Cape May County Herald, 4 June 1980 IIIF issue link — Page 25

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jakOTtltetMli. u m. black dram that ioba Tumbetty o< darks bore caught. I believe It was the biggest dram I’ve ever seen, and Lou Rodla was sure it wodd be a new state record as he filled out the papers for John. The old record was held by Hershel lavton of Millville (and later Dias Creek) With a 90 lb. dram, and this has stood since 1949. Also evident that Saturday night was the amoistt of drum catches.

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Peirces Point had 13, Capt Dave Ross man on the Top Drawer II had 7. There were 40 drum registered in South Jersey Fishing t Hunting Center's contest, along with I lOentries In the Lower Cape Optimist tournament. Tues, thru Sot. 8:30 A.M.—5:30 P.M. (CIOSCD MONDAY)

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Leonard Verity and his wife Rath had 7 drum; Howard Severance of BIG WEAKFI8H were still plentiful through the drum catches. Capt. Dick Webar had a whole load of big weakfish <y Tuesday, and the latest word is that tiderrunners are Southwest of the canal off Somers Shoal. So get out there soon, because that means those big weakies are preparing to move out. (they may still just move out in the ocean inside McOies Shoal like they did

last year).

From Joe Rodii’s in Rio Grande comes word of big drum catches Mark Tomlin and Bob Scott hacf» big drum on Tuesday night, and on Wednesday night the Tomlin brothers (Bill & Jack) came in with four big drum. Joe Rodia said that a lot of 70 lb. drum had begn weighted in. The drum action was in the deep water oyster stakes and east of 14 Foot Light the first of the week, and later on in the week they caught them on the old drum beds off Miami Ave. in the Villas, and North of 14 Foot

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AT ROSEMAN’S boat yard things came to a halt as Cape. Dave went back to work on the Scallop boat “Neptune”, and Capt. Donald Rose man went out on a clammer. But Jim Delaney, who runs the "Barbara” out of Roseman’s kept things

convention hall handles the „ sign ups from 9 a.m. - 4 alive with three drum on p.m., June 9-13. For ad- Wednesday night, ditiona! information call The weakfish have made 884-8411 ext. 20 or 27. their move felt, and most of

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the big party I been working ho Somers shoal

there were still a few drum being taken east of 14 foot Light. We picked a spot on the edge of Bayshore Channel and got in touch with Capt. Tom Roberts on the My Gal ... Capt Tom had gotten a drum /or hit party north of •14 Foot, but things had quieted down for him, so we stayed at anchor where we were DURING THE night Capt. Tom told us the Blue Fin had two drum, and that he saw one more caught, so the drum activity was fairly light. In our position we started getting bites, but they all turned out to be

STATE RECORD black drum, all 102^4 lbs. of It, are displayed by John Trumbelty, who caught the monster last week in Delaware Bay. 3 and 4 lb sharks. Tom Rice and I got two, and Bill Halbruner got one, so we got skunked for the first time this season. That’s fishing, though, because if you hit them every time there wouldn’t be any challenge. Now on Saturday, it was a different story. The fish bit madly in the morning, and at 2:30 I was in front of the new RoseXnn * Restaurant taking a picture of Pete Feyas holding up a 12 lb. weakfish. and a 10 lb. blue. He and his partner’s catch was eighteen big Weakfish and four bigbluefish. + + + + Standings in the Delaware Bay ' Drumfish

Derby:

First Week Palmer M. Way Jr.. Wildwood Crest.

64 lbs;

Second Week (tie) David IjHninger, Rib Grande, and . David Lelghty, Carney’s

Point, 88 lbs;

Third Week - Palmer M. Way Jr.. Wildwood Crest.

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At Jim’s Tackle on FYiday night I watched Joe Snell of Rutledge weigh in a 14 IK 9 oe. tiderunner that he got on the Nada Jane run by Capt. Walt Schkk. One big catch on Friday, that came into Roseman’s was on the Hucklebuck run by Capt-AI Nace. His party had 28 weaks running 8 to 10 lbs. and 4 big blues up to 12Mi lbs. WHEN BILL HALBRUNER and I

«t / RKMIdiM't EWctajr night, who »,« (titling at the table by the dock but Toni Rice, of Destin Fla. (Tom and I played a lot of baaeball, together on aand lota in Qtpe May County in '39 A ■40.) We put Tom aboerd

the Janie TV U and headed out toward* the bay. It waa a little hard to decide where to ftah, because on Th'iraday night Joe SMI of Villa! had come In with a 40 lb. drum, and HaroM Maglll had four drum right off the old dram beds, and

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