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Sportsfishermen Catch Variety of Game Fish Many Tropical' Species Are Landed Off Shore By BOB SIMPSON There was a time when sportsfishermen around More head City caught little but spanish and king mackerel and bluefish while trolling; and hogfish, spots, sea mullet and trout still fishing. Gradually new species were discovered in the inshore and offshore waters, many of them long associated with tropical waters. As anglers began picking up am berjack, wahoo, dolphin and? some 20 years ago ? the first sailfish, a rich treasure of tropical fishes came to light. Capt. Joe Rose tells of catching sailfish in his nets around Cape Lookout years ago and not know ing what they were. Taxidermist Waldron Bailey remembers his astonishment at seeing the first amberjack. About seven years ago Ottis Puri foy s sportsfishing fleet came in with the first red snappers that many coastal Carolinians had ever seen and large crowds gathered to look at the brilliant red-gold fish. Doubting Thomases all, they couldn't believe that the snappers were good eating. Today just try to buy or scrounge a snapper from a fisherman. Pompano Discovered In the fall a plump, but stream lined, fish, pale blue with a touch of yellow, appeared in limited num bers, along with crabs and trout, in the hauls of mullet nets in the surf. The native fishermen pre ferred mullet himself, and still does, but the handsome pompano represented a top price on the mar ket. "It's that Florida fish." Proba bly the ocean piers have had most to do with making the pompano popular locally, and it's no longer regarded as a strictly Florida fish. When the little ones appear in late summer in the surf, a mild hys teria spreads among the pier fish ermen, who begin a daily check to see how soon they'll be eating size. As for sailfish, they're abundant and they're close: three years ago one was seen in a dramatic leap only a few hundred feet off the Port Terminal, and last y^ar Joe Rose's Edna brought back a sail caught a scant three iqiles from Morehead City. One tiling is sure, they aren't caught bottom fishing, though many a fisherman has been caught napping, which explains the frequent fishing report, "Two sails hung ? and lost." Tuna Trophy Offered The tackle-busting bluefin tuna, in his northward migration of May and June, has torn up many a rod and reel as he passed by. So far, no one has stopped him, but there's a trophy being offered this year for the largest battling bluefin or any of his equally scrappy, but smaller, cousins. The little black fin is in the 10 to 20-pound class, the bluefin up to 1,000 pounds. The dophin, caught for sport but not for food here for many years, is beginning to establish his repu tation as a delicious food fish. Dol phin roe is considered the choicest ?;f all roe. Still one of the most spectacular fighters, the dophin is giving fishermen new thrills on light spinning tackle. About four years ago the first cobia was caught in the sound, and has since become a favorite in May and June as one whopper that is by no means confined to deep sea fishing. Biggest recorded here inshore is 58 pounds; biggest offshore, 80 pounds. Two or three years ago surf and ocean pier fishermen be gan to hook tarpon, but none have been landed yet on Bogue Banks. Growing List The past two years have seen a 70-pound wahoo, a near-record, and this port's first white marlin and first blue marlin. The blue marlin hunt was stimulated by the offer of a large cash prize. And so the list grows till there's hardly a "Florida fish" that hasn't been hooked or landed from these waters. Because of the growing confi dence in the fishing potential of the waters Inshore and offshore from Morehead City, the Fabulous Fish ermen organized in 1958 to publi cize every phase of sportsfishing, through ? newspapers, magazines, radio and television, and to draw sportsmen from a wider area. In the first year the organization offered seven trophies for prize fish; last year 10 more classifica tions were added; this year the total is 20, with tuna, tarpon and channel bass added. Trophies Listed The species for which trophies are offered Ire sailfish, any other billfish, amberjack, false albacore, dolphin, king mackerel, spanish mackerel, bluefish, red snapper, grouper, wahoo, cobia, sea mul let, flounder, sheepiheid, pompano, trout, and Che three new additions, tuna, tarpofi and channel bass. Further inducements to the fish erman are a cash prize for the captain whose party brings in the largest blue marlin, another for the This is Fashionable This "lack" it fashionable in North Carolina. It'i the increasing ly