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Qutdw? Cape Anglers Snag State Record Fish

For the second time in as many weeks a possible state record fish has been weighed in at South Jersey Marina. This time it is an 83-lb. cobia which was caught by a Cape May angler. The cobia is already in process of being certified as a new state record. Last week, it was a possible new state record for a sailfish. The cobia surpassed the previous record of 45 lb. which was set in Delaware Bay. The angler was Mark McDevitt. The boat was the Huntres*. a charter boat which operates out of South Jersey Marina. The skipper is Capt. Dan Guss. Dan had caught cobia before —

in Florida — so he recognized the four cobia when they invaded his chum slick during a recent shark outing at the 20 Fathom Curve. DAN S BOAT had been chartered by Ken Zebrowski of New City, N.Y., and his son, Kevin, for a shark outing. One shark had been hooked in the slick and it was lost. Five small dolphin also invaded the slick and were boated on half ounce bucktails. Three cobia were in the 30 to 40 pound range. The big one ignored a slab of bluefish. Dan brought out a four-ounce bucktail he made himself. Once it was

rigged on a rod, McDevitt i cast the biggest cobia. The fish took the lure and was boated. i Processing the application for State of New Jersey record status for the cobia is under way. It joins the possible state record sailfish weighed in last week by Dr. Harold Feiler. Dr. Feiler was part of a two-day fishing trip on the Mad Hatteras out of South Jersey Fishing Center. His fish weighed 4434 lb. It beat the existing state record of 41 lb. DR. FEILER is from Yardley, Pa. He is a physician with the Emergency Department of the Delaware Valley Medical Center in Langhorne, Pa. Others on the trip were Drs. Michael Mann. Jeffrey Salk. Frank Rizzo. and Anthony Margiarincina, all on the Medical Center medical staff, and Frank Thompson. State and world record status for fish they catch comes to very few of the millions of people who fish. But each time one casts a lure, drops a bait into the water or trolls a lure behind his boat, a possible world record looms if everything falls into place. SOMETIMES, you get the bear, and sometimes the bear gets you, as the saying goes. For the two anglers above, they got the bear For Charles Eckel Jr. and Sr.. of North Cape May, and for Bill Donohue, of Rockville, Conn., and for the crew of the Nautigal. the bear got them. It all started with a trip to the Baltimore Canyon for the two members of the Eckel family and Donohue on the Eckel family boat. It was a new boat for them and the trip marked the first time the Eckel family had ventured offshore beyond Five Fathom Bank. Their previous boat had been rigged for inshore boating and fishing. The new one was equipped for trips to the canyon, so they headed offshore. ONE WHITE marlin was caught and another was missed on this maiden voyage To provide some action, the trip proceeded to pick up a few small dolphin around a pot fisherman's marker buoy. Suddenly a blue marlin crashed a Blackie's red and orange trolling lure and the battle was joined. The time ' was 2.20 p.m . It ended 15 hours later at 5:45 a.m. when the line broke and the fish escaped. Donohue fought the big fish for 6Ms hours during the early stages of the battle. Young Eckel had it on for the rest of the time. At 11 :45 p.m.. when they were faced with a possible fuel shortage, the rod with the big fish attached was transferred to the crew of the Nautigal. a 46-ft. ocean yacht, which sails from South Jersey Fishing Center. AT THAT point, the boat was about 30 miles from where the fish was hooked The Nautigal had been standing by watching the battle. The fight between man. fish and boat continued to 5:45 a.m. At that point, the monofiliment line, which tested at 80 lb.. , parted and the fish was | lost. , It was another big one ,

