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PHOTO CONTRIBUTED Prize Size King Chip Starve (above) and Jamie Milliken learned up to land this 50-pound king mackerel Sept. 17 aboard the " Caribbean Soul." The 60-inch long, 24-inch girth fish is currently leading the Southern Kingftsh Association yearly contest for the largest kingfish of the year award. It is also believed to be the largest king landed in North Carolina thus Jar this year. ' if r ? k STAFF PHOTO Bv DOUG RUTTER BRUCE MOORE of Holden lieach caught these flounder last week in the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway using minnows for bait. The smaller fish weighed 5 pounds , and the larger flounder was 8 pounds, II ounces. f ] ? = m * PHOTO CONTRIBUTED A FISHlMi PARTY from Elizabethtown shows off the king mackerel and hoy snapper they caught last week aboard the Alice E. Pictured (front row, from left) are Phillip Little, Roger Paschal, Jim Bradley, (back row, from left) Claude Hood, Guy Childress and Lewis Paschal. *? ? "THEY'VE JUST STARTED BITING," Francis Eudy of Alb emarle announced as she landed this spot at Sunset Beach Fishing Pier Saturday. She and her brother, dene Eudy (background) come down to the family's Seaside retreat to fish. ?,-** f PHOTO B* SUSAN USMf f A FORETASTE OF FA /./. awaited weekend fishermen and campers (i<ne and Marie Hart of South port. Mrs. Hart caught this drum Saturday at Sunset lieach Fishing Tier. Cool Snap Makes Anglers Anxious Z- BY I)C)LI<; RUTTKR A solid week of fishing and the i first cool weather in months has lo cal anglers licking their chops in an ticipation of the upcoming fall sca y son. It felt like fall in the South X Brunswick Islands over the week m end as northerly winds blew in dry r air and temperatures ranged from 5 the 50s at night to the 70s during 6 the day. H "For the first cool snap ol the ? year, it's setting up to be a real gotxl ? fall," Jesse Hayes of Captain Pete's Seafood at Holden Beach said Monday, which was the first official day of fall. Fishermen caught spots, flounder, blues and drum inshore over the weekend. Earlier in the week, an } glers landed king and Spanish mackerel and bottom fish in the FISHING REPORT ocean before conditions became less favorable. "Flounder bit real well last week," Hayes said. Brucc Moore of Holden Beach caught several in the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, in cluding one that weighed X pounds, 1 1 ounces. "The little spots are starting to show up in good numbers in the wa terway," Hayes added. Before northerly winds stared blowing last Friday afternoon, Hayes said the offshore fishing had been pretty gixxl. One boat returned to the docks with 300 pounds of red snapper one day last week. Fishermen also caught kings just beyond the break ers. Sea Mist Camping Resort Mary Roscoc of Sea Mist Camping Resort at Brick Landing said fishermen caught s|*>is from the hank of the waterway. "The fish bait and the fishing tackle have been selling well." she said. "Thai's always a good sign." Hughes' Marina Allison Hughes of Hughes' Marina at Shallotte Point said the ocean was too rough over the week end and fishing was slow in the Shallotte River. Anglers caught a few black bass, kings and Spanish oi l shore, but very little else. She blamed it on the northerly and northeasterly \cinds. "All the boats that went out, there was no fish caught," Mrs. Hughes said Monday. Pier Fishing Pier fishermen waiting for the an U.S. Open King Mackerel Tournament Approaching Although it's the 13th of its kind, this year's U.S. Open King Mack erel Tournament, set for Oct. 3-5, should prove to be very fortunate for some lucky anglers. A grand prize of S25,(XX) award ed to the crew bringing in the largest mackerel is up for grabs, as well as a second place prize of S1(),(XX), a third place prize of S5.(XX), and awards as far as 50th place. An extra SI, (XX) will be added for the largest early bird catch. Several manufacturers are offering prizes for the best catches taken by boats using their merchandise and fish bowl drawings are planned. First, second, and third place awards will also go to the boats with the highest daily aggregate weights on Friday and Saturday. Uist year's winning mackerel will be hard to beat; weighing 45.5 pounds, it was brought in by the crew of the the "Joy Stick," from North Myrtle Beach, SC. The event begins Thursday at Southport Marina in Southpon w ith check in/registration at 10 a.m., and captain's meetings at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tournament officials strongly advise that all captains attend, as rule changes may be announced. The