/ 52 - SpOrlS ^ Herald & Lantern 25 July '84

outdoors with Lou Rodia ^ Big Fish Time Has Arrived at Cape

It is big fish time on the Jersey Cape Anglers should be on their toes. As summer wears on. big fish , have a tendency to show up unexpectedly. Some -are just big fish which are normally around this time of year Others are "sur-_ prise" visitors who pop in unannounced In the past few days, white mariin showed up in a chum slick for one shark fisherman. Black drum have been caught in Delaware Bay — long after the big schools were supposed to have left, or at least before they were due back in August Big fluke are starting to show up in

the Cape May County Fishing Tournament entries. So are much bigger bluefish. George Mumma, of Court House, weighed in an 18-lb. bluefish he caught on a recent trip in -the Miss Chris II out of Cape May. George, who is 76. is an ardent fisherman. Big schools of big blues are setting in for the summer and they should be getting even bigger as the summer season fades into fall. Big. Fluke: Marie Morgan of Linden wold, caught a 10-lb. fluke while on a fishing trip in the Tuff L i j e with Larry McWilliams. Marie's fish

was weighed in at Frank'sBoats at Strathmere. Traditionally, August has been named as the "fluke'' month on the Jersey Cape. While lots of doormat fluke are caughr in August, anglers should be aware that good fluk4 fishing lasts well into October. Tournament Winner? Tom Brodesser's Lazy Bones, a brand new Ocean 55, made its first venture into blue water last week ip search of mariin and other game fish. The Lazy Bones was making its maiden voyage by participating in the annual $10,000 White Mariin Tournament out of South Jersey Marina. Aboard were owner Tom Brodesser. and crew members, brother Joe, Bob Lepor, Hank Peddle and Jack Needles. It was a rewarding trip for the captain an^ the crew. The first white mariin raised and caught on the new Lazy Bones was a 68-pounder — .big enough to win first prize in the tcdirnament Joe Brodesser caught the fish, which was worth $5,000 for first prize plus an additional $500 in the bonus SECOND PLACE went to the Spring Fever with a 66-pounder. It earned the boat $1,000 plus a $500 bonus. The heaviest tuna award of $1,500 went to the Lovely Lynn for a 287-lb. tuna. The second heaviest tuna award of $1,000 went to the Moongate A $500 crew award went, to the Lazy Bones In boat competition, the high boat award went to the Ocean 46 with 197 points. The Lovely Lynn won the boat aw^rd for tuna with 143.5 points and the Grand Champion award went to the Our Pal with 214 points.. In team competition, the Manasquan N.J. Tuna 'and Mariin Club won with .V2p points in white mariin competition. The Tuna Team award went to the Cape May Mariin and Tuna Club Team No. 2. which included the Moonglow. the Karen Ann. the Castaway and the Due Course. The overall team championship went to the Cape May Mariin and Tuna Club team which included the Lazy Bones, the Magic Maureen and the Beowulf FLl'KE REPORT: In land waterway fluke action continues to be good to ex

cellent in the Avalon. Stone Harbor. Grassy Sound and Ludlam s Bay areas as well as in the near Corson's Inlet and behind Ocean City Some fluke are also being caught around theM'est Wildwood Drawbridge. As long as Ocean temperatures remain abnormally cool, the fluke action in the Inland waterway should continue to be better than usugl for this time of year. At Vitiello's Dock. Sea Isle City, Cass and Bill Plots of National Park caught 86 fluke on minnows and squid. Jim and Kieth Quisley of New Bloomfield, Pa. caught 45 fluke and they too, hit minnows and squid. Fishing plain minnows. Robert and Rick Stanborough of Blackwood and buddies Larry Garson and John Medlin caught 79 fluke on minnows. All of the action was in Ludlam s Bay. At Avalon Anchorage. Stan Penskareported good catches pf flounder from his rental boats. Gerry Kapp and his dad, of Har risburg, Pa. kept 58 fluke and one weakfish behind Avalon. IN ANOTHER big fish surprise, fares on Capt. Bob Schumann's six-hour party boat Sea Star out of South Jersey Marina came across a school of black drum in Delaware Bay. The 28 fares on board were on a fluke fishing outing and were fishing light tackle and 20-lb. test line when the big fish came into sight In seconds, all 28 anglers aboard were hooked into big black drum All but two were'lost. They were deck ed by Grace Fay of Philadelphia and Dave ' Eber of Virginia Beach, Va. The fish were both 73 lb Several of the big fish which were lost were broken off when the anxious anglers tightened down on the drags A couple of surges from the black drum popped the lines. Another black drum was hooked and janded on 20-lb' test line by T. D. Vernot of King of Prussia. Pa Vernot was fishihg near the Pin Top Buoy in Delaware Bay Reel Winner: Winner of the Penn 60 fishing reel in this week's contest at the Miss Chris Docks in Cape May for the biggest bluefish was Art Ray of Philadelphia. Art was fishing on the Miss Chris II with Capt Fred Ascoli v%en the big blue hit i MARLIN SURPRISE: j Two mariin gave anglers | surprises in the past weeks. One hit a trolled hootchie on a bluefish trip. The other was caught by an angler chumming for sharks on the East Lump. Clifford West of Pine Hill caught a 55-lb. white mariin while he was fishing a mackerel bait from his boat Contentment. The mariin came up in West's shark chum slick. Blue Catch: Six -year-old Jesse Westcott of Roseman's Lane, Cape May, boated a 12-lb. bluefish on an outing on the Red Beard with Capt. Jack Osborn. The fish was weighed in at Roseman's by weighmaster Joan Roseman. Weakfish action: For boats willing to make the

