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lit » naadkeraJ *ea$®c Wish jftsif amfgmmxmuA w>c ran mmr safely say titaf Iftr BR4 f apw SSay-CounEy fc*tung seas®*) has fatal!}, arrived While ffeere always fta» teem pa$s&is|g inftcusst to Cagje*5JUy Gnaaty is® fre-sla ware* fisfnqg 8©r trmsi mod iarrgenuMiSh bassand Stem (or yriltaw aisd while perch, smd wtnte a fr* anglers manage to grt offshore- for cod ling... hake and blacklist) iiib early

seasott aAuiiiiuFCSv * » really iraadkerd! season: which sets- up the fEdtasig season, for «cea®. anglers, Pertaps it is because rnarfeerrii aire caagfc iib such large number* so early iiat tie fishing year. Perhaps it is because mackerel arrive. at a lime when fishing in das area is in act of a dbUnuns.. Ii is as if the mackerel wake us tip from a fcmg winter's' map and offer the chance to

• escape from tfe tiaimgis tfai ameffinae us It iis a sure dare ] for cabin fever, ll pots us m the ocean wto the fresh • air and sunshine. .Mackerel^ feshng is esdtemsaii tine far loads of rod and reel angfers FIRST' REPORTS cane iib over the past weekend and from that pant the season was off and running. Boats have come nut of winter mothballs. Party and charier boats as wefl as. private boats have been I refurbished. The traiiered ngs are starting to show up • on the highways, as they head south for their berthing areas. Tackle shops are opening and there is a clamor to get paint, odds arid-ends of marine equipment and to prod the mechanics at the boat yards to get that work done so the boats can be overboard. Calk have come in from various skippers who announced they are sailing Capt Al Duiinski of the Big Jim was one of the first to call His fares picked uponr mackerel early. Capt Frank Spiegel was another Cape May skipper who reported that his Miss Chris fleet was picking up mackerel and was ready to go AJsoat Cape May. Capt Bob Schumann of the Sea Star II has started dailysailings and he reports having completed a number of customer, convenience renov ations on the boat for the upcoming season. His is a siThour boat and he plans to make two trips a day again in 1984 The Sea Star II experimented last season with an early a.m. six-hour trip and an afternoon six-hour trip and it was well received. Capt. Jim Soliey. who skippered the Capt Cramer and the Fiesta in prior years, has purchased his own boat — the Happy Days — and he will be sailing at 7 a.m. un a dailybasis from the Ocean Drive dock between Wildwood. Crest and Cape May. Jim has also been taking ocean ^and bay shark trips and if 'you are interested, call him or visit the dock and get the

I hnfiannaiHRL tie stark 1 trips. Sfeserv-aQocss nsurea seat, as sum* of the trips J _are already suildta for the Capt. Pa*! TWap« of the Four gp IE II ts another skiper mine has his boat ready and is sailing daily from South Jersey Marina His fares and good catches since the mackerel season got underway. AT WILtHVOUIt Yacht Basin, the Rainbow, skippered by Cap®. Chartes Srihy and the Sea Rainier, skippered by Bob Hrnfey. both have announced that they are sailing daily . Mackerel catches have been good on both boats. The Sea Raider is a sixhour boa! and leaves the dock at 10 a.m. Capt Setby sails daily by 8 a m Wildwood Crest Skipper Jim Cicchitti of the Starlight is sailing daily with his present Starfjph: but is expecting a new 90-foot er to arrive in the dock around May 1 Skipper Jim plans some special offshore trips at that time, in addition to his regular schedule Currently his fares are boating mackerel Sea Isle City's party boat Ursula also commenced sailing for mackerel Capt llomer Pratt and Capt John Pratt will be sailing weekends on charters for mackerel and open boat during the week. The Ur sula can take 22 passengers for fishing up to 20 miles

aiari is lijfrentsedi fear up to » trips to Ueeanyoms and offshore op to MM miles, The CrsMut will move dawn* to Cape May- arwrad May 1© tor the weakfish season. Weak and drum trips are planned. The t*ir$*£© will return to Sea Isle Cmty tor the balance of the season . soone time m later June. Of I'M; Last week we mentioned using a chum pot for winter- Rounders. Onus and churn pot use enhance fishing in both fresh and salt water. Chum can take many shapes and can be many things. We have chummed with clams for stripped bass in Maryland: grass shrimp tor stripers and weakftsb around local jetties and in the back waters: with bunker oil t menhaden oil* i tor weak fish im_J>elavvare < Bay. ground bunker tor I bhiefish and sharks! and with cut bits of halao for i dolphin in the Bahamas ^ Chum can be cut up pieces of any fish which attracts other fish Crushed clam shells work as chum for perch in both fresh and salt water. They also attract winter flounders We have also chummed with entrails and carcasses from fish we fileted while out on the boat In our early years in Delaware Bay when the old menhaden plant was work ing on Rio Grande Boulevard we had a contact inside who used to pro vide us with gallon jugs of bunker oil We kept this smelly mess in a bucket under the crawl space of our back porch and prayed it never was tipped over In the bunker oil w e kept a red porous building brick tied up in a wire harness which stuck out above the oil level. We used to snap a snap in the eye of the one harness!, and transfer the *

