THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Monday, July 15, 1996 TAG: 9607150125
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C7 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY BOB HUTCHINSON, OUTDOORS EDITOR
LENGTH: 72 lines
Although Hurricane Bertha planted a wet, breezy kiss on Hampton Roads and Northeastern North Carolina, some anglers managed to record impressive catches in the past week.
While many planned trips were scrubbed because of high winds and lingering rough seas, officials managed to get in one day of the 15th annual Eastern Shore Marlin Tournament at Wachapreague, Va.
Fifteen to 18 boats headed offshore for the event Sunday. All but eight turned around because of rough seas.
While there were no winners in the billfish division, contestants caught a few tuna and a couple of small dolphin.
Jim Wallace on the charter boat Canyon Lady won the tuna division with a 90-pound bluefin boated by I. Lee Chapman of Richmond. Carey Roberts on the private boat Bozo II took the dolphin category with a 7-pound, 9-ounce catch by C.L. Marshall of Pocomoke, Md.
Elsewhere, Charlie Grubb of Suffolk landed a mammoth 2-pound white perch at Western Branch Reservoir and Mary Faison of Suffolk earned two freshwater citations with a 15-inch crappie and a 1-pound, 2-ounce bream.
Here are some other recent catches by anglers from Southeastern Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina:
VIRGINIA BEACH INSHORE: King mackerel: Randy Price, Norfolk, 31-12, caught from the boat The Blitz.
VIRGINIA BEACH OFFSHORE: Blue marlin release: Andrew Schuyler, Virginia Beach, Salty Slut. White marlin releases: Dennis Pryor, Virginia Beach, Top Pryority; and Robert Staples, Virginia Beach, Water Witch. Yellowfin tuna: Donald Agee, Virginia Beach, 100-0, Sea Hawk.
LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY: Striped bass release: Joseph C. Palmer, Virginia Beach, One For Fun. Cobia releases: David Arris, Virginia Beach, Thalia Pointer; Robert Walsh Jr., Virginia Beach, Tartan; and Terry Lee Miltier, Virginia Beach, Wild-A-Beast. Cobia: Andrew J. Spiess, Virginia Beach, 66-0, no name on boat; Garrett Holden, Virginia Beach, 63-0, no name; Robert A. Seivaggi, Norfolk, 57-0, Nikki Too; Claude Warley, Virginia Beach, 56-0, Cindy Lee; Ted Kremer, Norfolk, 55-1, Intimidator; William J. Fessenden, Virginia Beach, 53-0, Tartan; Dan Kee, Chesapeake, 52-0, no name; Michael Shrouic, Virginia Beach, 51-1, no name; Casey W. Dawson, Chesapeake, 50-0, Jacquelyn Anne; Eric Pate, Virginia Beach, 46-0, Battlewagon; and Paul Peters, Chesapeake, 45-8, Bonds Away. Red drum release: John E. Gordon, Virginia Beach, Miss Madeline. Red drum: Paul Cherry, Virginia Beach, 41-0, no name. Spadefish: Albert Cha, Virginia Beach, 7-8, no name; Harvey Hall, Virginia Beach, 7-6, Joyse May; and Timmy Brown, Virginia Beach, 7-0, Seminar.
EASTERN SHORE: Croaker: Jodie L. Clark, Chincoteague, 3-4, caught at Saxis. Cobia: Frankie Brady, Cape Charles, 53-0, Peggy O; Chip Hall, Melfa, Va., 49-0, no name; and Tom Walker, Willis Wharf, Va., 46-0, no name.
OUTER BANKS OFFSHORE: White marlin releases: Ruth Ramey, Kill Devil Hills, Mark Dunlevy, Kitty Hawk, Robert Cashwelk, Kill Devil Hills, and Rich Samuel, Nags Head, all from the Obsession; and Brian Bell, Chesapeake, Fishin' Frenzy.
OUTER BANKS INSHORE: No outstanding catches reported.
FRESH WATER: Largemouth bass: Lynn Cox, Suffolk, 25 inches, caught at Lake Prince; S.S. Kaiser, Suffolk, 24 inches, Prince; Bob Piatt, Virginia Beach, 23 inches, Prince; David Anderson, Virginia Beach, 22 1/2 inches, Northwest River; Brent Webb, Suffolk, 22 inches, Western Branch Reservoir; T. Brinkley, Virginia Beach, 23 inches, Lake Smith; and Carl Coppersmith, Chesapeake, 7-12, Lake Prince. White perch: Carl Coppersmith, Chesapeake 1-6, Prince. Bream: Joe Livingston, Norfolk, 1-6, Prince; and Mary Faison, Suffolk, 1-2, Prince. Crappie: Mary Faison, Suffolk, 15 inches, Prince. Shellcracker: Janice Piatt, Virginia Beach, 1-1, Prince; Michael McWhorter, Virginia Beach, 1-2, Prince; Derek Foster, Courtland, 1-0, Western Branch; Paul Schlosser, Portsmouth, 1-0, Prince; Anthony Parker, Virginia Beach, 11 inches, Western Branch; and Don Weies, Virginia Beach, 11 inches, Western Branch.
TOURNAMENT: Bob Clark of Virginia Beach and Scott Parrish of Chesapeake won a largemouth contest Sunday out of Bob's Fishing Hole on the Northwest River with a combined catch weighing 11.18 pounds. Second went to Chuck Sheats of Chesapeake and Mike Rosenthal of Virginia Beach at 7.53. Rosenthan had the lunker at 6.26. by CNB