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The fishing report By Jim Han Staff Writer Bland to trie other ^ weekend mo a smaB-ganre festival dm. LaB®er<ioo**a ant lings,) and ware numerous (spots) fcfc were Nri^, mo, bur it «as speckled m dot Wi wajme’s ^ « h Lockwood FoUy point ad an tl three piers. hternwhile, hhiewafcr a#xs continued to do we® with wahooandnma. On Oak Island tie standard trout bait was line shrimp though there were some fish caught with oat bait on bottom rigs, and a few on wrtifi eiads. But there was more than one standard live shrimp rig. The favorite, of courses was the bobber, with a shrimp floating about two feet betow'it on a treble hook. The variation on the theme was a bottom rig with the hve shrimp fished on a dropper about eight feet above the bottom The message was what every trout fisherman knows — you have to find the fish, and their depth, before you cam catch them. From Long Beach Pier Dave Bee kmer called Tuesday afternoon to report a 55-pound cobia just decked by new icsadtenr Keith Bowman. Bowman was fishing for kings with a live hhaeftsh for bait, Beckner said. Be also said that over a dozen tangs had been taken at Ms pier over the past week, but none in die tanker category. At Yaupom Pier, Baity West tepened the good worn! mews, bint also said that Ms customers had good caches of spots, Ome angter had caught three mice Mack drum while fishing for trout, and another landed a tripletail weighing five pounds. Cad CoMims at Ocean Crest Pkar said tuiis piesenders had experienced limited tang and cobia action, butt that tm and spots "big enough, to fillet'" were abundant. Colins also said that sheepshead wete biting wel for specialists. Offshore anglers found excellent action with bag tuna and dolphin, and Rodney McAdoo, fistamg Satur day aboard the Trophy H'aMier with CapL Sta Sherfinski, landed a wahoo weighing 69.2 pounds.' Domna Betas repooed that Cap*, deny Betas on due Kingfisher had good luck with tuna, waboo and reef fish • on a Thursday charter, and Cape Robbie Betats reported an ex cellent borocm-fish catch with am overnight charter on the weekend. At Suae Catch Tackle, Sieve Smith said that the blue water action was coming between 35 and 44 miles offshore, while bottom fishermen RmHCtMck Tke crew of the BaM Head Wat Kimterfy Bald Head tstiad > i*4>iisu. Rodeo with a varied catch whooped it ap Saturday after whuriag the secoad of MaewaCer species. were doing wefl near Prying Pan*. Tower. Be also reported tot due center of inshore troUHmg action had shifted to rite Lighthouse Rock chain. There live-ban tsers were find' ing kings, though Spanish were generally feeing "finicky.'" Flounder fishermen were doing we! using Eve boil around sfooreside structure in 6he Cape Fear River, as we! as in the Jaybird Rip, Smith said, and Mack drummers and sheepsheaders were catching fish around Pfizer Dock. For the weekend, offshore anglers can shl expect to find good action with the mid-weight "big three". Closer in. five-baiters wilt find good action on Lighthouse Rock. Spanish mackerel will likely be on Frying Pan Shoals and at the sea buoys for both the Cape Fear and Lockwood Fo!y imtets. On Oak Island piers trout and flounder — which also love five shrimp — will fee good bets, and in the rivers five bait will work wdl for trout and flounder, while nout and drum and some flounder wi! also be taken on hues, tossed or troUted. Matthews second Harold Matthews on the Smmdmce took second place in the weekend Scouts Hi! King Mackerel Tourna ment with a 27S-pound fish. Matthevs placed 12th in the Sun Fun king mackerel {tournament, headquartered in Myrtle Beach S. C, a week earlier. Kimberly wins island event The crew of the Kim»berfyr oat of Bald Head Island* won the sec ond annual BaM Head Island Fishing Rodeo over the weekend with 164*5 founts based on a point per pound of mm, waho© and dot ptotn. Top prize was $7*500. Second place and a prize of $3,750 was taken by the Bald