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Herald & Lantern 18 April '84

Mackerel Here: Fishing Season Is On

11 IS mackerel season With that announcement we can now safely say that the l‘W-1 Cape May County fishing season has finally arrived While there always has been passing in terest in Cape May County in fresh water fishing for trout and largemoulh bass and even for yellow and white perch, and while a few anglers manage to get offshore for cod ling, hake and blackfish in early

season adventures, it Is really mackerel season which sets up the fishing season for ocean anglers. Perhaps it is because mackerel arc caught in such large numbers so early in the fishing year. Perhaps it is because mackerel arrive at a time when fishing in this area is in sort of a doldrums. It is as if the mackerel wake us up from a long winter’s nap and offer the chance to

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FIRST REPORTS came in over the past weekend and from that point the season was off and running. Boats have come out of winter mothballs. Party and charter boats as well as private boats have been refurbished. The trailered rigs 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 and ends of marine equipment and to prod the mechanics at the boat yards to get that work done so the boats can be overboard. Calls have come in from various skippers who announced they are sailing, (’apt. A) Dulinski of the Bi/; Jim was one of the first to call. His fares picked up on mackerel early. Capl. Frank Spmgel was another Cape May skipper who reported that his Miss Chris fleet was picking up mackerel and was ready to go. Also at Cape May. Cnpt. Boh Schumann of the Sea Star II has started daily sailings and he reports having completed a number of customer convenience renovations on the boat for the upcoming season. His is a six-hour 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 Sollry. who skippered the Capt Cramer and the Fiesta in prior years, has purchased his own boat — the Happy Days j— and he will be sailing at 7 a.m. on_a daily basis 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

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information on the shark trips. Reservations insure a seat, as some of the trips are already sold out for the upcoming summer. Capt. Paul Thompson of the Porgy III is another skiper 'who has his boat ready and is sailing daily from South Jersey Marina. His fares and good catches since the mackerel season got under way. AT WILDWOOD Yacht Basin, the Rainbow, skippered by Capt. Charles Selby and the Sea Raider. skippered by Bob llenfey. both have announced that they are sailing daily. Mackerel catches have been good on both boats. The Sea Raider is a sixhour boat and leaves the dock at to a.m. Capt. Selby sails daily by 8 a.m. Wildwood # Crest Skipper Jim Cicchitti of the Starlight is sailing daily, with his present Starlight but is expecting a new 90-footer 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. Homer 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

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 prizes were provided by Kona Sports and Surf Shop. Exit Zero Surf Shop. Hale Bicycle, and Morey Hoagie. Winners in the contest

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and is licensed for up to 10 trips to the canyons and offshore up to 100 miles. The Ursula will move down to Cape May around May 10 for the weakfish season. Weak and drum trips are planned. The Ursula will return to Sea Isle City for the balance of the season some time in later June. CULM: Last week we mentioned using a chum pot for winter flounders. Chum and chum 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 for stripers and weakfish around local jetties and in the back waters; with bunker oil (menhaden oil* for weakfish in Delaware Bay; ground bunker for bluefish and shprks. and with cut bits of balao for dolphin in the Bahamas. ( limn can I)C cut up piires 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 working on Rio Grande Boulevard we had a contact inside who used to provide 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 we 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 wire harness and transfer the

brick to a second empty bucket which- we tpok on the boat. To use the brick soaked in bunker oil as a chum pot. We merely lowered the brick to the bottom on the end of a light line. In a matter of minutes a slick of bunker oil came up behind the boat. Many days, this chumming trick upped our weakfish production in Delaware Bay. A brick rigged in this manner would soak up enough oil to last a full trip before all of the oil leached out. We put the brick back to soak on our return home. The brick stayed in the oil until our next trip. It also was put into use when we fished for sharks in Delaware Bay. Of course, ’we used other chumalong with the brick for sharking. We ll have more chumming tips next week.