brick to a sbmmI empty bucket wtfeidt W lock «** the boat T© use- the brick seated m, bunker exl as a etiuiw pot We merely towered the brick to |be bottom otothe end of' a %ht hue In a matter of minutes, a stuck of bunker oil came up behind the boat Many days, this chuwwning trick tipped our weakftsb production m Delaware Ray, A brick rtg god » this manner would soak up enough oil to last a full trip before all of the mi leached out. We put the brick hack to soak on our return home The brick stayed in the oil until our next tripIt also was put into use when we fished for sharks in Delaware Bay V>f course, we used other chumalwng with the brie* for sharking Weil have more chumming tips next week

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Surfing Winners CAPE MAY - The city, in cooperation with the South Jersey District. Eastern Surfing Association. staged a meet at Poverty Beach April 7. with prizes awarded in six categories. The city provided trophies, and additional e — "•*"

prizes were provided by Kona Sports and Surf Shop. Exit Zero Surf Shop, Hale Bicycle, and Morey Hoagie. Winners in the contest were: 2A BOYS 1 Joe Blanche Brigan line 2 Scoti Chodnofl. Venlnor 3 Will Tim. North Tape Mav 4 Hot Simon. Bngantine $ Harr> Back Cape May; 6 f'ete .Franchvilk-. Wildwood Crest 2A MKNS l' Jim DeScala. Rio Grande 2 Sieve Sieger Cape Mat 3 Tim O'Brien. Ocean City. 4 Mar ty Keough Ventnor. 5 Jeff Cumm ings Avalon. t, Rictord Wolak Cape May BonVBOAKIt 1 MiU-h Leonard Ocean City . 2 Joe Grottoia WiJdwood Cresl. 3. A J Woil. Venlnor; 4 Greg Ciualim. Margate. 5 Jim Kara has; Ocean City . h A Her, WdJf Ventnor 2A JUNIORS I Rob Eger Vent f>y>, KSTl ■ Uavid Druding Bngantir* 4 Bill ^Ttaiacsn* -trtnnnwr TT tiib • Btrgnan Venlnor 8 Tom Torour 2A MASTERS I Ricnard SJeas Margate 2 Michael Mac Ventnor J Ma* McAJfaster. i vjrigport. 4. Len Be»«ead Cape May. i Aagek, PuUa Cottngrwaoc KAiEXBOAKD l Joe ffcwi mh IWdiaad Crest : I Mitch Unpard * tk -X-. Araks 4 - #««« v -

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MOON PHAKEM/HOHITIONh The Moon « afjtct on thr Tide u grra test when closest to Forth (in perigee i and when in direct alignment with Sun A earth Jull A new moon phases! On and about these dates, low pressure systems and/or strong wind* 'depending upon direction) may result In flooding and extremely low tides Sew Moon , M Kirn Quarter & Kuliyimm |j last Quarter jPerigee || Xpugee 2t TIDE TABI>: Computed for Cape Moi City beachfront for other areas see Correction Times DATE HIGH LOW J m P —> a m p tn 18 Wed V 17- 10 00 3 2) , m, I# Thn W » 10 40 4 '0|t-- 4 14 2 St |2:ii s si- - g. 22 Sun 12:32 -1 07 b 30 ; v 23 Man 1 M-2 07 . 7;S»— « K 24 Tw 2 » |(Je j(, ^ f, — « Tki 'S"1Z ,! S m v' ^Pri * SM I Bf J U;W EDT

CORRECTION TIMto Compute approximate limes ' of high 4 low water for voui ' ar'a h adding or subtracting the following number of I minutei for each tide phase in 'he Tide Table Um IIIGII , Great Egg Harbor Inlet MUM* 12 pguntD Ocean Ciiy i«Ui W Bndgei PM.M pliioK Canon Inlet i tiridgei V P»"»« I'lua 7 Sea laic City tLtidlam Thorn Bridge) ' plutfe pfc*« Sea l»te Ctly Beach minuaj minuazi Tow mend Inlel pta»2l pita 4 Seven Mile Beach , pluatS „ i, - Mm* Harbor 4 ' Great Channel Bridge i a plM»4J » ptua W / '■ Hereford Inlet i Angknea f p*m I* # ; ' Wildwood BentJ, %■ M*—* otunitt LL. , t W«U Wddteow] 9 Graaay ChaMtrl bridge ~ RtoOO p*ut« cape May Hartaur (dual n , Five Fadwn. Bam «*■" p|»i Cagw May Pawl ptmu •MM* A* ,»*■» Ph. 22 DeimmeeAm, -Ray -Canal JmcOmi ftm,i ^ pkaM ^ pk.71 htoowtow