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STAf-f PHOTOS BY DOUG HUTTf* BETTY HENRY of Castonia won two trophies and $3,H05 in the North Myrtle Reach Rotary King Mackerel Tournament. Also pic tured is tournament chairman John Schwab. Tourney Winner Had Special Mother's Day HY DOUG R UTTER Mother's Day was extra special for Bcity Henry of Gastonia. She not only got to spend Sunday with fami ly, but caught a fish worth S3, 805 to boot. "It was a good Mother's Day," Mrs. Henry said after winning first place in the North Myrtle Beach Rotary King Mackerel Tournament. Fishing with her husband and one of her five sons, Mrs. Henry cele brated the holiday by catching an 18.96-pound king. The fish was landed about 65 miles offshore Sunday, the second day of the two-day tournament out of Harbourgate Marina. It wasn't a big winner as far as king tournaments go, but it was two pounds heavier than anything else brought to the scales. Mrs. Henry's cash award of S3.805 included money from the calcutta and the Lady Angler Award, which added S125 to the check. The Henrys, who dock their boat at Marsh Harbour Marina in Cala bash, were fishing aboard the Mr. Magoo. That should be a familiar boat name to area sport fishermen. The Henry family won the South Bruns wick Islands King Classic last sum mer aboard the craft named after the nearsighted cartoon character. In winning the top prize, Mrs. Henry beat a local angler who was atop the standings after the first day of the tournament. First-day leader Boycc Broadwell of Long Beach ended up finishing third with a 15.12-pounder. Fishing aboard the NauiiLady , Broadwell won S5(X). Second-place honors and S2.033 went to Patrick Whitcsidcs of Ches ter, S.C. He caught a 16.70-pound king aboard the Tom Cat. Sammy Sessions of Ocean Isle Beach, the third-place finisher a year ago, won the Sunday aggregate weight award with 32.64 pounds. Combined with a share of the calcut ta, Sessions won S897 fishing aboard the Shooting Star III with Chip Maree and Brent Gore. Mike Cain of Calabash was the only other winner from Brunswick BOYCE BROADWELL of Long Beach won $500 for third place in the tournament. County. He picked up SI 25 for the eighth-largest king, which weighed 9.24 pounds. Fishermen had a decent day on Sunday alter strong winds kept a lot of the 39 entries inshore Saturday, according to John Schwab, chairman of the third annual tournament. Jack Sowders of Murrells Inlet, S.C., was the only fisherman to catch three kings Saturday. For his efforts, he won the daily aggregate weight award of S375. The Henrys caught just two fish on the first day but returned Sunday to land six kings, including the win ner. "We went out in that rock and roll stuff," Mrs. Henry said of Satur day's conditions. "It was just awful out there." Other top five finishers, winning SI 25 each, were Mike Abenshein of Surfside Beach, S.C., with a 13.80 poundcr, and Robert McKinney of Cary with a 13.4X-poundcr. Also winning SI 25 were Don Mussman, Georgetown, S.C., 10.86 pounds; Ronald Elkins, MyrUe Beach, S.C., 9.82; Dan Muckenfuss, Charleston, S.C., 8.64; and Richard Hobbs, Wilmington, 8.56. Doug Moore of Lake City, SC., was awarded S250 as the Early Bird win ner. m Senior Citizen Airline Coupon booklets will increase in price-May 18, 1992 NOW THEN 4 Coupon (^CCQ Booklet 5>0 I D 3>000 8 Booklet $896 $984 Purchase your booklets now and SAVE SAVE SAVE!!! 10% SENIOR CITIZEN DISCOUNT un sinyle tickets purchased extended to May 31, for travel by U.S. Air til end of year BRUNSWICK INC. TRAVEL CRUISE HEADQUARTERS 150 Holden Beach Rd , Shallotte, NC 28459 ? 754 7484. 1 -800 852-2736 Lu.lv. lo out T ravoi J ink luwel program on WCCA 106 3 hM uvery Wtxinosday tti & 4'j AM " Anglers Enjoy Run Of Spots Saturday BY doik; r utter Pier fishermen enjoyed a nice run of spots Saturday ? the kind of run they usually don't sec until the fall. ? "Wc had a fantastic weekend," Forrest Whitley of Holden Beach Fishing Pier said Monday morning. "They were catching spots by the bucketful Saturday and early * Sunday." The spots also found their way to Sunset Beach Fishing Pier, where anglers were tearing them up, ac cording to spokesman John Mills. "They've really been catching the spots," Mills said. "They were real gtxxl Saturday and Sunday and off and on last week." John and Lorcnc Rhymer of . Charlotte filled more than a five-gal lon bucket with spots Saturday at Holden Beach Pier. Asked how many fish they had \ ll I tNs.'