke Tony Guadagnino            1.62        Kingfish Dean Paolella                     8              Sea Bass Eloy Otero                           57.13     Striper Bob Pianetti                       12.31     Tautog Suzanne Smith                  8.16        Weakfish In addition to cash awards for firsts, 70 other prizes were awarded for second through 10th places.  Awards included angler's choice of a boat or surf Custom CTS rod, Costa Sunglasses, Canyon Reels high speed jigging reels, an overnight stay at Fairfield Inn in Milleville, gallons of Interlux Bottomkote, subscriptions to The Fisherman Magazine, RFA memberships and Beach N Boat T-shirts. Eloy Otero from Atlantic City caught his first place whopping 57.13 pound Striper two weeks before the tournament ended from the bulkhead at Harrah's, weighing in at One Stop Bait & Tackle.  Who says boats have an advantage!  A special gift was bestowed upon eight year-old Keegan Rothman for reeling in a 23.4 pound Striped Bass just 5 days before the tourney ended. All told, 295 fish were weighed in over the 8-month season with Creekside Bait & Tackle in Waretown weighing 52 fish from almost every species.  Trailing them with 33 was Lacey Marine and Bobbies Boats in Barnegat Light with 22.  Looks like Barnegat was the hot spot for Beach N Boat anglers this year. Huge strides were made with over 8,000 anglers, 60 weigh stations and two new "mini" tournaments; The Wildwoods Beach N Boat Fishing Challenge and the DO-AC Beach N Boat Fishing Challenge.  Stay tuned to www.BeachNBoat.com for the latest information on the 2015 contest that will run from April 1 to Nov.30. Following are all award recipients listed by species category: Black Drum     Bob Hoff First 84.6 Dennis Cluff Second 80.6 Raymond Mazanec Third 79.56 Charles Shattuck Fourth 70.1 Ann Unsworth Fifth 68.35 Dave Cluff Sixth 67.5 Suzanne Smith Seventh 66.41 Neil Cox Eighth 65 Kayla Cluff Ninth 64.3 Dennis Cluff, Jr. Tenth 61.3 Bluefish     Frank Jones First 17.7 Christopher Hernandez Second 17.5 Howie Owens Third 17.44 Justin Swanson Fourth 17.25 Phil LaGrossa Fifth 17.1 Dean Paolella Sixth 16.75 Terry Eidson Seventh 16.5 Phil LaGrossa Eighth 15.5 Paul Lenzo Ninth 15.44 Howard Owens Tenth 15.44 Fluke     Terry Eidson First 12.4 Joe Varrasse Second 11.19 Terry Eidson Third 11 Chuck Pitt Fourth 10.61 Keith McCarthy Fifth 10.61 Terry Eidson Sixth 10.25 Paul Haertel Seventh 10.19 Terry Eidson Eighth 10 Michael Nelson Ninth 9.5 Mike Garcia Tenth 9.25 Kingfish     Tony Guadagnino First 1.62 Stephen Pirrello Second 1.56 Larry Robertson Third 1.52 Tony Guadagnino Fourth 1.51 Alex Oliszewski Fifth 1.35 John DeBona Sixth 1.2 Rick GRIFFIN Seventh 1.11 Alex Oliszewski Eighth 1.09 Ken Rylak Ninth 1.03 Stephen Pirrello Tenth 1 Sea Bass     dean paolella First 8 Austin Walinchus Second 6.5 Gregory Carr Third 5 Vince Russo Fourth 4.5 Gregory Carr Fifth 4.5 Michael Monico Sixth 4.45 Paul Haertel Seventh 4.1 Vince Russo Eigth 4 Gregory Carr Ninth 3.5 Paul Haertel Tenth 3.31 Striper h   Eloy Otero First 57.13 Fred Heydorn, Jr. Second 55.5 Tommy Tomensky Third 53.1 Adam Conigliaro Fourth 50.54 Fred Heydorn, Jr. Fifth 50 Warren De Shay Sixth 49.88 Charlie Deacon Seventh 49.4 Justin Swanson Eighth 48.65 Jim Hill Ninth 48.44 Phil LaGrossa Tenth 48.15 Tautog     Bob Pianetti First 12.31 Bob Pianetti Second 11.01 Roger Leith, Jr. Third 9.21 Paul Haertel Fourth 9.11 Tor Larson Fifth 9.06 Roger Leith, Jr. Sixth 8.45 Paul Haertel Eighth 7.4 Mike Reynolds Seventh 7.38 Paul Haertel Ninth 6.99 Gregory Carr Tenth 5.5 Weakfish     Suzanne Smith First 8.16 Justin Schenker Second 7.19 Phil LaGrossa Third 6.8 Kenneth McDermott Fourth 6.8 Peter Fiore Fifth 6 Paul Haertel Sixth 5.86 Peter Fiore Seventh 5.7 Bill Collins Eighth 5.7 Phil LaGrossa Ninth 5.51 Jason M. Bailey Tenth 5.5