THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Monday, November 14, 1994 TAG: 9411140180
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C7 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY BOB HUTCHINSON, OUTDOORS EDITOR FISHING REPORT
LENGTH: Medium: 96 lines
Richard Williams of Portsmouth has taken the lead in the amberjack category of the annual Virginia Salt Water Fishing Tournament with one of the largest and latest 'jacks landed in the state.
The fish weighed 100 pounds and was boated at the South Tower, about 50 miles southeast of Rudee Inlet. Williams was aboard the Predator 13. The state record is 118 pounds, set in 1986 by Mark Roberts of Norfolk.
Striped bass continued to offer only mild excitement throughout the lower Chesapeake Bay over the weekend. Many fishermen are convinced that water temperatures need to drop a few more degrees for action to really perk up.
Big stripers, in excess of 20 pounds, remain extremely scarce, another situation that should be reversed by falling water temperatures.
Meanwhile, there was a big run of red drum in the surf at Hatteras Island on Wednesday night, and bigeye tuna and king mackerel provided outstanding action for ocean fishermen off the Outer Banks.
Recent days also produced a sailfish release off Oregon Inlet and a blue marlin catch off Hatteras.
Freshwater action was generally slow, although Rick Falls of Zuni boated a 16 1/4-pound striper at Western Branch Reservoir.
A rundown of recent catches:
VIRGINIA BEACH INSHORE: Speckled trout: Zack Marston, Virginia Beach, 6 pounds, no name on boat, caught at Rudee Inlet; Jimmy Martin, Virginia Beach, 5-8, no name, Rudee Inlet; and John P. Dunn, Norfolk, 5-0, no name, Rudee Inlet.
VIRGINIA BEACH OFFSHORE: Bluefish: Craig Paige, Virginia Beach, 17-3, Little Susie; Keith Nuttall, Ware Neck, Va., 17-4, no name; Davis Wilson, Saluda, Va., 17-0, and Robert Bryant, Martinsville, Va., 17-0, all from the Sea Cat. Sea bass: Andrew T. Parsons, Virginia Beach, 5-2, Tar Baby.
LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY: Speckled trout: Allan Drewry, Chesapeake, 5-0, no name, Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel; and John Malerich, Arlington, 5-0, no name, Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel.
CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE-TUNNEL: Tautog: Alexander Ernest, Virginia Beach, 12-8, no name; Jeff Ashton, Virginia Beach, 11-3, Zeeba; and Isiah Glover, Suffolk, 9-10, Capt. Mac.
EASTERN SHORE: Tautog: David O'Neal Mizelle, Windsor, 9-4, no name, caught at Kiptopeke.
OUTER BANKS INSHORE: Speckled trout: Randy Turner, Hatteras, 5-0, no name; Dennis Cozzens, Hampton, 5-0, surf; and Edward Healy, Kill Devil Hills, 4-12, surf. Sea mullet: Milburn Pack, Avon, N.C., 1-10, surf; Glenn E. Allen, Salisbury, N.C., 1-10, surf; Scott Scarborough, Gastonia, N.C., 1-9, surf; John G. Kehring Jr., Jarrettsville, Md., 1-9, surf; and Sean Moore, Philadelphia, 1-9, surf.
Red drum releases: Mike Spicer, Virginia Beach, surf; Casey Copeland, Virginia Beach, pier; Joel Morton, Virginia Beach, surf; Mark Golding, Buxton, N.C., surf; John Canavaugh, Chesapeake, surf; Danny Temple, Bailey, N.C., surf; Sylvia Temple, Bailey, surf; Randy Overton, Elizabeth City, surf; Harold Bowers, Hertford, N.C., surf; Ralph Crumpton, Burlington, N.C., pier; Kenneth Williams, Aexandria, pier; Charlie Williams, Richmond, surf; Ralph Franklin, Raleigh, surf; Dong Cho, Richmond, pier; and Pat Bracher, Buxton, Missie Bracher, Buxton, Esther Vaughan, Virginia Beach, and Rhonda Bates, Ocracoke, N.C., all from the Rascal.
OUTER BANKS OFFSHORE: Blue marlin release: David Taylor, Midlothian, Va., Citation. Sailfish release: Jerry Presley, Danville, Va., Miss Boo. Spanish mackerel: Gene Sigmundsson, Broad Run, Va., 6-12, Hatteras Fever. Sea bass: Terry Allen, Clemmons, N.C., 4-0, Free Agent. King mackerel: Terry Lowe, Williamston, N.C., 43-0, no name; David Ellis, Danville, 42-0, and Pam Franks, Danville, 31-0, both from the Hatteras Blue; Paul Foster, Madison, Va., 39-0, Richard Turner, Danville, 37-0, and Shaun Fields, Reva, Va., 36-0, all from the Good Times; Raymond Wingo, Highland Springs, Va., 39-0, and Tim Gortney, Mechanicsville, Va., 32-0, both from the Hatteras Fever; Lauren Serey, Richmond, 37-0, and Thomas Serey, Richmond, both from the Judy Ann; David Bowen, Warrenton, Va., 33-8, Guy Spear, Orlean, Va., 31-8, and George Early, Warrenton, 31-0, all from the Harper's Folly; Terry Covert, Portsmouth, 31-0, no name; and Russell Speller, Chocowinity, N.C., 31-0, no name.
Bigeye tuna: Michael Poore, Lexington, N.C., 179-0, and Nicholas Meyer, Rural Hall, N.C., 105-0, both from the Gannet; Kenneth Salleg, Raleigh, 128-0, and John Stinson, Richmond, 127-8, both from the Country Girl; Richard Thomas, Gloucester, Va., 123-0, Sizzler; Charles Sherry, Duck, N.C., 121-0, and James Campbell, Glen Allen, Va., 121-0, both from the Phideaux; John Zintz, Virginia Beach, 120-0, Wildfire; Gerald Hoffman, Warrenton, Va., 114-0, and Charlie Sassi, Warrenton, 114-0, both from the Pelican; Greg Cremia, Kill Devil Hills, 112-0, Sea Fever; and Michael Carico, Asheboro, N.C., 105-0, Dream Girl.
FRESH WATER: Largemouth bass: Jason Cox, Virginia Beach, 6-0, Western Branch Reservoir. Crappie: Bubba Eure, Chesapeake, 1-10, Lake Prince. Yellow perch: Rick Falls, Zuni, 1-6, Western Branch. Channel catfish: Timothy Petpri, Norfolk, 13-8, Little Creek Reservoir.
TOURNAMENTS: The team of Craig Owens of Chesapeake and Jim Banks of Virginia Beach won a largemouth bass tournament Sunday out of Bob's Fishing Hole on the Northwest River in Chesapeake. Their combined catch weighed 17-2. Second went to Ray Stancell and Harold Delp of Chesapeake at 14-6, and third to Pete Kelley and Tommy Withrow of Virginia Beach, at 7-12. Owens had the lunker at3-4. by CNB