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Kings Must Have Taken A Holiday BY JAMIE MILLIKKN Well, we knew it had to happen. It just could not continue at the pace it was going. But I hope the lull doesn't continue for long. I'm talking about the king mackerel bite. Memorial Day weekend saw a lot of anglers coming down to our area with hopes of landing a "smoker" king. However, I believe that the king fish went on a holiday break as well. There were a few kings located but nothing like the past month. There was good fishing farther offshore, the tuna, dolphin and wahoo bite continued all through the week. Charles Spencer, fishing out of South port, reported that he had two large wahoo, limited out on dolphin, and had one black fin tuna. Chip Marcc, fishing out of Windy Point, also got his limit on dolphin this past weekend. ***** The cobia were still doing well this past week. Brunswick County's Emergency Management Coordinator Cecil Logan and his son hooked up a 45-pound cobia while fishing the "General Sherman" wreck off LitUe River. Cobia can be found around wrecks, buoy markers, rocky bottoms and weed lines. They arc very inquisitive and show little fear toward the boat It is very common (this time of year) to have several following your boat while you are slow-trolling for kings. Once hooked up they are a fierce fighter, but once they are on your table, there is nothing better. ***** The International Sailfish Tournament was held this month at Flamingo Bay, Costa Rico. And what a fishing bonanza it was. Forty boats competed in this four-day event Are you ready for this? There were 1,643 sailfish caught during the tournament. The average weight was between 80-125 pounds per fish. This is a tag and release tourna ment so all fish were released to fight another day. A quick check on the calculator and that is an average of 4 1 sails per boat for the tournament. Pretty strong, wouldn't you say? ***** May 31-June 2 is the annual Sun-Fun King Mackerel Tournament. Holden Beach Marina is an official weigh station for the tournament. Lockwood Folly Inlet will have a committee boat stationed there to check each tournament boat out. This is very convenient for local fish ermen because it prevents them from having to work around the Sunset Beach Bridge schedule. ***** Well that does it for this time. Until next week, tight lines, bent rods and good fishin*. CAPTAIN JAMIE'S OFFSHORE FISHING REPORT Sun Fun Tourney Begins Friday Anglers will fish for more than $145,000 in cash prizes in the Sun Fun King Mackerel Tournament this weekend. The annual fishing competition will be held Friday and Saturday, with awards presented Sunday at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center. Holden Beach Marina is one of four official weigh stations for the event. Boats will check out of Lock wood Folly Inlet. The tournament, which is being held in conjunction with the 40th Annual Sun Fun Festival, offers 83 ways to win. The top prize is SI 0,000 for the largest king macker el. Hearing Set On Fish Rules A proposal 10 make shellfish .har vesters write their name on contain ers of oysters, clams and mussels is one of several rule changes being considered this year by the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission. The state panel will conduct a public hearing on the proposals Thursday, June 6, at 7 p.m. in the New Hanover County Courthouse in Wilmington. The rule on identifying shellfish containers was developed in re sponse to complaints from dealers who purchased undersized shellfish from harvesters, said Marine Fish eries spokesperson Christie Guthrie. Other proposals up for discussion at the hearing include one to open and close the seasons for transplant ing oysters and clams from polluted waters at the same time. 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"It hasn't been real good, but it hasn't been real bad cither," Shef field said Monday. "Anybody with patience has been catching fish it seems." Joyce Land of Tripp's Fishing Center at Shallotte Point said anglers H 1 FISHING REPORT hooked plenty of flounder last week, averaging two to four pounds each. "Right now flounders look real good," she said. "It looks good for the flounder tournament." Shallotte Point VFD holds its annual flounder fishing tournament next weekend. Grady, Eddie and Kevin O'Brien and Steve Braccy, all of Red Springs, caught 83 flounder last week. William Usher of Shallotte Point caught 24 flounder last week. Ms. Land said flounder weren't (he only fish caught Maurice Milli gan of Shallotte Point and his party caught 11 flounder, 11 spccklcd trout, three large blues and 25 pounds of spots Saturday. Stuart Green of Laurinburg and his three fishing