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~ outdoors with I on Rodia Family of Winner Shares Top Prize

A Saturday outing on the Ryan Family's boat Ryan's Express, out of Avalon, is kind of a routine thing. Tom Ryan, the owner skipper tends to fish with the family, so the $100,000 Sykes Yacht Sales and Marina tournament was sort of just another day for the Ryan family to fish. As it turned out, it became a day to remember for 15-year-old Sean Ryan. He took top prize in the tournament with a 15 lb. 3 oz. bluefish. It earned for Sean the honors which go to any tournament winner — honors that are shared in 7 " — -r

fishing by the entire crew aboard a prize-winning boat in any tournament Fishing is always a cooperative effort and the glories and the disappoint ments are shared by all who participate. That the first prize was $5,000 for having caught the winning fish with a Sykesquid all sweetened the pot for the Ryan clan. Tom Ryan, of Mechanicsville, PA. is the owner-skipper. The boat received a plaque to mark the event. Sean's fish bested all of the rest in the tournament, and beat the

second place fish by three ounces. SECOND PLACE went to Dave Donahue on the Grand Mariner vith Capt Jay Haem. It earned $1,250. Jim Wright on the Sea Nymph, skippered by Mike Runyon, had a 15 lb. 9 oz. blue which earned $600 for third place. Fourth honors went to the Patricia with Capt. Ed Bednar with a 14 lb. 14 or. blue. It earned a $600 gift certificate. In fifth place was the 14 lb. 14 oz. blue landed by Chuck Hopson on the Deal with Capt. Bob Burt. The prize was a $350 gift certificate, Frank Valla, owner and angler on the B-Vee, took sixth place. His 14V4 lb. blue earned a $250 gift certficate. Charles Johnson, captain and angler on the Salty Dog. took seventh place with a 14*4 lb. blue which was worth $200. A 14 lb. 10 oz. blue won $200 for Peter Hoover Jr., who fished with his dad Pete Sr. on their boat Outrageous. Ninth place went to Skip Holtzafel, who shippered the Codfish. He got a $200 gift certificate. Tenth spot went to Bill Rodia, of Phoenix, Ariz., who caught a 144 lb. blue while fishing on the Shiela Ann with Mark Coffee. The fish earned a Pipewelders Bait Tray and six golf visors. GEORGE POWERE was skipper and John Devimey was the angler who caught a 14 lb. 7 oz. blue to earn a $100 gift certificate and three oil changes Bob Martin who fished with Skip Holtzafel on the Codfish. copped 12th spot with a 14 lb. 6 oz. blue and dinner for two at the Whitebriar The 13th spot went to Bill May. angler and skipper on the Sea Ducer He received a gift certificate A total of 62 boats competed in the first Sykes $100,000 tournament. From all indication, reactions at the tournament dinner at the Golden Eagle on Sunday night pointed out that the tournament was well received and that it would be a sure success when it is repeated in 1985 Chuck Roseman, who directed the tournament for Sykes Marina, said dates would be announced shortly for the 1985 event As for this writer, suffice it to say that the Rolls Royce order was put on a back burner Son Bill, who won the Pipefitters Bait Board, offered it to me on the premise that I would put it in the attic and keep it as the first item of acquisition toward a 40-ft. off shore fisherman. Which he did not offer to pay for. Instead he made a number of veiled suggestions as to how applicable my 14-ft. aluminum runabout would be on some of the lakes round Phoenix. WHILE FISHING was tough on tournament day, it has improved considerably A good spread of fish has moved into the area, warm water has arrived and blues are settled in at a more normal pace for mid-August. Shark Record: Records are made to be broken. So it is for the state record on mako sharks. A new record is pending. Frank Gibson, | L<