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CAPE MAY - Vigorous competition last week in the city’s coed recreational volleyball saw the 15-game winning streak of J.T. Builders broken and left ties for second, third, and last place. Clinging to slots all their own are J.T. Builders, in first, and Pete's Racquet Club, in

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In one match, Pete’s Racquet Club took on Seashore Stinger. Seashore dominated game one on its way to a 15-8 victory behind some nice bumps by Seashores Allen Paulhamus and Beth Churchill. Pete’s turned things around in game two as it led throughout the match with fine bumps from Cathie Smith and net coverage by Gerry Sherretta as Pete’s won convincingly 15-6. Pete's took an early 10-4 lead in game three, highlighted by eight consecutive serves by Greg Lacivita. Seashore narrowed Pete's lead as it came within two at 9-7 with some nice bumps supplied by Kaye Evanson. Pete’s regained service and took the game 15-9. League-leading J.T. Builders, with a perfect 15-0 record, took on an ever improving Buck’s Electrofiers team in the second pairing of the evening. In the first game Buck’s came out of the gate quickly to compile an early 8-1 lead

with eight consecutive points on serve by Tom Jackson. J.T.’s came within one point at 8-7 but couldn’t hold service as Buck’s went on to win 15-7. Game two was dominated entirely by Buck’s despite good bumps by J.T.’s Tami Thomas as Buck’s won handily 15-6. J.T.’s turned things around in game three as Tami Thomas gave her team a 7-6 lead with her well placed serves. Buck’s could manage only five points for the game thanks to nice bumps by Patty Komar as-J.T.'s cruised to an easy 15-5 victory. THE FINAL MATCH of the evening pitted the Shire against the Cape MayLewes Ferry. The Ferry todk a 7-1 lead over the Shire in game one with some nice net coverage by Diane Carson. Pokey Chrlstanti served the Shire to a 10-7 Wad and good bumps by Sandy Burton gave the Shire game one

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The Shire continued to roll in game two as it won easily 15-2 behind the serving of Tom Whiteman and Lynn Massimiano. The Ferry turned things around in game three as it ran off with a big 12-1 lead behind good net coverage by John Pulli. The Shire pulled itself together and narrowed the Ferry’s advantage to 12-9. However, the Ferry regained control of the

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Pete's took a big 10-4 lead over Marine in the early going of game two. Marine’s Jerry Reaves served for 10 points as Marine went ahead 14-10. Pete's came back and tied it up 14-14 but couldn’t take it further as Marine hung on to win 16-14. Pete’s completely dominated game three as it took a 13-2 lead behind the fine serving of Judy Ricco and Gerry Sherretta as Pete’s cruised to the win

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TWO OF THE leagues up and coming teams met as Sonat Offshore Drilling took on Buck's Electrofiers. In game one Buck's jumped off to a comfortable 11-6 lead. Soriat's Paul King got his team back in the thick of things as he served.for five points to knot the score at 11-11. Buck’s then regained service and won the game 15-11. In game two it was Sonat’s turn to take the early as it went ahead 8-1. Buck's Rudy Wffson put over six consecutive serves to bring his team to within one of Sonat at 8-7. Sonat then shut down Buck's completely and went on to win handily 15-7 Sonat controlled game three as Buck's inconsistency on serve hurt it badly. Sonat's John Franklin's spikes earned point after point as it took game three 15-11. The final match pitted the much improved Shire team against the Seashore Stinger. In game one the Shire took a 12-3 lead including 11 consecutive serves by Tom Whiteman. Seashore came back and tied up at 12-12 with diving saves and perfect spikes by Janls Seer. The Shire then regained control of the ball and took the game 15-13. The Shire held the lead throughout game two despite excellent bumps by Seashore’s Jonis Seer. The Shire’s Jean Lloyd's net coverage and spikes helped her team secure its second win, 15-12. The Shire’s Tom Whiteman dominated game three with his serves as his team took a big ll-l lead. Seashore failed to put their defense together as the Shire completed the sweep as they won game three easily 15-2. Standinipi J.T. BuiWWi 16] Sonat Oflahorv Drilling Co. 10-8

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