Gerard Vessels, a fisherman and firefighter, started this weekend-long event to share his passion for the sea with Wildwood and beyond!
"I was just a little kid and I spent my summers here," said Gerard Vessels. "Got salt in my veins at a young age and there was no turning back."
"We have some big tournaments and everything else in town and in Cape May, but here, I felt our community, it was lacking something," he said. "And several years ago, I came forward and put a little plan together and it morphed into what we have today."
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