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outdoors with Lou Rodia Tournament Time Takes Cape Spotlight

It is TouPnament Time on the Jersey Cape The sport - fishing iraternity which seeks big game lish offshore has two big events coming up in back-to-buck weeks There are a number of other tournaments in the ottering in and around Cape May County The area's quality fishing is what makes these tournaments so successful. While they may have a strong vertical interest on the part ol the actuai contestants. what is missed by a lilt ol people is the tact Unit these tournaments generate millions of dollars in direct and periteral dollars into the area's economy \ <fl l( K l ook at the direct dollar imparl is in tournament entr> lees, dock rentals, tackle and

| bait sales, marine fuel sales, repair to marine i equipment, boats and tackle, lood for the contestants i as well as other refreshments' and sales in marine supply and dockarea gilt and novelty shops That's only a few places and a few businesses which are touch?? There are many others. Tournaments generate advertising dollars, printing, sales ol souvenir T-shirts, patches and emblems, citations and prizes, motel room sales and meals at m a n y restaurants Tournaments have sold more than one offshore bout to a participant who realizes that the 26-footer he is currently operating is a wee bit small lor that extra to or 20 miles he needs to get to the l>est fishing

After watching his cocompetitors breeZe by him a few times, more than one tournament angler is look ing at twin engined 30 or 34-foot boats to upgrade from his 26-footer. WITHOUT TIIK tour naments there would bo no tournament dinners and a number of area restaurants have had din ners lor 200 or 300 people which would not have been it there had not been a fishing event to cause it Some may criticize tournaments for being big business in both fresh and salt water but the good tournaments create Bit; business lor the areas where they are held and the Jersey Cape Has its share of GOOD tournaments Right now. Ixiats are competing in the seventh annual lo.ooo White Mariin open at South Jersey Fishing Center in Capo May The contest continues through Sunday Boats Irom local ports as well as I rom several nearby stales are competing. There are nightly lish weigh ins and some super lug lish mqd their way to the scales There is an ex eitement to being dockside to watch a boat flying a tuna, mariin. dolphin or wahoo Hag on the out nggerland .waiting lor that boat to come to doek^lo see w hat li.ts been caught WHILE THA I tout no men! is currently under way. plans are living made lor the 27th aiinuql Cape May County While Mariin Tournament which get* under way July lt« with a registration bullet at Stone Harbor Yacht Club and ends with .in awards ban quel Sunday . July 22 Thiil tournament is head quartered at South Jersey Manila but it is sponsored by Hie Jersey Capo Spoi l lishing Committee in con luuct ion with the ( ape May Count y B o a r d o I Freeholder* For the small hoalei there have already been weaklish and black drum contests There is a fluke contest set tor Sunda\ Aug 4 and > with the head quarters lor that event be nig the South Jersey Fishing and Hunting ( enter at Hie ton. Cape May Contest iiiloriuatiou and entry blanks arc available there \I.SO IN August there i* a Sloo.ooo lUuclish tourna me n I set Irom Sykes Marina on (Hd Avalon Blvd . A valon ( liuck Hose in a ii. tour name lit director there, expect* around 2tiu boats to lish this event Bluet ish tour naments provide an oppor * (unity lor Ixiats ol all sizes 'big enough to get out into the ocean, ol course to compete, it is not necessary toowna gigantic oil shore sport fishing boat to compete in. blueiish • events For the inaugural SllNMNN) event the legist ra turn lee is $2(Hi per boat and inlormation is available by writing the marina or by calling. Address in<|uiries to Sykes Marina. 2!hi old Avalon Blvd.. Avaion N.J. 08202 or call 609 967 -KMi:t You# can also visit the marina and pick up entry blanks First prize is a guaranteed $5.ooo. with

$50,000 prizes possible for l anglers who catch fish ? which surpass the slate record and the IGFA r record lor blueiish. p TIIKKK ARK a lot of other tournaments around — local, dock sponsored. > municipal events and.somc i on party and charter boats, i All whet the competitive appetite but they all keep ? fishing interest high. The i oldest, perhaps, is the Cape i May County Fishing Contest. now in its 4yth year This event sponsored by • the Cape May County I Board of Freeholders. I recognizes catches in over ; 3d kinds of I ish. honors reei - ; pients of biggest tish honors with citations, pins ■ and prizes and is open to anyone who catches a lish in Cape May County . Over i 8 0 w e i g h m a s t e r s . i throughout the county register fish for this event There is no ent ry lee and no advance registration 'is required. Reports: Daytime activity on blueiish has picked up considerably in the ocean as t rollers as well qs east and-jig anglers have lieen scoring well .Night blue! ish chumming is producing 2»o to 500 blftes Iroill live to I".

