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with Lou Rodtd Barbless Hooks Ease Removal of Catch

The Fluke regulation which calls for a 12-inch minimum for 1985 is upon us We are pleased to report that most of our fis ing associates tell us that there has been excellent compliance Most anglers understand the need for the regulation and most are complying We hope that the few who are still keeping the little ' fluke will coipe along If they do not. then we hope that enforcement will 'make lhen\ do so. Lots of salt water fish are caught on lures Hucktoils and plugs account for large numbers of weakfish. blues

and flukes We were reminded by a long-time fishing friend that if you plan to release fish when using lures, pinch off the barb and the fish will release a lot easier Vol' WON'T lose many fish with barbless hooks, but you will save a lot of fish which might be injured badly removing a hook with the -barb on it This barbless hook tip came to us from Dick Iteinart. who keeps a boat on Ot ten's Canal and fishers a lot liehind North Wildwood Dick also reminded us that this tip won't work well for the bait fishermen because

the bait comes off the barbless hooks too easily. Another good idea for the plug fishermen who troll or cast those big plugs for bluefish is to remove the front set of treble hooks and replace the rear set with a single' hook. The single hooks will work as well as the trebles IT IS A LOT easier removing a big bluefish from a lure withone hook in it than it is to get two or three treble hooks out of a fish ' It is also -risky business to handle, a big fish with all those treble hooks flopping around. We have had occasion more than Once to help get an angler and a big bluefish or striper separated when the hooks not in the fish wound up in the angler's hand. What is the salvation in times like this is a hefty pair of pliers which will cut the hook loose from the , plug." PORK RIND USE. Does pork rind help when fishing in salt water? It adds a lot of action to trolling lures such as the dark spoon It works well behind a bucktaii which is being cast to bluefish or weakfish. Short strips of pork rind also serve as a bait enhancer when fishing minnows for fluke. We find it to work as well as sguid without attracting as manyscavengers Strips of spuid or fluke belly seem to bring around big spider or calico crabs when we fluke fish in back - bays, especially as the tide starts to slow down or if we are not getting a good drift TROLL FOR FLUKE. At times, fluke in the back bays get hard to catch when the wind and tide do not allow a good drift. If your motor will idle down enough, you can troll into the tide as slowly as your boat will run Keep your baits on the bottom troll the channel edges and dropoffs

If your boat Will not troll , slow enough to accommodate fluke speeds, you can always try back trolling. This even works with bigger boats. AJ1 that back trolling meahs is that instead of trolling forward in the accepted manner, you simplyput your boat into reverse and troll backwards toward the direction you want to go. The pressure of the water on the transon will allow a much slower boat speed at engine idle. k I shim; honor ROLL: Here are some of the big fish reported to us which were caught by local anglers Adrienne ilasscl of Townsend's Inlet boated a 12'. • lb. weakfish while fishing on the Bullet with Hank ilassel in Townsend's Inlet. Her fish was weighed in at Pier 88. It was caught on a minnow bait. Robert Bodine of Erma caught an 1 1 -lb. 10-oz. • sheepshead on a crab bait while jetty fishing. His fish was weighed in at Budd's ■ Tackle Shop in Villas. Boyd Tyler of Court House boated a 48-Ib yellowfin tuna while fishing with Jack Osbourne on Osbourne's boat Red Beard. Boyd's tuna hit a red and white feather at the 40 fathom line. I.yn Smith of Rio Grande boated a 7'4-lb. weakfish on a bucktaii and squid while fishing at Paddy's Hole behind Avalon. Her fish was weighed in at Stan I'enska's Avalon Anchorage marina. Charles Davisanik of Stone Harbor caught a 12-lb. 2-oz dolphin while trolling at Five Fathom Bank with a pony tail. He was fishing with Bob Kipp on Bob's, boat Sudan Change. Carol Shute' of Court House weighed in a 7-lb 2-oz. fluke at Avalon Anchorage. Her fish was caught on shedder crab bait at Paddy's Hole. Brian l.arsen age 4. caught a 12-lb 10-oz

