PHOTO CONTKIBUTCD
GARY KERR and son, David, show off the amberjack and honita
they caught recently on the Alice E out of Ilolden Beach. The fish
ermen were visiting from Canal Eolton, Ohio.
Despite Frightful Weather,
King Tourney Is A Success
BY JAMIE MILLIKEN
"Docs anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn
the minutes to hours?" as Gordon
Lightfoot asked in "The Wreck of the
Edmund Fitzgerald." That's what I'm
sure was on most participants' minds in
this year's South Brunswick King
Classic.
The line of thunderstorms that
raced through area waters on Sunday
was beyond a doubt the worst weather I
have ever been caught in. "If you're
scared, say, you're scared." I was
scared!
Fishing, for the most part, was slow. I feel the largest factor was the full
moon the week of the tournament. I have always contended that king mack
erel feed during the night the week of a full moon. Others may contest that,
though, but I'll never be convinced otherwise. You can tell a Milliken
something ? but you can't tell him much!
Brant McMullan and I braved the elements and had an awful start on
Saturday. We fished from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. and had only one kingfish run.
Notice I said "run" ? the king did a masterful job of releasing himself. It's
hard to wash that skunk smell off the boat at the end of a fishing day, but
we did get it off!
Sunday morning we got off to a later-than-usual start due to the spectac
ular lightning storm that moved over Ocean Isle in the pre-dawn hours.
Brant and I were greeted by a 3-4-foot swell as the Caribbean Soul cleared
Shallotte Inlet. Our fishing destination was 18 miles offshore, and we could
only run 3600 rpm, so that turned into a long trip.
Once we arrived, Capt. Robert Causey, fishing his boat the Outlaw, ra
dioed us and reported they were hooked up with a nice fish. All right! Just
maybe there are some fish here. It wasn't long until there was radio talk of
a king landed by Larry Fowler and Mark Dixon aboard the Heather-Rcnee
that was over 30 pounds.
Then Jack Wood, fishing aboard Team Laguna , pulls alongside and
yells, "Jamie, we've got one in the mid-20s." Man, what's going on here?
Brant and I haven't had a nibble! We were convinced that we were in the
right spot; there was no move in our plans. I remember telling Brant that ail
we needed now was a little luck.
I guess it was close to 12:30 p.m. when out of the corner of my eye I
saw the port side downrigger rod bow like a rainbow. The clicker on the
reel made a two-second blast, but instantly disengaged itself. Brant cleared
the other lines while I worked toward the bow. It felt like a good fish to me,
and I knew this would probably be our only chance of the tournament. We
had to land this one.
This king did all the things that they are known for. She made three or
four good runs, and I bet she circled the boat 10 complete times. She was a
tough fish!
Finally, she showed herself. I yelled back to Brant at the wheel, "Son,
she's a mossy back; she's the one that can put us on the leader board!"
Mossy back is the term used by fishermen that refers to the dark brownish
green color of a king mackerel's back.
I have always been blessed with having crew members who are deadly
with the gaff. Brant McMullan made a great gaff with the 10-foot gaff fully
extended, and dragged her over the bow rail.
Oh. boy, she was pretty. She had the length of a 40-pounder, but she
was thin; I guessed her weight in the mid-20s.
It was after we ran through the "storm of the decade" that we arrived at
the weigh station. She weighed 25.98 pounds and placed us sixth in the
tournament. To say we were tickled would be an understatement.
Larry Fowler's fish held on to win, while Robert Causey and Jack
Woods' fish also held in the top 10.
I would like to thank the South Brunswick Islands Chamber of
Commerce for holding a great tournament. I just wish we could have had
chamber of commerce weather, but that's how it goes.
Good fishin' and good luck, "Jolly Mon."
a CAPTAIN
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NMB Fishermen Win
King Classic
BY DOUG RUTTER
L^arry Fowler and Mark Dickson
of North Myrtle Beach. S.C., netted
the top prize of $15,000 in the South
Brunswick Islands King Classic
fishing tournament last weekend.
Fishing on the Heather Rence,
they landed a king mackerel weigh
ing 33.10 pounds Sunday morning
to heat out the crews on 137 other
boats entered in the sixth annual
tournament.
"We sweated it out all afternoon,"
Dickson said at the awards ceremo
ny Sunday night at Ocean Isle
Beach. "That fish wasn't that big for
a tournament this size."
Fowler and Dickson figured they
would need about a 40-pounder to
win the event. They said the win
ning fish was caught around 1 1 a.m.
Sunday, about 10 miles southwest of
Little River.
Fishermen endured rough fishing
conditions both days of the tourna
ment, with choppy seas on Saturday
and heavy rain on Sunday.
"Yesterday was bad," Fowler said
Sunday. "Today there was a lot of
big swells that cut our running. But
the fishing was real good."
Fowler and Dickson, who have
entered the King Classic the last
four years, led the tournament after
Saturday with a 3 1 .38-pounder. The
winning team was sponsored by
Captain Poo's Blue Marlin Fishing
Club.
