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Full Moon Brings Tardy Drum fish

The drumfish answered the question as to where they were and when they would arrive in Delaware Bay themselves. They arrived on the fulI«noon, and if history' repeats itself, they will be around for at least another month. The full moon will be late in June, and the drum should

bite at least through the full moon. Drum were added to the growing list of available fish for Jersey Cape anglers. So were porgies and kingfish. In the case of the kingfish, they arrived about two weeks ahead of last year's schedule. That's what makes

fishing so interesting. Fish have a way of surprising us. Abc*W"the time we figure them out, they change their pattern. KINGFISH ARE being caught from the Townsend's Inlet bridge to Eighth Street in Avalon, according to Hal Sprenger at Avalon Hodge Podge. Blues, sea bass, ling, tautog and a few porgies are the prime targets for the ocean anglers. Crabbing remains consistently good. Fluke, a scattering of weakfish and blues, plus some blackfish have helped improve back bay fishing. But the big news continues to be big weakfish. The numbers fluctuate from day to day, with some boats doing extremely well, others good to fair and some boats just so-so. Weakfish catches suffered a setback over the recent Memorial Day holiday weekend when schools of porpoises moved in Delaware to take the weeks * off their feed. Big numbers of boats contributed to the slowdown. SINCE THE weekend, however, weakfish catches have bounced back. Weakfish have been big, with many of the pool fish topping 15 lb. here are some of the reports: Capt. David Cicchetti of the Wildwood III out of Wildwood Crest reported nine weaks to 13 lb. and six blues for Joe and Mike Genovese. of Philadelphia. Terry Jensen of Somers Point, caught a 15 1/2-lb. weakfish and a 4-lb. 9-oz. fluke. For infor- y m a t i o n c a 1 A 522-4839 ... Capt. John Rovles of the Royal Flush, also out of Wildwood Crest, reported good sea bass, ling, tautog and porgy fishing, along with some blues. Woody Bevans of Laurel, Md., caught 19 sea bass and 19 tautog. Rick Zalavetsky of Philadelphia caught a 9-Ib tog. Night skipper Mike Weigle reported over 400 blues on his first trip offshore. Jim Buckley of

Yardley, Pa. caught a ] 10-lb. 6 oz. blue. Fellow angler Walt Sybein ducked ] 31 hlues. For additional information call 522-1395. < AT WILDWOOD. Capt. Charley Selby of the Rain- < bow said pools have been | going to big weakfish. One , pool went to Danny Tar- y| tiglione, of Wildwood Crest. i He decked a 17-lb. 14-oz. j weakfish. Lou Ezelle of | Westville caught a 15-Ib. ] 2-oz. weakfish ... The Sea , Raider, also out of Wildwood, reported improvement in the weakfish | action and blue catches on , day and night trips. Tom Methven of Wildwood Villas, caught a 15-lb. weakfish. Brian Echavarria of Palmyra decked a 15- pounder. Larry Madden, Skipper of the Adventurer 11 said night chumming for blues has been excellent. Pools went to Paul Negron. of Philadelphia, and Anthony Grazearen. of Cossett, N.Y. ... Day fishing on the Adventurer II with Capt. Joe McTommoney has produced good catches of blackfish <and sea bass. Fluke have shdwed up inshore. FRANK'S BOATS at Strathmere reported improvement in the back bay fluke fishing. John and Elaine Cro^ty of Philadelphia caught 12 fish. Blues from 1 1/2 to 2 lb. are being caught at the mouth of the inlet. Some sea bass and tog are also being caught. Crabbing has also started to improve. Good size and good numbers greet sea bass anglers on the Capt. Robbins with Capt. Neill Robbins at the Sea Isle City. Skeets Harmon of Lindenwold, caught 67 sea bass. Bob Galloway of Philadelphia decked 65 ... William Clark of the Starfish, also at Sea Isle Ci-, ty, said inshore bottom fishing has produced lots of ' sea bass, tautog and ling. Greg Ramick of Moorestown caught a 5/14-lb. pool tog. The Starfish sails daily at 8 a.m. and I p.m. Call 263-3800 for information. Capt. Joe Zaborowski of the Challenger, out of Ocean City, has switched to half-day trips at 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. Night blue trips are set for Friday and Saturday. Wreck fishing has been productive. Saturday, Linda Singer of Philadelphia caught nine blues are John Batzig of Philadelphia caught 16. CAPE MAY boats have been producing good catches of weaks and blues most trips. Day and night trips on the Fiesta have been productive. Day Skipper Jim Sullivan said weaks range from eight to 15 lb. Night skipper John Poppert said night action has been good near Brandywine. Fiesta fares boated over 9WH>. of weakfish last Sunday night. The boat sails at 8 a.m. and again at 7 p.m. Last Sunday's night trip had anglers catching up to five big weaks each as well as a lot of blues two to six pounds. Weakfish pools went to Kevin Bellomo, of Huntington Valley, Pa., 14 lb.; James Monchetti of Court House, 10 lb. ; Curt Bailey. Folcroft, Pa., 12 lb.; Paul

