Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1955-09-21
BY CLAUDE DUNNIGAN


from heavy rains along tn
coastal Carolina plains hav
, Itapered off and the fresh-wateI
represented streams that street
ched as far as fifteen miles lik,
I lSwamp-grey fingers into tn,
, blue Atlantic have passed thro
ugh ruSt-colored stage bacl
into the natural blue-grecn oce,
an hue that is fishcrman's de.
light. And the fishing is better
than before Connie.
Drum are the leading sucker:
off the Grand Strands six fish
ing pivrS, with founder and
spot runrang close behind
Pompano and whiting are Bit
ing steadily
On :hc Crescent Pier at CreS-
cent Beach, Sparks Sanders of
Conwa!p got a pound drum,
plus bucket of por,pano and
whiting. C.. Herman Todd of
Charlotte got Z pompano and a
bucket Of whiting. Perennial
Charlotte angler w. p. Taylor
got three more drum this week.
the largest pounds. New AS
SlStant Manager of the CrCSccl+
Pier is A. A. Wsrrell of Ocean
Drive, formerly Railway En-
press agent in Charlotte. re-
Gently retired. The Crescent
Pier has added arr electric water
cooler on the ocean end of its
dig main trunk.
AT Cherry Grove Beach. tn,
John Nye Pier saw good catchc
of spot, drum and whiting dur.
ing the week Mr.. and Mrs. r
w. Taylor of Florence buCkctcC
4 fine mess OF same. Mrs. NJ. c.
RogcrSon, Jr., of Florence 90.
4 , pound drum. ID. f. Timmun
also of Florence. caught peel
bucket full of spot r. II. Mat
thcwS of Fayetteville got an
OF. ShCCphCad, and , pouuC
Spot-tail bass. Mrs. r. w. Tayl-
1r of Florence got > poun6
drum and bucket of spot.
Down on Kits Fishing Pier al
Windy Hill Beach. the drum ar,
eating up the Sand-fleas. with
most lucky anglers flnginr
their bats up under the pier it.
self. This kind of fishing Gre
atcS a problCm-losing 4 big
fish when he wraps around the
barnaclr-CruStcd pilinCs. snap
ping the line. NJ. W. Hcdrick Of
Lexington and his bro,hcr-lu-
law. Howard Sturdivant of
Chapel Hill. lost I big drum this
way before they finally got wise
and put an 8 foot wire leader
on their rigs. Together they
caught Is drum, the biggest sal
pounds. Duncan Cater oil
Greensboro made a dandy haul
81 pompano and spot. Bill Lewis
II Monroe boarded a whopDinel
2'2 pound whiting Good catch
cS of pan fish were made on
hltS Pier by Raymond Sim
mons, Sam CaStleman Of Char
loite. Marcia Mcleod and Harry
Patter OF Florence. Jack and
Nancy Riley of Gastonia. Kan
pie WccdC of ChCraw and Mrs
/. F.. Jones Of Rock Hill, Her
bert Collision Of Sanford GOT IA
pompano and whiting.
Both drum and founder have
been hitting GOOD this week on
the Windy II" Fishing Pier y
mile north OF Kits Pier. F. c
Fleming Of Charlotte got 3.
'rum. the biggest ! pounds. with
and flcaS. Mrs. Pete Arton of
"Insion-Salcm and Windy Hill
Beach. wife Of the piers man.
lHrr, wrcStlcd in 3-pound
iriIm without any help from
her cN-wrcstling husband Rev |
;. a. Hatloy. an invertcratp |
.''--' A'".a't Il.sla from IaDDT# d
-ity, buCkctCd Is spots. whitinrl
md blues. Pete Arton. Windy
Hi Beach. got drum weigh
ne ? pounds each.
On TiGhman's Pier at Ocean
Drive Beach, S. G.. Normond Of
rockingham, n. c.. won thcI
ay'S dollar prize with a 6r1
ound drum, batting with sand
leaS. r. r. Harrcll of Florencel
ISSicd ten minutes with a a
ound drum before landing him
y. f. Nash Of High Point got
inScli a good dinner on Tileh-
ian Pier Thursday. a 2 pound
rum. as did Mrs. !. l.. Chand-
r OF Florence. Philip and Holly
Ilghmdn. small son and daugh-
n OF Tilghman Piers owner
mas. I. Tilghman. on a pier
Shlng party with Billy Husscy
Ocean Drive and Richard
ockman Of Rockingha am.
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