The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-16
By JACK COWIE
Star-NeWs Staff Writer

Star-News Staff Writer
As FISH LINES goes into it's Sec
md week, the fishing lines of MANY
wilmington and New Hanover
county fisherman have strained
with the tug of catches that have
reached weights of from one to Al
pounds
Fishermen, members of the New
Hanover Fishing club, landed rec
ord DRUM during the week with a
TOP Of So pounds being beached in
trips TO Topsail and Rich's inlet.
Included in the group were
George Canady, A. F. Jones and
D. B. Robinson. The group also
landed three other large DRUM,
The largest being 81 pounds and
six ounces.
A catch of Al pounds was re-
ported by a Wrightsville Beach
resident but hthe name of the
lucky, fisherman" was not avail
able when this column went to
press.
Fred Mote, Oscar E. Durant
and Hayward Barden also
gathered in prize drum during
the week past with a top of 81
pounds being displayed at the
Sports Center in Wilmington
-. Canady, president of the
New Hanover Fishing club, de-
clared the DRUM are running
larger this year than in several
years past.
Frank Hacker, local attorney,
and P. R. Smith have been losing
plenty of tackle up Black river way
in trying to land ROCK that were
too large to handle they were
accompanied on their several trips
by Mr.. and Mrs. L.. F. Duval -.
they did return to town with sew
eral Of the specie weighing from
10 to 10 pound but declared the
large ones were running, but their
tackle would not hold . they
have not given up, they claim and
are going back prepared to hold
the 'ones that got away"
Topsail, the fishing spot that
NAV be closed before the end of
the summer when the Navy begin
tests of a secret weapon at Camp
Davis, also came up with several
good catches during the week.
Lieutenant-Commander An
tome Parker, in charge of op-
erations for the Navy at Davis,
was introduced into the art of
"FLOUNDERING" by E
Vow, local attorney the
Navy man was tops for the eve
ming with a IL U N d E r
weighing 10 and one half
pounds as the pair gathered in
Is of the flat-fish specie 80.
note the Commander is
now an i%nveterate "FLOUN-
DERER" so he says.
Another group at the Vow cot
tage at Topsail, including Morris
Weeks, L. W. Watkins, Cicero Vow
and E. A. Rusher, compiled a
catch of 100 fish yesterday and last
night as they hit the tide right and
landed MULLET AND TROUT ...
Weeks had a two-pound TROUT
10 his credit while the largest
MULLET hit one pound and six
ounces.
The piers were again active with
many fine catches being reported
at the Atlantic View, Luna and
Kwe's piers among the better
catches reported were a one pound
and 10 ounce TROUT by R. L..
Sutherland of Riverside apart
ments and a one pound six ounce
TROUT by j. M. Holton, Lake
Forest, both at the AVP at one
time, Johnny Mercer, manager of
the AVP said, there were Is
BLUES and 8 TROUT laying on the
FNA a JIG l4lIIG . = . tll1S was 1ooI
Wednesday afternoon, he said.
Town Creek, near Southport,
has been affording the fresh
water Waltonites a bit of "good
fishing" with several good
catches reported from that spot
-. last Monday Dewey RADON
and Edgar Blanton caught one
BASS and II GOOGLE EYES
and PERCH the day be-
lore Blanton had visited the
creek and returned with "a
GOOGLE EYES AND one
JACK FISH weighing two and
one-half pounds the same
Gay Happy and Robert Corbett
and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Pope
look a total Of Is BASS AND
fERCH using red worms and
minnows.
NOW Uncle Charlie comes up
WIN the prize idea of the week 80.
why not a STAR DRAG on a fresh
wafer reel, says Charlie says
me old codger a service reel