1 that got away. How big was e the fish? The crew of the s Nautigal said the eye of the fish .was at the cabin line and the tail extended three f feet beyond the stern. It is 1 11 feet from the cabin line J to the stern, which would * make the fish well over 15 1 feet long. ECKEL ESTIMATED 1 that the fish was at least ? two feet longer on each side 1 of the 11 ft. transom off his ■ 28 ft. Topaz. During the 1 battle, observers on both ■ boaLs indicated that they had the fish as close to the 1 boat as 20 feet, just out of reach of the flying gaff. The fish was estimated at 15 feet long — which would ' place the weight for a blue marlin at somewhere between 700 and 1,000 lb. One about 1,000 lb. was caught ' about the same time the Eckel fish was hooked. The fish was brought into Ocean City, Md. IT IS THE biggest fish ever hooked by the crew on the Eckel boat. Talking to the elder Eckel at his diesel engine repair shop at Cape May County Airport, it was refreshing to hear that he was more than satisfied that the big marlin had escaped apparently unharmed. As for return trips to the Canyons for big game fishing, the big question for the crew on the Eckel boat will be what to do for their encore. Will they go back again? The answer is obvious. The name of the Eckel family boat is Try Again. REPORTS: Bigger fluke and more weakfish and bluefish top the reports this week. Some bonito. tuna and albacore have been added for the trolling boats. Small dolphin are also moving in closer to shore. Sea Bass, blackfish and ling are in the bags for the wreck fishermen. Surf fishing has had an upswing. From Stosh, the bartender I at the Pennword Bar, comes word that the king fish have finally arrived. Stosh had 41 kings to l3* lb. on bloodworms while fishing the surf at 2nd and the beach in North Wildwood. HIS 41-FISH total was the third good catch recorded in as many days for him. Stosh said the recent stormy northeaster seemed to open up the fishing by exposing a lot of sandworms which are a good food supply for kingfish. Best bait for kings is bloodworms but they will also take squid or clams. Stosh was using a double hook rig and caught several double headers. Only three were throwbacks. Best hook size is a No. 8 or No. 10 Pacific bass hook on a short leader with a small float attached to keep the bait away from crabs. THAT THE KINGS are as far as Second Street in North Wildwood means that they should be showing up inside. We should be hearing about kingfish cat- / ches all along the surf from I Ocean City to Cape May and in the back bays as [ i well. At Cape May. Capt. Al It Dulinski of the Big Jim \ reports that wreck fishing started. John McCullough of Philadelphia decked a 5-Vlb. sea bass.

Close to 100 sea bass around five pounds were boated along with a lot of one to three pounders. The wrecks also produced some bigger fluke. Louis Tanni of Morganville won a pool with a 6-lb. 7-oz. fluke. AT WILDWOOD Crest, Capt. Dave (ncchitti of the Wildwood III said fluke action has picked up. Fares boat up to 20 fish per trip. Tom Simmons had 22 to three pounds. Allen Stewart boated 18 mixed weakfish and fluke. His biggest was a 6' t-lb. fluke. On the Starlight fleet, day action has been good for four to five hour fluke trips. Night blue catches have skyrocketed on the Starlight. Jay Barnes boated 54 from eight to 15 lb. On the Royal Flush. Capt. Mike Weigle also reports hot bluefish catches. Blues are an hour from the dock. John Christianson of Philadelphia had a 15-lb. 9-oz. pool winner. Tom Gorman of Haddon Heights caught 28 slammers. AT WILDWOOD. fares on the Adventurer II and the Sea Raider also report hot bluefish action at night. Alan Smith and Joe Delucia of Runnemede, teamed for 42 slammers. A pool went to Dave Aurlies of Norwood. Pa. for the 14,3-lb. blue he caught on the Adventurer.

Good fluke catches are also being reported on the Miss Cape May and the Sea Star at Cape May's South Jersey marina. Bud Stinger won a Miss Cape May pool with a 6^4-lb. fluke. Porgy III fares are also doing well on fluke. Saturday fares decked 12 to 15 fish. Tony Minauro of Philadelphia topped the catch with a 5-pounder. On the Happy Days at Ocean Hiway Dock four-hour trips are producing good fluke catches. Stan Davis of Philadelphia had 15. SEA ISLE City: Blue catches continue to escalate on the Starfish. Anglers are boating 10 to 20 fish. Pools go to fish up to 13 lb. Day catches feature weaks, blues and fluke. On the Capt. Robbins. fares are producing sea bass and ling. John Gibbs of Williamsburg, Del., caught 40. Night blue catches have been excellent. Pat Cruz of Vineland boated 24 blues eight to 10 lb. On Dean 's List COURT HOUSE - Nasser A. Chaudhry, of Pacific Avenue, has been named to the Dean's List for the spring 1985 semester at Rutgers, the State University.

