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.
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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.
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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.
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"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.
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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."
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FRANK WATSOS of Holden
Beach hooked this 15-pound
hog snapper recently during a
fishing trip 40 miles offshore.
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ORES RIGGERS of Charl
otte caught this 24-pound dol
phin during a recent trip a
hoard 'he Super Salty I.
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