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Variety , Surprises Spice Cape Fall Fishing

Variety is the spice of life and variety is what fall fishing is all about on the Jersey Cape when we are blessed with Indian Summer What the effect of the tropical disturbances will have on Jersey Cape

fishing can only be tested by time. As of now, all indicators point to continuing good fishing despite the storm threats. One of -the impressive things about fall fishing is that one never is sure what y \

the catch will be after something strikes the bait. Mixed bag fishing is one way of describing fall fishing. Others like it to a gigantic smorgasbord where one can pick and choose from a wide variety. THE CHOICES are broad in variety of fish. They are also broad in respect to the ways that fish can be caught and the places an angler can catch them. Fluke, weakfish and bluefish figure heavily in the catches. So do sea bass and blackfish. That's normal for this time of year. What is amazing is the numbers of these fish still around in Jersey Cape waters. Here are some of the unusual fish reports which crossed our desk in the past week: KINGFISlI — Brian Salveson of Clermont caught a king at North Channel behind Avalon. He was fishing squid bait from his boat Ked Hots. Kingfish should just be starting to arrive, but the warm water may deter them for a while. Kings can be caught in the back waters as well as in the surf. Small hooks and small bits of bait such as bloo'dworm. squid, clams or mussels work on kingfish. Kingies should not be confused with king mackerel. These are much larger fish which are more often caught well south of the Jersey Cape, but in the ocean. They usually hit trolled baits. Kingfish. on the other hand, are members of the northern whiting family. They have a small mouth and are generally caught in the 1/2 to 3 1/2 lb. class. SOME YEARS ago, two Pennsylvania anglers fishing here for the first time spent the entire morning trolling spoons in Grassy Sound for kings, because one of the locals told them there were kingies in the inland waterway. Their experience in fishing had included trolling for king mackerel in

Florida, but they had never fished here for kingies. That's one of the problems with fish names. The same fish might have several names along the coast or different fish might be called similar names. KING MACKEREL: Matt Sands, of Pottstown Pa., caught at 6 1/2-lb. mackerel while trolling a spoon at FFB buoy off Wildwood. He was fishing on the Mr. Lucky with Robert Gorman ... James McGinty. of Philadelphia, caught an 11 -lb. 14-oz. king mackerel while fishing on the Aimey Jane with Charles Shuttle. "He was fishing at McCrie's Shoal. ALLISON TUNA: Sal Sorace of Cape May Point caught an allison tuna while fishing on the Five Star. He was using a SirAce lure in Baltimore Canyon. BARRACUDA: George Hocking, of Avalon, caught a 17-lb. barracuda on a trip to Baltimore Canyon on the Unwinder. STARGAZER: John Kanicsar. of Wildwood Villas, caught a 1-lb. 11-oz. stargazer at Cape May Point. MARLIN: Thomas Cahill. of Bala Cynwyd. Pa., caught a 75-lb. white marlin on a green machine lure on a trip to the 30 Fathom Curve on his boat Sea Venture off Avalon. WAHOO: Ken Olmsted, of Madison Pa., caught a 23-lb wahoo from Phil Robeson's boat Emanon. They were fishing on the 20 Fathom Curve. BLUE SHARK: Robert Romanouski of West Grove. Pa. caught a blue shark from Capt. Gary Sloan's boat Magician out of South Jersey Marina on a mackerel bait. YELLOWFIN TUNA: George Ewerth of Philadelphia caught a yellowfin tuna on a trip to 2FB. He was fishing with 14-Ib. test line on a Ugly Stick and a Penn 710 reel. He was fishing with Bob Ewerth on the boat Dut chman. George was casting a bucktail tipped with squid when the tuna I belted his bait. THAT'S BUT a scattered selection of the fish which we have heard about. On a recent blue trip, we saw one dusky shark caught ■ and the mates said several • had been caught during the [ previous week. Mako sharks were also reported. , There are other kinds of I fish being caught, but the t list above is sufficient to | point out that if variety is 5 your bag, now is the time to 0 get out on a fishing trip. j Each year, these and 1 many other exotic fish are i caught on the Jersey Cape. I Many are thrown back 1 without any effort to iden- | tify them. Others are $ brought back and a 0 deligent effort is made to 0 have the fish identified. Unf fortunately, many fish are 1 needlessly destroyed when I there is no logical reason to | kill them just to show them I off to other anglers. | IT IS A good idea to have I a camera aboard just in L case you catch a strangep looking sea creature. A camera will help record £ these exotic creatures for the future. Or, if you do kill one of these exotic rarities, it might be worth consider-

