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Co go 14 Supplement to Th# Bruntwlck B? Fishing Club Works On R Brunswick County Fishing Club member* will make a clean sweep at their Sunset Harbor clubhouse Saturday, April 6, cleaning up in preparation for the first meeting of the year on April 20. After a day swinging mops and brooms, members will share a covered dish supper. The social committee Is sponsoring u $1.50 per plate pancake breakfast starting from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. the following morning. Hut April 20 stands out on the calendar as the first big event of the year. Congressman Charlie Hose. Hep. David Hedwine, Jim Brown of Ute N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries State Once Toe Developing Art North Carolina once was actively Involved In constructing artificial reefs off Its coastline, Including one of the three presently located off Brunswick County The Yaupon Beach reef was developed between 1V74 and 1978 off Yaupon Beach, 5.7 miles off I>ockwood's Folly Inlet, one of IS oceanic and six estuarlne reefs built by the state when funding was available. lletween 1973 and 1978. one-eighth in n pcfCvm of iSiTfuilfd boater paid road tax on gasoline went to the recreational fishing section of the Division of Marine Fisheries. The fund provided between 8200,000 and $275,000 per year for artificial mref construction before it was eliminated Now one employee, Jim Brown, works with private groups trying to establish reefs and the state wants a loral fishing club to take over the permit for the Yaupon Beef The state's saltwater anglers, through the N.C, Saltwater Fishing Federation, are considers asking INI ^ Vj J Avte?Mc a j Whan fh# nam* it NAP r COASTAL ' MAIN STREET. &l tocon. April-May. 1985 Scrubs, ~*=>f Proisct and other special guests are to join Heef Committee Chairman Dale Mc Dowell for a program on artificial win, QI.I.UIUI1IK W UUl^UUI^ LIUIJ secretary Miriam Speicher in a recent newsletter. They plan to update members on efforts to re-establish the existing club reef and to create additional reefs off the county shores. A free fish fry for members precedes the meeting and the first game night of the season follows it at 9 p.m. Competition lias already begun in the club's 19B5 fishing contest that ends in mid-October und a two-day fishing rodeo will lx? held in June. Club membership is (5 per year. >k Major Role ificial Reefs the legislature to require saltwater fishermen to buy licenses as is already required of freshwater ftslwrmrn. license sales proceeds of fcr a possible new source oI artificial I reef funding and a means of obtaining more political voice. Such a tax would also make the j state eligible for more federal Wallop-Bream Funds, based on new taxes on boat and tackle. It is an expanded version of the DlngellJohnson Fund. States with saltwater fishing licensee obtain greater portions of this pie ion PRICED TO SILL Ion in $*o Air* fttot** Rtv*r??d* S*<tton I Sh*tl landing Four Wind* Vumm*ipla<* Comptr Ion plut o'hin Coll ut I odor ot 919 042 7690 " >dBob RealtytB t soiim ^a?CKI?*A NMk WBBBk m k 1 WSBBSB&fr mMM M w A standard is quality PARTS CO. HAUOTTS 754-4902 That On Be A i o Would you believe a one-pound spot now annul n ih-pound channel bass? Kveryone lias their own fishing story to tell, but if the fish happens to be rca! you could be s winner in the 1985 North Carolina Salt Water Fishing Tournament. At least 2,775 citations were presented to anglers in the state last year who caught species weighing over the specified minimum limits in the contest sponsored by the N.C. Division of Travel and Tourism. Those catching the largest fish in each of 24 categories will be awarded plaques at the end of the fishing season. jj fwdhtmCoafti* f feTEN N. $14.99 gal. tl SOUTHERf The South is unique. .2 the features, check the ever use See all the ci "bS e-Pound Spot 1 A I * ui i IUI i ICI 11 YYi The tournament began March 11 and will continue throughout the fall. lAit year, fish setting new state records were registered in two categories in the tournament including a 77-pound sailfish caught by C.eorge Baird of tang Beach Also winning a plaque for his 112-pound, ft-ounco winning tarpon was Robert Smith of Southport. Sometimes a winning fish may go unreported because the tisheffii&n may not think he has a winner. Only one spot and one striped bass were entered in last year's tournament, making those catches automatic Dla que winners. Only eight flounder and five gray trout were entered last c**c?whit? ' a- .. 1 , ' -b$8.99 gal. v, rOiiOW ie crow i ATitir*c? nA fii 4 uUMI IIMUO rMII irvd so are the products from Sol > prices, then check our shelves owd ploasers from Southern Co IILPIWC SUPPLI r * 7* b?N???r Ocvon M# t Sunt*' Jill ?1 Ma y nner year, giving those entrants an excellent chance at finishing in first place So that one-pound spot may be a winner afterall. Several rule changes went into effect for the 1985 season, including the deletion of striped bass from the contest and minimum weight limits for the following: bluefish, 17 pounds; sheepshead, 10 pounds; black drum, 70 pounds and sea mullet, two pounds. Rules brochures for the 11th Annual N.C. Salt Water Fishing Tournament are free from the N.C. Travel and Tourism Division. 430 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh, N.C., 27611, or caU toll-free, 1-800-VISIT-NC. WtvemCoaoi* K Ml w _ _ $9 95 gai. d! NT iS HERE! ithem Coalings Check loi the best paint you II atings at: X lis v7". . S79-3S61 ill m : ' *
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