Head boat R-iiscai Fair. Third prize of S2JOOO was won by the Skm Pate iirosn Morehead City. Fourth place boat was Mess Sarah from Holden Beach and fifth placchoat was the Reef Tktag out of Bald Head, Chris Walken skipper rf the AmwmM Km%\ caught this 45-inch, 37i pouud squid last week while k»$4iMg for swordfish about 190 Miles southeast of Southport, DEEP SEA FISHING Yacht Basin Provision Co. All Day $60.00 |jnapper« Grouper»BlackBass^ Ha if-Day • AM Day • Overnight Trips Otd Yacht Basin. Southport, 457-0654 fioct met bait tactile and ice for your fish. Mate prw'idied four your convenience.. Pets of week A spayed and dedawed female cat named "Jasnaaie" ts sow avaotaMe for adoption at tine Brunswick County Amamnal Cornered Center, ffvtmerty a £am% pet. ’■Jasmine’’ is said to be vay pJayfui and affec tionate. She has blade, and on snipes, aith an conge w. He adoption fee is $21 and die fee for a talwes vaocmaticn is $7. An assortment of "adotaNe* kit tens are also available. Tie adoption fee is $2 ode and de fee far a rabies xaccination is $7. Tie ten-week-<dd Doberman mix puppies are afe tap for adoption. One is Mack and tan and de Oder is chocolate and tan. Bod ate said to be Trisky and lowafcte."' For wowc information. persons can call the animat control center at 7$1 m«r04w 1-800-233-21®. BOATS wse a smooth ride! (919) 457-9080 Long Beach Parks ft Recreation Department Friiav, Jtirte 2'5’tv 9 00 c n KIDS FISHING DERBY June 26th 8:00 a.m.-12:00 noon Ocean Crest Her AGE GROUPS 5 to 8 9 to 12 13 to IS Rodiet McAdoo of Mebane hefts a 6^-pound wahoo Ike eamglht Satur day aboard the Tmphj Humer. The fish took a fast-trotted had as the part; was en route to offshore grounds. •About 3:45 p.m.. Hast Wednesday, Coast Guard. Station Oak Island naanSi&B a call from a pleasure craft staring it was disabled and adrift in the- Cape ff«ar B&uar at Buoy #9. The crew did root have an anchor and the beat was starting: to drift tsswtaidi the Ibeach. Since afltirs would have created an emergency situation. the Coast ©rianS launched its 21-fool rescue beat to assist. Coast Guard: personnel! tewed tfce pleasure erdit to Seauhpeit Manna. *The operator of utoe motor vessel Miega FUee called the Coast Guardi HfttsTsdsy about 111:5® punt, arod said he was disabled in the Lockwood ffoE&ji Uniat dtw t® » loose rudder, and (hat his anchor was not bolding.. There were 32 people afciootdL The Coast Guard launched its 41-foot rescue beat to assist, and BfoMtai Beach Marine Services also Baurochcd a vessel to assist. The marine services vessel! arrived first and towed the Flile to deeper water, but due to the size off the rescue boat was mot afoSe to tow Ac vessel back to port. The 41-fcroter arrived a damn name later and took the .Wcgvs Fliie in tow back to the Holden Beach Marina * About 8 pan. Sarinday. the Oak Island station received a call Son* Group ffontt Macon reporting am Emergency Position Indicating Radio- Beacon (EPUR®)) wuas miHtimg near HoWem Beach. The station dispatched, a crew with: a mobile- rewrivaag unit to ascertain a more exact Bcvcation of the call. Upon investigatioih. this srew picked up same signals off Yaupon- Beach Pier and. Bald Head tsfiand Maricrn. fifitsw ever, the signals stopped a short rime lateT and the crew was unable to pick hens up with the mobile gear. The Coast Guard has suspended! any further aettban on hie case, unless the sateBEite picks up additional signals. Guard Slide Into,; A Slip. A coat slip, that is. We offer overnight docking omlv two blocks from* Historic Downtown Southport. FREE shuttle.. 50c per foot orte might cwmlv Electric hooh-Uip.. Driftwood Shell Shop Historic Downtown Southport N.C. •t57-5466 Guide Fishing for Rounder & Trout Fshimg Year "Round WILDLIFE BAIT & TACKLE jm*. JIMMY PRICE “Rated #1 in the area.. (9T9)) 457-9903 TQ425 FisJ*n Factor fFS®®d Southport!,. N.C.. 284(61! 1 ROATS BY TAYlQi MAMTACIUTiG, PiC 1-800-545-2293
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