Cape May County ^ ALMANAC SEPTEMBER 1985 Aoon phases/positions correction times The Moon' j effect on I hp Tide it Compute approximate timet greatest when clotett to Earth of high 6 low water for your (in perigee ) and when" in direct a"a by adding or subtracting alignment with Sun * Earth the following number of l/ull « new moon phases) On minute* /or each tide pha«e in and about these dates, low the Tide Table pressure systems and/or strong wind* (depending upon direr ti on! may result in flooding and/or extreme ly low tides. Moon Ph»»e* l-OW HIGH Full Moon n/30 Great Egg Harbor Inlet 9/2* PIUS 12 pluSlO Last Quarter j Ocean City (9th St Bridge I Corson Inlet (bridge) Apogee « Plus 21 plus 7 Perigee n / IS Sea Isle City i Ludlam Thoro Bridge \ plus 66 plus 43 TIDE TABLE Sea isle City Beach Computed for Cape May City minus 2 minus 21 taaiSm /« Oil... ..... ... To.rn.od Inlet Correction Timr. OATH mini I* Seven Mtle Beech am. p.m am p.m . J5 28 Wed 7:12- 7:30 12 46 12 57 F Stone Harbor 29 Thu 7 56- 8 13 136 I 48 _ H*r,b°r J . 30 Fn 8 38 8 53 2 20- 2 34 'Great Channel Bndgei 31 Sat 9 16 9 31 3 00 3 15 P'US43 plus 40 1 Sun 9 54- lit OB 3 36- 3 55 Hereford Inlet i Anglesea t 2 Mon 10:30- 10 45 4 II 4 32 plus 19 0 3 TUe II 09-11 24 4 45 5 09 Wildwood Beach 4 Wed II 46- 5 II 5 46 M.nus 2 m.n.« i? 5 Thu 12 02 12 23 5 46 6 26 ' w Wildwood 6 Fri 12 44 I 06 6:23- 7 24 _ Wl 7 Sal 132 1 56 7:11- 8 34 'Grassy Channel bridge) 8 Sun 2 28- 2:52 8:22- 9 40 P'US46 plus 43 9 Mon 3 37 4 no 9 32-10 38 Cape May Harbor 10 Tue 4 46- 5 05 10 31- II 28 plus I minus 4 !I 548 6 01 " F,ve fathom Bank > 12 Thu 6 40 6 56 12:19-12:21 p(us , , . . 13 Fn 7 26 7 42 1 04 1 14 P .. M.v Pn.nl 14 Sat 8 11 8 25 1 51- 2 03 < ape May 15 Sun 8:54- 9 09 2 36 - 2 54 P1 115 46 plus34 16 Mon 9 39 9 55 3 :18- 3 41 McCne Shoal 17 Tue 10:28-10 43 4 01- 4 29 plus28 plus22 18 Wed II 17- 11 38 4 45- 5 19 Delaware Bay 19 Thu - 12 10 5 32- 6 15 liavshore Channel S £ m£»5 22 Sun 2 42- 3:15 8:44 - 9:42 Plus47 plus36 23 Mon 3 54- 4:23 9:53-10 42 Miami Beach 24 Tue 5:07- 5:29 10:54-11 36 ptus7S plus61 25 Wed 6 06- 6:24 II 50- Dennis Creek Entrance 26 Thu 6:53- »: 10 12:25-12 41 plus 1 1 4 p|ltsy7 £ Si illtjf 12 IS 29 Sun 8:47 9:02 2:27 - 2:52 P plusS2 30 Mon 9 20- 9 38 3:03- 3 29 - >A\\A\mV\\\\VA\\\\V\A\\V\\V\\VV\VA\T A CAL i AT ft Sailing \/> \ Yachts \ \ 22-44 FT. \ 1 LEARN to sail On A New 27' Cal £ 3 Hours For $90.00 PIER 88 Marina * 88th and the Bay \ \ | Sea Isle City 263-8811 | i

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