- t PHOTO CONTRIBUTED DANNY COOK of Lincolnton caught this six-pound spiny lobster Saturday aboard the Super Sally I out of Holden Beach. FISHING REPORT caught, Lorcne replied. "We don't catch them by the fish. We catch them by the bucket." "They've been catching them two and three at a time." added Doug Southards of High Point, who was cleaning fish along side the Rhy mers. Besides spots, pier fishermen also caught good-sized whiting last week, some weighing as much as a pound. Holdcn Beach Pier also reported catches of Spanish mackcrcl, floun der and the first shcepshcad of the year. Don Plaltcnbergcr of Washington state landed the sccond king mack crcl of the season at Holdcn Beach Pier last Thursday. It weighed 12 pounds. Mills said anglers at Sunset Beach Pier also caught trout and blucfish. Fishermen caught two blues last week that weighed more than 10 pounds each. The fishing wasn't so hot at Ocean Isle Beach Fishing Pier, ac cording to manager Curtis William son. Fishermen caught a few spoLs and Spanish last week, but the weekend was pretty slow. Captain Pete's Marina Jesse Hayes of Captain's Pete's Marina at Holdcn Bcach said the spots were caught just about every where inshore over the weekend. "It was a pretty good run of them," he said. "It was almost like the fall out there for a while." Hayes said offshore fishing was decent last week when the weather wasn't nasty. Showers and wind made fishing a tough task for most of the week. Odd Weather's Confusing The Local Fishing Scene I want to start the fishing report by staling that I have been to two World Fairs and one goat rodeo and I have never seen anything that could match the weather that we all endured last week. It was tough! j#" CAPTAIN The wind and surf pounded all east ? facing beaches for four days, the ma Jf . 7 JAMIE'S rine forecast told horror stories of seas ? ~ **"" fJFFQHORF ^ ^ccl cvcry scvcn seconds out at . ^ Frying Pan Tower. Now that will scare FISHING you to death. RFPORT While all this was going on at the coast, the mountains of the Old North State were getting up to 4 feet of snow. My fnend Currie Batchlor called Friday wanting to go snow skiing! For crying out loud, what's going on here? Well, enough about the weather; I'm sure you get the picture. ? ? ? ?' Brunswick County fishermen dominated the North Myrtle Beach Rotary King Tournament May 9 and 10, as reported elsewhere in this issue. Despite the weather, the tourney saw its largest boat turnout in its three year history. Chairman John Schwab attributed the growth to the Southern Kingfish Association choosing this tournament as one of its sanctioned events. ? ? ? ? Wednesday, May 13, was the captains' meeting for the Harbourgate Billfish Tournament, held each year at Harbourgate Marina in North Myrtle Beach, S.C. If all goes as planned, I will be aboard Capt. Dan McRainey's new Hatteras, the Snazzy Hat. 1 hope that 1 will be able to bring you the drama of this great sporting event in your next Beacon. Stay tuned. You can bet 1 will be practicing my Marlin Dance. Until next lime, Good fishin' and good luck "Jolly Mon". We Sell & Repair Chain Saws ? Line Trimmers ? Tillers Tractors ? Walk-Behind Mowers & Other Small Engine Equipment , _ ~ ^Sharpening* ? MILLIGAN'S SHARPENING SHOP Open Mon.-Fri. 8-5 ? 754-8535 Hwy. 1 30 W. , Shallotte LITTLE RIVER SATELLITES SALES & SERVICE SERVING EASTERN NORTH & SOUTH CAROLINA ?FREE Site Checks ?Home and Commercial Systems ?Upgrade Systems ?Descramblers ?Repairs on All Makes and Models ?Tune in Over 200 Channels ?In-house financing ?Insurance Claims (803)280-2323 4389 B SEA MOUNTAIN HWY. NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC 29582 STAf F PHOIO Br DOUG RUIIE* IX)VG SOUTHARDS of High Point (right) cleans spots Saturday at iio'lden Beach Fishing Pier along with john and ix>rene Rhy mer of Charlotte. "When ihe wind wasn't blowing fishing was gixxl, but they only had a few chances to go," he said. Fishermen caught black bass, bot tom fish and king and Spanish mackerel when they were able to get offshore. Hughes1 Marina Allison Hughes of Hughes' Mar This Week's Tide Table MAY HIGH LOW Day l)?u A.M. P.M. V.M. P.M. Thursday 14 6:49 7:26 12:46 12:54 Friday 15 7:39 8:13 1:37 1:41 Saturday 16 8:27 9:00 2:24 2:26 Sunday 17 9:09 9:41 3:09 3:08 Monday 18 9:54 1 0:25 3:53 3:50 Tuesday 19 1 0:36 11:05 4:36 4:32 Wednesday 20 11:18 11:46 5:18 5:14 ADJUSTMENTS SHALl.OTTE 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 mm. low tide. SOUTH PORT ? add 7 mm. high tide, add 15 min. low tide. LITTLE RIVER ? add 7 min. high tide, add 7 min. low tide. ina at Shallouc Point didn't have any good fishing news to report Monday morning. She said the strong winds and rain kept people from fishing most of last week. "It was white-capping in the river Friday and Saturday," she said. "The water was too rough this week for them. Maybe it the wind stops blowing it'll be better next week." L-VJ Ken Webb prides himself on top quality sales and service at... 4BELL & BELL^ Hwy. 17, Little River, SC 1-800-635-1693 For Service After The Sale William Temple Allen, CPA |r\/^nrr*/3. T/su fl - ? *? ,r> ? Income lax Preparation/Representation (federal arid all state returns) Electronic Filing and Rapid Refund Accounting ana Bookkeeping Sei vices Computerized Payroll Secretarial/ Word Processing Sei vices Medical Practice Management Seivices (review of ICD-9/CPI coding) !ax and Estate Planning Former IRS Assistant Director Technical Division. 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