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AT POOR BOY TOURNAMENT Hughes Crew Hooks Record Shark HY l)Oll<; RUITKR C.W. "Junior" Hughes of Shallotlc Point ami the crew of the Captain IIAM had a g?x>d fish story lo tell about how they won this year's Poor Hoy Shark Tournament. It was the story of how they caught the tournament record 648 pound tiger shark not once but twice in the same night. Fishing about 22 miles off Shalloltc Inlet last Thursday, they first hooked the female tiger around 6:30 p.m., said crcw member Pete Vinson. They had the shark right up next u> the boat when something unfortu nate happened. "The leader broke and she was gone," Vinson said. The crcw put out some more "bunker chum" to attract sharks and hit pay dirt about four hours later when the same tiger shark struck. This time, the big one didn't get away. The crcw didn't rcali/e it was the same shark or just how big she was until they dockcd at Hughes' Marina the next morning and saw the broken leader hanging from the shark's mouth. The 648-pounder was close to 12 feet long and broke the old tourna ment record of 608 pounds set in 1983. Besides Hughes and Vinson, the crcw included Tony Lewis, Samantha Lewis and Mel Amos. The team won SI ,080 lor first in the 10th annual tournament. Second place in the two-day tour nament out of Shallotte Point went to Robert McKen/ie of Fayettcville. He won S720 for a 592-pound tiger shark. Former tournament champion Billy Greer of Long Island, N.Y., won S540 and took third place this year with a 210-pound silky. Fourth place and S?60 went lo Fred Walker of Yaupon Beach loi a 132-pound tiger shark Ashevillc resident Kulus Kendall won S1X0 and look litiii plate with a I (IM- pound hammerhead. C'huik Maxwell of Hope Mills won S3M) for first place in the ag gregatc weight category. He posted a total weight of 265 pounds ior six sharks. Tournament Chairman John Wai kins said 19 boats competed this year, and fishermen weighed in sharks Friday and Saturday. "It went good," Walkins said. 'The weather was a little rough at times, but we didn't have any major problems." Watkms said there has been con cent about overfishing in the shark fishery, so he didn't know what to expect this year. Fishermen weighed in only 27 sharks last year, when a 234 pounder won the top pri/e. Watkms said he plans to hold the tournament again next summer in July or August This Week's Tide Table AUGUST HIGH LOW IHj Date A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. Thursday 29 11:07 11:18 4:59 5:26 Friday 30 11:55 5:41 6:16 Saturday 31 12:05 12:51 6:29 7:14 SEPTEMBER Sunday 1 1:03 1:54 7:27 8:20 Monday 2 2:12 3 03 8:32 9:32 TOcsday 3 3:28 4:15 9:44 10:42 Wednesday 4 4:40 5:19 10:52 11:44 ADJUSTMENTS SHALLOITE INLET? add 17 inin. high tide, add 32 inin. low udc. LOCK.WOOD FOLLY ? subtract 22 min high tide, subtract K mm. low tide. KAI.O HEAD ISLAND ? subtract It) min high tide, subtract 7 min low tide SOUTH PORT- -add 7 mm. high tide add 15 mill low udc UTILE KlVliK add 7 min high Udc. add 7 min low tide Brunswick Ranked Third In 1 990 Boat Accidents Brunswick County ranked third in the suae in the number of boating accident last year, but was second to none in terms of related property damage. There were 10 accidents, includ ing one fatal wreck, in the county in 1990, according to the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. Brunswick tied New Hanover and Dare counties for third in the state in the number of mishaps. Bladen and Carteret counties each had 15 accidents. Property damage relating to the local boating accidents totaled S194.II7, which was almost S 100,000 more than the next high est county. Brunswick County ranked 13th in the state last year in the number of boat registrations, with 5,399. Wildlife enforcement officers re ported 198 boating accidents in the state last year involving 282 ves sels. Thirty-four of the accidents, or 17 percent, resulted in fatalities. The number of accidents was the highest since 1977, when there were 218 mishaps and 60 deaths re ported. The 37 fatalities last year was the most in six years. Boating accidents in the state in creased by less than 10 percent from 1989 to 1990, but the number of deaths jumped 70 percent. Wildlife officials say 23 people have already died in boating acci dents this year. With Labor Day ap proaching, enforcement officers are bracing for a barrage of boats on the slate's waterways. "North Carolina's waterways are almost as busy as its highways dur ing summer months," according to a Wildlife Resources Commission news release. The state registered 274///) boats last year, which was 7,220 more than the previous year. Since 1980, the number of registered boats in the state has increased by 70 percent. Leading causes of boating acci dents last year were operator inat tention and lack of experience. Other causes included alcohol use, hazardous waters and excessive speed. Wddlile officers say careless boating resulted in 47 of the non-fa tal accidents last year, and eight of the fatal accidents. Fatigue also contributes heavily to boating accidents. "Alter several hours ol sun, boat motion, and of ten, alcohol, boat operators grow tired and lose alertness," the new re lease slates. More than half of the accidents in 1990 involved only one vessel, and 80 percent of the people injured in boating accidents required medical treatment. Most of the fatalities were drownings that occurred alter the victim fel! overboard. Other latali ties occurred when two vessels col lided or when boats capsi/.ed or hit a fixed object. Nearly half of the accidents oc curred in June and July, and more than half of the operators involved had no formal boaung safety in struction. Wildlife officials reported that al cohol use was a factor in six of the fatal accidents and that 35 percent of the victims had used alcohol. More than a third ol the vicums or boat operators in fatal accidents had one or more prior convictions of driving a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol. Wildlife enforcement olficers re ported 26 accidents involving per sonal waiercraft, commonly known as Jet Skis, m 1990. Two of the accidents were fatal, and personal walercrall v. ere in volved in 13 percent of the boating accidents last year. Approximately 85 percent of the Jet Ski operators involved in acci dents were under the age of 30, and half were under the age of 20. Due to increased use of |iersonal watercratl in recent years, otliuals at Holden Beach, Ocean Isle Beach and Sunset Beach have adopted rules controlling where and when they can be used. "bT"5"g of Thursday Nights ?Doors Open 6:15 pm g at k Calabash VFW Post 7288 ? Carter Rd , Trader's Village. Calabash, 579-3577 OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Games begin at 7:30 PM *|g Minimum "Buy In" $5.00 Minimum Pay Out $600.00 Snacks Available * No Children under 12 lS| o K W-?mm wmj?m ? ? ?? ? ? ? SIA*F PwOiO BY OOUG HOt IfeH POSING WITH THE WISHING SIIAKK are (from left) I'ele Vinson , Mel Amos, C.W. " Junior " Hughes, Samantha I a- wis and Tony Lewis. The MH-pound tiger set a new tournament record. SOON increase your tax knowledge ? obtain a new skill convenient times & locations H&R BLOCK Resort Plaza. Suite 10. Hwy. 17 S., Shallotte. 754-6067 Cleave send me free infuimation about your tax preparation course Name Address C '.y _ Ph ;re Stat< _Z|P. Clip & ma t > H&R Block, Rt 3. Box 1085. Shallotte. 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