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’ ^ . I looked for4i way to spell out Spring for this special section so I got out my World tfook Dictionary, 'and this, is what it said Spring ■ the season of the vear “when plantk -begin to grbw.tn the temperate <jnd t o/der regions o/'the Earth (In Nor{h America, fhe v months of. March, April, and Mov ‘ O wind if winter comen. ran Spring be far behind 1 ’ Shelley How's

that for n definition'’ March has rw«T been go

ink (hit like a lion, hut I did •M the first Robin on' Wednesday, and that's, another sure sign I've got so many things to talk ’ about on our Sprtng season fhat I hardly know where to start Well„1 guess lh£ first place would he the annual Spring meeting of the Cape May County Hatteras Anglers, held at the Win-

chester Thursdaymight YHfc l.ot'AI, anglers

were all firdd up after a long winter, and we are going to.frame up a resolution * against the new bill which ’ ’ would liHe to license smalj boaters to the tune of |50 for a 14 flyboat for the season, and graduate up ward in dollars for the larger boaters to a ridiculous amount Walt Hewlett of-.Stone Harbor presented this, and as soon as we have a chance to study the Salt Water Sportstnan article on it, we'll frtime up a resolution Hopefully, nest week I’ll have a picture of the trophy winners, and the wording

on thisTebattal

24 members and guests attended the affair, and member Paul Hoffman showed them hi* molds for the Hatteraa Sand Sinker which he had made over the winter. About ten of the members are planning on making the annual trek .to the Outer Banks r in April

for channel bask

I ALSO WANT TO print right here a correction on a statement I.made in the article I did on light tackle fishing , George Spalding did not gaff Jack Osborne’s world record black drum

• that he caught on 12 lb. test.

It Was Keith Seaman of Court House, who did that job Jack was away when this article ran, but Keith was here apd before the meeting he set me straight on that in no uncertain terms. In fact, the next day Jack was telling me that Keith kept insisting that fhey Weigh the drum in at Sam Albrecht’s, and that because of him the record now exists I'm sorry. Keith, but sometimes I get confuse^ with the facta. Oh yea, the lure, was a.Salty Dog, and Jack was jigging it. I hope that stfts , everything straight! GET READY, ^11 you hook-and-line fishermen, the I9fl2 season is about ready to begin Party boats will be. out looking this weekend, and. who knows, they might find enough to strfrt things going The Big Jim Jl had three good days last week fishing wrecks

off depp in the ocean-Cpt..

■•rtr Thompson called me

Trying To Save Stripers

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and said they’d goUirfi 52 he caught all kinds of fish cod in those three days, and . down there in the Keys on plenty of big- Ulug. and 4he reefs, and on the flats, black fish (ling)'. Cpt. Al ONE ADDITIONAL item Delinskl is skippering pie. the column I did about the Big Jim II. and Cpt. Hi is New Jersey Marine Ad-

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working on deck. They’ll be running weekends, and some days during the week

from now on.

Cpt. Jim Sol ley called and said the Fieata will be sailing April 3 for mackerel, • and they'll be featuring a snack bar aboard this year. They are also planning to run sightseeing trips. All the party boats in each port are . listed in a very informative folder put out by the Cape County Dept of Public Affairs. Write to P.O. Box 365, Cape May Court House, , N.J. 082i0, and they will be glad to'send you one, along with the literature on the Cape May County Fishing

tournament.

Cpt. Joe McTommoney of the Adventurer fleet out of the Wildwood Yacht Basin reports trawlers have picked up mackerel near McCries Shoal. He plans to set sail fbr .the Bostons April 3 and 4. Cpt. Charles Selby will also be starting byt April 3 and 4 on the-75 ft. Rainbotv from Rt 47 in’Wildwbod He'll be sailing daily starting April 6, and he adver> tises No Price Increase

This Season!

NOW. PLEASE notice I said ever>ipne is starting to go fishing, but I Only likted catches of Cod, Ling, and Taug The fish -temperature chart that I Itave says Atlantic Mackerel bite best jn 63' water, and their lower advoidance temperature is 45* The water temperature today (Saturday) is 45', s<^ it’s going to have to warm up a bit before .those . Bostons show. Hopefully, by the time'this is published tlie water temperature will be up a little, and we'll

have a chance.

Some of our Southern

visory Service Sea, Surface, Temperature charts of offshore waters. The cost is 140, and the service runs from June 1 to October L You can subscribe by leak-

ing youV checks out to Ocean County Board of

Agriculture, Marine Ac«

count, and send it to Gef

Flimlin, Marine Extension agent, Whltesvllle Road, Toms'River, N.J. 08753. THERE ARE some

Striped Bass * hearings scheduled at Qjmberland.

County Court House in Bridgeton on March 29 from 7 to 9 p m. These

hearings would be fine if they weTe held with the

idea of getting, something

accomplished by taking in-

put from fishermen; in-

stead this one has recom-

mepdations from the NJ

State Advisory Committee (whoever they are) and thd" stAge is set. It is also

politically motivated Jo try to promote a license for the sale of striped.bass, if I, would like to give input to the Div. of Fish and

Wildlife, and I know you would, but I'don’t want to

waste an evening listening to a planned agenda by a bunch o^experts who probably have their, first striped base to catch. I

donl know about you, but

I'm one fishemjan who is tired of listening • to bureaucrats who have never wet a line devise ways to tax us for our sport. It reminds me of the days when they reached an unworkable solution in government, and then they decided to do a research

study orvjt! •

Diamond .