The Heather Renee fishing team
is no stranger to prize money, finish
STAFF PHOTO BY DOUG ItUTTEIt
IARRY FOWLER (left) and Mark Dickson won $15,000 for fin
ishing first in the South Brunswick Islands King Classic.
ing second in the Myrtle Beach
Open a few weeks ago.
Fowler and Dickson also placed
seventh in this year's Sun Fun
Tournament and second in the 1992
Hardee's Atlantic Beach tourna
ment. They won the first two North
Myrtle Beach Rotary tournaments.
Other top finishers in the 1993
King Classic included runner-up
John Batis with a 32.12-pound fish.
He won the second-place prize of
$5,(XX).
Winning $2,500 for third placc
was Booty Shelley with a 30.60
pounder. Finishing fourth and win
ning Sl.(KX) was Todd Matthews
with a king weighing 27.84 pounds.
Anglers finishing fifth through
19th won $500 cach. They were
Jack Wood, 27.18; Jamie Milliken,
25.98; Grace Ann Munroe, 25.82;
Jerry Mason, 25.74; Robert Causey,
25.44.
Also Wyndal Vereen, 25.36;
Stuart Ballard, 22.82; Everett Came
ron, 22.78; Thomas Yager, 22.76;
Fred Johnson, 22.74; Will Scott,
20.66; L A. Dcnzer, 2<).3<); Larry
Rogers, 20.28; David Franklin.
19.92; and Jimmy Abdalla. 19.10.
Fishermen finishing in 20th
through 30th places received $250
each. They were Jeff Scott, 18.42;
Warren Plowden, 18.16; Matthew
Sobota, 16.16; Tommy Rivers,
15.28; Carl Hatlcy, 15.06; Jerry
Dilsaver, 14.88; Brian Henry, 14.86;
J.E. Simmons, 14.76; Ricky Lefler,
14.50; David Yarborough, 14.20;
and Scott Taylor, 1 3.88.
This Week's
Tide Table
SEPTEMBER
HIGH LOW
Day Dale A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M.
Thursday 9 1:33 2:21 8:01 8:52
Friday 10 2:39 3:25 9:06 9:57
Saturday 11 3:49 4:29 10:11 10:58
Sunday 12 4:55 5:27 11:14 11:55
Monday 13 5:57 6:25 12:12
Tuesday 14 6:54 7:18 12:46 1:07
Wednesday 15 7:48 8:08 1:36 2:00
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.
SOtJTHPORT ? add 7 min. high tide,
add 15 min. low tide.
LITTLE RIVER ? subtract 11 min.
high tide, add 18 min. low tide.
Ma Nature Spoils Summer Finale
BY DOUG RUTTER
Mother Nature was unkind to area
fishermen who had hoped for good
weather for the last big weekend of
the summer.
The ocean was rough on Saturday,
and it rained on Sunday. So much for
Labor Day weekend.
"I haven't seen a whole lot of fish
ing because of the weather," said
John Sheffield of Sheffield's store at
Ocean Isle Beach.
Sheffield said the fishing commu
nity is now looking forward to cooler
weather. "Everybody's ready for fall.
I've seen a lot of people coming in
looking for spots."
Despite the poor weekend weath
er, Sheffield said fishermen did man
age to land some king mackerel.
"There is fish out there if you
know how to catch them," he said.
"I've seen quite a few drum caught
here in the surf in the last week."
Ronnie Baucom and Tim Lawson
of Robeson County filled a cooler
with speckled trout, spottailcd drum
and flounder over the weekend,
Sheffield said.
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Fishen: .en out of Tripp's Fishing
Center al Shallotte Point caught
spots, flounder, spottailed drum and
a few trout last week, according to
spokesperson Joyce Land.
"Fishing is fairly good," she said.
"They're still catching big spots in
the net and a few on the hook and
line."
Land said fishermen caught Span
ish mackerel arid a few kings off
shore last week.
Pier Fishing
Pier fishermen have started catch
ing some large spots in the last few
weeks, a sure sign that fall is on the
way.
"I think it'll get better around the
15th or 20th," Curtis Williamson of
Ocean Isle Beach Pier predicted. "As
the water gets cooler it'll get better."
The ocean water temperature is
still in the 80s, which is too hot for
the yellow-bellied spots caught each
fall.
FISHING REPORT
"They're catching a few spots,"
Gil Bass of Holden Beach Fishing
Pier reported Monday. "I think as
the water cools off it'll get better."
Ed Kayler of Sunset Beach Pier
said fishermen caught spots, blue
fish, croaker and a few big flounder
last week.
"Crowds have been kind of scarce
due to the rain this weekend and the
hurricane last week," Kayler said.
"They've started to pick up a few
spots."
Williamson said anglers caught
mostly spots and blues last week at
Ocean Isle Beach. "We had a good
crowd on the weekend, mostly
tourists."
At Holden Beach Pier, Bass said
fishermen caught spots, flounder and
Spanish mackerel. Anglers have been
pulling in trout in the mornings.
"Not a whole lot of fish, but
some," Bass said. "There's enough
to keep it interesting I think."
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