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Weakfish, Blues Top Action

COURT HOUSE - Fluke, weakfish and bluefish dominate fishing action for salt water anglers fishing Cape May County waters. Wreck fishing enthusiasts are finding good supplies of sea bass, ling and blackfish, plus the first showing of small porgies. Offshore trolling boats are catching some white and blue marlin as well as tuna and dolphin from the 30 fathom curve out to and in the Wilmington and Baltimore Canyons. As the summer progresses these exotics will move closer to shore and within range of more boaters. DELAWARE BAY activity picked up this week with a good showing of weakfish from five to nine pounds. Best fishing has been inside Four Fathom Slough, where anglers are catching fluke and weakfish. Brandywine and Brown Shoals have also produced good catches of weakfish and fluke. Some days the bay boats are picking up small blues j r AVALON > Appliance Center 967-4621 2345 DUNE DR. AVALON

along with the weakfish and J fluke. ( Ocean anglers are locat- i ing fluke and mixed bags of I sea bass, weakfish and f small blues around the in- I lets and just offshore of the i beaches. Cape May Point I has been producing good catches. I Back bay action has ! centered on larger fluke I with some weakfish mixed j in. The season's first snapper blues in the back bays started to show up this < week. * < CRABBING catches have also been better with bigger blueclaws and bigger numbers being reported. Hereford Inlet between North Wildwood and Stone Harbor and Grassy Sound behind the Wildwoods has been a fluke hot spot. Best fishing has been on incoming tide, but some anglers are recording good catches as the tide changes and drops to low water. Corson's Inlet, and Ludlam's Bay have also been accounting for improved fluke catches with some weakfish mixed in. Weakfish and fluke are also being caught in the sounds behind Avalon. Bluefish continue to bite well for the trolling fleet as well as for the night chumming boats. A slowdown in bluefish action ended when the fish moved back in to within range of the fleets from Ocean City to Cape May. Joe Livolsy of Holland, Pa., caught a 16-lb. blue while Ashing with Capt. Bill Garrison on the Sea Mist out of Cape May. William Feaster of Audubon, Pa. caught a 15-lb. 7-oz. bluefish on a ponytail lure at 2FB. He was fishing on his boat the Anticipation II. Chris Larsen of Berlin. N.J., caught a 12 3/4-lb. blue on a Ragmop lure at 2FB in the ocean. FLUKE CATCHES included a 9Vi lb. doormat boated by Mike Runyon of

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Stone Harbor. His fish was caught in Hereford Inlet on a minnow and squid comBob Jones, of MorPa., caught a 6%-lb. at Bouy No. 6 behind Avalon. Sam DeFebio of Berwick. Pa. boated a 7-lb. 5-oz Auke at Townsend's InJohn Woodell Sr. of Sewell caught a 5-lb. 7-oz. Auke at Townsend's Inlet on minnow. A 4-lb S-oz porgy was weighed in by John Marleu of Philadelphia. His Ash was caught on the party boat Capt. Robbins on an ocean wreck trip. Anglers are reminded' that this is the 50th Anniversary of the Cape May County Fishing Tournament. All entries of fish into the tournament are recognized with a special 50th anniversary commemorative entry badge. Fish over a minimum weight get a bronze pin and a citation for the lucky angler. All fish are then considered for fishing tackle prizes at the end of the contest in December For free tournament information, write Fishing Packet, Box 365. Cape May Court House, N.J. 08210. Fall Sports Exams Set ERMA — Physical exams for students who wish to participate in fall sports at Lower Cape May Regional will be given Thursday, Aug. 29, and Friday, Aug. 30, at 2 p.m. in the high school nurse's ofAce. Any student who reports for the physical must produce a completed medical history form and the completed urinalysis documentation. The physical exam forms and the urinalysis obligation can be taken care of in the high school Monday. Aug. 26. 8 to 11 a.m. and Tuesday, Aug. 27, noon to 2 p.m. in the nurse's office. Leukemia Tourney Tug McGraw. hero of the Philadelphia Phillies 1980 World Championship drive, served as honorary chairman of the $100,000 Third Annual Fish for Life Tournament to benefit the Leukemia Society of America, Inc. Over 150 boats and 800 participants from up and down the East Coast registered for the event, Aug. 20-25, at Harrah's Marina Hotel Casino in Atlantic City, and the South Jersey Marina in Cape May. Joining the "Tugger" on the honorary committee were Julius Erving, John Spagnola and Bernie Parent. The Fish for Life Committee was founded in 1982 by a group of South Jersey volunteers from the business and medical communities. To date it has raised over $145,000 for the Leukemia Society of America, Inc.

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