TRENTON — Change* in the current law have beep .proposed to stem the decline in striped bass^eatches 4vh|ch began in 1974 and|iracb>d a 22-year low by 1979. 1 Fishery scientists from coastal states from Maine to North Carolina worked, with the National MArine Fisheries Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and a citizens advisory committee of sport and comirtercial fishermen to develop a plan of actidh.o, BASED ON the recjrfn mendations' in the coastwide plan, the New Jersey Striped Bass Citizens Advisory Committee proposed the following changes in the law; Increase the minimum size of striped bass in

coastal waters from 18 inches to 24 inches. Retain the current minimum size of 18 inches in all the internal waters of the state,, including Delaware River and Bay. Cut the daily catch limit V from 10 to 5 fish. INSTITUTE A data collection and mbnitoring program for stripe baSff) to include a biological nionitor.ing program reflecting the age, sex apd size of the catch. Tp aid these .assessments, a permit of license would be required for {he scale of striped vbass. * One of a series of informational meetings on the subject will take, place Monday, April 5, at Cheiry Hill High School East, KrPsson Rd., Cherry Hill.

Signups

anglers are still coming' -

back with tales Frank C ar-’^^CAPE MAY — Signups son. of North Cape May for Greater .Cape May Lit

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was down in Fort Myet*s, .Fla., and caught his first tarpon ever, a 22 lb. beauty. Frank said it was the thrill of a lifetime. John Fisher of North Cape May has .just returned tpo. and Jr. League Signups VILLAS - The Lower Township recreation ' Department will hold . Junior League Baseball sign-ups noon-4 p.m Satur-. day. April 3, at the Recreation Center on Bayshorc

Road

^ In order to be eligible, a child must be 10 years old by April.I, and must not be 14 before Aug 1 of this year Proof of Age must be brought to the sign-ups Childrenkvho played Junior league Baseball last year, must siOTiup again thik

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’ Anyone who will have a problem signing up on th^ above date, ran come to tKq

Upty Center

between Da m.

and r. p m and 10 p.m/or Saturdays between* noon and 4 p m and 6-p.m N K) p.m Proof of age must be brought to the Rec Center

when signing’up

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hj Weekday'

and 4 pSp

tie League Baseball and for softball have been set. Baseball signup will be Monday. April 5. Tryouts will be 4-6 p.im Moriday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. April 5-7. at the Little League field next to the Elementary School, on

Lafayette St. . * \

TIIE LEAGUE IS open to residents 9 through 12 by Aug. 1 of Lower Township, Cape May Pbint, West Cape May and Cape May. Applicants must bring birth certificates to signup. Signups and tryouts for

girl# softball began Tues- ’ day, March 30, and will continue April 5-7 at the

same location. Tryouts will also be on those days.

Missing Suit CAPE MAY - The local LitUc League is looking for a black and gold VFW Little League Baseball . uniform that was mistak toftl.v sold at'Our Lady\Star of the Sea thriftshop here League president Marge Dellas <884-3488) says the suit may be returned to her in exchange for another that’s available

n Charlie the Tuna Would-, * '/* ’ Love Jersey Anglers TRENTON — Results of a survey of the Garden State’s recreational big-game’fishery for tuna and marlin fiuring the summer of 1981 indicate that more than 4d.<XX) fish with a collected .weight of 2 million pounds were takfcn by New Jersey’s 800-plus recrea-’ tional boats that fish the off : shore canyons. The figures indicate the best tuna fishing on the East Coast the blue waters off New Jersey. Thf survey was conducted by the Marine Fisheries Administratioh and was designed to obtain information about the effort and catch of this Ijttle documented

fishery^

THE SURVEY covered the fishing grounds from 50 to 106 miles off shore where Canyons line the edge of the* continental shelf. In this arqa the warm blu? wajers of the Gulf Stream concentrate several species of tuna, white and blue marlin, swordfish, wahoo. dolphin and

makoshark. . (' ;

.Between May and October of 1981 there were an estimated 5,500 big game fishing Jrips by New Jersey boaters. By species, the. catch included: yellowfln tuna. 18,209; albacore tuna, 14.600; bigeye tuna, 1,400, white marlin, 2,600; blije marlin,'82; swordfish, 86;

dolphin, 350; wahoo, 130; mako shark, 110.

THESE CATCH estimates indicate that tl.e Hudson and Toms Canyons off New Jersey provide the best offshore tuna fishing on the entire Atlantic coast. White marlin were also caught in good numbers, especially in the Wilmington and' Baltimore Canyons. A hypothetical ’’average’’ trip to the canyons last summer, produced 3.3 yellowfin, 2.6 albacore, 0.2 bigeye and 0.5 white marlin. Giant blue marlin and swordfish, a once-in-a-lifctime catch, were taken on only about

one out of evfery 100 trips.

Canyon fishing demands the use of large, wellequipped vessels, with an average cost of $90,000. The total value of New Jefsey’s canyon fleet is about $73 million. Total expenditures by canyon anglers during 1981 amounted to nearly $12 million for boats; boat

maintenance, tackle and fuel.

79 KE100 List $799 Now $699.00 JT9 KE125 List *1039 Now $899.00 ‘78 KE175 List *999 ' Now $825.00 79 KE2SO List *1349 Now$1149

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