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When I woke up this morning (Friday) the sky was bright, which was different from the cold, black outdoors that usually greets me at 6:15 a.m.; then when I walked out the back door I saw the three crocuses by the step were showing their gold and purple colors. . A little later, as I.walked my dog before' going to work, the sun was really bright,, and suddenly I realized that this was the . fifst touch of spring; and I guess you could say that thus week really had the first promises' of good things to come as two of the days reached 60? ON, THURSDAY, afternoon I visited .the A 4 J fish docks and not a trawler was tied up there; and that's r unusual. I think every boat in 'the commercial fleet was out fishing; apd that's a sign that as soon ds the weather

gets- right the fishermen want to go. The Serf Wife was the only one in at Cold Spring, but Cpt. Richard has been out on a long ( trip while the other 1 fellows were laying in. • Down at Rosemen's Bbat ^Yard, Cpt. Frank Cafesady had the Grace up on the ways, and he-and Donald Roaeman were painting Ihe bottom. Cpt. Frank has just airived Back from Venice, Fla., and he f told me he went surf fishing there, and really enjoyed, it. He caught whiting (we Call' them kihgfish) sbeepshedd, and had a red-fish biting, and really enjoyed theaction. ON THURSDAY I came upon Randy Uaudeman, and Donald Roseman untangling one of Randy’s set nets. Cpt. Randy said he set the net up a creek on the Bayshore, and he caught four white perch and the

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MOON PIlftsKS/toOXlTiONS Thr Mnon'ii of fret on ihe Tide ft greateil when cloteet lo Earth tih perigee) and when In direct alignment with Sun a Earth (full moon a new moon phaiei) On and ahout’then 1 datei, law pretiure fyirtemt and/nr tlrnng wind* (depending upon dlrec flnn) may retail In flooding and extremelv inw tide* ,

TIDE TABLE *7 Computed for Cape May City beachfront, for other areat. tee Correction Timet. MARCH. DATE LOW HIGH 17 Wed fi M-Ml TR Thu R (tl—ft: IR 19 Fn 9:02 9 16 20 Sal 9 K-JO 10 21 Siih 10 45-11 (O 22 Mon II XI-II 51 23 Tuo -12:17

CORRECTION TIMES Compute approximate limp* nf high a low water for your area by adding or eubtractirig Ihe fallowing number of minute* far eabh tide phqne in the Tide Table LOW HIGH Grynl EBK Harbor Inlet • minus io plus lo Ocean City ■ 9th SI “Bridge'

Corson Inlet 1 bridge 1 plus 2b plus 5 Sen Isle City < Ludlnm, Thorn lindge 1 plus 65 plus 45

Townsend Inlet plus 20 ply* 5 - Seven Mile Beach

Stone Harbor 'Great Channel bridge 1 plus 40 plus 40 Hereford Inlet 'Angtesen' plus 2h 0* Wildwood bench , * *

West Wildwood <Grassv Channel bridge 1 plus 45 , plus 4(|

Fivft Fathom Bank plus, 15 plus 5 Capo May Pn!i\l plus 50 plus 40 V McCne Shnal plus .10 plus 25 Delaware Bov Bayshore Channel ■ BayCanal junction' plus 50 , plus 40 Miami Beach plus f» plus 65 Dennis Creek entrance plus 120 plus 95 Brnndvwino Shoal Llghl plus tin plus fill

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Some of the party boats will, start .to move this, weekend. Last week Cpt Hiram Thompson had some birdwatchers out on the Big Jinn and this Saturday Cpt. Al Dalinski is Starting on a regular schedule offshore for cod and pollack, and whatever else they can find. I believe Cpt! Hiram will be running the party. YOU KNOW WHEN I was a boy my Dad used to tell, me that our weather was affected by the Gulf Stream, and that as the Gulf Stream moved closer to us bur weather would get warmef ' Now, this was before the days of satellites and' tracking and monitoring systems, and it was just a theory he had picked up from captains like Essie Bolcr and Bunk Errlcson. but it turns out this reasoning was entirely correct in the general

sense.

