04/05/2026
The 20th annual Pickerel Tournament is in the books! We want to thank everyone who came out to fish this year’s event as well as friends and family who came out to see weigh in!
This year we had a total of 79 Anglers hit the waters of the Pine Barrens and all over south Jersey! Out of the 79 anglers, 11 were youth, whom all walked away with a rod/reel and hat!
The competition was impressive this year with lots of fish hitting the scales and a lot of quality fish.
Here is the Top 3 Total Bags (3 combined fish) from winning team
1. Dave Andrews and Rich Carpenter : 8.2 LBS
2. Chuck Horner and Cassie Conte : 8.0 LBS
3. Muskrat and Dylan Andrews : 7.9 LBs
Top 3 Lunker Fish
1. Dave Andrews with a 3.6 LB
2. Mike Womack with a 3.5 LB
3. Ryan Holbrook (Muskrat) with a 3.4LB
Honorable mention, we had a youth yesterday catch an absolute stud, but unfortunately the fish didn’t make it before weigh in. That fish would have won Lunker at an impressive 3.8LBs . The kid did everything right and had a live well but some times it just happens. The kid was still happy to be out fishing and was excited to go home and learn how to clean and cook it so it didn’t go to waste. He will also be getting a cooler built live well from one of our club members who is upgrading their tournament live well soon.
Once again thank you guys all for coming out and making this tournament year after year such a success and making what started off as a small bragging right tournament, to what I like to call it now “The White Marlin Open of the Pines”
See everyone next year for the 21st annual, as well as THIS FALL, as we will be doing our 1st annual Moore Deer Club Fall Brawl Pickerel Tournament!