THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, November 5, 1994 TAG: 9411050964
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C3 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY BOB HUTCHINSON, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: BUXTON, N.C. LENGTH: Medium: 54 lines
The Eastern Shore of Virginia Anglers' Club of Bloxom won the 37th Annual Cape Hatteras Surf Fishing Tournament Friday with a two-day catch of 38 fish and 107 points.
However, competition could not have been much closer. The Sanduners International Fishing Team of Kill Devil Hills finished second, also with 107 points, but only 36 catches, the tiebreaker.
Third place went to the Merchantville Fishing Club of Berlin, N.J., with 27 catches and 74 points, while the Mer-Mullets of Hatteras were the top female club with 10 catches and 37 points, good for 23rd place overall in the 100 team field.
The Eastern Shore Club included Bill Hall Jr., Jim White, J.T. Bolding, Ken Ainesworth, Ron Hall and Albert Jones.
The Sanduners were represented by John A. Watkins, Phil Kinis, George McLean, Gene McLean, Curtis Miller and Wally Smith.
The Merchantville team included Marvin Thorn, Mike Flint, Charles Merkh, Charles Trost, Carl Astorino and Art Astorino.
Fishing for the Mer-Mullets were Crystal Blackmon, Chris Ballance, Patricia White, Pam Costenbader, Betsy Smock and Janice Neuman.
The two-day team competition produced 930 catches, scoring 2,708 points, with fish scored by length.
A special award went to Lynette Sawyer of the Fish Squeezers of Elizabeth City with a 23-inch red drum. Ginny Beckwith of the F-Team of Kitty Hawk had the largest bluefish caught by a woman at 14 inches. Male honors went to Kevin Scarborough of the Avon 6 team of Avon with a 25-inch red drum and Ted Albon of the Nags Head Surf Fishing Club of Kill Devil Hills with a 17 3/4-inch bluefish.
While team competition concluded Friday, the tournament continues today with an individual session, open to anyone.
Other top teams included:
4. Outer Banks Sportfishers, Nags Head, 28 fish, 73 points; 5. Nags Head Surf Fishing Club, Nags Head, 21 and 72; 6. Fish Hawks, Kill Devil Hills, 21 and 71; 7. P.O.E.T.S., Morehead City, 28 and 69. 8. Avon 6, Avon, 17 and 67; 9. the Rising Tides, Nags Head, 28 and 66; 10. Pro-Staffers, Buxton, 21 and 61; 11. F-Team, Kitty Hawk, 16 and 56; 12. Baitwasters, Raleigh, 16 and 50; 13. Surfcasters and Bull Shooters, Virginia Beach, 20 and 44; 14. Cape May County-Hatteras Anglers, Wildwood, N.J., 15 and 44; 15. Riverside Rats Anglers' Club, Kill Devil Hills, 15 and 42; 16. Lisa's Pizza Surf Fishing Team, Virginia Beach, 12 and 41; 17. Ocean City Maryland Surf Anglers, Ocean City, Md., 7 and 40; 18. Virginia Beach Drummers, Virginia Beach, 13 and 39, 19. Vakyminn Anglers' Club, Chesapeake, 18 and 38; 20. I.N.V.U. Fishermen, Pittsville, Md., 11 and 38. by CNB