bluefish while trolling at FFB Buoy on the, Persistence. Don Batzell of Villas caught a 6-lb. 14-oz. fluke in Delaware Bay. He was on an outing with Capt. Bob Schuman on the Sea Star out of Cape May. SKA ISLE CITY: Capt Neill Bobbins of the Capt. Robhins said wreck fishing remains good on day trips. Paul Barrus and his daughter Karen, teamed for 79 sea bass and blackfish. Both are from Sea Isle City. Capt. Robbins also reported that bluefish action had come back. Mark and Bob Shay of Broomall. Pa., caught 35 blues with a pool-winning 15-pounder mixed in with the catch. LUDLAM'S BAY REPORT: Some big flukes are being caught in Ludlam's Bay along with some big weakfish. Bdh Salukas Philadelphia boated five weakfish to 8:,4-lb. William Van Artsdale. of Allentown. Pa., caught six fluke to 7'2 Ib. on minnow bait. The flukes were brought to Viteillo's Dock. Sea Isle City. AT FRANK'S Boats, big fluke and weakfish are being reported Julie Wissinger. 13. of Medford. was fishing with her dad. They had 14 flulte and 4 weakftsh. She had nine of the fish. Her biggest was a 4'2-lb. fluke. Jorge Barros of Toronto. Canada, caught a 6' -.-lb. fluke and Gerald Notarianni of Philadelphia caugth one which weighed in at 7:l rib. as fluke quality improves at Corson's Inlet BLUE MARLIN: A 183-lb blue marlin was caught on Leo Cicalese's boat First Light at the tip of the Wilmington CAnyon.

CAPE NEWS: Capt. Jim f Solleyof the Happy Days said fluke fishing remains good with some weakfish and blues mixed in. Recent pool winners included Robert Moore of Philadelphia and Eileen Abadie of Court House. On a recent charter, two anglers from Deptford shared a pool when they tied with identical 6'--lb. fluke. At South Jersey Marina. Capt. Paul Thomson of the Porgy III reported some dormant fluke at Brown Shoal and the Anchorage. Al Wy nne of Point Pleasant had 10 fluke including ^ 7-Vlb. pool winner. Others taking pools were Tom Morrison of Philadelphia with a 5'rlb. fluke; Mary Fishel of Valley View, Pa., with a 5'2-lb. fluke; and Lynn Sarazin of Philadelphia with a 4 '--lb fluke. Joe Bednarek Jr.. 11, caught a 5>2-Ib. pool winner. He's from Del Ran. N.J. WILDWOOD CREST: Bob Arnold of Philadelphia and Wildwood. decked a 6'2-lb. fluke on a day trip on the Wildwood III with Capt. Dave C'icchitti. Joe Conrad of Philadelphia bagged an 8-lb. 2-oz. fluke on the Wildwood 111. Starlight fares are doing well on fluke day trips Night blue catches range from 300 to 500 blues per night. Bob Clotherier of Philadelphia decked 26 blues, with a 14-lb. 6-oz pool winner. - Big Blue: Stan Chomnacky of Philadelphia, caught a 20-lb pool winning bluefish on an outing on the Sea Raider with another Sea Raider pool going to William Ciaskill with an 18' - lb. blue.