i of 846 Wayside Lane, Haddonfield, was fishing with ) his brother-in-law, Phil ; Walsack on Phil's boat when he hooked a 662-lb mako in Hudson Canyon, i He was using a mackerel ; bait on 80 lb. tackle Phil's boat holds the state record for a tiger shark which : weighted over 700 lbs. i While Gibson was on his I way back to the dock with i the big mako, the radio i report created a stir at the dock where a crowd waited to see the fish. In the group was William C. Schmidt, of I Millington. He had only recently received certificai tion for his- state record mako — one that weighed i 547 lb. The record before that was a 540 lb. mako landed by Kevin Sheppard of Toms River in June, 1983 THRESHER CATCH: ' Gary Bender of Marysville, Pa., was looking for bluefish while on a trolling trip with Capt. Dick Herb on the Escapade out of Avalon. The charter trip centered mi Avalon Shoal, where blues had been caught. Bender and the rest of the party had boated some blues so they wo* not too surprised when the rod went, indicating a fish had taken the Rebel plug which had been producing blues. Three hours later. Bender brought his fish to boat. It was a 170-Ib. thresher shark. What made the catch even more exciting is that the thresher, not known for its aerial acrobatics when hooked, jumped at least four times. ' Bender is from Marysville, Pa. PAT GARAFIN of North Wildwood landed a 16 lb. blue on a night trip on the Royal Flush. James Pettanuci of Staten Island. N Y caught an 18-lb. blue to win Saturday night's pool in the Miss Chris II He came back Sunday night to boat a 16-ib. blue which did not even come close to pool honors Boats are reporting 200-300 blues per night. Capt Charley Selby of the Rainbow reported a 15-lb. blue for Bob Jones of Kopf, Pa. Capt John Popper! of the Fiesta said night blues have picked up in size and numbers. Topper for one pool was the 174-lb. bluefish decked by Douglass Di Alphonso of Philadelphia Doug is 11 years old. Blues: Bluefish made a surprise appearance in the bay behind Strathmere and everyone caught them — surf anglers, boat fishermen and those fishing from the docks and

I- bulkheads. Candy h Jankowski at Frank's >1 Boats said the fish were 1 4 t to two-lb. blues and they hit lures, bait and top and bottom rigs as well last 1 Wednesday Frank Kra5 jowski of Philadelphia 1 weighed in a 54 lb. fluke, l Frank Mellor and party from Wenonah, N.J., s caught 70 fluke. They kept l 45 and threw the rest back. > Daytime fishing has been ; excellent for fluke and I small weakfish in i Delaware Bay and the f oceanfront off Wildwood. High tide angling has been best in the rips with fluke I biting on low water in the I area in front of the Grand in Wildwood Crest. Fluke i and weaks have been hititng also around No. 19 buoy in the bay.

FLATT OUT — Jim Bonnet, 76. shows off 6^-poond fluke he boated aboard "Littel Chris" oat of Miss Chris Fishing Center Aug. 8.

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MOON PHASES/POSITIONS The Moon') affect on the Tide •» it greatest when closest to Earth alignment with Sun * varth (full S new moon phases ) On ond about these dates, low pressure systems and/or strong winds ( depending upon direction) may result in flooding, and extremely low tides ^ ' Moon Phases New Moon Jul. Ul First quartet .1 f ull Moon 1 1 1-iiHl Quarter IS New Moon 26 Pvrigis- 27 \pogei- h 1 TIDE TABLE Computed for Cape May City beachfront . for other areas, see Correction Timet. DATE HIGH l.OWL 22 Wed 4 20- 4 49 10 12 II 15' Z» Thu 5 28- 5 52 11 1224 Fri 6 29 6 48 12 11 12 09 25 Sal 7 22 7 38 I 03 I 06 26 Sun 8 iO- 8 26 1 54- 2 01 . 27 Mon 8 59- 9 15 2 42 2 55 28 Tue 9 47 10 03 3 28- 3 45 29 W ed 10 37 10 55 4 13 4 36 30 Thu II 29- II 48 4 58- 5 27 31 Fn -12 23 5 46 6 21

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