^ sports Herald & Lantern 4 |uly

outdoors with Lou Rodia ' f Cape Bluefish Action Begins to Heat Up h /.

Shark fishing is stiiphc fastest growing ol/tne segments of the nprvu •tmnal fishery on the J\asl . Coast Shark fishing lor sport got a big push from the mov ie J <ms u hich trilb ed and chilled millions of viewers, as did its sequel. Juu s II While ir ue and more anglers- ,-lprt to rig tor * sharking jmd more and more imglers- start to learn the intricicies ol the sport, the bluefish is still No I in popularity and the Jersey ( ape is just now starting to eoine alive lor the IW4 season with that oxrep tional bluefish action which Iris made us famous Right novf. while •north.. Jersey ports are reporting bluefish one to six pounds and limited trolling action. Jersey Cape bluefish anglers are finding plenty ol schools of bigger blues eight to in ,

skimmers Trolling boats, night chummers and bucktail and metal jiggers are ail doing well on these bigger fish It is interesting to note. too. that Jersey Cape blues are closer to shore than they are further north If you are going to bucktail or jig blue.,, remember that these slam mors have a mouth as big as a bucket and teeth as sharp as razors, so use a short w ire leader ahead of the lure While jigging is taking hold on the Jersey Cape. Thollmg probably draws more bluefish fans With chtnnming behind that I ( To draw more attention to the line bluefish action on the Jersey Cape, a new Slim. ihhi bluefish tourna merit has been created tor the upcoming season The event is set lor Saturday ,Aug 1 1 at Sykes Yacht

Sales and Marina on old Avalon Blvd.. Avalon The angler who lands a world record bluefish will receive Sao.ooo and an addi tional $50,000 will be presented if an angler breaks the existing .New Jersey State Record bluefish Ironically, the angler who would break the IG FA recognized bluefish world record for all tackle ' now at . > would automatically get the state record and both $5o.ooo prizes A cash prize of $5,000 w ill be presented to the boat catching the heaviest bluefish in the toruanmcnt The total amount ol the prizes will be announced Friday . Aug 10. at the cap tain s meeting at H p ni at the Sykes Yacht Sales and Marina sales office Addi tional cash prizes ranging from $1250 down toSfoowill also Ik- awarded in the one day tournament For information, visit the Sykes Yacht Sales and Marina office at 200 uld Avalon Blvd . Avalon. or call I' a I \ h I ii m a t WW 007 4i hi:; or 4oo4 The tournament is'being ? plan n e d b y ( Ii ii i k Kosemaii at Sykes Yacht • Sales, and it promises to he an. exciting one Koseman said he is targeting in on at least 2oo boats m, the August bluefish event Results: The Ocean City

f Marlm and Tuna Club announced its flounder tour i nament winners this week I The one-day lluke event drew over 50 boats and the contestants found plenty of lluke with most of them in the one to two pound range I m Tournament w inners were as followsChildren under 12: Jimmy Noone. who fished on the High Nftone. took first place with a 2 lb 2 oz fluke Andrew Montagna. who fished on the Leslie, had a 2 lb. fluke to take second place Third prize went to two anglers who tied tor that honor. Jonathan Krnoks. who fished on the Nancy H and Dan .Me Murray . who fished on the Foi it ions Kach boated identical I lb. 14 oz. lluke In the Women's Division. Fat Palermo, who fished on the Fisherman, took first place with a 2 lb 5oz lluke Second place went to l.ois Scliuria on the Burr B..>nli with a 2 II) 3 oz fluke Third place went to Joanne Montagna. on the Leslie with a 2 lb. 2 oz lluke In the men's division. Jnlius Ranch on the Gik \ I won first place with a 2 lb 14 oz fluke Jay Herman on the Shippei had second place with a 2 lb iioz fluke Two. anglers tied lor third spot, tired Shuda on I fie Burr Bo nib and Mack Peter on the At Ease each boated a 2'. lb. fluke Club spokesman Waync

