The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-18
OF FISHING
CLUB HOLDS MEET
Committees Are Appointed
And Special Prizes Are An
nounced By Directors

Ing OF prizes curing l94p ana Ille
perfection of plans to seek further
protection for channel bass along
the North Carolina coast marked
the first meeting of the board of
directors of the New Hanover Fish
ing club.
Committees appointed at the meet
ing were:
New Committees
Membership, Cecil ~Appleberry, la
dies membership, Mrs. o. E. Lewis,
chairman, Mrs. Arthur Baldwin, Mrs.
A. A. Keels; auditing, Ed Craft,
chairman; advertisement, A. A.
Kecls, chairman, George Clark and
George Canady; casting Tournaments
George Clark, chairman, George
Thomas, and B. H. Bridgers, con-
test, Bob Sneeden, J. c. Christian,
and B. H. Bridgers; scales, E. A
Jones, chairman. The latter two
committees were elected at the an
nual meeting Of the club.
The board voted to offer prizes
for channel bass, bluefish, Virginia
mullet, salt water trout, rock and
fresh water trout for the winter
months of December, January an6
February and voted to extend men,
bership cards through Jan. 81, 1871.
due to the break in the season be-
tween Nov. 81 and Feb. 1,
The board voted not to offer eX-
ira prizes in special months since
there are a number of members who
would not be able to take advan-
tage of any special month which
might be selected.
After the report of George Roun-
tree, Jr., the board authorized him
to continue his efforts to secure
protection of channel bass along the
entire North Carolina coast. Mem
5ers of the legislative committee are
Rountree. chairman, ]. P. Nall,
George Thomas, Major William V.
Ochs and Harry Latimer, Jr.
Raymond Christman offered a
fresh water reel to the member of
the club selling tickets to the great
est number of new members in 1910.
Such new members, it was pointed
out, must not have ever been a men,
Der of the club prior to this year.
The board also voted that, as in
1889, all fish caught in February
will be eligible for the season prizes.
Special Prizes
Beginning March /, it was an
nounced, the special prizes for that
month will be:
weighing more than five pounds
caught by a man in either zone, SIS.
For the second over that weight,
So. For the largest caught during
the month, S. and for the second
largest, So.
In the ladies' division, there will
be no weight limit and a S. prize
will go to the woman catching the
first channel bass in either zone.
A SO prize will be given the woman
catching the largest channel bass
during the month.
Fresh Water-Rock, first prize, S.
in tackle; second, $3.50 in tackle;
Black bass, first, S. in tackle; sec
ond, $3.50 in tackle; Jackfish, SO in
tackle; Google eye, 50 in tackle.
The club will also offer, it was
announced, $40 for the first chan
mel bass weighing 40 pounds or more
and $40 for the first bluefish weigh
ing three pounds or more which
are weighed in after March 1. For
the first rock caught on or after
March 1 and which weighs more
than 20 pounds, S. will be given and
a similar prize for the first black
bass weighing more than 5 pounds
and caught on or after March 1
will be offered.
For any member catching a drum
weighing rs pounds or more and a
bluefish weighing three pounds or
more, who enters them in the con-
test and who has not won a month
~ prize or season prize on these
two species, there is offered a prize
of 200 yards of line. A member, how
ever, can win only one of each.
Free Membership
The board also announced that any
member breaking a club record as
listed in the annual of the club will
receive a free membership for next
season.
In connection with the 800 prize
offered by George Hutaff for the
first channel bass tipping the beam
at more than 81 pounds, the club
now offers $50 for the first blue
fish caught by a member in good
standing, which weighs more than
10 Ia pounds. The fish, of course,
must, as usual, be weighed in to the
chairman of the contest committee.
1t was announced at the meeting
the following members have tickets
sale and fishermen were urged
to secure their tickets before going
fishing, as only members in good
standing are eligible for prizes.
H. G. Latimer, Jr., Mrs. Rosa
Baldwin, Mrs. o. E. Lewis, Mrs. ].
Albright, Mr.. and Mrs. A. A.
H. A. DeCover, Jr.,. Bob Snee-
aen, c. B. Case, P. B. Platt, ]. P.
Nall, T. I. Watkins, Cecil Apple
berry, George Canady, George Clark,
B. H. Bridgers, o. S. Brown, B. F.
ozment, George Russ, Sam Zarkalis, i
W. e. Williford, E. A. Jones, A. Son r
ley, Paul T. Marshburn, R. c. ,
'hackelford, w. c. stancil, c. L..
1yers, Marvin Davis, Charles Car .
enter, Jack Christian. L. T. Vas .