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The full moon takes its toll on the bluefishing. The June full moon is the most severe of the fishing season because it creates the strongest tides. Veteran anglers point out that the fishing seems to peter out a day or two before the June full moon and picks up again a day or two after the full moon every year. The full moon did help one fishery, however. With the bay activity quiet since the weakfish left, the best news was that black drum FISHER-GIRL — Katie Kourke. 5. of Rio Grande, prmidb hefts one of two fish she caught on her first fishing trip recently on the boat of her aunt. Georgine C'avagnaro. Katie's were the only fish caught on trip

started to bite again Some should still be around. FLUKE CATCHES are starting to show in increasing numbers. The size has begun to pick up. There are still a lot of throwbacks in the back bays as well as the ocean and Delaware Bay. We're pleased to report that most skippers report good compliance and a good attitude toward the 13-inch minimum fluke law. Most seem to accept the law as necessary for conservation and throw back the undersized fish willingly. Boat Livery operators also report good response to the fluke law. Shark fishing continues to provide good catches for bay and ocean sharkers. Some yellow fin tuna were reported in the Baltimore Canyon. HERE ARE some of the reports: Wildwood Crest: Capt. Dave Cicchitti of the Wildwood III said Sunday's pool went to Al Schneider of Jenkintown. PA, with a 3-lb. 2-oz. fluke. He also caught three weaks. The Wildwood III reports small fluke, pan-sized weakfish and small blues along the beachfront. Call 522-4839 for information. The Starlight with Capt. Jim Cicchitti. reported 10 to 20 sea bass per angler on four-hour trips with some fluke and small blues mixed in. Night blue action was fair over the weekend with the full moon. Tom Inglesby. of Broomall. PA. was high with 12 blues from eight to 12 lb. The Starlight

sails nightly 7 p.m. for blues. ROYAL FLUSH fourhour day trips are showing improvement in the fluke fishing each day. Some weakfish and blues were mixed in with the fluke. Woody Bevan of Laurel. MD. boated a 3Mb. fluke. Russ Hampton of Browns , Mills caught 13 sea bass and four fluke. Capt. Mike Weigle said night bluefishing had been slow but has started to pick up. Rich Bradley of Trevose, PA. caught 17 blues. Pool winners were Jim Moore and Bill Robinson of Wildwood. Strathmere : Pete Thomas, at Larry's Dock, reported a good week of fluke fishing. Ike Hayes of Voorhees. caught a 9-lb. 13-oz. fluke. Sid Riley and party from Salem. NJ. caught 25 nice sized fluke, including a five pounder and another weighing 334-lb. All were taken on minnows. Rental boats are still getting good catches, but there are lots of throwbacks. OCEAN ANGLERS are catching blues. Pete Thomas. Bob and Brooks Garrison combined to produce some excellent bluefish action at the Ocean City Lobster Pots. They caught their fish on ■ Clark spoons and wire line. Cape May: Happy Days fares are reporting good catches of sea bass and tautog. Shark fishing has also been good. The I.eon Mullens group did well on sea bass and tog. Joe Perpetua of Reiglesville, PA. was the pool winner with a 4-lb. sea bass. Four-hour fishing Monday produced good catches of sea bass, tautog and blues. The Joe Kalinowski party from Wilkes Barre, PA. caught sharks. John Bucha took the pool with a 102-lb mako. Bill Sell led the Quaker City Yacht Club charter with a pool-winning weakfish. Some charter dates, shark fishing dates and 30-hour Canyon trip dates are open Call Capt. Solley at 886-7725. THE BIG JIM reports good sea bass fishing over the weekend. Many bass topped the five-pound mark The catches averaged one to three pounds. Saturday's pool went to a nine-pound bluefish. Jim Rafferty of Maple Shade was the winner. Sunday's pool fish as & 5Mb. fluke caught by Walter Myers of New Castle. DE. The Big Jim sails daily at 8 a.m. Call 465-3121 for information. The Sea Star II, with Capt. Bob Schumann, reports fluke are showing up in increasing numbers each day. A few sea bass and spike weakfish are mixed in with the catches. The Sea Star II sails daily at 9 a.m. and 4 p.m The Fiesta, also at South Jersey Marina, has been reporting good catches of monster bluefish on night trips. The Fiesta sails on night blue trips at 7 p.m. SEA ISLE CITY: Capt Neill Robbins of the Capt. Robbins said sea bass catches remain good. Bill and Esther Bayer of Sharon Hill. PA, caught 64 sea bass to three pounds. Bob Fran...ck^af .Uul«]KviUe,..£Af. - -