I.. (ioodman said the Ocean City Marlin and Tuna cjulf launched its Silver An niversary season with a shark tournament Rick (irieco on Stephen Ouri don's Char .Win. with a 240- lb tiger shark, took first Second place went to Hob Krooks and- Jay Herman's Skimmei with a 12H-lb blue shar Third place went to Jack Davidson on the Jacket with a < lUH-lb blue shark The only mako boated was caught t by Hruce Wilson on the Vik I inn 3T He received a : special award for boating 1 •the big mako Tournament Winners ! forty-three sharks were \ boated in the annual South t Jersey Marina shark tour i nament A total ol 1 15 boats \ participated The biggest I shark to be weighed in was I a 30h-lb. tiger shark boated \ on the Gum Pere with ( (apt Fd Maronnck. The , J heaviest mako weighed in c at 22t> lb It was caught on t the Tiickv Dick III With, ti Capt Gary Dixon. c Second place mako w in s ners was the Second" iiiiu' V with (.'apt Dick ( oiuad with a 128-lb catch Third v place mako prize winners s was Steve Anthony on the Iposeidon with a 7H fb d mako The heaviest tigei f was caught on the Gum a / — ' \

Pere Second place went to the LisckWarie with ^'a pi. ( Dan ScjJhlini with SmHJb. tigeuHn all. 24 makos. two tigers, two whites, one brown and 14 duskies were numbered among the fish entered in the tournament "" No blue sharks were caught The largest white weighed in at 201 lb. Drum Winners: An 82 lb. 2 Oz. black drum won the Grand Prize for the Lower Township Chamber Of Commerce Annual Drum Derby for Howard Severance of Court House Weekly winners inclUtied Jack Johnson. Silver Birch Rio Grande, first week winner with a 65 lb drum and no winners in the second week Third week winners were Hill u r n c t t J r . o | first place with a 57-lb. drum and Craig McPherson. of Cape May. second with a 55 lb. drum Fourth week Joe Weiser. first place with a Mi-lb drum Jrid Joe Marchina ol North Cape May. second with a 44 pound Weiser is from Villas First ppze in the' I nth 'week went to Severance place , went Giwith a 67 1 - pound F.d Jihorski of Court House had third place w ith .>5 -pounder. ■ \

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MOON PHASES/POSITIONS The Moon's affect on the Tide is greatest when closest to Earth fin perigee) and when in direct alignment with Sun A earth (full A new moon phases) On and about these dates, low pressure systems and/br strong winds I depending upon direction) may result in flooding, and extremely low tides Moon Phases -» . Moon June 30 Firs! Quarter 5 Full Moon 1 > l.ast Quarli-i _-| Vrw Moon Perigee* >. 30 Apugee 10 TIDE TABLE Compute d for Cape May City beachfront . for other areas, see Correction Times. DATE HIGH LOW 1 Sun 10:28- 10:37 4:14—4:12 2 Mon 11:24-11:33 5:01- 5:04 3 Tue 12:20 5:454- 6:0! 4 Wed 12:28- 1:15 6:41 7:03 5 Thu I 24 — 2:11 7:40- 8:10 6 Fri 2:23- 3:09 8:38- 9 16 7 Sal 3 23- 4 08 9 35-, 1(1 18 I 8 Sun 4:28 5:07 10:30-11:16 9 Mon 5:31— 6 03 11:2310 Tue 6:29- 6:54 12:09- 12:13 11 Wed 7:19- 7:41 1:02 1:04 12 Thu 8:05- 8 24 1:54- 1:54 13 Fri 8:51- 9:05 2:40- 2:42 14 Sal 9:33- 9:47 3:22 3:26 15 Sun 10:15-10:27 4 03- 4 06 16 Mon 10:56-11:09 4 40- 4 45 17 Tue 11:38-11:49 3. 17— 5:25 IB Wed - 12 22 5:54-- 6:07 19 Thu 12:30- I :(B 6:32- 6:55 20 Fri 1:15- 1 48 7 16- 7 55 21 ,$al 1:58- 2:34 8:04 - 8 57 22 Sun 2:50- 3:26 8:59- 9:56 23 Mon 3:48- 4 25 9:51- 10:51 24 Tue 4:54 5:23 10 43 II 44 25 Wed 5 58- 6:19 11:3626 Thu 6:51- 7:09 12:38— 12:2S27 Fri 7:43- 7:58 1 .28— 1:23 28 Sal 8:31- 8:44 2:19- 2:16 29 Sun 9:21- 9:33 3:06- 3:10 30 Mon 10:10-10:23 3:54— 4:01 V31 Tue 11:02—11:14 4:40- 4:52