check-out points open and competition begins Friday at 7 a.m., and ends at 5 p.m. Another day of competition begins Saturday at 7 a.m. and ends at 4 p.m. Entertainment and refreshments are offered each evening of the tour nament, with a fish fry and awards ceremony capping off the festivities Saturday night. Again this year, officials an nouncc thai ihey will hold a "tour nament within a tournament". Parti cipating boats contribute an extra SKX) each, with the total sum to be divided divided among the top three finishers from the largest fish cate gory in diminishing order respective of place. Tournament entries of $240 per boat are still Ik accepted by the sponsor, the Southport-Oak Island Chamber of Commerce, until mid night Thursday, Oct. 3. Copies of the rules, check-out and check-in sites, entry forms, and schedules are available by writing i to: U.S. Open King Mackerel Tou- I rnament. Route 5, Box 52, South port, NC 28461. This Week's Tide Table SEPTEMBER HIGH LOW Da> Dale A.M. P.M. A.M. I'M. ihur viav 2ft 10:03 1 0:21 3:54 4:27 Kridav 27 10:49 11:05 4:36 5:13 Saturday 2H 11:40 11:55 5:22 ft: Oft Sunday 29 12:39 ft. 1 3 7:IW M.niday 30 1:01 1:44 7:14 8:10 OCTOBER Tuesday 1 2:12 2:53 8:23 9:1S Wednesday 2 3:25 4 01 9:32 10:23 AD.ILSTMK.vrS SHAU.OTTK INLHT? add 17 min high tide, adit 32 mm. low tide. l.OCKWOOD FOi.l.Y? subtract 22 min. high tide, subtract 8 mm. low tide. BALD I IK AD ISLAND ? subtract 10 min high tide, subtract 7 mm. low tide. SOUTIIPORT- ? add 7 mm. high tide, add 15 min. low tide. lJTTl.n R1VRR? add 7 min high tide, add 7 min. low tide. White Wins $3,000 In Tourney Kyle White of Shalloitc won S3,(XX) over ihe m weekend as one ? of the daily *3 f f winners in the m (? Wrightsvillc WSl Beach King jw Mackerel Tour- 4 nameni. Fishing on - -* the Oil Slick , < While weighed ? - in three fish WHITE Saturday with a combined weight of 33.4 pounds. Five other Brunswick County residents won S5(X) each in die ninth annual tournament held Fri day and Saturday, said spokesper son Teresa McLamb. Buck Smith of Southport placed fourth overall with a 30.15-pound king mackerel. He was fishing a board the Second Time Around. Southport angler Tom Flankers placed 12th with a 25.7-pound king landed aboard the Donzi Devil. R.G. Shcrfinski, also of South port, finished in 25th place with a 23.25-pounder caught on the Odd Couple. Forrest Taylor of Shallottc caught a 22.4-pound king aboard the Josh <? Me and finished in 31st place. Earl Clewis of Southport, fishing aboard the Live Wire , landed the largest fish on a Mako boat. Angus Phillips of Wilmington and the crew of the Hooked Up won the tournament with a 43.5-pound king. The event was worth more than $33, (XX) in cash prizes. Ms. Mc Lamb said 375 boats competed in the tournament. Need Vinyl? See Seaside & 579-7592 ? Hwy. 1 79, Seaside nual arrival of yellow-bellied spots hooked some smaller spots last week as well as whiting, blue fish, llounder, Spanish and a lew kings. Terry Bowser ol H olden Beach F-ishinii Pier saul lishennen caught Spanish all last week and several llounder Sunday. The largest lloun der was 5 pounds. Greg Former of Statcsville caught two kings last Wednesday, including one that weighed 26 pounds. "T he spots aren't running yet," she vud Monday morning. "It should be any time now." John Mills of Sunset Beach Fishing Pier said two small kings were caught last week. "7 hey're out there catching a few spots right now," he reported Monday morning. "It's a little wet, but they're out there anyway." r ?:$ PMO*OCCN-= B.T5 FRANK WATSOS of Holden Beach hooked this 15-pound hog snapper recently during a fishing trip 40 miles offshore. i M m t*M o-OTO COS'O BuTtO ORES RIGGERS of Charl otte caught this 24-pound dol phin during a recent trip a hoard 'he Super Salty I. SEASIDE GUN REPAIR 579-1621 ?Cleaning -Hot Bluing -Stock Refinishing Guns Sales (by order only) Owner. Buddy Gardner Brooks Dr.. Seaside, NC Now Available '91-'92 NC Hunting Fishing Licenses Deer Season: Bow Sept. 9 & Gun Oct. 14 Island Tackle & Gifts Winchester Ammo ? Hunting Fishing Supplies ? Live& Frozen Bait Hours: 8:30-6 Mon.-Thurs., 8:30-9 Fri.-Sat. 579-61 16 Hwy. 179 between Ocean Isle and Sear-ale Next to Roberto's Pizza' US Coast Guard Auxiliary, Shallotte Safe Boating Course is being held NOW at the Shallotte Senior Citizens Center Monday & Thursday Nights at 7 PM Subjects Boat hancimij ? A ; & lo : retirements, navigation, navigation rules. piloting ac ,>:her & c rrmumcations Course is free, wo charge only for st.idy text For information, call Bill Utter 579-238 7 or Ber. Cherry 579-2864,
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