THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Monday, August 28, 1995                TAG: 9508280134
SECTION: SPORTS                   PAGE: C5   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: BY BOB HUTCHINSON, OUTDOORS EDITOR 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   30 lines

LARGEMOUTH BASS LIVES UP TO ITS NAME

While many anglers encountered slow action during the past week, there were two notable exceptions.

Joe Knott of Portsmouth boated a 9-pound, 6-ounce largemouth bass at a private pond in Suffolk. The minimum for a Virginia Freshwater Program citation is only eight pounds.

Gary Seay of Wilsonia Neck on the Eastern Shore caught two speckled trout topping the 5-pound minimum for a citation from the Virginia Salt Water Fishing Tournament. He was at the entrance of a bayside creek.

Elsewhere, the charter boat High Hopes, skippered by David Wright, won the Ducks Unlimited billfish release tournament Friday and Saturday out of Rudee Inlet. Anglers on the boat released a blue marlin and a white marlin.

However, the 30-boat field produced only one blue and nine whites over the two days.

A rundown of recent catches: [for list of catches, see microfilm] by CNB