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Nature's Way: Small Fluke Are Grown Up

Nature has a way of lak inn rare of things For the past two years we were blessed with large numliers of small fluke The catches began to exceed good taste and many of the small fish were wasted when anglers caught too many. Lots were thrown away Here it is a year later Nature has spoken The numlx-r of small tish has dropped dramatically We're not rearing the high number reports. as often as we did for the past two years Fluke are bigger, and there are still a lot of them to lie caught. The main season for ocean and lower Delaware Hay fluke fishing is still ahead of us. really WHAT U K -.SAW last ,\\\V\VtV\\A\VV\VV\V ,\\\v\\\v\w\vv\vvvv«\\vv\\v\\\\\\x\\v

year and the year before was a blessing nature bestowed upon us which heralded better fluke years ahead Those little fish which have grown up are now the one to threepounders i oh the scale i thiil we are seeing this year Some will grow to being to to 12-lb. doormats If there are more good breeding years and if everyone remembers that there is a tomorrow, we can look for some good fluke years ahead How did Nature play a role? First, by providing such numbers of fluke Then they Became easy to catch. The fish hogs went to work That's part of nature, too TIIK DOWN cycle and kwmwwwvwwwv

the scarcity of fluke, which is also part of the natural cyclic nature of fish, was not enough to prod the State of New Jersey to im pose a limit on fluke that was reasonable What it took was the tremendous waste of a resource to prod someone into actionAll the 12-inch i scion to be t:s inches in 1986 and 14 inches in 1987 > limit did was tiring New Jersey in line with other states It should have been in effect for years Now that it is. we hope that it is enforced That's as long as both the commercial as well as the rod and reel anglers feel the heavy hand of enforcement equally THERE HAS been a 14-inch minimum for commercial catches for years and we keep wondering where those little fluke come from which we see in the fish counters and where those baby flounders come from which appear on restaurant menus. We're glad to see that most anglers we have talked to are in favor of the regulation and that most are complying. Keep up the good work Meanwhile, fluke fishing

action is picking up in the ocean. Delaware Bay is starting to improve and there are still fluke to be caught in the back bays. Weakfish have moved well up the bay except for some scattered fish in the lower bay and the ocean. A FEW WEAKS are be ing caught in the back waters but usually early before the boat traffic starts or well off the main channels in some of the little holes that provide a quiet place for weaks to hide and find fo6d during the summer Ocean fishing for sea bass. Ling and blackfish has also remained good. Night chumming for blues is also providing excellent catches. Canyon and offshore trolling has started to percolate. There are blue and white marlin reports as well as catches of tuna. REPORTS: Capt. Bob Schumann of the Sea Star II reports fluke to three pounds on bay trips. Charles Duus of Camden, caught 14 fluke on one trip. The Miss Cape May is now sailing four hours. Capt. Frank Shaw said the Tauder charter, which was led by Joe Niemaczuk of

Royersford. Pa., produced a 7n4-lb. pool winner and several five-pound fish. Tom Patterson of North Cape May boated 28 fluke on one Sea Star trip. SHARKS: Capt Dan Guss of the Huntress reported three makos and a dusky shark for a charter which included Dave Hall of the University of Michigan. Don Bracken of the Denver Broncos and Tom Dixon of the Pittsburgh Steelers Happy Days fares at Ocean Hiway Dock in Cape May are also reporting mixed bag four-hour fishing trips. Bob Forrester won a pool with a 60-lb. black drum Stan Davis of Barracuda Fishing Club of Philadelphia twice won pools with big bluefish. AT WILDWOOD Crest. Capt. John Koyles of the Royal Flush reports fluke to 4's lb. Weigle said blue chumming is producing big catches. Capt. Kd olsen is back for the season as the skipper on the Wildwood III at Blake's Dock. Wildwood Crest. Capt. Ed sails daily for Fluke on all day trips. He reported that No. 16 buoy in Delaware Bay has been a hot spot wth some of his fares turning in high hook catches of 20 or 22 fluke. Capt. Jim Cicchitti of the Starlight said Jack Dcmpsey of Philadelphia boated a 6' j-lb. fluke to win one pool on Starlight half daytrips He said fluke catches are improving. Night blue catches are also excellent Paul Cantando of Philadelphia was a recent high hook with 52 blues. SEA ISLE City's Starfish fares are also doing well on night trips with plenty of blues being boated Day trip anglers are catching weaks and fluke. Capt. Neill Bobbins of the Capt R ob bi ns said Rudolph Cox of Philadelphia caught 45 bass and ling and Walt Clinger of Narbeth. Pa caught 48 bass and tog. Night blue catches are good with Jerry Kreitler of Paulsboro catching a 16-lb. blue and 18 others Capt Charley Selby of the Rainbow reports good daytime action on blues with anglers bucktailing fish to 15 lb Brian Pfiel of Aston. Pa. caught a 14-lb. 9-oz blue He is 7 years old NAMES IN the news: Charles Haines of National Park caught a 7-lb 14-oz fluke in Grassy Sound channel It's the second citation fish Charles caught this year in the Cape MayCounty fishing tournament BILL SHILLINGFORD of Marmora boated a 4' 4 -lb weakfish on squid. C. Greenlee of Stone Harbor caught a 5.29-lb fluke while fishing on his boat the Aquadart behind Avalon on

fluke belly bait. Frank McLaughlin of Avalon fished on his boat Irish Eyes and caught a 12-lb. 11-oz. bluefish. Tracey Neave of Strathmere caught an 1 1 .44 bluefish on a trip to Sea Isle Lump on the Stoneman Ted Mozer of Avalon caught an 8'a-lb. fluke on a trip to Townsend's Inlet from Stan Penska's Avalon Anchorage. Bob Olivo of Villas caught a 72'=-lb black drum on a Delaware Bay trip. Janice Teasenfitz of Court House, age 7. caught a 234-lb. tautog. She was fishing on the boat Big Dan with Sherry Ann Kleuskens of Court House. Sherry, age 6. caught a 2,3-lb blackfish. Skipper of the boat was Dan Kleuskens. Andrew Loder of Marmora weighed in a 7-lb 9-oz. largemouth bass he caught in Dennisville Lake on a purple worm. A 173-lb. mako shark was weighed in by Paul Clark of Town Bank. His fish was caught on the FizT with Bob Barker!. Jack Frederich of Sea Isle City boated two 25-lb. king mackerel on a trip to Sea Isle Lump on his boat Jason II. FLEET ADDITION : The Harbor Mist, skippered by Capt. Bob Dunelberger. will be sailing half daytrips from Pier % at 96th Street and the Bridge in Stone Harbor Bob has been catching some nice fluke in Herefore Inlet. Call Capt. Bob for sailing information at 967-4430. Kids Stcim To Benefit Hospital LINWOOD - The fourth annual Shore Memorial Hospital Kids for Kids Lap Swim has been scheduled 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. July 17. at the Mainland Recreation Association here The event is sponsored by the Junior League Chapter of the hospital auxiliary and raises money for the pediatric department at Shore Memorial. Some $30,000 have been raised since the event began in 1981 These funds are used to purchase medical equipment and recreational items to be used in pediatrics. The swimmers sign-up sponsors who pledge money for each lap completed. The swimmer who collects the most money wins the grand prize of a ten-speed bicycle.

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