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County White Martin Tourney Hits 30

Tournaments can come and go. There has been a proliferation of tournaments in fresh and salt water. Money prizes have lured lots of anglers to the tournament trail. Pro-Bass anglers approach the fresh water bass tournaments just as professional golfers or professional race drivers do. Tournament pro's have companies that sponsor them. Some salt water tournaments lure contestants with prizes of cash and merchandise totalling hundreds of thousands of dollars. The entry fees get expensive and the tournament trappings get more and more lavish. ONE TOURNAMENT flies in the face of all of the big money competition. Anglers fishing the Cape May County White Marlin Tournament Find no big pot of bucks at the end of the tournament rainbow They fish for pride, for fun, for the spirit of competition and the right to win a relatively inexpensive trophy. The entry fee is modest. The Cape May County White Marlin Tournament is in its 30th year. It is the forerunner of many other tournaments along the coast. The tournament had its humble beginnings in a garage converted to a den at the home of the late John Van Buren, a Wildwood plumbing contractor and marlin fishing pioneer. IT HAD ITS start in

casual conversation at Henny's Restaurant between Henny Blum Jr. and the late Whitney Saunders, a Stone Harbor summer resident and also a marlin fisherman. These and a handful of marlin pioneers got together and from their meetings came the Cape May County White Marlin Tournament. More than 30 years ago there were not too many marlin fishermen around. They knew each other mostly by chatting back and forth on the ship-to-shore radio while they fished. The tournament became a way to meet on land and swap marlin fishing tales and to exchange ideas on how to improve their fishing techniques. THE TOURNEY reached its pinnacle when over 80 boats entered. The competition from other tournaments took its toll and the entries dropped off. At one point, it was thought that the Cape May County Tournament might have to be phased out because it was not drawing enough entries. A couple of years ago, the tournament committee took stock of the situation and with a lot of effort on the part of the volunteers who make up the committee which runs the event, the tournament has in fact turned around. Entries are ahead of last year. It is expected that there will be close to 50 boats in the tournament Ju-

ly 24, 25, 26 and 27, the dates for the 1986 event. THERE ARE few fish ever brought back to the dock. In the 30-year history of the tournament, most of the marlin have been released. There are no observers in the boats. Anglers need only report their catch to the committee boats by radio to get a score. There are no individual angler awards. It is recognized that marlin fishing is a team effort and the prizes go to the boat and the crew rather than to the individual. There will be no dockside adulation for the winners. There are no lengthy photo sessions and the crowds do not gather to see what the boats caught. THERE WON'T be fish hanging on the dock scales. Most will be displaying marlin release flags on their outriggers if thev Girl Cage Players Wanted STONE HARBOR - Girls 11-14 and 15-21 interested in playing and learning about basketball are sought by the Stone Harbor Recreation Department. The 11-14 age groups have clinics to learn and improve on all skills of the game — dribbling, shooting, passing, etc. as well as having a four-team league which play twice a week. This league will be under the supervision of Drexel University's high-scoring guard, Barbara Yost. Girls 15 to 21 are eligible for the senior girls basketball league. Players will be separated into four teams, playing a nine-game schedule through July. College players are welcome because the league is sanctioned by the NCAA. For more information contact the 96th Street office, 368-1287. Rec Dept. Tourneys STONE HARBOR - The borough Recreation Department is sponsoring the following tennis tournaments this summer: Men's Singles, entry deadline Friday, July 18. Women's Doubles, deadline also July 18. Senior Men's Doubles, deadline Friday, July 25. Women's Singles, deadline Friday, July 25. Mixed Doubles, deadline Friday, Aug. 1. Men's Doubles, deadline Friday, Aug. 8. All tournaments will be played on weekends at the 82nd Street tennis courts. The recreation department will supply the tennis balls. For further information and entry forms contact the 82nd Street office at 368-1210.

caught a fish. The fish will still be swimming in the ocean. The 30th annual Cape May County White Marlin Tournament is a credit to sportsmen who fish it, to the committee which organizes it and operates it, and above all, to those nameless pioneers who met so many years ago to start this event. The marlin fishermen of today owe a lot to these early day marlin anglers. FISHING IS in transition on the Jersey Cape. Bluefish action has bWn slow but the past weekend showed a definite turnaround. Catches started to pick up for daytime trollers as well as the night chumming fleet. Fluke action has also started to show definite signs of improvement. There are still a lot of throwback fluke being caught in the ocean as well as in the back bays. Anglers are reminded of the New Jersey 13-inch minimum law. All fish under thaV size must be returned tolhe water. Ocean anglers are catching sea bass and tautog in good numbers. Also showing in ocean catches are small weakfish and snapper blues. SOME BIGGER weakfish showed up in the Ocean City area, where anglers are finding weaks up to 10 pounds. They are using bucktails or Hopkins lures fished on the bottom or trolling umbrella rigs. Delaware Bay has been in a slump. Action was all but stopped but the weekend showed a resurgence in catches of weaks, blues and fluke. Here are some area fishing reports. WILDWOOD: Capt. Aerobics To Resume AVALON - The Recreation Department is going to resume the evening aerobics program. Every Monday and Wednesday 5:30-6:30 p.m. classes will be held in the Community Hall, 30tb and Avalon Avenue. There will be an admission charge. Mats are available. The department will also hold a tricycle race 10 a.m. Saturday on the South side parking lot. Tricycles and big wheels are welcome. Prizes will be awarded in various age groups. For information on either activity call 967-3066.