CORRECTION TIMES Compute approximate times of high A low water/or your area by adding or subtracting the following number of minutes for each tide phase in the Tide Table. LOW HIGH Great Egg Harbor Inlet Minus 12 pluslO Ocean Gty 1 9th St. Bridge! plus 35/ plus 22 Gjthm Inlet (bridge) plus 21 plus 7 Sea Isle City (Ludlam Thoro Bridge) ph»66 plus 43 Sea Isle City Beech minus 2 minus 21 Townsend Inlet plus 21 plug 4 Seven Mile Beach plus 15 0 Stooe Harbor (Great Channel Bridge) plusM plus 40 Hereford Inlet (Anglesea) plus 19 0 Wildwood Beach Minus 2 . mints 17 1 West Wildwood (Grassy Channel bridge) plus 46 plus 43 j Cape May Harbor ' plus 1 minus 4 Five Fathom Bank i plus 11 plus 1 Cape May Point j plus 46 plus 34 McCrie Shoal Plus 28 olus 22 f Delaware Bay ( Bayshore Channel c (Bay-Canal Junction) pius31 plus 36 r Miami Beach . plua7S plus 71 1 Dennis Creek Entrance r plus98 plus 84 e Brandywine Shoal Light !\ Pk*77 nlus52 ]( / ft

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CAPE MAY — Dekelco was knocked from the ranks American League of Men's Softball of the undefeated as Kindle Ford used the hot hitting of Joe Tomlin. who went 4 for 4. to bang out an 11-8 victory. George Keating and Frank Seabrook pitched in; both went 2 for 3. Prior to the first loss. Dekelco managed two wins to run its season record to 16-1. Dekelco downed the ; Miami Inn 9 to 2 last Monday behind a total team effort. On Wednesday. Dekelco put it to William Morey Development Co defeating Morey ll-l behind the hot hitting of Bob Girard who went perfect 4 for 4. IN OTHER LEAGl'F. action: The Cape May Coasties handed the struggling Cape Radiology Dawgs another loss as they downed the Dawgs 4-1. EECEN continued its winning ways collecting two wins on the week. On Thursday, EECEN nipped the Cape May Coasties 2-t in a clash of Coast Guard teams. EECEN then downed the Cape Radiologv Dawgs 7-2 as Frank Frawley broke up a 2 to 2 tie with a bases loaded single in the seventh inning. Kindle Ford shutout Tavern 15-0 as Joe Tomlin again led the waygoing 4 for 5. Bud Keen chipped in with three hits as did Mike McLaughlin. The resurgent T.M.U. Bandits captured two victories last week to up their record to 5 to 7. T.M.U. edged the Rusty Nail 11-10 last Monday as Will Heacock the offense, going 4 for 4 by Andy Szigeti

> who went 3 for 4. T.M.U. ? then defeated Mayer's r Tavern 9-2 last Tuesday as > Dave Raucci went 3 for 3. Standings , Dekelco lfri EECEN |0-3 ' Cape Mmay Coaslies 8-3 Kindle Ford 9-5 L'.SC G Bears 6-3 Miami Inn tt-6 Charlie's Place 7-5 The Press 6-5 a T.M.L". Bandits 5-7 Rusty Nail 4-7. Chief Petty Officers 2-4 Wm. Morey Development Co. 2-5 : * Mayor's Tavern 2-10 Cape Radiology Dawgs 2-11 | Cape Abstracl 0-7 IN NATIONAL LEAGUE ACTION: Doc's Custard improved i its record to 8 to 6. collecting two wins last week. On 4 Wednesday. Doc used the i hitting of Steve Hartley, 1 Rich Rhinesmith and ij Frank Dougherty, all of « whom collected two hits, to j dowri the Atlas Motor Inn j 3-2. Doc's then narrowly a defeated the Pirate's Den j 8-7 on Friday as it took a 8-4 1 lead into the seventh inning f and held off a rally by the j Pirate's Den to secure the I win. Joe Willshire led the i way with three hits and ' three rbi's. Burke Builders continued its winning ways | and held off the Atlas J Motor Inn on Monday to win 16-15. Ed Fuente's had three hits including the game winner in the bottom of the seventh. j Pirate's Den destroyed I Bayshore Lounge on ! Wedneday 16-1 pounding J out 22 hits in five innings with six players collecting three hits. Standings Burke's Builders 15-I Law's Printing 13-2 Pirate Den 7-5 Doc's Custard 8-6 Eckel's Diesel 2-6 Atlas Motor Inn 2 9 Bayshore Lounge 1-7 - Ugly Mug .1-7 Captain Sig's 0-t0

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