( ape May County — ^ ALMANAC August, 1985 MINIS I'll VSKS/FilSITIMS> ( OHKhl THIS TIMKS The Moon » effeet on the tide is Compute approximate UmA greatest when closest to Earth "f hl*h * *ale» /«" >«"' (in p.-.. Jim und when in direct a,ra h> adding "r «uMrac-lin|f alignment m it»i Sun * Earth the following number nf 'fall * new moon phages i On minuter for each tide phase in and about these dates loss "" Tide Table wi nds i depending upon direr fu.n i ma\ 'r»ulf in flooding una-... est rebels low tides Moon l'ha»e* IOW lilt. II l ull Mmn Great Kg# Harbor Inlet I itl (Juirlrr * Plus 12 pluslO ' S" M""n "• Ocean City 1 9th St Bridgel plus 35 plus 22 x r . Corson Inlet .bridge • Perigee 3, plu>21 plus 7 Sea Isle City ■ l.udlam Thorn Bridge < • plus Ml plus CI TIIIK TAHl.t. Sea Isle City Beach Computed fnrTape Mas. t its minus.' minus2t beai h/'ont fw other areas see Tounsend Inlet plus 21 plus -I "V" "m Seven Mile Beach am |> in a in ni p|us |s q • r,'! * i • "• 'r-' 'I Slonr Harbor s.it to -i to in i is t M ■ Great Channel Bridge I sun 1 1 "• it v i i. . .it Plus *3 plus 40 . Mou is ,t . ..' . i ; Hereford Inlet i Anglesea > . ». I n.- i .- ot i • . ; . .•> .. .••. plus in o Wed t.' H i i ■ i. to . m Wildwood Beach s Hiii i i *. .24 s 17 Minus 2 minus 17 in a i !'• 1 1*! * i"i .I! ! ! Wi|dwood II Sun i it i t. in in II lii ■ Grassy Channel bridge > I.- MoH . ,'t • II ir.' M .9 P'US46 plus 43 I t. "Tue i. I." b I. II Cape May Harbor II W.-.I in ; •: I.- ij j:. plus I minus 4 I- Mm . .1 no. I is i r. F,vr Kathom Bank IS Kri H C. H 47 2 24 2 .'4 plu, II p|us I is Sun lit IM to 17 I I 11 I'ape May Pmnl ft- Mon 10 M II 04 1 29 4 17 plus4fi P,usM 20 iTui' -I I 41 ll-.Mi . til .17 McCne Shoal 21 Wnl 12 t. . a. tl plus 2H p|,is22 22 rim 12 -I • I to I. I" Hi IVI.mu'.r Has Bay shore Channel 9*'' i i i ii il u ,!! w i Kay Canal Junrluou * M.«n ■ V. .i.ii i t a, p,U!' 47 Plus. :* . 27 I'm- i- .'I <■ Jo 12 oi Miami Beach ' .•X -W.-.I . 1.' . til 12 40 12 >7 plus 75 plus hi k *' I (hi .a. sit I u. I 48 Dennis Creek Knlram-e W ' 20 2 14 plus 114 pl^97 it s,n 9 p. 9 n i iii ii. Brandy-wine Shoal i.ighi r plus 77 plus X' V J \ A Sailing ^ \ ^ jMfe Y achts ^ | 22-44 FT. J t LEARN TO SAIL \ On A New 27' Cal |" 3 Hours For $90.00. 2 PIER 88 Marina j 88th and the Bay \ \ Sea Isle City 263-8811 \

Soccer Title Goes To Gr^en Hornets

STONE HARBOR - The .borough soccer league wrappetl up its season this past week with the Green Hornets ending up as champions The week started off with the Hornets defeating the Mariners 4-0 with goals from Joe Sparta and Stephrb Frank. In tne second game of the day. fhe Blue Waves defeated the Gold Diggers 6- 1 Chris Reuf. led the Waves, with three goals In a make up game the Mariners played the HorneLs to a tie at zeroes. However, the Hornets won their 4th shoot out of the season to keep to their undefeated season alive. IN WEDNESDAY'S game the Hornets defeated the Waves by the score of 4-1. The Hornets were led by Michael James, who scored two goals In the second game the Gold Diggers, with three goals from co-

. scoring leader Shawn McCormarh. defeated the , Mariners 4-2. 1 In the last games of the season the Waves beat the i ■ Mariners 7-0 to give them ; third place overall. In the J second games the Gold Dig- ' gcrs ruined the Hornets' undefeated season by, pulling off the upset of the year. Michael James scored to give the Hornets a 1-0 lead by Billy Hampton scored with two minutes left in the first half to tie the score. THE SCORE remained tied until David Kohn scored with 10 minutes remaining • to give the Gold Diggers a 1 2-1 lead. A strong defense led by Mark Meadowcraft and David Hufner and goalie J. P. Gallagher held the Hornets for victory. FINAL STANDIMiS Green Hornets 14 I (Told Diggers 14 | Blue Waves 5 10 Maureen Mariners 4 II

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