caught an 11 4-lb. blackfish to win one pool. Night blue fishing is scheduled nightly at 7 except Sundays on the Capt. Robbins. Jack Rucker of Philadelphia boated 10 blues including a 12-lb. pool winner. Wildwood: Capt. Jay Beecroft of the Sea Raider also reported good sea bass and tautog catches. Some fluke are also being caught. Night blue catches have been good . Janice Reasoner of Philadelphia took one pool with a 15Mb. blue. Jay Haas of Akron, Ohio, caught a 13-lb. blue. The group headed by Dennis Nowak caught a load of big blues Saturday. BIG FLUKE: Stanley Kisiel of Laurel Springs caught a 10' 4-lb. fluke from the surf at Corson's Inlet. He and his wife had several The Color Turtle? SEA ISLE CITY - The city Environmental Commission is making available coloring books for children as part of its continuing efforts to educate the public about r the Diamond Back Turtles. The free coloring book tells the story of "Sara, The Sea Isle Turtle", and her journey from the back bays to the dunes to lay her eggs. It is written by Dorothy R. Reininger and illustrated by Diane B, Ippoldo. The free booklet was made possible by a special grant from the City of Sea Isle City and area business firms. They are available at area stores. City Hall and the beach tag sales office on Kennedy Boulevard. Quantities are available ' for groups. Bills Seek Great Egg Protection WASHINGTON. D C. - Congressman Bill Hughes (D-NJ) has urged the U.S. Senate to approve legislation which would help provide long-term protection for the Great Egg Harbor River in Southern New Jersey. Testifying before a Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands. Hughes said the Great Egg Harbor River possesses outstanding scenic, recreational, historic and cultural values which are threatened by encroaching development I in the area. He urged the subcommittee to approve legislation which would authorize the U.S. Department of Interior to study the Great Egg Harbor River for possible inclusion in the National and Wild Scenic Rivers system. Similar legislation sponsored by Hughes was approved by the House of - Rapgwentaliwnt -AyrtlA. . «■» J

other big fluke from the same location. Walk (Duke) Baranowski Sr.. of Bristol. PA. caught a 4Mb. fluke at Flat Creek. Candy Jankowski at Frank's Pier reported lots of throwback fluke and small blues at Flat Creek during the week. Early morning and evenings are best. Mrs. Florence Wittcamp. Postmistress at Strathmere. caught 29 bluefish in 14 hours. DRUM CATCHERS: Tom Jorgenson. of Wildwood, caught eight drum northeast of Brandywine Light. He weighed in two at Audrey Rodia's Tackle Shop. One went 524 lb. and the other weighed 53 lbs. His fish hit on the incoming tide. Capt. Gus Wirth. of the Karen B II and Bob Schlechter. Rick Dean and Glenn Barry of Pine Hill, caught one drum at Brandywine. Bill Burnett and Bob Sana of Philadelphia caught six drum north of Brandywine. Their fish were between 45 and 65 lb. Lew Fisher caught a 10. 12-lb tautog and 40 sea bass at Cape May Jetty. Also weighed in at Rodia's was a 174 lb. tautog. It was entered in the Cape May County Fishing Contest by Mark Schrenk. of Phikielphia STATUE TRIP: Capt. Jim Cicchitti of the Starlight at Wildwood Crest, is planning a Statue of Liberty Run leaving July 3 at 7 p.m. The trip will arrive in New York in time for the Sailboat Parade, the arrival of President Reagan on an aircraft carrier and the parade of military ships and the tall ships. After the parade, the Starlight will dock at the 79th Street pier in NewYork so those aboard can get on buses for the return trip to Wildwood Crest. The trip will include late night

snacks, a continental breakfast and buffet lunch. Tickets must be purchased in advance. For information, call Capt. Cicchitti at 729-7776 or 884-2477. OFF SHORE SPECIAL: The Starlight will sail at 4 a.m. Labor Day. Sept. 1, for a two-day trip to the Continental Shelf for swordfish, tuna and mako sharks. The boat will return at 6 p.m. Sept. 2. Reservations and prepayment are a must to reserve a space. There is a limit of 30 anglers. Call Capt. Cicchitti for information. Fluke Rules : Anglers are reminded that the 13-inch fluke law is being enforced. Some citations have been written for undersized fluke. Most party boat skippers and boat livery operators are reporting good attitude on the part of their customers who see the fluke minimum size law as a good conservation measure WHILE IT IS to soon to tell how effective the measure is, any effort to conserve fish has to be hailed. The fluke minimum went into effect last year with a 12-inch law. It goes to 14 inches in 1987. It should help future fluke fishing if the law is enforced and sports and commercial fishermen cooperate. Now. we are seeing lots of pan-sized weakfish caught and kept. These small weaks should be returned to the water unharmed to allow them to grow up. We hope that the catches are not being wasted, but we would like to see a lot of these small fish returned to the water If the same kind pf abuses are noted as were with the fluke a couple of years ago. a size and/or catch restriction is a definite possibility for weakfish if it is determined that too many small fish are being killed or wasted.

