58 - CAPE GAZETTE, Friday, June 9 - June 15, 1995
lO.2(i-pound trout tops t]00e field in weakfish tournament
Women's fishing
club meets June 13
at Fisherman's Wharf
WOMEN AND FISHING -
Julie Hall is finally going to get
the Reel Women's Fishing Club
together.
An avid angler in the Cape re-
gion, I mentioned a couple of
weeks ago that Hall was trying to
form a women-oniy fishing club.
The first organizational meeting
of the club will be this Tuesday
evening beginning at 7 p.m. at
Fisherman's Wharf on the canal in
Lewes. All anglers of the female
persuasion are invited. •
If you need more information,
call Suzanne Racz at R&R Sports
Center at 645-9801.
Steve Hoenic mann
TOURNEY RESULTS - The
trout fishing in Delaware Bay has
been great the last few weeks, and
that proved to be a bonanza for an-
glers fishing in the 17th annual
World Championship Weakfish
Tournament sponsored by the
Chamber of Commerce of Mil-
ford.
More than 60 boats and 300
fishermen participated in the five-
day tourney, which concluded
Saturday, June 3.
While no one caught a world
record weakfish (the $25,000 re-
ward will have to wait until next
year), there were plenty of nice
fish landed, including the 10.26-
pound trout caught by Mike Tay-
lor which topped the field.
Here's a list of the results Coe-
ginning with first place):
Weakfish (male anglers):
Mike Taylor, Lincoln, 10.26;
Steve Thomas, Newark, 7.50;
Dave Richards, Coatesville, Pa.,
7.01; Ray Davis, Conestoga, Pa.,
OUTDOORS
6.94; Eric Nicholous, Lancaster,
Pa., 6.89; Dave Slaughter, Cam-
den, 6.19; Chris Magnolia,, 5.52;
Irvin Webb, Milford, 5.32; Joe
Zalaski, Coatesville, 5.23; tie -
John Webb of Milford and Ray
Davis of Conestoga, 5.04; Luke
Keiter, Royersford, Pa., 5.02;
Todd Stevenson, Milford, 4.88;
Jessy Wiggins, Christiana, Pa.,
4.77; Rick Willey, Seaford, 4.70;
Ray Davis, Conestoga, 4.65; John
Webb, Milford, Milford, 4.64;
Steve Quesada, Georgetown,
4.60; Scott FIanagan, Townsend,
4.54; Ray Davis, Conestoga, 4.49;
and Rick WilIey, Seaford, 4.43.
Weakfish (female anglers):
Jean Boyer, Milford, 4.28.
Weakfish (youth category):
Ron Flanagan, Wilmington, 1.02.
Flounder: Luther Drawbaugh
Sr., Etters, Pa., 6.51; Neff Bupp,
Manchester, Pa., 6.14; Gene I-Iite,
Dover, 5.05; Clair Graham,
Smoketuwn, Pa., 5.03; and Gene
Hite, Dover, 4.79.
Blue fish: Irvin Webb, Mil-
ford, 12.88; Dave Slaughter, Cam-
den, 2.04; Dolphus Stevenson,
TIDES
Indian River
Date Inlet
gehoboth
Beach
Roosevelt Oak
Inlet Orchard
6/11
6/12
6/13
6/14
Milford, 2.02; John Carpenter,
Smyrna, 1.95; and Joe Austin,
Frederica, 1.90.
Kingfish: Donald Culp, Glen
Mills, Pa., 1.12.
There were no entries in the
croaker division.
WHAT'S HAPPENING - The
trout fishing remains strong in
Delaware Bay, according to Gene
Racz at R&R Sports Center near
Five Points.
Racz said hot spots include the
Broadkill, any of the structures,
the lighthouses, the Sheers and the
rock piles off of Lewes.
Wayne Beach checked in a
near-citation trout that weighed
10.60 last week - a fish that would
have been good enough to win the
Weakfish Tournament.
He added that mako fishing has
really turned on with anglers
heading out about 10 to 15 miles
to A buoy and beyond. Most are
chumming with mackerel or cut
blue fish.
Big bluescan be found on the
northeast grounds at the Pimple,
and flounder seem to be plentiful
in the northeast comer of the an-
chorage on up to 14-foot light.
The Sheers and the canal in Lewes
also are producing some nice
flounder.
Racz added that striper action
seems to be best at night, with the
most active spots being the Rips
and the Sheers. Striper have been
spotty down at Indian River Inlet,
but snapper blues and an occa-
sional trout will be the reward for
patience.
CONTEST CONTINUES-
The Grotto Grand Slam/Silstar
Fishing Tournament for the bene-
fit of the Shields Elementary
School playground fund drive is
in full swing.
Anglers can still sign up for the
tourney, which lasts through Aug.
31, by stopping by R&R Sports
Center on Route 1, just south of
Five Points.
For more specific information,
call 645-9801.
Tournament leaders to date in-
clude Craig Karsnitz in the floun-
der division with a fish that
weighed in at 4.93 pounds; Butch
Van Drunen in the trout division
with two fish that weighed in at
6.95 and 6.83, respectively; Larry
Marvel in the blue fish division
with a fish that weighed in at
10.32; and Bill Wagamon in the
striper division with a fish that
tipped the scales at 28.42 pounds.
The overall leader is James
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