partners caught PHOTO COKT??UTEO PAT BARNHILL of Laurinburg (left) caught this 33-pound co bia earlier this month aboard the Super Salty I. Also pictured is Capt. Ronnie Rabon. State Sets Fishing Limits their 40-fish limit on Spanish Satur day. Anglers also caught king mack erel about 20 miles offshore. "Right now it looks like if it keeps up it's going to be a good sea son for all the fish," Ms. Land said. Joe Hardasty of Independent Sea food at Holden Beach said offshore fishing was good last week. Anglers caught king and Spanish mackerel, cobia, dolphin and ambcrjack. Fishermen working inshore wa ters caught flounder. "Overall, I'd say it's pretty fair," Hardasly said. Pier Fishing Memorial Day weekend reports from the local fishing piers varied, with one pier manager saying activ ity was relatively slow and another calling the weekend the best since the start of 1 99 1 . Curtis Williamson of Ocean Isle Beach Fishing Pier said anglers there had their best weekend of the year with catches of blues and spots. "Everybody seemed like they caught fish," he said. "It was a good holiday." Williamson said two fishermen caught nine-pound blues during the weekend. "We're looking for a good summer and a good fall for fishing," he said. Holden Beach Fishing Pier Man ager Gil Bass said fishing was somewhat slow last week. Anglers reeled in Spanish mackerel, whit ing, spots and flounder. "It's just a litUe of this and a little of that," he said. "It's not as good as it has been." Bass said poor Fishing didn't keep many people away from the pier. The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries last week put limits on the catch of blue and white marlin, sail fish, red drum and northern lobster. Minimum size .limits were set for blue marlin, 86 inches; white marlin, 62 inches; and sailfish, 57 inches. Each of those fish are measured 1 in fork length, which is the distance from the lower jaw to the middle of the fork in the tail. The state also made it illegal for , fishermen to catch more than five red drum per day that are between 14 and 32 inches long. The mini mum size for red drum is 14 inches. Anglers also are prohibited from ' catching more than one red drum per day that is more than 32 inches long. It is also illegal to possess north- ? cm lobster, also called American or Maine lobster, that have a carapace length of less than 3 1/4 inches. State Fisheries Director William Hogarth set the new limits last Fri day, according to Marine Fisheries proclamations. A w PMOTO CONTRIBUTED CAPT. MIKE POSTELL of the Mega Flite recently caught this 43 1/2 pound dolphin. "It's one of the best Memorial Days as far as people I've ever seen," he said. This Week's Tide Table Day Date Thursday 30 friday 31 Saturday 1 Sunday 2 Monday 3 Tuesday 4 Wednesday 5 MAY HIGH A.M. P.M. 9:51 10:20 10:27 10:56 JUNE 11:05 11:29 11:44 12:07 12:51 1:38 LOW A.M. P.M. 12:29 1:19 2:15 3:57 4:36 5:15 5:56 6:38 7:21 8:09 3:50 4:28 5:07 5:48 6:35 7.28 8:29 ADJUSTMENTS SHALLOTTE INLET? add 17 min. high tide, add 32 min. low tide. LOCKWOOD FOLLY? subtract 22 min. high tide, subtract 8 min. low tide. BALD HEAD ISLAND? subtract 10 min. high tide, subtract 7 min. low tide. SOUTHPORT? add 7 min. high tide, add IS min. low tide. LITTLE RIVER? add 7 min. high tide, add 7 min. low tide. SHELLFISH BEDS OPFN Waters Closed To Trawling The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries closed some local waters to shrimp and crab trawling last week and opened part of Shallotte River to shellfish harvesting. Area waters closed to trawling in clude the Atlantic Intracoastal Wa terway between Southport and the South Carolina state line and Bona parte Creek from waterway marker No. 1 1 1 to Little River Inlet. The waters were closed Sunday to protect small brown shrimp, ac cording to a Marine Fisheries pro ^ ^ clamation. A lower section of Shallotte Ri ver was opened to shellfishing last Friday after being closed for two weeks. Waters upstream of a line running from the south shore of Shallotte Creek to a point 300 yards south of The Swash remain closed to clam harvesters. The area was opened due to satis factory bacteriological sampling re sults, according to a state proclama tion. ROPE SALE SIZE 600 FT. REELS REG. SALE PRICE 1/4 inch ...Hollow Braid Polly ....$13.50 $10.80 5/16 inch $23.14 $18.51 3/8 inch $28.29 $22.63 1/4 Inch Twisted Polly $11.90 $9.52 II II II II 5/16 inch $18.86 $15.09 li II II II 3/8 inch $29.14 $23.31 II II II U 7/16 inch $40.06 $32.05 II II II II 1/2 inch $47.60 $38.08 WHITE DECK BOOTS MADE IN USA $14.95 BLACK KNEE BOOTS Plain-Toe $12.95 KNEE BOOTS Steel-Toe $14.95 RUBBER GLOVES 90c per pair 10% OFF One Doz. 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