long run from Cape May and Wildwood ports north to Miah Maul Light, or to buoy 19 or Elbow Light in upper Delaware Bay. weakfish are being caught Shedder crab helps but it is not an absolute must Many of the weaks up in the Fortescue area are being caught on bucktail and worm combinations. Charles Petronis Jr. of Philadelphia caught a 14-lb. 11 -oz weakfish on a purple worm and bucktail combo while fishing his boat Chambord. A few weakfish have been reported in the inland waterway. Anglers are scoring best by floating baits, with the best catches just after high tide and the first hour or so of the outgoing tide. %

Wi 1 BIG BLUE — George Mumma. 76. shows off lK-pound bluefish he boated on trip aboard Miss Chris II out of Cape May.^

Gets Degree COURT HOUSE - Local resident Diane L. Crull was awarded a degree of : Bachelor of Science in 1 Human Nutrition and i Foods at graduation exercises at Virginia Tech, i Blacksburgh. Va.. last I month. ** • I I

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F - - ,V - Cape May County . ALMANAC ILLY MOON PHASES/POSITIONS CORRECTION TIMES The Mbon's affect on the Tide Compute approximate timet it greatett when clotett to Earth of high t low water for your (in perigee) and when in direct area by adding or tubtracting alignment with Sun £ earth (full the following number of It new moon phases) On and minute* for each tide phate in about theie dates, low pressure the Tide Table, systems and/or strong winds LOW HIGH (dependingupon direction) may Great Egg Harbor Inlet lowllje Minus 12 pluslO Moon Ph »e* Ocean City (»th St Bridge) New Moon June :ill P*1"3® P»U«22 Firsi Quarter 5 Corson Inlet (bridge! Full Moon 12 plus 21 plus 7 Last Quarter 21 , Sea Isle City New Moon 2* (Ludlam Thoro Bridge) Perigee 2. 30 plus 86 plus 43 Apoger Sea Isle City Beach minus 2 minus 21 TIDE TABLE Townsend Inlet Computed for Cape May City d1us ,, ^ . beachfront ; for other areas, see . Correction Time*. S*™ Mlk Beach DATE HIGH LOW P,MS 15 0 am p m Stone Harbor 15 Wed 5 38 619 l"W (Great Channel Bridge) 26 Thu 6:51- 7 d9 12 :18 12 25 P'u**5 plus 40 27 Fn 7 43 7 58 1 28 1 23 Hereford Inlet (Anglesea I 28 Sat 8:31 B 44 2 1» 2:16 plus 19 0 29 Sun % 21 9:33 3:06-. 3 10 Wildwood Beach 30 MAn 1010- 10:23 3 54- 4 01 Minus2 minus 17 31 Tue II 02-11:14 4.40 4:52 w«i west wuawood «t (Grassy Channel bridge) plus 46 plus 43 1 Cape May Harhor Piue 1 minus 4 Five Fathom Bank plus 11 plus 1 Cape May Point plus 46 plus 34 McCrie Shoal* plus 28 plus 22 Delaware Bay Bayshare Channel f (Bay-Canal Junction) > plus 31 plus 36 \ Miami Beach * 11)1 \ p,U®75 P*1"71 I I \ Dennis Creek Entrance I plus 96 plus 84 Brandywine Shoal Light uM » \ p*0"™ !*•* J

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