popular littering that Is helping Keep North Carolina Beautiful by keeping it clean. The litterbags are handy receptacles for trash u til It can be disposed of, and are potent weapons in the state's con tinuing war on litterbags. ? (State of North Carolina Photo) fisherman who lands the largest tarpon from an ocean pier and, for the armchair fisherman, prizes for the best fish story of the season. Not restricting itself to fishing, the fabulous Fishermen organiza tion is vitally concerned 'with boat ing, 10 closely related to fishing, with every aspect of resort activity and with the promotion of the Morehead City-Bogue Banks com munity as a whole. (^Btor's Note: Writer of the aboVe is executive secretary of the Fabulous Fishermen). Morehead City Pays Tax To Finance Recreation Interested in recreational facili ties, the citizens of Morehead City pay an annual tax to finance a rec reation prop-am. Summer visitors are invited to join in recreation at the building on Shepai^i Street, between 15th and 16th Streets. Children partici pate in tennis, ping pong, carpet golf, receive band instruction and adults square dance and engage in amateur dramatics. J ' -= Photo by Bob Seymour Flahermea crowd (be vctt tide of ftohlag piers early la the i|ria| bat switch to the east aMe later la the year. "It all depeads on which way the fish are raaahg," they declare. ROBERT L. HICKS, Manager Heide and C?l** Ine. STEAMSHIP AGENTS AND CUSTOM HOUSE BROKERS FORWARDING AGENTS SAMPLERS SWORN WEIGHERS STEVEDORES LLOYD'S AGENCY Cable A dirt* "fcinfe" rforrheOcfcf Cartllat MOREHEAD CITY, N. C ? Forwufert r.t.B. 223 Day { Night I Lovely Morehead Biltmore Invites You The traveler along the inland waterway gets this alluring glimpse of the Morehead Biltmore Hotel. The waterway traverses Bogue Round. Persons looking from a window on this side of the hotel get a full view t>f Rogue Snurtd, liogae Banks and the Atlantic Ocean. The Morehead Biltmore was built in the 1920's and has been operated at various times as a hotel, apartment house and sometimes It was merely empty. Thousands of dollars have been invested in U to aaake it now the most modern luxury hotel in coastal Carolina. Morehead Biltmore Hotel Invitingly Beckons Guests Very few luxury hotels can offer two types of cooling? nature's and man-made. The Morehead . Bilt more, a couple miles west of More head City on Bogue Sound, is one of the few. Guests have the choice of cooling southwest breezes off the water, or air-conditioning in each room. The hundred rooms, newly-furn ished, will all be filled on several occasions this summer as conven tion groups meet at the hotel. Inviting Vista The heart of everyone approach ing the hotel beats in excited an ticipation as the aqua and white trimmed structure seems to beckon ' at the end of a sweeping boulevard. At the back of the hotel, lawn rolls down to the water. In the patio, centered with fountain, are tables and umbrellas for lounging. By the new free-form 56 foot pool are chairs for sunbathing. A rus tic wooden fence on the north helps provide privacy, while the bathers have a breathtaking view of the sound on the south. The pool's depth ranges from 3 to 9 feet. Guests can use a special pool entrance which allows them to go directly from their rooms to the pool, and return, without going through the main lobby. For the first time this season, the hotel will serve three meals. Heretofore, only breakfast and snacks were available in the Cof fee Shop. The new kitchen has just been completed. The dining room 1; in the east wing, next to the kitchen. In the west wing, near the Cof fee Shop, i? the ballroom, named the Sea Level Room in honor of the four Taylor brothers, Dan, Wil liam, Alfred and Leslie, who, with V. E. Fountain, Tarboro, own the hotel. The Taylor brothers were born at Sea Level, a community in eastern Carteret County. Two more innovations available to guests this season will be a small-boat launching ramp and a nine-hole putting green. The hotel will have fishing gear available for its guests, archery equipment, a croquet set and shuffleboard. When operating at peak capacity, the hotel has a staff of 30 or more. The manager is Michael L. Taft, formerly resident manager of the Battery Park Hotel, and former manager of The Manor, both at Asheville, N. C. For a year and a half Mr. Taft managed the Sea Breeze Manor at Daytona Beach. Fla. He came to the Morehead Biltmore in November 1957. A large and attractive electric sign on Highway 70 directs visi tors to the hotel. For travelers going east, it's a right turn on to the boulevard (Mansfield Parkway) which leads to the hotel; for visitors travelling west, it's