The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-09-20
TOURNAMENT FOR
FISHERMEN SOON
AT MACS HEAD
Mays Head Surf Fishing Club
Sponsoring Event October
1920

en- teams competing, the annual
Invitation Inter-Club Surf Fishing
Tournament, sponsored by the
Mays Head Surf Fishing Club and
held under the auspices of the In
ternational Association of Surf
Angling Clubs, is now among the
most popular events of its kind
along the Atlantic Coast. And this
year, it well may become the larg-
est surf tourney between New Eng
land and Key West.
Already this year 81 clubs from
Wilmington to New York have en-
tered teams to compete for the
Mays Head Trophy on October 1S-
20.
eve have good assurance from
our tourney director, H. w. Shaner
of Margate City, N. j., that at
least five more clubs will be enter
ing teams and the total may reach
49," said Julian Oneto, president of
the local sponsoring club.
"An clubs entering teams should
do so before October l." said
George Croker, secretary of the
Mays Head Club. Croker this year
succeeded Major J. L. Murphy, for
mer secretary, and Oneto succeed
ed Able Williams who had served
as president for the past two years.
Mays Head tourney has become
popular in part because of social
functions to supplement fishing. A
high spot of the tourney is the an
nual banquet, usually held at the
Carolinian, headquarters for the
tournament. This year with APP
proximately $50 team members,
most of them accompanied by their
wives or families, the potential
may exceed 400, so the banquet
will be held at the Mays Head
Casino.
Last year the Merchantville IN.
j. Fishing Club won the hand
some Henry Stelwagon-dOnated
Mays Head Trophy. For perma-
nent- possession the -Merchantville
team would have to win it again
this year. Since the first tourna-
ment in 1852 only one team, the
Elizabeth City Surf Fishing Club,
has won permanent possession of
the coveted trophy. That was in
! 1953-54.
In addition to the Mays Head
Trophy, there are other cups.
plaques and valuable prizes, more
than 81, 200 worth, usually award
ed to runner-up teams, teams
catching the greatest number of
fish, regardless of points, or to in
diyiduals who cast in the open
tourney on Sunday, the concluding
day of the event.
Scoring is based on weight and
point system. Fish that carry
points, once they are caught in
clude: kingfish (sea mullet), weak
fish (sea trout, croakers, bluefish,
founder, striped bass (rockfish)
and channel bass, (red DRUM.
The outstanding catch made in
Mays Head tournament was by Art
Clark of Fox Chase Manor, Pa,
who in 1854 brought in a 601s -lb.
channel bass from the surf at Kill
Devil Hills with 12-test line loaded
on a spinning reel. His fish be-
came an unbeaten world record for
channel bass on 12-pound test line.
| Most of the anglers taking part
in the tournament come from fish
| ing clubs in New Jersey and Penn
! sylvania. Clubs already entering
teams for the October 1920, Sixth
i Annual Mays Head Tournament
this year follow: Ocean City, N. u.
Fishing Club; Dover Fishing Club
of Philadelphia; Anglers Club Of
Absecon Island, N. j.; Margate
City IN. j. Casting Club; Long
Beach Island IN. J.) Fishing Club;
Merchantsville IN. J.) Fishing
Club; Holmesburg (Pa.) Fish and
Game Protective Association; Mer-
Ger County IN. j. Anglers Assoc
citation;
Stone Harbor, N. J. Fishing
Club; Women's Surf Fishing Club
of N. j.; Mays Head Surf Fishing
Club; New Hanover IN. C.) Fish
ing Club; Tidewater (Va.) Fishing
Club; Anchor Surf Fishing Club
of Mays Head; West Philadelphia
Surf Anglers Club; Elizabeth City
i IN. CO. Surf Fishing Club; Penn
Mutual Anglers Club of Philadel-
phia; Penn. State Fish and Game
Protective Association; Cornwell
Heights (Pa.) Surf Club; Abe
marie Surf Club Of Elizabeth City;
Atlantic City IN. J.) Salt Water
Spinners; South Jersey Anglers
Association; Inland Anglers Club;
North Philadelphia Surf Club; Is
Sons of the Beaches, N. j.; Pas
quotank Wildlife Club; Tri-State
Surf Anglers Club Of Arlington;
Darlington IN. J.) Rod and Reel
Club; Twih-Buck Sportsman's Club
of N. j.; Onized Surf Club.
Bridgeton, N. j.;
Manasquan Fishing Club, N. j..
Eastern Rod and Reel CInh pa