It turns out that they've discovered by the use of satellite pictures that there are warm water ed«' that break off from the (Sp'lf Stream, and mov) shoreward . (Southwest); these are known as warm or anticyclonic eddies, and they move 2 to 4.5 nautical miles per day until they are reabsorbed by the Gulf Stream, Usually near Cape Hatteras. Then, there is the cold core or cyclonic eddy that moves offshore away from the Gulf Stream, and sinks to a depth of 1,250 to 1,750 fathoms, and these move in and out crossing the Gulf stream as they return moving in a

westerly course.

THE BASIC affect though is that both types of eddies contribute to environmental change in their specific area in terms of temperature, salinity, water motion. Since hb* such an effect on our weather, the National Earth Satellite Services (NESS) in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is the main agency involved with the tracking and monitoring of these eddies. Charts are made each week showing Geo-thermal locations of the Gulf Stream and water temperatures of the area from the stream to the beach. Charter boat captains, who want to get the jump on competition or assure their clients of more successful trips have been using the charts to pick prime fishing grounds, and determine whether a trip right to the Gulf Stream would be

feasible.

The weekly SS^.(sea, surface, temperature analysis) can be studied by \ the inshore fisherman to watch the progression^ of warm water in the spring which brings the mackerel, Wins First AVALON * Local gymnast Chris Dodd, a member of the Somers Point Center s Flippers girls gymnastic learn, placed first all around in a recent Class Illfconrtpulsery Zone t Meet for all of South Jersey -Miss Dodd look first on the balance beam, second in the floor exer-

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bluefish, weakfLsh sharks up the coast.^ . _ I FOUND OUT about this service from Jack Oftborne ir\ 1981. He studies the charts, and has used some of the information in his catches. I then got ill touch with Stewart Tweed,' our marine extension agent, who is stationed a< the extension office out on Dennisville Road. He put me in touch with Clif Flimlin, marine extension agent ajt the Ocean County Extension Office, agriculture center, Whiteville Road, Toms River, N.J. 08753. You can obtain these charts by writing to Gef; however, there muy be a charge for

them.

At any rate Gef will send you the marine advisory service bulletin that will .explain the eddies more specifically then I have,

Bike ifaotorcross Club COURT HOUSE The Middle Twp. Recreation . Dept^viU be holding a BMX Club organizational meeting 7:30 p.m Tuesday, March 25 The meeting will be held in the Court Room of the Middle Twp. Municipal Buildihg, 33 Mechanic St., here. .The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the development of a group of parents and bicycle racers and any other interested persons to take over the running of races at the track. The track is owned by the Recreation Department andwill also be maintained by the township. The purpose of the club will be to schedble the races, run the races and keep all records for the end of yea r a wa rds. In addiUon to organizing the BMX Club, the racers will be given information bn the rules for this year’s racing season. The track has been sanctioned by the American Bicycle Association and willll*. run according to their rules' Riders .will' be required to be members of the ABA ‘(full membership or insurance member) in order to rtace in the santioned events. Points awarded to the winners of the various age groups will be applied to both district and national

rankings.

The racing season at the Middle Township Track is scheduled for early April. However, the exact date will be determined at the meeting on the 23rd. ■ • V ’ 'V . v * Sho’s 6th In Gymnastics

PRINCTON - Kf iS. Moulder of Rib Grande represented the Soibers Point Gymnastic Center’sFlippers Gymnastic; Te?m

and how the eddies are/ in Ihe New Jersey.Stale<Jpformed by the mean', """"I Championships in derings otthe Gulf Stream, 'he Dillon Gyrtthasium at and how lo order more Princeton University,

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Miss Moulder placed 6th all-arbunH with a score of 30 20 ip the 12-14 age groiip Kris also captured 3rd place on Uneven Parallel liars with an-*8 05 and 5th placa m Die Floor Exercise With a 7 00 This IS Kris' first vear as a Class I Advanced Level Gymnast

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