Charles Selby, of the Rainbow. said Mike Basala of Mifflin Twp., Pa., caught a 13-lb. 5-oz. blue. The Rainbow has been catching blues day and night. .. Capt. Jay Beecroft of the Sea Raider said fluke, sea bass and tog highlight day catches. Night bluefish catches are improving.... Night Skipper Larry Madden of the Adventurer II said night chumming action has picked up. Monday, 15 anglers boated 50 blues to 14 lb. Day Skipper Joe McTommoney reported improved fluke catches. WILDWOOD CREST: Fares on the Royal Flush are catching fluke, sea bass and a few weakfish. Woody Bevan, of Laurel, Md., caught a 4-lb. 6-oz fluke and a 10-lb. l-oz. tautog. Tom Clarke, of Levittown, Pa., caught an 8-lb. 2-oz. tog. Night Skipper Mike Weigel said slow bluefish action is turning better. For information call 609-522-1395... Capt. Dave Cicchitti of the Wildwood III said fluke action is picking up daily. Brad and Dave Warren. Brad Warren Sr., and one other angler from Westchester. Pa., teamed for 45 keeper fluke. .. Capt. Jim Cicchitti of the Starlight is booking for a special two-day trip to the Continental Shelf, leaving Labor Day at 4 a.m. and returning September 2 at 6 p.m. Anglers will be fishing for swordfish, Mako sharks and tuna. Reservations are a must. The trip is limited to 150 anglers. Call Capt. Cicchitti at 729-7776. CAPE MAY: Capt. Rich Soonowski of the One 0/ A Kind said Rich Henofer and Rich Jr.. Rich Henofer III and a friend from Churchville, Pa., caught a load of blues. Will White and Joe McColiam, of Bristol, Pa , Gary Long and Gary Rehall, of Philadelphia, caught blues and tuna. .. Sea Star II pool winners included Chock Hackett. of Levittown, Pa., with his 6V4-lb. fluke. Capt. Bob Schumann said his fares are catching fluke, small weaks and sea bass. .. Day trip6 on the Fiesta are producing fluke, sea bass and weaks and night trips are producing blues. POOLS WENT to Stephanie Correato, of Philadelphia, with a 14-Ib. blue and Mike Spaaard, of McKee's Rocks, Pa., with a lVz-lb. sea bass. .. Capt. Jim Sol ley of the Happy Days reports good fourhour fishing for fluke and small weakfish. Shark fishing has also been good. Phil Ashmore, of Ardmore. Pa., caught a big

hammerhead. Bob Okenquist of Horsham, Pa'., caught a mako. The Happy Days is four hour fishing Monday through Friday. Some openings are left for the 30 hour Canyon trips in the fall. Call Capt. Solley at 609-886-7725. RECORD SEA: BASS: An eight-pound sea bass caught by Rocco V. Zara. of Freehold, has been certified as a new world record on 30- lb test line, according to John Bogan at Brielle Bait and Tackle. The record fish measured 24 inches long and had a girth of 19 inches. It was caught Dec. 19, 1985, on clam bait on the Jamaica out of Bogan's Basin. The fish was caught 72 miles southeast of Manesquan Inlet on a wreck fishing trip. It eclipsed the old record of 7 lb. 9 oz. held by James Robinson at Virginia Beach, Va. The sea bass also set a new state record for the sea bass category. BLUEFISH CLASSIC: The deadline for entering the American Bluefish Classic out of Margate is drawing closer. The event is set for July 19 with a cutoff date for entries set July 16. Entry fee is $250. Forms are available at Capt. Andy's in Margate or from Gwen Hageman at Smithville Inn. Call Gwen at 652-7775. KING MACKEREL: A 15-lb. 13-oz. king mackeral caught by Heiki Poilake. of Vineland, may become a new New Jersey State record for that category. The current state record is 10-lb. 3-oz. for king mackerel. The paperwork on the record is being assembled at Jim's Bait and Tackle in Cape May.

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