THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Monday, November 28, 1994 TAG: 9411280116
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C5 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY BOB HUTCHINSON, OUTDOORS EDITOR
LENGTH: Medium: 59 lines
FISHING WRAPUP
Blustery weather over the Thanksgiving weekend convinced many anglers to scrub fishing trips they had planned for coastal areas of Virginia and North Carolina.
As expected, striped bass were caught around most bridges, piers and tunnels in the lower Chesapeake Bay, as well as in coastal sections of Northeastern North Carolina. A few also were beached in the surf of the Outer Banks.
But lunkers were scarce, with no rockfish reported that were big enough for citation awards from the Virginia Salt Water Fishing Tournament.
Big bluefish were all but absent from the surf of the Outer Banks, where past Thanksgiving weekends have produced some spectacular action.
This time, only a couple of scattered catches were reported.
As mentioned, however, the windy weather of recent days convinced many would-be fishermen to find something else to do.
``It's been blowing hard along this stretch of beach ever since the hurricane (Gordon) nine or 10 days ago,'' said Terry Stewart of TW's Bait and Tackle at Kill Devil Hills on the Outer Banks.
At any rate, here's a rundown of some recent action:
VIRGINIA BEACH INSHORE: No recent citation-winning catches reported.
VIRGINIA BEACH OFFSHORE: No recent citation-winning catches reported.
LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY: Speckled trout: Bruce Robertson, Chesapeake, 5 pounds, 13 ounces, no name on boat, caught at the Hot Ditch, Elizabeth River.
EASTERN SHORE SEASIDE: No recent citation-winning catches reported.
EASTERN SHORE BAYSIDE: No recent citation-winning catches reported.
OUTER BANKS INSHORE: Speckled trout: Richard King, Wilmington, N.C., 6-5, no name on boat, caught at Hatteras Inlet.
Sea mullet: David Katenkamp, Rocky Mount, N.C., 1-8, surf. Red drum release: Van Langley, Raleigh, surf; Doug Crumpton, Burlington, N.C., pier; Arland McMichael, Buctrus, Ohio, surf; and George Current, Fairmont, W.Va., surf.
OUTER BANKS OFFSHORE: Bigeye tuna: Bobby Coleman, Richmond, 139-0, caught from the Fishing Frenzy; and Rick Morris, Newport News, 105-0, Fish Tale. King mackerel: Mike Webb, Rocky Mount, N.C., 42-0, Miss K.; and Michael Phillips, Clemmons, N.C., 36-0, Harper's Folly. Wahoo: Kelly Whitley, Zebulon, N.C., 63-0, Hatteras Fever.
FRESH WATER: Largemouth bass: Mark Loper, Norfolk, 8-6, caught at Lake Smith; and Mike Seimetz, Chesapeake, 7-4, Lake Prince.
Tournaments: The team of Craig Owens and Jim Banks of Virginia Beach won a largemouth bass contest Sunday out of Bob's Fishing Hole on the Northwest River. Their combined catch weighed 22-8.
Second went to John Goodman and Fred Pratt of Virginia Beach at 16-2, third to Ted Jennings and Todd Carey of Chesapeake at 15-12.
Tom Tomlinson of Chesapeake had the lunker at 6-1. by CNB