McLaughlin. Folsom, Pa.. 13 1/2 lb.; Martin Friday. Pittsburgh, Pa., 11-16. 14-oz. ; and Ken Shearer Sr. of Philadelphia : 131b. SEAR STAR Captain Bob Schumann said weaks are and numbers are good on his two-a-day six -hour ytrips. Pools went to John Chamberlain of Salem with an 11-lb. 14-oz. weak and Halleneck, of with an f eight-lb. weakfish. Porgy III skipper Paul Thompson said weaks bite some days than others, but most fish are large. Bill Kinney of Marmora caught a 16 1/2-lb. weakfish. Terry Moore, of Wildwood was high with 12 weaks. Bob Brehm of West Chester, Pa. caught a 15 1/2-lb. weak to take the pool .and high hook honors with seven fish. MISS CHRIS fleet fares report good weakfish action on 6 and 8-hour bay trips John Dobson, of Fairhill, Pa., won the Penn 710Z reel with his 15.31 weakfish. The night boat is producing good weak catches. For boat sailing and charter information, call 884-5445 or 886-8164. Happy Days skipper Jim Solley reported a 350-lb. thresher shark for Dave. Rich, and Darrin Irwin of Mercellus, N.Y. The next day, the Irwins caught blues. Darrin, 9, caught a 12-lb. 2-oz weak. The Barracuda Fishing Club of Philadelphia, loaded up on sea bass, tog and some blues. George Zlotnick of Bridesbprg won the pool with a 10-lb. blue, call Capt. Solley at 886-7725. BLACK DRUM: Now that drum have finally moved into the bay. look for them in their usual hunts. Right now, the area around the Pin Top and north of Brandywine are the two hottest spots reported here. The Bug Light area should also start to take hold. Traditionally, drum should stay at least through the next full moon perhaps, longer. Last year the drum arrived late and stayed late, long after most anglers have quit fishing for them. The drumfish timed their arrival in Delaware Bay this year in time for the annual Lower Township Black Drum/Weakfish Derby. The derby runs through June 30 this year to allow tournament participants more time to fish for the drum and weakfish. ANGLERS WILL fish for a $250 first prize in the weakfish and Drum divisions. Winners also get a trophy. Four other prizes are being awarded in each division. Entry fee is $2 and anglers can enter any time until the tournament ends June 30. Weakfish continue to bite

in Delaware Bay. Some days produce more fish than others, but it is the size of the weakfish being caught that has surpri&d a lot of anglers. Fish in the 12 to 17 pound class are taking pools most days. It is quality fishing rather than quantity. Bluefish from two to eight pounds and growing number of fluke are being ^oaught along with the weaks. The best way to fish for the weaks is with a bucktail tipped with a plastic worm and a piece of squid or cut mackerel. The lure should be fished right on the bottom, where the weaks seem to be most of the time. This enhances the odds for catching fluke at the same time. HEAVY BOAT traffic and speeding outboards can put down fish. Weekend weakfish catches often drop off because the weekend outboarders churn up the water in their efforts to find fish. Weakfish read to excessive activity by quitting the area where they were located. If you see a> boat fishing an area and the anglers are catching fish, ease up to the scene of the action rather than to zoom in with the throttles wide open. Everyone will catch more fish if each approaches the weakfish schools more quietly. Crabbing has been reported as being the best it has been in years. A mild winter has contributed to the excellent supply of blueclaws. The run started early and indications point to an excellent season. The crabs are big as well as numerous.