* Cape May County " V ALMANAC JULY

MtMIN PH WES/ POSITIONS Die M»d| v effect .in the Tide .1 creates! Hhrn closest H. Fo'th alignment u.th Sun 4 Forth ' ,u" * ">•»"> phatesi On « ond about I hrse dates, low P'e»» ure nili-mi and 'or strong mills • depending upon direc front may result in Pnuhng Moon Phases New Moon C First Quarter II Full Moon 21 Last Quarter 2* Per?** U> TIDE T \Bl.F Computed for Cope Mas Cits beachfront for of her areas tee Correction Timet nm 1111.il i.om am p m a.m. p ni I Tut* 4 07- 4 41 10 06 10 57 Wed 5:03- 5 34 10:52 II 43 I 3 Thu 5 55- 6 21 II 364 En 6 45- 7:02 12.30-12 21 1 5 Sat 7 30- 7 43 I 20- I 06 6 Sun 8 12- 8 21 2:04- 1:52 , 7 Mon 8 52- 8 58 2 48- 2 36 8 Tuc 9 32- 9:34 3 28- 3:15 9 Wed 10 11-10 12 4 03- 3 54 10 Thu 10 53-10 53 4:40- 4 32 I II Fn 11:37-11 35 5 13- 5 12 12 Sal -12 22 5 49- 5 59 . Sun 12 23- I 10 6 30- 6 55 14 Moo 1 13- 2 00 7:21- 8 06 15 Tut 2 09- 2 58 8 20- 9 14 1 16 Wed 3 .11 4 01 9 21 -10 20 17 Thu 4 21- 5 06 10 23 — 11 20 I 18 Fn 5-31- 6 08 II 2319 Sal 6 17- 7 04 12 19- 12 21 1 20 Sun 7 M- 7 57 I 17- 1 20 21 Moo 8 27- 8 47 2:12— 2.19 22 Toe 9 IB- 9 36 3 04- 3 12 23 Wed 10 10-10 27 3 52- 4 03 24 Thu II 01 — It: 17 4 37 - 4:53 I 25 Fn 11 49- 5 22- 5 40 26 Sat 12 05- 12 39 6 04- 6:3T ) - 27 Sun 12 52- I 24 6 49- 7 26 28 Mon 1:38- 2 12 7 39- 8 27 . 29 Toe 2:27- 3:01 8 30- 9 26 1 30 Wed 3 20- 3 55 9:22-10 20 31 Thu 4:20- 4 51 10 14 — 11 : 12 1 , J

CORRECTION TIMES Compute approximate timet of high 8 low water for your area by adding or subtracting the following number of minutes for each tide phase in the Tide Table IOW Hlt.ll Great Egg Harbor Inlet Plus 12 plusio Ocean City ' 9th St Bridge plus 35 plus 22 Corson Inlet « bridge > plus 21 plus 7 Sea Isle City 1 Ludlam Tboro Bridge 1 plus 46 plus 43 Sea tile City Beach minus 2 minus 21 Townsend Inlet plus 21 plus 4 Seven Mile Beach plus 15 0 Stooe Harbor < Great Channel Bndgel plus 43 plus 40 Hereford Inlel c Anglesea 1 plus 19 0 Wildwood Beach 2 minus 17 West Wildwood (Grassy Channel bridge* plus 46 plus 43 Cape May Harbor 1 plus I minus 4 Five Fathom Bank | plus 1 1 plus I 1 Cape May Potnt 1 plus 46 plus 34 McCne Shoal plus 28 plus 22 ( Delaware Bay ^ Bayshure Channel 1 Bay Canal Junction 1 phis 47 plus 36 Miami Beach " plus 61 Dennis Creek Entrance plus 114 plus 97 Brandywine Shoal Light plus 77 plus 52

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