pounds most nights. Offshore t rollers are finding some white mariin and tuna. Mako sharks have started to show in increasing numbers. INSIIOKK FLUKE fisning has been consistent ly good most days. Bigger fish are found closer to the inlets and while there are still a lot of throwbacks. enough big fluke -are pre sent in the back bays to make tishing worth while Delaware Bay weaklish action has settled down to summer-style bait fishing with a few big fish mixed in with smaller weaks Fluke fishing in the bay remains good and some- big blues are being caught. Ocean fluke fishing is picking up Some weaks are being caught along with fluke. REPORTS: Ed Gilinorc of Stone Harbor floated a 154-lb. mako on the ocean outing on ("apt. Wall Render's Luck y Strike. Rich Adler also caught a mako - a I II -lb. lish the same day. Adler is from Cherry Hill. Fl.l KK CATCII: Candy at Frank's B o a J s . Strathmere. reported a i> lb. 2oz I luke lor Mike Marred Irom Cherry Hill It -T-— — — —

was one of 40 keepers Marett's party brought back to the dock. Candy said fluke fishing remains good from Strathmere. Crabbing has also picked up in the inland waterway. John Fitzgerald's group, from Warminister. Pa boated three dozen large crabs. CRAB CATCHES: Crab bing continues to improve. At Ludlam's Bay. I.ou Pinto. J im Cesar and Ed Funis of Broomall. Pa., caught 17 dozen large crabs on bunker bail. KINGFISH REPORT: Kingfish hyvc been reported in the surf Irom Ocean City south to North Wiidwood. Harry Moncrief and Dic k Davis bf Newfield had 50 kings with at least six double headers while fishing from the Avalon Fishing Pier with bloodworms. A lew small weaks are mixed in with I he kings Kings are also being reported Irom jetties and the surl in Ocean City. Sea Isle. Avalon. Stone Harbor and North Wiidwood Use small hooks for kings Bloodworms, are the Ik's! bait, hut they will hit squid or clams it there are no bloodworms available

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MOON PHASES/POSITIONS f The Moon's affect on the Tide is greatest when closest to Earth I in perigee I and when in direct alignment with Sun £ earth ( full 4 new moon phases) On and about these dates, low pressure systems and /or strong winds I depending upon direction) may result in flooding, and extremely low tides. J Moon 1'h.isl* New Moon June ::n Kir*l Ouiiilt-i- 5 F ull Mimhi v l.usl OtKirlri _•! \r« Mim.II •* Perigee ■>. \pngre Ik TIDE TAB1.E Computed for Cape May City .beachfront; for other areas, see Correction Times. o.\tf: iiigii low am p.m. a.m. p.m. 11 W 7 1« 7 41 I irj I MM 12 Thu 8.115 K 24 I 'M I .VI 13 Fri 8..T1 H05 2:4(1 2 42 14 Sill »:.« « 47 I 22 T 'Jti 15 Sun III: 15- 10:27 4:03 4 i« 16 Mon 10.36 U;IM 4 lo 4:43 17 Tue II 38 1 140 3 17- 5 23 18 Wed 12:22 3:34 6 07 19 Thu 12:30 I It'. 6 .12 6:55 ' 20 Fri I IV - I 48 7 16 7:33 21 Sitl I 38 2 34 8 IM 8 37 22 Sun 2: 30 3 26 8 39 9 Mi 23 Mon 3:48 4 25 9 51 10:51 24 Tue 4 54 5:2:1 10 43,11 44 25 Wed 5 58 6 19 .11 .16 26 Thu 0:51 7 09 12 :18 12 23 27 Fri 7 43 7.58 1 28 1 21 28 Sal 8 31 8.44 2 19 2 16 •29 Sun 9 21 9tfl 3:06 3.10 30 Mon 10:10- 10:21 3:54 4: ill 31 Tue II 02-11 14 4:40 4 52

CORRECTION TIMES Compute approximate times of high tc low water for your area t/y adding or subtracting the following number of minutes for each tide phase in the Tide Table. LOW HIGH Great Egg Harbor Intel Minus 12 pluslO Ocean City (9th St. Bridge) plus 35 plus 22 Corson Inlet (bridge) plus 21 plus 7 Sea Isle City (Ludlaro Thoro Bridge) plus 66 plus 43 Sea Isle City Beach minus 2 minus 21 Townsend Inlet plus 21 plus 4 Seven Mile Beach plus 15 o Stone Harbor (Great Channel Bridge) phis 43 plus 40 Hereford Inlet (Anglesea) plus 19 o Wiidwood Beach Minus 2 minus 17 West Wiidwood (Grassy Channel bridge) plus 46 plus 43 Cape May Harbor plus 1 minus 4 Five Fathom Bank plus U plus 1 Cape May Point plus 46 plus 34 McCrie Shoal plus 28 plus 22 Delaware Bay Bays bore Channel (Bay-Canal Junction) plus 31 plus 36 Miami Beach ( plus 75 ' plus 71 Dennis Creek Entrance plus 98 plusM ' Brandywine Shoal Light Plus 77 plus 52 V f

'Hailing Port* Rule Change? WASHINGTON has announced it is seeking p ti b I i c c (i m m e n t o n whether to continue to re quire owners to mark on each vessel the name ol the port where it is registered with the Coast Guirrd. Current regulations require a vessel to fie marked with this hailing port in order lor it to be .documented. When the statutes that required the marking ot vessels to show a " hailing port' were repealed two years ago. the Coast Guard continued to require such markings through regulations As changes in the regit la - lions were made to reduce the number ol Coast Guard ports ol documentation, some vessel ow ners lound their vessels had to be marked with a hUiiing port i bearing little or no relation i ship to where the owner liv- I -I'd or where the vessel was ] normally berthed or used. ' After receiving a number . of complaints, the Coast Guard has decided to i reconsider the regulations i and is asking for comment ] on whether marking a hailing port on a vessel is necessary, and. if so. how 1 the port to be marked 1 should tie determined. Comments should be submitted to the Commandant , ( G -CMC/24 1 . ( CGD 844)27 > . I U.S. Coast Guars. Washington. D C. 20593 by July 16. and should include the name and address ofthe person making them. For further information, contact Lieutenant Commander Robefl R. Meeks. Office of Marine Safety. (202)426- 1493. |

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