a left turn. The front of the hotel is beauti fully lighted at night, affording the tourist an excellent view of it. To the east of the hotel is a parking lot that will accommodate 80 cars. The Morehead Biltmore is a lovely hotel in a lovely setting for persons who enjoy pleasant and friendly surroundings. Many Areas Offer Retired Folks Chances to Build Numerous subdivisions in the county offer an opportunity to cou ples who want to retire in a beach area. At Newport, in the western part of the county are two areas under development. In the Broad and Gales Creek sections new homes are going up. Along Highway 24, which paralleli Bogue Sound are building lots. There ii ocean front property available aa well as other waterfront land "down east". Largest Fleet Sails from Here The Morehead City-Beaufort area has the largest fleet for sport fish ing in North Carolina. Not only is the area accessible to the popu lous central and Piedmont Caro linas, but it provides more numer ous facilities as to boats and guides. Boats are larger and Defter equipped for outside fishing. Most boats have a two-man crew ? a skipper and a mate. The price runs around $80 to $100 per day for a party of four, bait and tackle fur* nished. Boats based at these and near by points go out through Beaufort Inlet and fish over wrecks which lie east and west of the inlet, going as far as 20 miles offshore to strike the (Julf stream.. This region has many advan tages. Highway 70 provides good transportation and the area is ac cessible by air and bus. When wea ther is bad for ocean fishing, sportsmen can catch fine game fish lfl Core and Bogue Sounds and in Newport River. Sport fishing is one of the com munity's prime economic assets. In Morehead City are 35 party boats, and 25 smaller boats. On ilarkers Island, Atlantic, and Marshallberg, are party boats and guides. Haven for Hunters Deer, bear and small game abound in Carteret. In the hunting season, sportsmen come from neai1 and far to take advantage of game populating the forests. Beach Offers Best Vacation In a few days school will be out and the place to head with the family is Atlantic Beach. Lovers of the seaside will Cind everything they enjoy here. For grandmother there are benches in the shade so she can sit and enjoy the ocean view. For the water lovers, there's the surf itself, well guarded bathing beaches, bright umbrellas, rafts for rent and re freshment stands that will enable you to "wet the insides" too. Life lines equipped with fldats assure the swimmer that he's al ways within reach of a "handle" to hold him up if a wave catches him unawares. All life-guards are trained in first aid and up-to-date life-saving equipment is available should anyone get an overdose of water. Along the board walk are games and amusements and across the street in a triangle area are min iature golf courses and rides. The Idle Hour Amusement Center con tains bowling alleys and dance floor; indeed, a total of "69 ways to have fun." Next door is the Kiddy Park with merry-go-rounds and a whiz of a little ride called The Little Dipper. On the site of the former Ocean King Hotel is a miniature golf course. Nearby are places where the teen-agers can rock 'n roll and listen to live to their heart's content. Atlantic Beach runs east-west, lying within the protective curve of land that swoops inward from Cape Lookout. In and around the beach are a large hotel and several motels, restaurants, inland and ocean fish ing piers, service stations, a post office, and a marina. Every year brings improvements to Atlantic Beach. It's a vacation land that is always welcome and familiar to the returning visitor, yet ever new. It's a summer va cation spot just for you. Perry Park Motel Welcomes You to Morehead City for the '58 Season The Beaatlfal Perry Put Motel ? Showing the Froat Entrance PlwM by j.rry Schumacher At Terry Psrk yon an tdcnitd ?rKk a smile, aad M frlead ly, coarteoaa service caterlag to yarn every need. At Perry Park yoa are welcomed with beaatlfal, cleaa rooms aad sarroaadiaft, aad every modera eoavealeaee. Yoar rooms are Alr-Conditloaed for year sa turner comfort. TELEVISION IN EACH BOOM At Perry Park you are welcomed with the flneit beds aad Inner spring nattreim that money caa bay- Your comfort la oar lint consideration. We invite yoa to come oat aad laspect oar fine motel. Aad when yoa have frlendi visiting oar aectlaa, we hope yoa will adviae them to "atop at Perry Park", where they are only mlaatea away from lammer fan. KITCHENETTES AVAILABLE Recommended by AAA Perry Park Motel HIGHWAY 70 PHONE 6-4900 MORIHEAD CITY, N. C.
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