THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Monday, September 26, 1994 TAG: 9409260241
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C5 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY BOB HUTCHINSON, OUTDOORS EDITOR
LENGTH: Long : 123 lines
One of Virginia's oldest angling records was shattered Sunday when Gene Dawson of Zuni boated a 109-pound wahoo off Virginia Beach. He was about 60 miles offshore aboard the Finatic.
The old record of 97 pounds, held by the late R.R. Matthias of Virginia Beach, had stood since 1975. The state's only older saltwater records are for cod and false albacore, both set in the 1960s.
Bryan Sapp of Hazlehurst, Pa., shattered North Carolina's Spanish mackerel record by boating a 14-pounder off Hatteras on the Miss Lisa. The old record was 13 pounds.
Summerlike weather produced outstanding action off the coasts of Virginia and North Carolina on the first weekend of autumn. Catches included good numbers of wahoo, yellowfin tuna and white marlin, plus some dolphin, sailfish and blue marlin. Inshore, a few big speckled trout were boated. On the Outer Banks, a good run of red drum developed at Cape Point on Hatteras.
A rundown of recent catches:
Virginia Beach offshore: Blue marlin release: Tim Seery, Virginia Beach, caught from the Southern Breeze.
White marlin releases: Stephen Smith, Virginia Beach, Davis 47; Bill Fink, Virginia Beach, Outer Limits; Chris Wawner, Chesapeake, Hooker; William Van Buren (3), Hampton, Anna Lee III; Jimmy Robinson, Virginia Beach, and Larry Huber, Westminster, Md., both Demolition Man; Steve Gregory, Norfolk, Finchaser; Marc Horellau, Paris, and James C. Wright (3), Virginia Beach, both Canyon Runner; Tom Wells, Virginia Beach, My Boy IV; Dave Comer, Colonial Beach, Va., Beachcomer; Paul Deldonna, Virginia Beach, Island Spirit; James Turner, Chesapeake, and James Antley, Portsmouth, both Top Notch; Joel Webb, Suffolk, Assurance; and Tyrone Epps, Hampton, and John G. Davis, Newport News, both Wahoo. Sailfish release: John King, Colonial Beach, Friendship.
Wahoo: R.L. Mattex Jr., Hurt, Va., 50-0, Markim; Dave Comer, Colonial Beach, Va., 43-0, Beachcomer; Paul Sarandria, Portsmouth, 42-8, Shell-N-Out; Shane Miller, Virginia Beach, 42-1, Ice Man; Tony Lee, Norfolk, 42-0, No Problem; Billy Baughan, Norfolk, 37-3, Sea Slammer; Brian Klinefelter, York, Pa., 34-0, Four T's III; Nita Anderson, Chesapeake, 30-8, Finchaser; and Jack Rhodes, Virginia Beach, 30-0, Blue Bliss.
Dolphin: Shane Miller, Virginia Beach, 31-0, Ice Man; Jim Lane, Overland Park, Kan., 29-0, For Reel; Russell Points, Virginia Beach, 23-10, Pursuer; Kenneth Lindauer, Virginia Beach, 21-2, Ice Man; Kurt Watson, Suffolk, 20-7, and Larry Watson, Suffolk, 20-7, both Mary M.; and Bill Doran, Fleetwood, Pa., 20-7, Outer Limits. King mackerel: Phillip Graves, Norfolk, 22-4, Sea Weed. Spanish mackerel: Susan Graves, Fredericksburg, 5-4, Petrel. Sea bass: Alan Stampone Jr., Norfolk, 5-4, Lazy Bonz.
Lower Chesapeake Bay: Flounder: Kathleen Ryburn, Richmond, 6-5, Free Bird. Speckled trout: William Shipp, Virginia Beach, 5-6, no name on boat.
Eastern Shore: Red drum release: Nick Durney, Virginia Beach, North Shore. Red drum: Mark E. Wallace, Quinby, Va., 50-8, caught from surf. Flounder: Rick Harrison, Cheriton, Va., 7-11, no name; and William Elliott, Machipongo, Va., 6-11, Duck Tape. Speckled trout: Catherine Vaughan, Machipongo, 6-6, no name; Linda Preedy, Corapeake, N.C., 5-4, no name; and Louis Glaser, Norfolk, 5-0, no name.
Outer Banks inshore: Pompano: John Downs, Williamsport, Pa., 2-8, surf; Eddie Williams, Buxton, N.C., 2-5, surf; Ronald Jones, Sandston, Va., 2-4, surf; Bradford Shelton, Centerville, Va., 2-2, surf; Mary Fourney, Williamsport, Pa., 2-1, surf; Milton Wilkins, Portsmouth, 2-0, surf; and Deborah Davis, Avon, 2-0, surf.
