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FISHING REPORT
FROM
KATHY BAKER at BILL'S SPORT SHOP
Chris Lehman, David, Greg and Richard Keck found yellowfin in the Baltimore Canyon catching 2 in the 40 lb. range, trolling ballyhoo. Shark action was good at the Fingers as Heidi Pettyjohn and Walter Moore hooked up 3 mako up to 98 lbs. and 3 blue sharks. A 13' thresher shark was caught at the Triple Wrecks by Mike Grumbein aboard the 'Well Adjusted'. The shark weighed in at 400 lbs. Pandemonium ended up with 15 yellowfin in the Baltimore boating 12 and losing 3 to large mako at the back of the boat. All fish were caught on skirted ballyhoo trolled at 7 knots.
Bottom bouncers at 'B' buoy are reporting thresher action while fishing for sea bass.
In the De. Bay, Ron Krajewski nailed an 8 lb. trout on a jig at the Outer Wall. Alvin Miller used a FinS jig to capture a 36 1/2 lb. striper at the Anchorage. Marshall Brown, age 10, bagged a keeper flounder on green squid at the Broadkill.
News from the Pier includes John Growley with 7 flounder, 3 keepers on minnows; Jake and Max Stickley, flounder on minnows; Jerry Dickerson, 3 trout up to 27" on peelers and croaker up to 16" on chicken taken at the end of high tide.
Stripers are being pulled from the Indian River Inlet on live and rigged eels. Bill Reel brought a 30" fish to the scales. Don Halverson and Brian Elliott also caught keepers.
SHARK RIGS:
IT'S SHARKING TIME! Captain Billy Verbanis of the charter boat Reelistic is tying his own shark rigs and offering them to you. These are the same rigs he used to catch three state record Mako's. You can check out these rigs here at Bill's Sport Shop.
Site #11
Many inquiiries have been received on this site since the state has deposited 340 Red Bird Rail cars from New York. The site is now very large and is attracting many fish. Most of the anglers are catching Sea Bass right now and are reporting good catches. Here are some GPS coordinates for you:
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31 cars deployed 9-8-01
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38 40.533 74 44.253
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31 cars deployed 9-22-01
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38 40.180 74 44.135
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31 cars deployed 1-17-02
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38 40.553 74 44.400
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The last deployment was 3-7-02 and there are 11 clusters of Red Bird Cars that total 340 cars. In addition to the cars the site contains Military Track Vehicles and 850 Tons of Off road tire units and a 90 foot Commercial Tug "Delilah" 38 40.433 74 43.386
The "Red Bird Reef " is still growing. The first 400 cars provided over one million square feet of hard substrate for attachment of Blue Mussels, which support reef fish that include Sea Bass and Tau Tog. This site is situated 16.5 miles east of the Indian River Inlet. Enjoy fishing the "Red Bird Reef".
UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS:
The 29th White Marlin open will be held August 5-9th in Ocean City, Md.
The Indian River Boating Association will hold it's annual Tuna Trolling Tournament July 6-7th.
RADIO:
The every day three times a day fishing report on WGMD 92.7 FM starts April 1. Captain Bill of Bill's Sport Shop reports daily on the catch just after the news at 7:00 AM, 5:00PM, and again at 7:00PM. Popular with the kids, (old and young), we interview and will put you on the air right from the store. So if you have a fish story to tell, Come on in! Just say "I have a fish story to tell".We will tape you and it will air the next day.
CHARTER ?
We have added more charter and head boat links to our home page. We only list those boats that we recomend and we suggest that you book early to get the dates you want. Go to www.billssportshop.com and check them out.
Check us out!
We have added many new items to our web site www.billssportshop.com . Hundreds of Hats, Binoculars, Off shore items, Fly fishing, Crabbing supplies, Sea sick items , Surf and Jetty inflatables and Lip grippers, etc. As of the first of June we have added more Costa Del Mar and Flying Fisherman sunglasses.Our prices are the best on the web and we ship within seven days. A pedestrian friendly site with shopping cart and a secured credit card procedure to make your shopping a pleasure.
Our e-mail has been changed to billsss@rcn.com
Philadelphia Public Ledger January 27, 1915
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