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Thin week h»* been marked with more drum batches, and increased weakfish activity both in the Bay. and off the jetties It hasn't settled down yet into a bonanza season, but it shows signs of being a real good one as long as the weather cooperates No one could have asked for .better weather than we had this week; and if next week brings more of the same it ought to be loaded with catches because the fish are there' ONE SPECIES that's showing up in quantity in thn Bay are large blues Some of the fellows who are wanting drum and big

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weakfish are having to run away from those choppers, I thought that this was unusual for this time of the year, and I remarked about it to Jack Osborne the other night while we were trying to catch a drum, and he said that he’s.seen those big blues from 14 foot Light clear to Miah Maul in other seasons at this time of the year, so I guess they’ve been there before WELL ANYWAY, here’p • how the action goes as near as I can tell. The big drum catches seem to have been up the Bay ne,ar Bug Light. Joe Rodia said he’s weighed in over 12 drum this past week, and he gave me a special message from Joe Macfiregory for the Cape May Co Hatteras anglers contest. Joe got a 65 lb. black drum Thursday, and he's *1 on the list now. Rill Tomlin had three in his boat on hook and line during the week, and Dougir Rright had one on the. Nada Jane Dong didn't catch it. but he’ll get his share before the season’s over. JOE RODIA also fbld me that Rill Rurnett of Philadelphia, had 31.32,4 a 69 lb. drum on different nights this week, and that the 69 pounder was taken on 20 lb. test, while Bill was fishing for a big weakfish. Jack Osborne. George Spalding. Keenan Osborne and I took a trek to Delaware Friday night, because a fellow on the Stryker had gottdn two off of Broadkill Beach. We didn't do anything there except catch sharks, and listen to'the big Cape May party boats tell about catching -bluefish and weakfish back on our side — and they were having a ball. The drum boats were strangely silent, which may have meant that they were either catching fish or • had taken a night off You can't tell this time of the

year.

THERE'S BEEN all kinds of good weakfishing this past week. Edie Smith who manages Guarantee Bank in Rio Grande told

l^roy Hess had a

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and Leroy Hess loaded up on blue fish the next day. Cpt. Jay Reecroft had 80 weakfish and 20 blues for his party, and Cpt. Lou Haubois on the Dottle Lin had 30 nice weakfish and 15 nice-sized blues. As the t water temperatures goes up. the weakfishing should get better. Another area that’s producing are the jetties. Skip Hoffman said he saw three tidecunners taken from one jetty in Cape May Point, and two from another one and "Skip" said they were all taken on purple worms. I know that Buck Wagner, got a 13 pounder from one of those jetties on Wednesday, and he was leading Joe Rodia’s contest that day. I’ve probably missed a lot of people who caught fish, but I’ll try wo work them in next week. OUR SECOND group going to Hatteras ran into some bad weather too. but they did catch one red drum. Walt Hendee called Friday night to tell me of the trip, and he said that George Keating (who I mistakenly cajl^d—Efank Peterson) goMi42 pounder off the Portsmouth Beacn, and that a big'drum took off on a wild run hod-dropped the hook which left Walt with nothing but an urge to get t>ack there. I had a good bite over in Delaware, and the line broke, so Jack and Keenan and George figured it hod toibe a drum in with those sharks. I wasn’t going to Bike-a-thon Sat. WILDWOOD - The second annual American Cancer Society Bike-a-thon. on the boartlwalk here, cancelled because of inclement weather last Saturday, has been rescheduled for 9 to noon May 15. Prizes will be awarded for the event, which starts at Montgomery Ave. and the Boardwal. For further information, call 886-1154 or 522-1257 or 522-0997. .

Don Murphy arejSfeavin^pn Sunday for the Chesapeake for some concentration on the black drum run they’re having down there. They figure ours will be peaking about the time they arrive back in Cape May County. If our weather stays right we could have good fishing right on through May until June on those big humpbacks It’,? going to be an

interesting year.

Now that drum are being taken in the nets, and oq hook and line, there is one place you can get a good drum dinner. Menz Restaurant in Rio Grande has frefch drum (broiled or

fried) on fhe menu.

Franklin Menz has made a specialty of this every year during drum season. I can vouch for that drum, because my wife Jane, and my sister-in-law Rea; and Lydia llalburnrr and I were there Tuesday night.

and Joe and I majored in drum dinners. I had broiled and fried drum; and it was delicious. One last word of advice: as the Bay fishing gets better there’s going to be a lot of traffic in the Cape May

Canal. Right now they’re dredging from back of the ferry slips to the mouth of the jetties. Take a little extra time going through the canal, atjid leave a little early when you start home. It’s a real obstacle course.

12 LBS. 1 OZ. Weakie is displayed by George Rapko of Philadelphia who caught the beauty Sunday aboard the Rainbow, with Cpt. Charlie Selby, at Deadman’s Shoal.

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