ing having the fish mounted as a trophy. Warm water draws a lot of exotic fish to the Jersey Cape and its offshore waters. Continuing warm water this fall will produce more catches similar to those documented above. As long as these warm water fish continue to show, look for continuing good fishing for the old standbys — weakfish, blues, sea bass, blackfish and fluke. DOUBLE HEADER: John Rosetti, of Clermont, boated on 8 1/2-lb. fluke in Paddy's Hole behind Avalon. The day before, his niece, Carol Rosetti Shule, also of Clermont, boated a 7 1/2-lb. doormat in the same spot. Both were using squid for bait. Carol was fishing with Thomas Shute III in their boat Dolphin II. The two fish were weighed in at Stan Penska's Avalon Anchorage. FLUKE CATCHES: Gerald Page of Pine Hill caught a 6-lb. fluke while fishing in Delaware Bay on the Porgy I II with Capt. Paul Thompson out of South Jersey Marina ... Jim Dickson of Cape May caught a 9-lb. 14-oz. fluke on minnows

and squid. He was fishing with Ed Christie on his boat, HYAK ... Joseph Guenther, of Feasterville, Pa., caught a 9 1/4-lb. fluke while fishing on his boat, Wendy Sue. Joe was using squid for bait. He was fishing in the Anchorage in Delaware Bay. WEAKFISH: John McLaughlin of Avalon, caught a 9 1/4-lb. weakfish on the Avalon Fishing Pier. He was fishing with a live snapper blue for bait ... Jim Shute of Court House caught a 7-lb 3-oz. weakfish behind Avalon. ..Reran McGovern, of Philadelphia caught a 9-lb. 15-oz. weakfish on squid bait in Delaware Bay. He was fishing with Jim Galasso on Jim's boat, Mrs. G. Jim caught a 12-lb. weakfish on the same trip ... BLUEFISH: James McQuillen of Wildwood Crest boated a 13-lb. bluefish on a trip with Capt. Dan Kubiak on the Midas Touch out of Cape May ... Jay Pulli, 13, of North Cape May, caught a 13-lb. 10-oz. bluefish on a trip to FFB with his dad. John Pulli Sr. They were fishing their boat, the Satin (Page 47 Please)

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MOON PHASES/POSITIONS The Moon's effect on the Tide Is greatest when closet! to Earth tin pert/tee) and when in- direct alignment with Sun k Earth ( full k new moon phases) On and about these dates, low pressure systems and/or strong winds tdepertdinn upon direc lion | may result in /loading and/or extremely low tides Moon Phase* Full Moon */M 9/2* last quarter Sew Moon First quarter Y ull Moon \ pager 2/® Perigee " TIDE TAHl.K Computed /or Cope Mas City beach/eont. /or other areas, see Correction Times IlUK Hlt.il "m I Tim- 9 54 I" I t 3:36 I 'O 1! Wed 10 27 l« 48 4 US 4 :W l Thu II IB II 25 4 H i ll J Ert II 411 ■ <u 5 53 Sat 12 H7 12 22 5 33 6 42 l, Sun 12 58 I I t I. IK 7 51 7 Mini 1 56 2 12 7 32 H tr.l K Tue 1 03 I 211 R 56 HI 02 9 Wed 4 12 4 29 10 06 10 54 III Thti 5 16 5 II It III II 44 ■II Kn 6 11 6 27 11 57 12 Sot 6 58 7 14 12 30 12 50 1.1 Sun 7 43 R 02 I 17 I 43 14 Moo R 28 H 47 2 02 2 34 15 Tpc »9 14 9 iff 2 50 3 23 16 Wed 10 02 10 25 3 35 4 12 17 Thu 10 S3 II 20 4 21 5 144 18 Kn II 49 5 10 5 59 19 Sal 12 20 12 49 6 06 7 03 20 Sun I 22 I 50 7 13 H II 21 Man 2 29 2 54 8 27 9 20 22 Tue 3 36 3 59, 9 37 10:18 23 Wed 4 45 5 03 10 38 11:07 24 Thu 5 40 5 55 II 31 1153 25 Fri 6:28 6 41 12 19 26 Sat 7 OR 7 23 12 35- 1 114 27 Sun 6 43 6 59 I 14 12 46 28 Mon 7 I A 7 35 12 52 1:25 29 -Tue 7 50 B IB I 28 2 (6 30 W ed 8 23 8 44 2 02 2 42 31 Thu 8 55 9 19 2 34 3 16

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