Tournament Setup

This season we will be fishing for Black Sea Bass! They are fun to fish and put on quite the fight!

The tournament will be held on Sunday, June 21st, 2026. It will be a 6-hour tournament, starting at 2:00 PM and ending at 8:00 PM.

In order to participate in the 2026 Fish On Tournament, you would need to raise or donate $1,200.

There will be about 5-6 fishers per boat (we will try and accommodate larger family sizes).

The prize pool will be up to $18,000, depending on the number of boats in the tournament. Each boat adds $1,000 to the prize pool, capped at $18,000.

The winner is the fisher who catches the heaviest legal black sea bass.
95% of the total pot goes to the winning fisher.
The remaining 5% is split between the captain and mate of the winning boat.

Example:
If 18 boats join the tournament, the total pot is $18,000

$17,100 goes to the winning fisher
$900 is split between the captain and mate

Rules & Regulations

• Winning fish (singular) must be a black sea bass.
• Although we will be providing fishing equipment, participants may use their own equipment.
• Fish must be caught using a rod and reel set up, therefore no netting, spear fishing, or other methods of fishing.
• Only one rod per fisher may be used at a single time.
• Each catch must be logged by the boat’s crew member or the driver of the boat.
• Participants must observe fishing limits set by the NJ Fish and Wildlife.
• Participants must be aged 18 or older. Those under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
• This is an all male fishing tournament.

Rules and regulations are subject to change with or without prior notice.

In the event of a tie, participants of the tie will split the prize equally.

In the event of the winning fish being reeled in by more then one participant via an entangled line, the participant who reeled in the fish onto the vessel will be considered the owner of that fish.

In the event of a dispute, arbitration will be held by the Rabbi of Yad Moshe and/or the Rabbi appointed by the Rabbi of Yad Moshe.