Cape -May Countym^m^^ ALMANAC JUNE

MtMlN PHASES/POSITIONS The Moon's effect on the Tide is greatest when closest to Earth (in perigee t and when in direct alignment with Sun Sr Earth I full k new moon phases/ On and about these dales, iow pressure systems and/or Strang winds (depending upon direction) may result in flooding and/or extremely low tides Moon Phatn New Moon 7 Firvl Qurtfr IS Full Moon 21 Last Quarter 8/28 Apogee • Perigee II TIDE TABLE Computed for Cape Mov City beoch/'onf. for other areas, see Correction Times DATE HIGH LOW 1 Sun 3:54— 4:33 10:01-10:41 2 Mon 4:51- 5:26 10:48-11 29 3 Tue 5:43- 6:13 11:314 Wed 6:32- 6:53 12:16-12:13 5 Thu 7:15- 7:33 1:01-12:56 6 Fri 7:54- 8:07 I 45- 1:36 7 Sat 8:33- 8:42 2:27- 2:17 8 Sun 9:12- 9:17 3:09- 2:55 9 Mon 9:52- 9:54 3:48- 3 33 10 Tue 10:32-10:32 4 24- 4 09 11 Wed 11:17-11:12 5:01- 4 44 12 Thu 12 02- 5:38- 5 25 13 Kn 12:01-12:50 6 18- 6 15 . 14 Sal 12:46- 1:40 7:07 - 7 23 . 15 Sun 1:39- 2:32 8:01- 8:33 16 Mon 2:35- 3>38 9:00- 9:38 17 Tue 3:40— 430 9:54-10:39 18 Wed 4 46- 5:28 10:48-11 36 19 Thu 5:52^ 6:27 11 4220 Fri 6:5#- 7:18 12:35-12:37 21 Sal 7 46- 8:10 1:32- 1:33 22 Sun 8:99- 9:01 2:28- 2:30 23 Moo 9/33— 9:52 3:22- 3:26 24 Tue 10 27-10:47 4 11— 4 19 25 W«a 11:24 — 11:40 5:01- 5:11 26 .thu - 12:20 5:51- 6 07 27/ Fri 12:35- 1:15 6:41- 7 .06 28 Sat 1:27- 2 06 7:33- 8:09 29 Sun 2:19- 2:58 B:Z7- 9 09 30 Moo 3:12- 3:50 9:19-10:06 V VaHawaaaaaaaaaaaaHi

CORRECTION TIMES Compute approximate timet of high k low water for your area by adding or subtracting the following number of * minute* for each tide phase in the Tide Tabic LOW HIGH Great Egg Harbor Inlet Plus 12 pluslO Ocean City < 9th Sl Bridge > i plus 35 plus 22 Corson Inlet i bridge 1 ■ plus 21 plus 7 Sea Isle City i LudUm Thoro Bridge 1 plus 66 plus 43 Sea 1/le City Beach minus 2 minus 21 Townsend Inlet plus 21 plus 4 Seven Mile Beach plus 15 0 Stone Harbor (Great Channel Bridge > 1 plus 43 plus 40 9 Hereford Inlet > Anglesea > plus 19 0 g Wildwood Beach e Minus 2 minus 17 7 West Wildwood 5 i Grassy Channel bridge i 3 plus 46 plus 43 19 Cape May Harbor I plus I minus 4 j Five Fathom Bank 3 plus 1 1 plus I 3 Cape May Point 8 plus 46 plus 34 » McCrte Shoal 6 plus 28 plus 22 .. Delaware Bay 3 Bay shore Channel 0 <( Bay Canal Junction > 6 plus 47 plus 36 9 Miami BeacH 1 phis 75 plus 61 ' Deilhis Creek Entrance g plus 1 14 plus 9? 9 Brandywine Shoal Light 6 plus 77 plus 52

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Beach Class CAPE MAY — A unique type of exercise class will take place on Broadway Beach this summer. This beach exercise class will begin June 24 and takes place every Tuesday and Thursday morning at 9 a.m. The class will be held in Conyention Hall if there is inclement weather. Call the Department of Civic Affairs at 884-8411, ext. 20 or 27, for further information. A.M. Exercise CAPE MAY - The city will offer a morning exercise class Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the Cape May Elementary School beginning June 20. The one hour class beginning at 9 a.m. will be taught by Merc Baumann. Call the Department of Civic Affairs at 884-8411, ext. 20 and 27, for more information.

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