THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Monday, May 13, 1996 TAG: 9605130132
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C4 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY BOB HUTCHINSON, OUTDOORS EDITOR
LENGTH: Medium: 78 lines
The charter boat Outlaw, which sails from Oden's Dock at Hatteras and is skippered by Ken Miller, won the Hatteras Village Invitational billfish tournament by releasing two blue marlin and scoring 800 points.
Second went to the Hatteras Fever, skippered by Walt Spruill, with one blue marlin release and 400 points.
Third went to the Gambler and skipper Steve Garrett. He released a white marlin and a sailfish and scored 400 points. Time-of-catch was used as the tie-breaker.
The Outlaw also had the largest tuna, a yellowfin weighing 80.8 pounds, while the Hatteras Blue had the biggest dolphin at 30.1 and the Mary Beth the heaviest wahoo at 39.0.
Headquartered at Teach's Lair Marina, the year's first billfish contest had 38 competing boats.
Elsewhere, W.T. Oeake Jr. of Newsom, Va., had one of the year's biggest shellcracker (redear) when he boated a 1-pound, 15-ouncer at Western Branch Reservoir in Suffolk.
Jimmy Kolb of Virginia Beach gained the flounder lead in the annual Virginia Salt Water Fishing Tournament with a 7-8 flatfish boated at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel on the Starship.
And Charles Fillman of Fluerson, Pa., caught one of the biggest black drum in Virginia in the past decade, a 100-pounder taken near Byou 36A off Cape Charles and registered at Cherrystone Family Camping Resort.
Here's a rundown of other recent catches:
VIRGINIA BEACH INSHORE: No outstanding catches reported.
VIRGINIA BEACH OFFSHORE: No outstanding catches reported.
CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE-TUNNEL: Tautog: David D. Moulton, Virginia Beach, 9 pounds, 5 ounces, caught from the boat Darlin'; and Edward Halloran III, Virginia Beach, 9-4, no name on boat.
EASTERN SHORE BAYSIDE: Black drum: Michael Wilson, Cheriton, 81-15, Fish Scales. Red drum release: Bill Hall, Bloxom, Va., Fish Maker.
EASTERN SHORE SEASIDE: No outstanding catches reported.
OUTER BANKS INSHORE: Red drum release: Steve Hissey, Buxton, N.C.; Mike Spicer, Norfolk; Wayne White, Fredericksburg, Va.; Robert Thornton, Portsmouth; Harry K. Schiavone, Vienna, Va.; Jack Dean, Glen Allen, Va.; and Stephen Eliasen, Brigantine, N.J.
OUTER BANKS OFFSHORE:Mako shark: Kelly Kurtz Jr., Lynchburg, Va., no name on boat. White marlin release: Michael Vaughan, Virginia Beach, Release; and Gary Jedlicka, Vienna, Va., Gambler. Sailfish release: Daryl Mitchell, Hurt, Va., Smoker; and Melvin Cox Jr., Spring Grove, Va., Bounty Hunter. Wahoo: David Young, Ashburn, Va., 46-0, Dances With Dolphins. Yellowfin tuna: James Reid, Virginia Beach, 81-0, Surfside; Jack Roxbrough, McLean, Va., 81-0, and David Christiansen, Virginia Beach, 78-0, both Sea Breeze; Richard Theis, Williamsburg, 79-0, Right Hook; John Rose, Richmond, 78-0, and Jason Stone, Richmond, 72-0, both Fight-N-Lady; Richard Daughtrey, Virginia Beach, 77-0, and Michael DeWitt, Suffolk, 72-0, both Hog Wild; Lee Miller, Southern Shores, 75-0, Sea Jay IV; Edward Leibrock, Clayton, N.C., 75-0, Sea Witch; James Ogden, Alexandria, 75-0, and Cyril Gerek, Fairfax, 71-0, both Gannet; John Olson, Vienna, 75-0, Marlin Fever; Jeoffrey Sundem, Richmond, 75-0, Tuna Fever; Garry Reedy, Hampton, 75-0, Carolinian; Thomas Delmonaco, Chesterfield, Va., 74-0, For Play'n; William Eger, Virginia Beach, 74-0, Jo-Boy II; Vasilios Karagiorgis, Sterling, Va., 70-0, Candlewick Lady; Gary Ullery, Newport News, 70-0, Hooker; John Burch, Alexandria, 70-0, First Crack; and Alan Pyne, Stephens City, Va., 70-0, Fast Lane.
FRESH WATER: Largemouth bass: Duane W. Stewart, Portsmouth, 24 inches, caught at Western Branch Reservoir; Brian Fogarty, Hampton, 23 1/2 inches, Western Branch; Roger Prunier, Hampton, 23 inches, Lake Prince; Kenny Baldwin, Virginia Beach, 23 inches, Lake Smith; Danny Knight, Norfolk, 22 1/2 inches, Lake Whitehurst; and Dale Campbell, Virginia Beach, 6-3, Lake Smith. Channel catfish: Benny Owens, Norfolk, 16-10, Whitehurst; and Jerry Woods, Norfolk, 14-13, Whitehurst. Shellcracker: Frankie Hall, Chesapeake, 1-4, Western Branch; Linda Wyatt, Suffolk, 1-4, Prince; Dennis Rawlings, Prince George, 1-3, Prince; Jack Everett, Boykins, 1-0, Prince; Steve Lowell, Chesapeake, 1-0, Prince; Art Gant, Virginia Beach, 1-0, Prince; David Neville, Colonial Heights, 1-0, Prince; and Ronald Brannan, Chesapeake, 1-0, Western Branch. by CNB