Spanish mackerel: Abigale Hooper, Virginia Beach, 8-3, no name; Michael Midgett, Rodanthe, N.C., 8-0, and Cathy Holland, Ringgold, Va., 6-0, both Star Bird; Gary Richardson, Virginia Beach, 7-14, surf; Joseph Sapp, Avon, 7-0, Miss Lisa; Chase Hooper, Buxton, 6-10, surf; and Ron Parenti, Avon, 6-6, surf.
Sea mullet: Aaron Hall, Brodnax, Va., 1-10, surf. Jack crevalle: Charles Seel, Easton, Pa., 23-0, surf; and Kevin Keller, Norfolk, 22-14, surf. Speckled trout: Wayne Wright, Crimora, Va., 4-5, surf. Red drum releases: Mike Spicer, Virginia Beach, surf; Wayne Tune, Buxton, surf; and Dave Bray, Frisco, surf. Flounder: Kenneth Harris, Monetta, Va., 7-0, no name.
Outer Banks offshore: Blue marlin release: Rocky Hart, Chesapeake, Spud Chucker. White marlin releases: Bradley Price, Norfolk, Spud Chucker; Darin Baldwin, Mechanicsville, Va., and Kenneth Drumheller, Richmond, both Obsession; Jeffrey Springle, Manteo, Reel Affair; Livius Worrell, Fayetteville, N.C., Candlewick Lady; Edith Dunkum, Oak Grove, Va., Fishing Frenzy; John Fartro, Fredericksburg, Va., and Mike Altizer, Charlottesville, both Marlin Fever; and Debbie Auman, Hampton, Lucky Chip.
Sailfish release: Russell Walters, Fredericksburg, Va., Tuna Duck; Raymond Painley, Troy, Va., Top Billin'; and John Slornoy, Richmond, Bounty Hunter. Wahoo: Nick Allen, Zuni, 45-0, Cindy B.; and Laura Robbins, Sandston, Va., 40-0, Hatteraser. Barracuda: Robert Evans, Stafford, Va., 20-0, Hatteras Blue.
Fresh water: Largemouth bass: Allen McCarthy, Chesapeake, 8-14, Northwest River; Chris Lee, Virginia Beach, 7-1, Western Branch Reservoir; Kenneth Cook, Pasadena, Md., 7-1, Lake Prince; Keith Mariner, Virginia Beach, 6-8, Lake Prince; Donnie Rogers, Portsmouth, 6-8, Lake Prince; Charles Fender, Chesapeake, 6-4, Lake Prince; and Brandon Slade, Norfolk, 6-0, Lake Whitehurst. Striped bass: Alan Wills, Suffolk, 27-14, Prince; and Vinny Bailey, Virginia Beach, 25-0, Lake Whitehurst. Bream: Tom Harrell, Suffolk, 1-2, Lake Prince; and Bill Harrell, Suffolk, 1-2, Lake Prince. Crappie: Brian Schenk, Suffolk, 1-4, Lake Prince. White perch: Pete Rose, Suffolk, 1-7, Western Branch; and James Palmer, Portsmouth, 1-4, Western Branch. Pickerel: Marc Moore, Chesapeake, 4-2, Lake Prince. Shellcracker: Harry W. Stokes, Newport News, 1-8, Lake Prince; and Frank Worrell, Suffolk, 1-0, Lake Prince.
Tournaments:
Rick Morris of Virginia Beach finished third and won $20,000 in the Bassmaster Maryland Eastern Invitational largemouth bass tournament on the Potomac River at Marbury, Md. His three-day catch weighed 45-9. Larry Lazoen of Port Charlotte, Fla., was first at 45-15, winning $35,000. Jay Yelas of Jasper, Texas, was second at 45-11, earning $22,000.
Bryan Farlow of Norfolk won a Super September flounder tournament out of Cobb's Marina at Little Creek in Norfolk with a fish weighing 5-14. Second went to William A. Boswell of Norfolk at 3-15.
The Pursuer won a Super September tuna tournament out of Fisherman's Wharf Marina at Rudee Inlet in Virginia Beach with a 48-6 yellowfin boated by Ronnie Neighbors of Virginia Beach. Second was a tie between Jim Stevens of Virginia Beach on the High Hopes and Jean Paul Brisset of Paris on the Canyon Runner, both at 46-2. Ron Mitchell of Norfolk, also on the Canyon Runner, took fourth at 45-4, followed by John Piasecki of Richmond on the Outer Limits at 45-2.
The team of Craig Owens and Leonard Kilan of Chesapeake won a largemouth bass tournament Sunday out of Bob's Fishing Hole on the Northwest River in Chesapeake. Their combined catch weighed 15-8. Second went to Chuck Sheets of Chesapeake and Phil Sullivan of Virginia Beach at 10-4, third to Heath Parker and J.R. Ruggiero of Virginia Beach at 10-0. Sheets and Robert Walton of Chesapeake tied for lunker honors at 4-0. by CNB